-
carol (bookdelle) posted an update Sunday, Aug 3, 2014, 10:43pm EDT, 11 years, 2 months ago
We knew all the years, makes and models of cars. The first new car my Dad bought was a '61 Ford Fairlane - now that was a big car! It was the one I also used since i lived at home and commuted to college but in NYC public transportation was good.
My longtime boyfriend got a 56 Ford convertible in 1960 - white with red interior - classy. We couldn't get a license in NYC until we were 18.
Then I moved to San Francisco - again good transportation so no car necessary. The first car my ex and I got was an older VW and it was a complicated deal related to the porn kings of SF - the Mitchell Brothers. Friend of a friend etc. and we had to pay police storage fees to get the car. Registering it was a nightmare as this Mitchell brother was in prison and someone made visits to get papers signed etc.
So I never really had my own first car until much later.