" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
So what rides did you have in your teens? How did you fix them up.

In high school I originally had to share a car with 2 of my sisters
(OMG). I think it was an early 1960's Rambler.

I finally got my own ride Junior year...........a 1964 Chevelle Malibu
with an Earl Sheib paint job, a Thrush muffler and moonie caps on the
wheels.

I eventually sold that and bought a 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible
(bought it from the owner of the gas station I worked part time for).

That car lasted me till it was stolen and I replaced it with a '64 Ford
Galaxy I got for a steal from a neighbor.

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?
1962 Morris Minor 850 Station Wagon at age 16.
Went out and ran it into the rear end of a Volkswagen Bug. That screwed
me up for a year or two.
Then I bought a 1967 Honda CB160 motorcycle.
Last car in my teens was a 1963 Pontiac Parisienne 4 door sedan.

I never heard of a Morris.

1962 Mini Traveller:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=38 72


'61 sedan.
http://classiccarfair.com/1961morrisminorsaloon.htm

'59 Traveller Woodie:
http://www.cars-on-line.com/23291.html

Close to what you owned? Looks like they were made in GB.




Oops, link for the '62 corrected. ;-)

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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"Don White" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
So what rides did you have in your teens? How did you fix them up.

In high school I originally had to share a car with 2 of my sisters
(OMG). I think it was an early 1960's Rambler.

I finally got my own ride Junior year...........a 1964 Chevelle Malibu
with an Earl Sheib paint job, a Thrush muffler and moonie caps on the
wheels.

I eventually sold that and bought a 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible
(bought it from the owner of the gas station I worked part time for).

That car lasted me till it was stolen and I replaced it with a '64 Ford
Galaxy I got for a steal from a neighbor.

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?
1962 Morris Minor 850 Station Wagon at age 16.
Went out and ran it into the rear end of a Volkswagen Bug. That screwed
me up for a year or two.
Then I bought a 1967 Honda CB160 motorcycle.
Last car in my teens was a 1963 Pontiac Parisienne 4 door sedan.

I never heard of a Morris.

1962 Mini Traveller:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=38 72


'61 sedan.
http://classiccarfair.com/1961morrisminorsaloon.htm

'59 Traveller Woodie:
http://www.cars-on-line.com/23291.html

Close to what you owned? Looks like they were made in GB.




Oops, link for the '62 corrected. ;-)

JimH wrote:


1962 Mini Traveller:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=38 72

Oops, link for the '62 corrected. ;-)


That's it...except mine had the wood trim on the back half of the car.
Actually had 8 teenagers in it and busted the rear spring mounts.
On a long downhill highway run I had it up to 89 mph. Pretty crazy on
those 12" 'lifesaver sized' tires.
Bittersweet memories on that car. Paid $400.00 for it, learned to drive
by tooling around without a drivers license or insurance and eventually
broke the accelerator in a stuck on position doing major motor damage.
Another $400.00 for an engine re-build and I was in hock up to my eyes
(making $1.35 per hour working weekends at a grocery store)
Oh yeah...due to bad brakes I rear ended the Volkswahen doing $80.00
damage to it's bumper and the authorities make me surrender my plates
until I paid for the Bug's repairs and showed proof of insurance.
That was a major downer that affected me through most of high school.