Pluggers by Rick McKee for March 29, 2013

My first car was a 1968 Volkswagan Bug. One night I lost control and ran it into a tree at 30 mph, Ain’t no restoring that puppy. Scrapped many, many years ago. Sniff. Sob.

’51 chevy?

MGA…it’s out in the chicken coop.

I wish.

I gave mine to charity. The car was fine, but the parts got too expensive.

I remember a 1960 Chevy Impala Sport Sedan(Flat Top) it was a ‘battleship’ Silver with white trim and red and white ’Houndstooth) upholstery loved that car until my Dad traded for a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda but that is another story.

my first car was a second hand ’70 Buick Skylark. baby blue. still had the name of the first owner and the address of where he bought the car in the glove compartment.

1951 2 door Ford straight 6. About 4 years after I got may parents gave it away (registered in their name) while I was in the navy. The battery had died and the tires were flat.

’’57 Beetle. I hope someone turned it into a dune buggy, it always thought it was an off-road vehicle – even had it on sand dunes with normal air pressure in the tires. Family got too big (dimensions, not numbers).

I wouldn’t mind having another 54 chebbie.

We had a 1963 light brown Buick Skylark convertible with a white top, for 10 years. We kids used to wash it every week.

’58 Rambler wagon….was glad to get rid of it…20-20 hindsight…wish I still had her…

A ’39 Pontiac 6 was mine. Handed down from my Granddadto my big brother and finally to me. I sold it for $50.00.

My first was a ’54 Pontiac Star Chief, which my parents sold out from under me when I went into the Navy. Grump – I still miss that thing.

Later, I owned a ’68 Mercedes 280, which had sat out in a field for five years. Great car, totally ruined by sitting out there – the floor was mostly rust after that. Not a good idea.

@Michael; That Mercedes wouldn’t have been the one on Rte 365 near Holland Patent, would it? I told that guy he oughta park it somewhere dry, but "aw, it won’t hurt nothin’ was his attitude.

I had a 77 dodge charger SE, auto on the floor, I beat the snot out of that car

55 Chevy. Put it out in the field to do something some day. The frame got turned into a hay wagon. The rest scrapped. I still have fond memories of it.

1968 Chevelle SS 396…. traded it for a 1972 VW Super Beetle with factory A/C, and gave $500.00 boot…………….

The first car that I drove regularly was a 62 VW Beetle, but the first car that I owned was a 73 AMC Gremlin.

My first car is a 2013 Mazda.

Real Pluggers walk until they are too old.

Then they die.

@firedome

It might be a ‘52 chevy. The 51’s didn’t have those vertical chrome segments on the grill………….

‘64 Olds F85 (pre-cutlas), mother used to back into posts, brother got it hit by a truck and smashed up driver’s side back door and rear quarter panel, I smashes front fender – This was in the late ’60s early ’70s – called it the “DMZ”. Drove and repaired it mechanically until I graduated from college. Had to shift the auto trans to low to get it going, but could get it up to over 100 on a straight-away. Even suprised some cops I knew. Miss that old beast- but had to sell her when I went to work.

Mine was an Oldsmobile. I babied that thing, and I wish I still had it.