Cars I Have Owned The other day, I was thinking about the cars I have owned over the years and my love of cars in general. I believe this love of cars is rooted in the fact that, as a kid, my parents never owned a new car. For the most part, we had clunkers […]
Driving L.A. In My Youth I turned 16 on a Sunday in 1959, so the first thing I did after school on Monday was get my driver’s license. I didn’t have a car of my own for a while, so I would borrow my dad’s 1955 Ford station wagon when it was available. What a
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1961 Corvette When my wife and I were young and lived in the San Fernando Valley, we lived in three apartments before moving to Orange County and buying our first house. Our second apartment was a 2-story unit in downtown Van Nuys. This is what it looks like today. One of our neighbors had a
Four Wheel vs. All Wheel Drive I have a 4-wheel drive truck and a Front Wheel Drive car, and I previously owned a Rear Wheel Drive classic car until last year. Four-wheel drive is fine for dirt or sand, but sucks when turning sharply on concrete or asphalt. Front wheel drive is fine, but watch
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A Vivid Memory When I was around twelve or thirteen, a neighbor friend of my Dad’s gave me a ride in his brand new Jaguar that looked just like this one. It was a real thrill, especially when he stomped it and made a sharp left turn around the corner from Huston Street to Willis