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BRP a front for AARP?

Yeah, you youngsters born in the '60's love your Studebakers...

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1958 and yes my Dad had one also was a big Chrysler Newport fan 1964 pushbutton auto I cracked the windshield with my head on that one what a bump :gaah:
 
1958 and yes my Dad had one...

Ha!

Another 1950's kid--you DO understand!

also was a big Chrysler Newport fan 1964 pushbutton auto I cracked the windshield with my head on that one what a bump :gaah:

Man, what is it about those cars?

When I was, maybe, four, my parents brought my big sister and I to the funeral and burial of one of their friends.

At the cemetery, they left my 10-year-old sister in charge of me in the car, while they walked to the gravesite.

After about two minutes, I had pressed the P, R, L, D, and R buttons at the same time on the dash. (If there was a 2 button, I know I pressed that one too.)

My sister had not noticed as she read her comic.

Needless to say, the car would not start.

Even at that young age, I remember trying to expain to my father the design flaw of being able to ask the car to be in all gears of the tranny at once...

Edit: Found this photo. Nope, no "Park" button but a lever, BUT now I remember that it had a complete word written on each button and I had not yet read my Dr. Seuss "Go, Dog, Go" book at the time of the, um, accident...

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Ha!

Another 1950's kid--you DO understand!



Man, what is it about those cars?

When I was, maybe, four, my parents brought my big sister and I to the funeral and burial of one of their friends.

At the cemetery, they left my 10-year-old sister in charge of me in the car, while they walked to the gravesite.

After about two minutes, I had pressed the P, R, L, D, and R buttons at the same time on the dash. (If there was a 2 button, I know I pressed that one too.)

My sister had not noticed as she read her comic.

Needless to say, the car would not start.

Even at that young age, I remember trying to expain to my father the design flaw of being able to ask the car to be in all gears of the tranny at once...

I'm not in that age category (thank goodness :joke: ), but I'll never forget my dad's 1964 Pontiac Catalina convertible...what a beautiful car...he got rid of it when I was pretty young, but to this day, I miss that car...it was such a fun ride...I know he misses it too...started to rust a bit on the bottom and he didn't want to take the time/spend the money to have it restored...:(
 
I don't remember my old man's '39 Lincoln Zephyr that he had when I was born, unfortunately. I do fondly remember his string of convertibles, though. A '53 Pontiac, '55 Buick, '57 Chevy, '62 Chevy, and a '66 Chevy. I love ragtops to this day, almost as much as I love my bikes, dragsters and hotrods. My wife's '63 Falcon convertible is a delight. Ah, 61 years of fond mechanical memories! :D
-Scotty
 
"As I tell myself as every birthday rolls around, it beats the alternative!" :agree:


We're both 53 and in better shape than in our 20's.
 
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