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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-14-04 01:37 PM
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85. 68 Olds Cutlass F-85.
My parents bought it in 1980 for my brother and I to share. When he went to college the next year, it was all mine!
It went from 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds. It only got about 9 miles per gallon, but it took leaded gas, which was cheaper at the time than unleaded.
It was always parked in the driveway. There were days when it was buried in snow and still started on the first try. My mom's 1979 Dodge Colt (Mitsubishi) was in the garage and wouldn't start.
It was rusting badly in places, but was still intact. The only problem it had was it didn't handle winter roads well, not having front wheel drive. We had to weigh down the trunk with bags of sand, or it wouldn't be able to get up a slippery hill.
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