Were those Desotos fluid drive? or gyromatic? Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 1:46 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My first two cars were 1950 DeSotos when I lived in Boston and > Minneapolis. Purchased for $75 and $20, sold for $10 and $10 IIRC. > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 1:04 PM Wilton Strickland via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > First car: '31 Mod A Ford 5 window coupe; summer 1953; I was 19; > it > > was 22.. > > > > W > > > > -----------------------------------------From: "OK Don via > > Mercedes" > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > > Cc: "OK Don" > > Sent: Tuesday February 2 2021 8:46:23PM > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] My first car > > > > Yup - mine was a 1951 Beetle, it was mostly black, chipping away to > > reveal > > yellow. green, blue, etc. colors underneath. I don't know what color > > it was > > originally. I think I bought it in 1965. it burned/leaked a quart of > > oil a > > week, so I used the drained 50W oil from Dad's Cessna 195 which held > > 5 > > gallons of oil that was changed every 25 hours. > > The split rear window had been replaced with one piece of glass, > > though it > > did still have the semaphore turn signal arms in the rear door posts. > > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 10:58 AM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > This was my first car. Exactly. > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=5Y16MhB3zHM > > /> > > > > Sure do miss it. > > > > > > Bob R > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:51 AM, Bob Rentfro wrote: > > > > > > > > My first car, like many of you I bet, was a Beetle. A 1968, > > Brunswick > > > Blue oddly enough. > > > > > > > > Bob R > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > >> On Feb 2, 2021, at 9:23 AM, Robert Massmann via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> My first car was a 1968 Camaro, looked a lot like this on > > bring a > > > trailer. Mine had 327 V8 with factory four speed. Paint was a light > > > metallic green. It also had the SS detail package with factory > > gauge > > > package. Bought it when I was in the Navy in 1972. It had been > > wrenched at > > > some point. Only sold it for about 2500. Would be worth a lot more > > now, if > > > only I new. Replaced it with Mazda RX-3 wagon, because I was fly > > radio > > > control gliders, which was kind of hard to transport in two door > > coup. > > > >> > > > >> See link below. > > > >> > > > >> (Lot #42,596) ( > > > > > > > > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-chevrolet-camaro-75/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-02-02 > > /> > ) > > > >> _______________________________________ > > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com [1] > > > >> > > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > /> > >> > > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > /> > >> > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com [2] > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > /> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > /> > > > > > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time > > to > > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am > > doing.” Wernher > > Von Braun > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com [3] > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > /> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > /> > > > > Links: > > ------ > > [1] http://www.okiebenz.com > > [2] http://www.okiebenz.com > > [3] http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
