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07-10-21, 07:31 AM
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My first car was a 1956 VW Beetle. The one with the oval rear window. I should have kept that car. Restored it would be a nice car and almost worth the cost of restoration. My second car was Triumph Herald. Then I had a succession of old English cars, mainly Vauxhalls before buying my first Citroen.
If I had kept the bug, or the Citroen DSuper and done them up It would have cost the same as the multitude of old cars I've owned and I've have a nice appreciating asset.
But most the old cars were fun. At least until cost of repairs got too much. Then I'd buy another older car. rinse, repeat. I'm a slow learner.
If I had kept the bug, or the Citroen DSuper and done them up It would have cost the same as the multitude of old cars I've owned and I've have a nice appreciating asset.
But most the old cars were fun. At least until cost of repairs got too much. Then I'd buy another older car. rinse, repeat. I'm a slow learner.
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07-10-21, 07:34 AM
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07-10-21, 08:53 AM
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07-10-21, 09:04 AM
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My first car was a college graduation present, a '73 Olds Cutlass Supreme, 350 Rocket V8. That baby could boogie.
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07-10-21, 09:07 AM
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07-10-21, 09:13 AM
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07-10-21, 09:21 AM
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07-10-21, 09:21 AM
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I had one, but it was a darker blue. I had more fun in that car than any others. I put "Prowler eliminator" tires on the stock wheels. Those tires were very square giving maybe twice as much tread on the ground and had stiff sidewalls. It handled like a Porsche.
I spent a lot of time going sideways, especially in the snow. Could almost drive the whole time sideways in the snow. Especially on a crowned road.
I spent a lot of time going sideways, especially in the snow. Could almost drive the whole time sideways in the snow. Especially on a crowned road.
07-10-21, 10:31 AM
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07-10-21, 10:34 AM
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07-10-21, 11:02 AM
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I had one, but it was a darker blue. I had more fun in that car than any others. I put "Prowler eliminator" tires on the stock wheels. Those tires were very square giving maybe twice as much tread on the ground and had stiff sidewalls. It handled like a Porsche.
I spent a lot of time going sideways, especially in the snow. Could almost drive the whole time sideways in the snow. Especially on a crowned road.
I spent a lot of time going sideways, especially in the snow. Could almost drive the whole time sideways in the snow. Especially on a crowned road.
07-10-21, 11:18 AM
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That said, I wish it were a Caledonia now, but still.
07-10-21, 11:19 AM
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07-10-21, 11:26 AM
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DougRNS in North Georgia baseball news, Jon Ossoff threw out the first pitch at the Gwinnett Stripers game yesterday!!!
/PnR
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07-10-21, 12:06 PM
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I've never been there, but I don't think there's much to walk to.
07-10-21, 12:15 PM
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Note to Velo Vol
the 2 eastern Tennessee metro areas are free of rain right now.
the 2 eastern Tennessee metro areas are free of rain right now.
07-10-21, 01:13 PM
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07-10-21, 01:13 PM
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07-10-21, 02:53 PM
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07-10-21, 02:55 PM
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07-10-21, 03:12 PM
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07-10-21, 03:18 PM
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07-10-21, 03:25 PM
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07-10-21, 04:24 PM
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07-10-21, 04:25 PM
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