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Rhiannon12866

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17. I know! That does not make sense!

Reply to TNNurse (Reply #12)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 07:48 AM

Nov 2019

My Dad was born in January 1928 and my grandmother said that my grandfather kept driving their car around the block so it didn't freeze while she was in the small town hospital giving birth. I never thought to ask her what kind of car that was...

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The Most Popular Car the Year You Were Born [View all] Rhiannon12866 Oct 2019 OP

That's a '57 Chevy, and the VW beetle is not a '72 sop Oct 2019 #1

That makes sense to me - since I think my grandmother had that Chevy Rhiannon12866 Oct 2019 #3

What, there are no photos of a 54-55 Chevy Bel-air? ZZenith Oct 2019 #2

That Beetle is about an early 1960s model bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #4

And it floated. tecelote Oct 2019 #6

Good thing, there was no current to float it downstream. 3Hotdogs Oct 2019 #8

They sure could! ChazInAz Oct 2019 #13

'62 & a right hander at that rickyhall Oct 2019 #7

When I was in college BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #11

In the year I was born Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #5

They don't go back far enough for me either. keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #10

1942. 3Hotdogs Oct 2019 #9

I was born in 1949, but I guess those born before 1950 do not count. TNNurse Oct 2019 #12

I know! That does not make sense! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2019 #17

My 73 Super Beetle was the best car I ever owned. Dem2theMax Oct 2019 #14

Rambler Ambassador. bluedigger Oct 2019 #15

Buick Riviera Eugene Oct 2019 #16

Spam deleted by MIR Team Evallon Jun 2020 #18

Cool car, dude. marble falls Jun 2020 #19

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