Wow! Just the thought of of brings memories flooding in. Some great and some not so great. Mine was 1973 Ford LTD with a 351. First car in High School was a great thing and for amazing to finally have a full size version of a car. Growing up in the 60s and 70s we had some of the greatest toys such as Hotwheels, Johny Lightning 500, Cox Gas powered planes and cars, the Raligh Chopper and Schwinn Apple-crate bicycles.
Man that was a great time to be a kid and then the Funny Car wars with the Snake and Mongoose and you see that the car was a center of attention.
Snake
Brooklyn didn't have many places to open it up other than the ride to Coney Island on the Belt Parkway or across the Verrazano Bridge on the way to Staten Island but I had a car and sitting back on that black bench seat in that shiny red Ford behind that big old steering wheel with 70's tunes playing on the radio and a cool breeze blowing was heaven for this kid. Sadly that was a short lived experience because where I lived that car was stolen and stripped a couple weeks after I got it. But as the saying goes: "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." I am still enjoying my love affair with cars and the possibilities they create.
