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whaap · 11-03-2012, 11:33 AM

This should make for some interesting conversation. I started driving while setting in my fathers lap and I honestly don't remember what cars we had when I was a kid. Chances are it or they would have been older, used Chevrolets. I do remember going to my grandfathers gas station in the summer time in his model A.

The first car I owned was a l947 Ford convertible in 1952. I see a lot of posts by young people here about some of the strange mods they do to their car and I have to stop and realize I did the same thing. Back then it was shackles, Cadillac hub caps, fender skirts, lead (badge removal), blue dot tail lights and I had a semi Carson top, glass packs. It was a regular convertible top but it covered the quarter glass like a Carson top. And, speaking of hi-tech, I'll never forget the day I added a rear seat speaker to the car. I had a toggle switch under the dash that I could have either the front or the rear on but not both at the same time. I also though it was cool to switch the shift lever (on the tree) over to the left side.

I've owned a few interesting cars over the years. In l967 I bought a new Mustang fastback. In 1972 I bought a '71 Corvette convertible from Roger Penske. He owned a Chevrolet dealership in the suburbs of Detroit at the time. Back in the 60's and 70's we owned a couple VW Bugs. In '77 had a neat VW Bus converted into a camper which was neat. The last three cars I owned before buying the FR-S was a '99 Miata, '87 911 Carrera Cabriolet, '02 Miata. For quite a long time I have been trying to talk myself into buying a Cayman but I just wouldn't allow myself to spend that kind of money. Then a few years back, learning about the FT-86 program it looked like I found the answer. Now having my FR-S I'm satisfied that I've found the answer to what I was looking for.

11-03-2012, 11:33 AM	#2
whaap Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Drives: '13 FR-S firestorm, 6 mt - '11 CR-V Location: Tucson Posts: 2,133 Thanks: 243 Thanked 1,387 Times in 657 Posts Mentioned: 36 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This should make for some interesting conversation. I started driving while setting in my fathers lap and I honestly don't remember what cars we had when I was a kid. Chances are it or they would have been older, used Chevrolets. I do remember going to my grandfathers gas station in the summer time in his model A. The first car I owned was a l947 Ford convertible in 1952. I see a lot of posts by young people here about some of the strange mods they do to their car and I have to stop and realize I did the same thing. Back then it was shackles, Cadillac hub caps, fender skirts, lead (badge removal), blue dot tail lights and I had a semi Carson top, glass packs. It was a regular convertible top but it covered the quarter glass like a Carson top. And, speaking of hi-tech, I'll never forget the day I added a rear seat speaker to the car. I had a toggle switch under the dash that I could have either the front or the rear on but not both at the same time. I also though it was cool to switch the shift lever (on the tree) over to the left side. I've owned a few interesting cars over the years. In l967 I bought a new Mustang fastback. In 1972 I bought a '71 Corvette convertible from Roger Penske. He owned a Chevrolet dealership in the suburbs of Detroit at the time. Back in the 60's and 70's we owned a couple VW Bugs. In '77 had a neat VW Bus converted into a camper which was neat. The last three cars I owned before buying the FR-S was a '99 Miata, '87 911 Carrera Cabriolet, '02 Miata. For quite a long time I have been trying to talk myself into buying a Cayman but I just wouldn't allow myself to spend that kind of money. Then a few years back, learning about the FT-86 program it looked like I found the answer. Now having my FR-S I'm satisfied that I've found the answer to what I was looking for.