Davo111 wrote:
Sorry Bill, that was 28th November, 1969, 10 days after my marball??? came out for Vietnam, and I am just a little bit older than you, but the cars are the same age.......(
Mid life crisis is taking affect from next week.....(Wed.)
Bucket List number 1. Off to Pearl Harbour for 18 Days....
My apologies i see the car wasnt 18 years old when you bought it , you were
, so was it new mini K when you bought it ? vietnam the draft got you or am i missing something again ?
Still great memories in those receipts , and a mini at their peak .
Funny thing in in over 30 years of driving ive never had that new car smell , even in my younger days when i first could drive " the 80's " i liked older cars they had loads of styling " which has given way to aerodynamics nowadays " but hey my fisrt car was a 1969 ish xw ford falcon " $500 " which i upgraded to an xc coupe worked 302 V8 " $3200 " was an absolute beast and a sheer pleasure to drive " but it had a preference for rust
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Then came my first mini , a yellow mini which unfortunately didnt stick in my mind much , only it was nippy and very rattley and easy to park and fun to drive lol , oh and it was a leyland clubman. That was it till many toyota's later im back to the mini
Todays cars are great mechanically " but less stylish in my mind " and getting under the bonnet on the old cars wasnt so scary , i dont know how many times we pulled out 6 cyl's and put v8's in all the fords we had , valiant chargers etc ? and all the slabs we drank while working on cars ....... ahh memories .
Damn im rambling on ...... i hope you have a great time on your trip to Hawaii , a friend tells me the ribs are awesome.Get plenty of pics and share them with us ....... well im off for another bourbon .
Cheers Bill
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Thats an awesome find , the fact you still had documents from 1987 is cool , must bring back memories.
