An old 63 Ford Falcon. It was my first car. My dad had it towed up to our driveway one summer and said she's all yours...if you can get it running. I was 17. Took me and a friend all summer to get the parts at the junk yard, borrowed all kinds of tools to take it apart. I never thought it would work....but it did and when it passed inspection I had come of age! By the way, I always carried a spare starter, for some reason that always gave out. Could replace it on the fly, would take it back to Pep Boys to swap for a rebuilt and always carried a spare with me.
Of course by today's standard, that was a tinkertoy. Today's car's require a PHD and a computer workshop to fix.
For me it was a Renault R4. Great car. Went for years. Four disks at a time when that was unusual. Rear engine over the driving wheels made it a great off-road car. I think I took almost everything on that car apart and put it back together at some point. Nothing in it I couldn't identify.
An old 63 Ford Falcon. It was my first car. My dad had it towed up to our driveway one summer and said she's all yours...if you can get it running. I was 17. Took me and a friend all summer to get the parts at the junk yard, borrowed all kinds of tools to take it apart. I never thought it would work....but it did and when it passed inspection I had come of age! By the way, I always carried a spare starter, for some reason that always gave out. Could replace it on the fly, would take it back to Pep Boys to swap for a rebuilt and always carried a spare with me.
Of course by today's standard, that was a tinkertoy. Today's car's require a PHD and a computer workshop to fix.
For me it was a Renault R4. Great car. Went for years. Four disks at a time when that was unusual. Rear engine over the driving wheels made it a great off-road car. I think I took almost everything on that car apart and put it back together at some point. Nothing in it I couldn't identify.