My Cars from 1963 - Present

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My 1st Car - 1963
After High School  Graduation

1957 Ford 2 Door Custom
 $100.00

Drove till 167,000 miles !
 

Homestead AFB 1966


1955 Chevy 
 $200.00 
Engine Blew!


The Bad Luck Years

These 4 cars

<= Bought during =>

the

 


11958 Ford 232 Fairlane
$300.00
Dealer couldn't get title.
Had to return !


1959 Ford 2-Door 
$300.00
Engine caught fire when it
overheated after Fan belt
broke & gauges were broke
driving on Fl Turnpike
back to Homestead AFB
 

3 years

While I was at

<= Homestead AFB =>

1966-1968 .....

I could not catch

a Break !

1960 Plymouth Fury
$300.00
Had to rebuilt car then
sell when I got
shipped off to Vietnam !

 



 

North Carolina Mountains
1970

B
Bought After USAF Discharge in
1969

1965 Ford Econoline
$800.00
A FUN LITTLE VAN !
 


North Carolina Mountains
1970


Camping in the Florida
Keys in 1972
with Wife and son

1971

1967 Country Squire 390 Wagon
$1400.00


Camping in the Florida
Keys in 1972
with Wife and son


1972- My 2nd Car after Getting Married

1965 Mercury Comet
$200.00
 

After RCA Computer Systems
Closed up in 1975,
I had to start commuting
from West Palm Beach
to Bendix Avionics in
Ft. Lauderdale

1975- Replacement for Comet

1970 Ford Maverick
$400.00


1978 - First New Car


1978 Ford LTD 400 10-Pass Wagon
$7002.00
 

Well the 78 Wagon was a
Monster of a car that took
< == the Family all over the US
on Road Trips

The Pinto was a fun
little car around town
==>
that the wife drove

1980- New

1979 Ford Pinto Ess
$5000.00

This Car that
the wife wanted and got,
and it's 4 cyl
Camaro sister Model,
That GM built , were junk !

GM Dealers could not fix
them when they broke !


1984 Pontiac Firebird

$6000 for Used GM Junk !
 

They were some of the
Biggest pieces of Junk
that GM ever built !

I never bought a GM
again nor will I
ever in the Future !


With Family in North Carolina
on way to Friends in Minnesota.

1988 Ford LTD  8 -Pass Wgn
$24,500.00

The Family back on US
 Road Trips.

 


Well the 78 Wagon was
sold to a Friend to pull a Boat
in it's 11th year and I bought a
New 1988 Ford wagon


 

Finally unloaded the junk
Firebird and bought
======>
a new Mustang for the  wife.
 

 

1989 Ford Mustang LX
$17,500.00

 

The Thunderbird was a great
road car ..32 mpg on road !
7000 mile road trip with youngest son to Denver, Yellowstone, Montana,
and Pa and back home.

1994
Then Came
My Mid life Crisis Car

1994 Ford Thunderbird LX
$18,250.00
A Great Fun  Car !
 


I Traveled All over the country
to  my Brothers in Pa,
Carolinas, and New Jersey shore.

Car with  "377SP" tag
and Military Stickers !
Chesapeake Bay, VA

 


2000

Finally after a 6 years
Had Passed


 

2000 Ford Taraus SE 24V 200HP Wagon
$25,000  - 27-32MPG on the Road
I wanted a Wagon again for
more space while traveling !
 


2002 Ford ZX2
$6,500
To Save the Wagon and Gas
while Commuting to work.
Fast & 34 mpg !
Drove to Montreal one year

 

2006
As the 2000 Wagon was Running to the end of
 it's 100K Warranty ...

2004 Ford Taraus SE 24V 200HP Wagon
$13,000 -
27-32MPG on the Road

I found this Car on Online, For Sale, on CARMAX in Utah - in Service 1 yr - 5761 miles
Ford Quit making Taraus Wagons in 2004 !
This was a rare find with the 24V 200 hp Engine and I Grabbed it quick.
I then had it shipped to Ft, Lauderdale - Like Brand New, For 1/2 Price !

Also bought 6 year 100K Ford Warranty ..good to March 2011

Well, I hope to have this for a while ..Only 31,500 miles - as of 5/1/09

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