Your first ride... and what happen to it.

[KathieK]

I’ll answer for Jack K. and me:

My first car was a 1968 Ford Falcon, green with a black vinyl roof, which my parents gave me in 1974 so I could attend community college. Not very stylish, but she was MINE! I replaced her with a brand-new 1976 Pinto, brown with orange pinstriping. She was pretty for the time.

Jack’s first car was a 1964 Mustang convertible, blue, black interior, black top. 6-Cyl. It never saw the road while he owned it. Then he bought the body for a ’65 Mustang Fastback, and tried to transfer over parts from a ’63, ran out of money, never finished, sold it. Ten years later he found it completely restored and kicked himself for never finishing it. Then he got a ’68 Ford Custom 428 Super Cobra Jet, police package. Speedomoter did 160, all of it.

’72 Cougar XR7, 351 Cleveland
’76 Mustang Ghia, 302, cream colored (sweet car) – Sold it, and on our wedding day we passed it on the way to the reception – crashed in a car accident!

Other vehicles we’ve owned since getting married:

’78 Mustang II, silver with red interior
’74 Full Size Ranger XLT pickup with a 360 truck motor
’79 Pinto wagon, maroon (Jack had to install a smaller steering wheel so he could get his knee between the door and the wheel in order to work the clutch!)
’82 Mercury Capri
’81 Yamaha 850 Special motorcycle – sold it to buy a new heating system for the house.
’80 Ford Fairmont Station wagon (kids started arriving)
’88 Plymouth Grand Voyager Mini van
’96 GMC Geneva Conversion Van
’78 F250 Extended Cab pickup, green
’97 Itasca Suncruiser motorhome (still using it)
’95 Ford E350 cargo van
’91 Ford Explorer
’93 Ford F250 pickup
’88 Cougar – we bought it for Jon but I totaled it one day when an elderly woman cut in front of me. He thought it was ugly anyway.
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, red, one of my all-time favorite cars. Drove her with over 180+K miles until someone ran a red light and broadsided me a few months ago. They had to cut her apart to get me out, and she was “totaled”. Very sad.
2005 Kia Sorrento, has lots of airbags!