COFFEE TALK for Friday February 18, 2022

So many memories of that time growing up include an automobile when you stop to think about it.  One in particular for me was when one of the older kids in the neighborhood drove by in a brand new 67 impala convertible which I have a True Scale model of. 

Hah,still remember the day I foxed my pop into letting me buy a convertible!😂

George I really liked your writeup...it was "SUPER".

For me, what made a car special was it being different, somehow, from most of the rest of the automotive four-wheeled vehicles you were used to seeing. Speaking of being 5 or 6, when I was 6 years old (1953) I was given a brand new 1/24th or 1/25th scale 'first year' 1953 Corvette. I was elated. No typical four-door transportation device, it was a two-seater sporty vehicle that spoke to me. 

It started my love affair with every motor vehicle that could spark, even a modicum of interest, in the automotive side of my brain.  

Posted by: @bob-jackman

George I really liked your writeup...it was "SUPER".

THANKS Bob!  lol, but don't you really mean it was "SPECIAL"? 

For me what made a particular car special as a kid was simply the visual impact it had on me upon first seeing it.  Four cars come to mind; at age 8 and 9 two neighbors bought brand new cars which stunned me when I first saw them......but for opposite reasons.  The first one was a beautiful 1960 Chevy Impala 2drht., copper with a white roof, which blew me away; especially the improved fins and chrome shrouded triple tail lights.  The second was a new 1961 Plymouth Fury 2drht., silver with red interior; which shocked me because it was SO strange looking and such a departure from the '60.  I didn't like it at all, especially the grille and "stuck on" tail lights, but I must say it sure created an impression...especially in silver.  I remember looking it over for a long time in amazement; wondering why someone would buy it when they could have had a new Chevy or Pontiac!.  I like it much more today of course. The third one was the incredible 1963 Corvette......a jaw dropper then and now for me....no more need be said.  The fourth one was a brand new 1964 Chevy Impala 2drht. in burgundy....this beauty stopped me dead in my tracks when I first saw it in the neighbor's driveway.  It was a stunner at the time.....just gorgeous.  I was sure surprised when she traded it in just a year later for  a'65 Pontiac Parisienne 2drht. but given the wholesale styling change made by GM that year I understand now.

@georgeschire 

George, I enjoy reading your Coffee Talks in the morning. I had many special cars in the late 1950s and early 1960s, most were from GM. There is one Ford car that was special, my father’s 1960. I learned to drive in that one.

George for me what makes a car SPECIAL is the way it drives. Give me a car that's nimble and quick and I'm in paradise. Of course, it has to look good too.

Great job with your "Coffee Talk."

Posted by: @sizedoesmatter

George for me what makes a car SPECIAL is the way it drives. Give me a car that's nimble and quick and I'm in paradise. Of course, it has to look good too.

Great job with your "Coffee Talk."

THANK YOU John, I appreciate your kind words and support.  The "Coffee Talk" idea was something I came up with that I thought would be a way to share some personal experiences and memories, tied in to our love of old cars.  Glad you are enjoying it.  

@ed-davis THANK YOU Ed!  

A little bit ago, my wife read my "Coffee Talk" for today.  When she was done, she looked at me and said, "It's so SPECIAL the way you always have a story and you share them in a SPECIAL way".  I love that woman!