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It was a 1964 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, I was only four years older than the car. Any time I found a key on the ground I would pick it up, and put it in a box. I had quite a collection of keys. One fine Summer day when my father was asleep, I got the bright idea to take my box of keys and try all of the GM ones on the Caddy...one worked, so I took it for a ride. When I got back, I made sure to park it exactly as it had been before I took it. As far as I know, nobody ever figured it out, and I'd ride that thing around any time I wanted. I was a tall kid, I reached my full height of 6'2" by the time I was 12.
I started driving in 1966, in a 1964 Ford Galaxie (351-cube V-8) which belonged to a uncle who was a sort of "third parent" in my family; lots of great memories.
As for manual transmissions, I got my exposure to them on International Harvester farm tractors; never cared to fiddle with a gearshift in highway traffic.
And while I still hold a license, a spinal deformity which has spread to my shoulders put an end t most of my driving two years ago.
What was the FIRST car you ever drove? Not owned or sit on your dads lap and steered the car but drove yourself.
Not sure the year of it but it was a Gremlin with a 327 in it if it wasn’t fast at least it sounded fast.
One of my friends dad had the car it was so loud that we had to push it out of the driveway and then start it. We were in middle school 8th grade to be exact growing up in Atlanta we would cruise down to the Varsity downtown. My friends dad would pass out on the couch so there was always that chance that he would wake up and look out the window, and see that the car is gone. Luckily we never got caught.
I wish I could remember. It was a customers car at my dads station that they told me to drive in. From there I was driving the tow truck (manual) and 1965 Bronco with shifter on the column that I figured out myself. I even figured out how to plow snow with it after years of driving with my dad while he was plowing. I always had a natural ability to shift with cars and motorcycles like I was born knowing how lol
I am trying to remember. I think that the first car I drove was a stick shift 1975 Toyota Corolla. It was one of the family cars at the time. I might have done very limited driving in a parking lot in a car we had before that, but I can't remember which car it was. At that time, we had both the Corolla and a Ford LTD wagon. After the Corolla, I drove a 1971 Mercury Montego which became my car, and another family car, a 1978 Mercury Zephyr.
I started driving in 1966, in a 1964 Ford Galaxie (351-cube V-8) which belonged to a uncle who was a sort of "third parent" in my family; lots of great memories.
As for manual transmissions, I got my exposure to them on International Harvester farm tractors; never cared to fiddle with a gearshift in highway traffic.
And while I still hold a license, a spinal deformity which has spread to my shoulders put an end t most of my driving two years ago.
My grandfather had a 1965 Ford Galaxie, probably with the same engine your uncle's car had. After he died, my family got that car and had it for a few years. How was your uncle's car to drive? I never drove grandpop's car because we got rid of it before I was old enough to drive. I see a car of that vintage and type every so often being driven around as a classic, and they look pretty cool. It's one old car that I would be tempted to get as a car to play with.
A brand new 1972 Mercury Comet. My payment was $81.60 a month. :-)
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and everytime I made a right turn the passenger door would fling open...lol
