Tink
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Mine began with mom's 64 Comet. Now I own a vehicle that will stop on its own on cruise control. Its quite a journey. The Camaro will be 50 next year. The Mustang is even older. You never forget your first turn of the wheel.
I don't exactly remember mine. I was about two and put my dad's car into the back of another. Those were the days before car seats and seat belts.
I do remember driving home from passing my driving test, in a 71 polara
Very first car I ever "drove" was a '66 Galaxie 4-dr HT with a 352. If you can call it driving. I don't remember exactly how old I was, 14 or 15 maybe, but all I did was move it forward, backward and turn it around once or twice. Next car I drove was a buddy's '69 Datsun 4-dr. Drove aprox 50 miles in a snowstorm, well blowing snow anyway, late at night averaging 35 - 40 mph and somehow lived to tell about it.
Almost ran out of gas too. We had to knock on the door of a farm house at 4:00am to ask for some gas. The farmer was nice enough to give us some. An adventure, but I would say that was the night I actually learned how to drive.
Dad's '56 DeSoto. On his lap, about age three. Actual car below (screen shot from an old home movie from 1961)
Never forgot the thrill..though not much else OTHER than how happy my Dad seemed to be from the whole thing
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First car all by myself? 1970 in my Dad's '68 Eldo. Around the block, Dad in front seat supervising the trip. I still own that car to this day
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