What was your first car &why did you get rid of it. - Beyond Tiki

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Mon, Jan 19, 2004 9:44 AM My first car was a 1964 Mercury Comet. A page HERE I can't beleive I survived this car. It must have had 200,000 miles on it and a lot of that was spent hauling firewood. You could turn the wheel from 2 oclock to 10 oclick and nothing happened. Lots of play. The engine barely ran. I had a rubber band under the hood for the throttle spring. I had a string in the gas pedal to pull it back up after I pressed it down. The lights would turn off on occasion. The gears were slipped so that I had to have the safety turned off so it would start in any gear. You could not tell what gear you were in by looking. Oh, and the left rear quarter was smashed.

My first car was a 1964 Mercury Comet.

A page HERE
I can't beleive I survived this car. It must have had 200,000 miles on it and a lot of that was spent hauling firewood. You could turn the wheel from 2 oclock to 10 oclick and nothing happened. Lots of play. The engine barely ran. I had a rubber band under the hood for the throttle spring. I had a string in the gas pedal to pull it back up after I pressed it down. The lights would turn off on occasion. The gears were slipped so that I had to have the safety turned off so it would start in any gear. You could not tell what gear you were in by looking. Oh, and the left rear quarter was smashed.

Post #70898 by Swanky on Mon, Jan 19, 2004 9:44 AM