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RE: Cars owned thread

To: "'Lawrence Schilling'" <lchillin@siu.edu>
Subject: RE: Cars owned thread
From: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 16:57:01 -0500
Cc: "'TRIUMPHS'" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
You made me think.... Ok, here's my list.  Anyone have something I can add to 
it???

1948 Dodge  - first car, high school student.  Brakes worked sometime.
1960 VW Bug - college student, good car, wish I still had it.
1956 TR-2 - first sports car, bought in 1965.  Drove it for years and loved it.
1965 Ford Fairlane - bought from girlfriends father in 1967.  Hated it.
1968 Ford Torino, GT - new job, new car, 390 cu, 2 x 4 bbl? fast
1966 Lotus Elan S-2 - New SCCA license, drove for Lotus, got a car cheap.  Too 
small.
1968 Chevrolet Caprice - Company forced me to get this thing so I could ride 
with clients.
1952 Ford ?? - 1969 went back to college, needed cheap? it was?
1966 Sunbeam Alpine - still in college, decided I needed sporty? leaks galore.
1970 Datsun 510 - Bought from a friend.  Real good, cheap driver that cornered 
like hell.
1968 Plymouth Valiant - I think I got this as a gift.  I know I wouldn't have 
paid for it.
1973 Mazda RX-2 - Out of school, in graduate school, ok, I'm a sucker for 
advertising.
1974 Camaro - New Masters, new job, new red car?
1975 Chevrolet Vega - Ok, it was my wife's car (he he he!)
1976 Chevrolet Monza - remember this one.  V8 with plugs you couldn't change?
1976 Opel Isuzu - Started law school?. Cheap again.
1976 Jeep CJ-7 - New York winters are hell?
1977 Puguet 504 - 1977 oil crises - bought a diesel and put in a tank in the 
back yard.
1979 Jeep CJ-7 - Got a new jeep, separation anxiety.
1980 Jeep Cherokee - Went to Arizona on a project for 6 months and needed a toy.
1981 Chevrolet Citation X-11 - UGH, nuff said.
1982 Chevrolet Malibu - Wife wanted basic transportation, 2 children? boring!
1982 Chevrolet Chevette Diesel.  Don't ask, wife wanted it!
1983 Mercedes Benz 240D - Law practice picking up? <g>
1984 Mercedes Benz 300D - Law practice still picking up?.<gg> 
1985 Mercedes Benz 380SL - Good law practice, <gggggg>
1972 Fiat Dino 2.4L Spyder - Yeah!  Mechanic said, if is a no smoke, is a no 
Ferrari?it smoked!
1987 Ford Bronco II - Wife wouldn't let me buy anther Jeep CJ, so?(got to do 
something about her!)
1990 Ford LTD - 1990, I turned 45, got a big boat and lots of toys in it. (wife 
still bitching!)
1991 Jeep Cherokee - MY TOY, wife told to leave me alone.  She wouldn't - 
divorced her.
1991 Honda Accord EX - New wife, 40 mile commute, practical?
1994 Honda Civic EX - Wife wanted a Miata, but when I couldn't fit in it, she 
said buy this.
1992 Honda Accord EX - I never saw that truck.. totaled the 91, replaced with 
the 92.
1996 Honda Accord EX - Gave the 92 to my son and new daughter in law.  New for 
me.
1956 MGA - restoring for surprise for my wife's birthday in June.  It isn't a 
Miata, but I think 
she will like it <g>.
???? still looking?. Need a restoration project for me?.






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