OK. Here's one for the car nuts.

1. What was the first car you actually remember riding in?

2. What was the first car you drove? (With or without a license.)

3. What was the first car you owned?


1. A 48 Hudson with the bed that made up in the trunk/back seat. I remember sleeping outside the gates of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In the middle of the night a policeman knocked on the window and told us we couldn't sleep there.

2. Must have been a '55 Ford. When we vacationed up on Higgins Lake in Michigan, I learned to drive on the fire trails and back roads when I was 12-13 years old. By the time I got my license, we had a 59 Ford Galaxy 4DR HT.

I loved the 55-57 Chevies, but my Dad was a Ford man. After WWII, he was on a waiting list to buy a Chevy. The dealer wanted extra money to 'move him up the list'. Apparently Dad swore he'd never drive a Chevy for the rest of his life -- and so far he hasn't.

3. A red & white two-tone '56 Olds 88 2DR HT my Dad bought me in 1962 - my Sophmore year at Michigan State. I think he paid $600 for it; of course that was about the time you could buy a new car for around $2,000.