OT: What did your parents drive?, Not to work - for fun? Options

[Pat Garvey]

Just spent a nostalgic week with my parents/in-laws. Guess i know where I get my moto-DNA.

My father-in-law, who dies last week once had, as his premier car, a first-run Cobra! I never knew it! '64 289. kept it for 3 years, before deciding it wasn't a "family" car. Traded it for a Cadillac.

My father had 2 hemi-Dodges. A '55 and and a '56. Two-tone paint on both (black & red). Bought my Mom a deuce coupe in '60. She hated that car! Traded it for a '66 VW, which she still misses at age 93.

My 2nd car (after the beer wagon hand-me-down '60 Dodge) was a '66 Dodge Dart GT (I'd KILL to have it back). 273 cid, 4 speed, balanced blueprinted & dyno'd at 304 hp, Edelbrock, dual carter AFB's w/postive linkage. 6 mpg.

So....why have I spent 35 years with a 1.7 914/4?
Pat

[John]

My dad drove/still drives the 914 he bought new in 1974.

It is a little modified now.... It's what we use as "the track car"

He's also had some other Porsches:

1973 911T
1974 911
1983 930
Many many parts cars (but never drove those)

and some other less eventful cars:

19?? Chevy
19?? Corvair
19?? Montego
1972 Beetle
1973 Pontiac Grand Prix
1979 Toyota Celica
1981-82 Delta 88
198? Cavilier Wagon
1989 S10 Blazer
1991 Suburban
200? Taurus (2 of them)
200? Grand Marquis

I know he's had some others, but I've probably embarrassed him enough.

Hi Dad.