Let's see, my dad was also a mechanic and picked up cars to restore all the time. We had a couple of late 50's TR3's, a 1953 Cadillac, A 1950 Ford sedan that was pushed over the bank along the Marine Drive while we were out camping on Lemon Island, a couple of mid 60's Ford Thunderbirds but the two best were the 1968 Mercury Cougar with a factory 427cid pumping over 400 horsepower. This was an extremely rare car that only a little over 300 were made. This was a muscle car with European styling luxury. I sold my 1967 Ford Fairlane GTA with a 390 in it so I could buy it from them but then had to sell it because insurance was expensive so I ended up buying a 1967 Ford Mustang GTA with a 390cid. The other one was a triple black 1972 Mercury Cougar convertible. We also had several different versions of early Mustangs with coupes, convertibles and fastbacks.
well, my memory of that car is 45 years old. I knew it was a 28_ something. 6 cubic inches is only 3.3 ounces, which is about 1/4 of a beer....which is about 1/30th of the beer needed to loosen up the situation in the back seat of a Falcon at the drive-in
I had a 65 Bus and loved it, I put them swivel kitchen chairs on brakets up front, cool looking ones. Customized the back with pull out , closet & nice sounds and lights. Drove it during the summer of love in Concord, and some chicks I knew one night put 20 stickem flowers all around it, I made them pay!
My dad liked Chevy cars and Ford Trucks......before I had kids I liked two seaters...fave being the Datsun 2000 I bought after getting out of the Navy
You had a cool bus ‘65 would have been split front windshield and the older air cooled engine. Loved those, had a few friends with them. Really wanted a 23 window and almost bought a 23 window body is fairly good shape for about 10K back in the day. But I needed some help from the family for the last few thousand and my Dad said no. Those now go for 250K restored and just an average body and windows will run 70k, shit.
I always thought Falcon were pretty cool...in fact, the first time I ever drove a car with a manual transmission, it was a Falcon 6 cylinder with "3 on the tree". Dad had a '64 Fairlaine with a 260 V8 which I learned to drive in...had a steering wheel as big as a freaking hula-hoop which made the front seat kinda crowded...so if you wanting any "action" you had to get in the back seat.
Coincidentally we also had a 69 with a 351 Windsor. The Cougars had the muscle of Mustangs but in a luxury car, especially the XR7. I used a 351 Windsor 4 barrel engine when I built my 1970 Ford Van I was customizing. It had a factory aluminum 4 barrel high rise, a decent cam and my dad did some headwork on it. That sucker was a strong engine as it had a nice low rumble that shook buildings.
My dad had a 1960s Jaguar sedan. I can't remember which model it was though. And then he traded it for a Triumph TR250.
Ha, my sister, who is 4 years older than me had an awesome 1965 Ford Mustang fastback and sold it so she could buy a 280z when it first came out. I actually had to go with her and drive it home as she didn't know how to drive a stick at the time and it had a 5 speed so I was the first one to drive her brand new car from Jim Fisher Datsun downtown.
My Dad bought my sister a new 1969 Mustang Mach 2 for HS graduation..I took my driving test when I was 16 in it file won't open....another windows update oxymoron...there...got it now
My parents had a few great cars: 1947 maroon Studebaker; 1961 VW bug; 1962 VW bug with a slightly bigger engine; '1963 VW bus; 1962 sky blue Chevrolet Impala with the 283. My brother had a really cool 1968 light blue Camaro. Just had the 283 engine but had a 4 on the floor Hurst shifter.
Should have kept your parents' car and just parked it in the garage without driving it. Think of what it would be worth today, that is if you wanted to sell it.
