Comments on: What Was Your Father’s Car Like? http://christiancarguy.com/2009/06/what-was-your-father%e2%80%99s-car-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-was-your-father%25e2%2580%2599s-car-like Your source for Biblical advice on all your automotive questions. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:13:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://christiancarguy.com/2009/06/what-was-your-father%e2%80%99s-car-like/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Anonymous Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:10:53 +0000 http://christiancarguy.com/?p=1690#comment-624 You have a friend you knew from high school (which was at least 30 years ago) and he has fallen into financial difficulty. He/wife lost a/both jobs and cannot afford to stay in his house unless he sells one of his cars (a 1955-57 Chevy Bel Air, a 1966 396 Chevelle or a GTO with a 389 and 3 twos). You have the cash to help him out of his financial situation by buying one of his cars; since you are best buds, you don't cheat him out of thousands of $ just because he's in a pinch. You now get a nice car and he gets to stay in his house a little longer. Looks like a win-win situation to me. Later when he's back on his feet, you sell the car back to him at half what you paid him for it. You have a friend you knew from high school (which was at least 30 years ago) and he has fallen into financial difficulty. He/wife lost a/both jobs and cannot afford to stay in his house unless he sells one of his cars (a 1955-57 Chevy Bel Air, a 1966 396 Chevelle or a GTO with a 389 and 3 twos). You have the cash to help him out of his financial situation by buying one of his cars; since you are best buds, you don’t cheat him out of thousands of $ just because he’s in a pinch. You now get a nice car and he gets to stay in his house a little longer. Looks like a win-win situation to me.
Later when he’s back on his feet, you sell the car back to him at half what you paid him for it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://christiancarguy.com/2009/06/what-was-your-father%e2%80%99s-car-like/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Anonymous Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:48:11 +0000 http://christiancarguy.com/?p=1690#comment-561 One of the (many) cars I remember my father having was a green early 1950's Pontiac with the straight 8 flathead engine and 4 speed Hydra-Matic transmission. I don't remember him having it that long as we got a 1953 Pontiac wagon to replace it. It had the same engine and transmission as the other Pontiac did. They both had an under-seat heater. We used to go to Hanging Rock for picnics in the wagon. Once we were coming to a stop sign and the brakes failed (broken brake line). We kids yelled "Pull the emergency brake!", he did and we stopped safely. He got rid of it the next week and bought a 1958 Chevy wagon as a replacement. It cost 1495.00 which I thought was an outrage. That was in 1959 and was the newest car I remember until 1964 when he bought a new Chevy truck. I often wonder what he would be driving if we had not gotten away from Pontiacs.... One of the (many) cars I remember my father having was a green early 1950’s Pontiac with the straight 8 flathead engine and 4 speed Hydra-Matic transmission. I don’t remember him having it that long as we got a 1953 Pontiac wagon to replace it. It had the same engine and transmission as the other Pontiac did. They both had an under-seat heater.
We used to go to Hanging Rock for picnics in the wagon. Once we were coming to a stop sign and the brakes failed (broken brake line). We kids yelled “Pull the emergency brake!”, he did and we stopped safely. He got rid of it the next week and bought a 1958 Chevy wagon as a replacement. It cost 1495.00 which I thought was an outrage. That was in 1959 and was the newest car I remember until 1964 when he bought a new Chevy truck. I often wonder what he would be driving if we had not gotten away from Pontiacs….

]]> By: Mom http://christiancarguy.com/2009/06/what-was-your-father%e2%80%99s-car-like/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Mom Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:07:38 +0000 http://christiancarguy.com/?p=1690#comment-559 My father's (your grandfather's) car that I most remember was a green Lafayette, probably late 1930's. It replaced our Model B Ford. We thought we were really living in the modern world when he bought it. Then came WWII and gas rationing. Dad was offended by gas rationing for some reason so he put the Lafayette up on blocks, and we used our legs or a city bus for transportation. Love, Mom My father’s (your grandfather’s) car that I most remember was a green Lafayette, probably late 1930’s. It replaced our Model B Ford. We thought we were really living in the modern world when he bought it. Then came WWII and gas rationing. Dad was offended by gas rationing for some reason so he put the Lafayette up on blocks, and we used our legs or a city bus for transportation.

Love,

Mom

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