Your Dream Car

[Ernie]

When I was 17 my father came home from work and told me there was a 1948(?) International pickup truck in a coworkers field that could be had for free. My older brother an I went to look at it. It had a bit of red primer on it and four flat tires. It had all the glass, seat, and no through rust. We went back the next day and aired up the tires (they held), topped off the brake fluid (brakes worked) and we towed it home and parked it in 1/2 of the garage. Following day we put a battery on it, poured some gas in the carb and it fired up. No title but I was not concerned. I could see myself in this bright red truck tooling around town but I wasn't real sure on how to start restoring. 2 days later I was told I had to get it gone because my father did not wasn't it in his garage next to his boat project so I gave it to a man that had a service station. I have still not totally forgiven him.

[The Wiz]

My step dad was a mechanic and he always bring cars home to "test" drive after working on them. This was back in the 60's. He worked in an independent shop. One day he brought home a Studebaker Avanti . Love at first site. To young to drive it. He took me out for a 'test" drive out on some back roads outside of Sioux Falls. Sucker was fast I lusted for one but never acquired one.

[CT_Shooter]

My step dad was a mechanic and he always bring cars home to "test" drive after working on them. This was back in the 60's. He worked in an independent shop. One day he brought home a Studebaker Avanti . Love at first site. To young to drive it. He took me out for a 'test" drive out on some back roads outside of Sioux Falls. Sucker was fast I lusted for one but never acquired one.

The Avanti was such a cool looking car. I regularly walked past one in the early 60's parked in same Dr.'s space at a city hospital when I was an elementary school kid.

[Cofisher]

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After seeing this, and others, I've never lusted after anything else. To be able to bust down the lane with the throttle wide open feels almost sexual.
An amazing combination of power and purpose.