tuxnharley

Mine had a '63 Falcon Sprint convertible - it became my 2nd car.....

VeroWing

That's great! Congratulations on gathering your father's past cars. He sure had some nice rides!

Frankie the Fink

My Dad had a '66 Fairlane...I slammed the door too hard one day and the rusted out rain gutter came loose....as the door itself bounced back from the striker and dropped two inches. A complete rust-out...

Really nice to see a car collection handed down like that...

ejboyd5

That car is worth more to you than anyone else, and I'm not talking about money. Glad you were able to seal the deal.

GTOguy

The '91 Escort was Dad's last car. The first one's I remember were a black '59 Peugeot 403 sedan and a chalkboard faded red Renault Dauphine.....like a '56 or so. Both had been shipped back from France after his military service was concluded. The first swearing/cussing I ever heard was as a 2 year old when the shifter of the Renault came off in dad's hand as we were trying to pull away from the curb. I vaguely remember one of the doors being tied shut with a rope.....even as a tot, I knew it was an inferior product. It blew a head gasket going up the Caldecott Tunnel grade in Oakland, and he got $75 for it on a trade in for a brand new '63 VW Beetle, red with a sunfroof. THAT was a 'cool' car.

tuxnharley

My Dad's last car was a '86 Mustang GT convertible that he bought new as a retirement present to himself and kept for 20+ years. My sister has it now, still only about 60k miles on it.

Dad's first car after he got back from the Navy in WWII was a Renault 2(?) CV that he bought once he could afford a new car. Apparently I came home from the hospital in it. I don't remember it - obviously -, but from the stories I heard it was a similar piece of cr@p, and was soon replaced with a 1950 Ford 2 dr coupe - and then a succession of Fords over the years...........