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

[scruz914]

My Dad was practical during the time I lived at home. I must admit though, our 1965 Mercury Colony Park with a 390 V8 4 bbl had some pretty good dragster qualities. We also had a TR10 that Dad used to commute to the train station in. It was a station wagon model which attracted a fair amount of attention. Later on, my Dad bought a Special Edition 280ZX. I was long out of the house and never drove it. I was happy to see him driving something that was special to him.

My best friend's Dad had a 1967 TR4A IRS that was our primary transportation and wrenching project in high school. I loved that car.

My highschool girlfriend's Dad had a 1970 Firebird Formula 400, first year of the new body style and last year of any HP for a long time. Somehow, I frequently found myself behind the wheel. That car was so tight in the corners with plenty of power.

Thinking about those cars brings back some great memories!

-Jeff