What was your first car?

[Carl Miller]

Ah, happy days. Mine was the same way -- when driving in sleet I'd have to have my left arm stuck out the window with an ice scraper, to keep the sleet from building up on the front of the windshield.

The ultimate was driving to work around 4 AM one morning in a blizzard -- and having the windshield wiper actually work off its stud and blow away. I had to stop the car and go back and wander around in the snow until I found it.

But you know, even with all that I still loved that car. It might have been a hazard to life and safety by modern standards, but it had personality. And the radio was pretty good too.

The same thing happened to me with my '61 beetle.

As horrible as a neglected 50 year old beetle can be, its still a fun car.

my summertime beater

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I remember once when driving over the 33 bridge in my 60 Bel-Air, the windshield wipers caught eachother when they were coming back down to the center. I had to climb half out the car while driving in the pouring rain and pull them apart lol.

 

[Carl Miller]

... somehow double posted

 

[jamespowers]

I remember once when driving over the 33 bridge in my 60 Bel-Air, the windshield wipers caught eachother when they were coming back down to the center. I had to climb half out the car while driving in the pouring rain and pull them apart lol.

Sounds like something you would see the Duke boys doing.

 

[deco_droid]

I wish I could find a 59 cadillac now for that much----I mean one that doesn't look like a junk pile.
About all you get for that now is this:

I looked at the sky high prices for 59 Caddy's recently and thought about what could have been. The 80s were a great time for picking up old classics if you had the cash. Too bad I was a lowly student back then...

 

[AtomicEraTom]

It's really too bad '59 Caddies are so expensive. That's my dream car and I will have to win the lotto to get my hands on one!

 

[jamespowers]

It's really too bad '59 Caddies are so expensive. That's my dream car and I will have to win the lotto to get my hands on one!

I'll take this one:

 

[AtomicEraTom]

If that was fire-engine red, it would be my dream Caddy.

 

[jamespowers]

If that was fire-engine red, it would be my dream Caddy.

Boy, you like getting tickets eh?

 

[jamespowers]

Ok, fine:

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Getting tickets? I'm pretty sure that a 59 Caddy doesn't need to be red to stand out. I'm drooling over those red ones!!!!

 

[jamespowers]

Getting tickets? I'm pretty sure that a 59 Caddy doesn't need to be red to stand out. I'm drooling over those red ones!!!!

I'll take one off your hands if you don't want it.

 

[I Adore Film Noir]

This, inherited from Dad, but I don't remember the roof as white:

1961 Chevrolet Impala four door sedan

 

[jamespowers]

This, inherited from Dad, but I don't remember the roof as white:

1961 Chevrolet Impala four door sedan

Good enough either way. Nice car.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

If I was the kinda man to have two '59 Caddies, I imagine I would help you out!

I'll take one off your hands if you don't want it.

 

[Justin B]

Ok, fine:

That looks just about exactly like the one I had, except I think that one has a red interior and mine had white. Great car. Somehow behind the wheel you were never in a hurry to get anywhere. Don't think I ever had it up over 50mph..

 

[jamespowers]

That looks just about exactly like the one I had, except I think that one has a red interior and mine had white. Great car. Somehow behind the wheel you were never in a hurry to get anywhere. Don't think I ever had it up over 50mph..

Interesting story about a 59 Cadillac. My great uncle got a 59 that had a wire harness fire. It was a four door flat top that my parents used in their wedding in 1964 so he had to have gotten it a little bit before that. The car was hilarious for a while when he was getting the wiring sorted out. Things happened like if you blew the horn the window would roll down. :rofl: He got it sorted out by the time my parents got married though. lol

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Those 4-door flat-tops are cool!

 

[jamespowers]

Those 4-door flat-tops are cool!

When they work right, they are fine.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

My dad was gonna borrow me the money to buy one a few months back. Project car. It was fairly cheap, though .