Things that make you feel old !

I moved away from there in '98, but I used to live in a suburb of Dallas, TX. A rich suburb. Anyway, at that time, the gift a lot of high school graduates got was a new Mustang GT. It didn't seem quite right to me, but I guess that's because every car that I ever owned I had to work for. Whatever. BTW, my first car was a '66 Mustang. It was used, however. A warmed over '69 302 and a toploader four-speed was the drivetrain. It had the factory 140 MPH speedo and quite a few times I had it buried. Gawd, I hope my kids don't EVER do what I did......

My first car was a '63 Corvair Convt, GREAT car!

When my son turned 16 he wanted a Mustang or Camaro, remembering what I was like at his age, he got an old Caprice.

He cracked it up, and it probably saved his life.

Nice story :)

Sooooo... maybe you should let the kid do your yardwork.. help him buy fuel and insurance for his Mustang Kate

"William Claude Dukenfield" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com... : This spring a neighborhood skinny little kid came by to ask if he : could mow my lawn. : : I unfortunately had to say I use a lawn/yard service that does that, : and much more for me (gutters, weeding, hedges, etc.). : : And besides he looked to young to be pushing a lawn mower about. : : I see him occasionally, wave, and we say hello, talk about the : weather. He loves my '05 Mustang Conv. : : Today he stopped over to show me his "new" '95 Mustang. His Dad said : if he had a good driving record for a year, kept his grades up, and : paid his own insurance, he could have one. : : HE'S 17 !!!!!! I THOUGHT HE WAS ABOUT 12 !!!!! HE CAN DRIVE A CAR : ??? : : (I kept my cool, didn't say anything, and didn't go inside screaming : until after he left ;-) : : : - My first Mustang was a '66, it was new ;-) :

The first time I was called "Sir" by a teenager. 8( That really made me feel old.

Alias

On Sat, 02 Jul 2005 15:55:57 -0500, William Claude Dukenfield wrote something wonderfully witty:

Hell if that is the only thing that makes you feel old you are a damn lucky man. Wanna buy a used back cheap?

My grandparents next door neighbors came over from Italy. They opened a pizza place. Within one year, the had added a steak house, a shoe store, and a dress shop. Later they added another pizza place. They had three sons. The oldest a senior in high school, the second was a junior, and the third was 14. Within that first year the two older boys had brand new 'vettes (1966).... and the 14 year old had a custom El Camino he couldn't even drive, but he was out nearly every day washing and polishing it. Every time one of the older ones cracked up a car, the parents bought them a new one

My first real car was when I was 22, when I returned from Vietnam, I bought a 5 year old 65 Ford Mustang Fastback for $1000. And I had been working from the 4th grade on.... started with a TV Guide route, and worked up from there.

Seems like what you have to work and wait for you appreciate more.

Spike

1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40 16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial 225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video.

"When the time comes to lay down my life for my country, I do not cower from this responsibility. I welcome it." -JFK Inaugural Speech

William Claude Dukenfield wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

The best Corvairs were the 2nd gen. 1st gen cars had VW-style swing axles that were responsible in part for Ralph Nader's attack. The later cars ('65 and up) had Corvette-style independent rears which were awesome. I owned three of them at various times...

Here's a pretty decent Corvair link:

That one I got over. Sitting in a bar at LAX the cocktail waitress took my order and started to walk away.... stopped... came back and asked for identification. I passed it over... she looked at it and apologized. I was 30+ at the time. I told her not to apologize. When I was underage it was an "insult", but at my age (then) it was a compliment. She bought my drinks.... but she got a BIG tip.... : ) Spike

1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40 16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial 225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video.

"When the time comes to lay down my life for my country, I do not cower from this responsibility. I welcome it." -JFK Inaugural Speech

I had something similar happen when I was about 35, being carded entering a night club. My wife claimed it was just to get me to come back.