These machines are easily identified from the air.

Oh My God - I remember this video.

I remember an evil step father giving me lessons in his rat trap 1963 Plymouth Valiant. He chewed and there was a brown stain down the drivers side. I kept stalling out. Perhaps because he had a tendency to beat me up.

Some cats remember that the difference between dogs and cats is that humans used to eat dogs, while cats used to eat humans. Quoted from the discussion here:

I have a thousand shares from 28.50. It was my first stock purchase like 6 years ago. Months went buy when I thought I had failed. It went below $20.

I remember when they rejected the Peugeot 504 because the turn signal lever was on the opposite side of the steering column.

The Puma was a lovely volkswagen variant built in Brazil in the '60's and 70's.

Gosh, I almost bought one of those used when i was at the University of Oregon, circa 1977 or so.
The owner let me have it for a couple days to test drive.
Very tight and well finished, with the feel of a real volkswagen in that your ears popped when you slammed the doors.

I did this in 1998 right at Lolo Pass on the border between Idaho and Montana on Highway 12, on a red Yamaha Seca2, an inappropriate 600cc bike for cross-countery travel, on my way to New York City (and back).

In 1975 I purchased a 1973 Peugeot 504 after a summer spent in northwestern Africa where every car seemed to be a Peugeot 504. I kept it until about 1983 when my San Francisco mechanic convinced me that the needed repairs where far more money than the resale value. The car I owned before the Peugeot was a 1963 Jaguar…

I bought about 18 months ago at $27. Sheez, I remember when it tanked down below $20.

You must remember it started the year at $35.00.

I have always lived in cities where car ownership was more an option than a necessity, and my cars have always been a combination of hobby, pet, toy, ice breaker, and even sometimes an investment. In any case, in 42 years of car ownership I have only owned 5 cars, each for between 5 and 15 years. Chronologically,…

I spent some of my youth wandering around West Africa, particularly Nigeria, Ghana and Mali.

No pretty exterior shots, but as I recall you could switch some mechanical bits like the valve cover and its gasket from a Datsun "Fairlady" Sports to my mid '60's MGB. the two car companies had no business relationship, and the MG motors had a history going back to Downton Abbey days, so that was pretty much plain…

In the 1970's, I had a 1963 series 1 Jaguar XKE whilst in college.

You can't get in a car, in Harvard Yard, and be able to drive to Dakar.

I once flew from San Francisco to Leon, Mexico for a vacation(Leon is the closest major airport to some nice places in Mexico like Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende).

The classic Mercedes Gullwings had removable steering wheels as standard, because otherwise you couldn't get int the drivers seat.

My Kitties Want One!