Quote: Rufus T Firefly wrote in post #8

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I've got a survival story that beats just about everyone's.

Our family had one of these:



My dad bought it new in 1960. Just like the one pictured - even to the baby crap green color. Not only did we survive it (Ralph Nader's "Unsafe At Any Speed" notwithstanding), my dad ended up putting over 100,000 miles on it.

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Oh .. another rich kid. We rode shank's mare.

Quote: ThirstyMan wrote in post #14

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Those air cooled engines were weak on heat - understatement.

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In the air cooled cars I drove the heat didn't come on until you arrived at your destination.

When I got an old Falcon I couldn't believe the luxury (despite the hand choke, lack of power steering, and manual transmission}.