If you drove to school, do you remember

[RadishRose]

High school bussed, then boyfriend drove me.
Before then, we all walked.

 

[Trade]

I bought a 1955 Olds Super 88. I spent more money fixing it up than what I paid for it.

Yeah but they were beautiful cars. After I sold the 52 Dodge I bought a used 1956 98 that was a money pit too.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Unfortunately I couldn’t afford a car in school
And usually walked the 3 miles there and back. My brother had a chslleger; a really nice car.

 

[squatting dog]

Are you sure that was street legal lol lol

You’re right. If you didn’t have to sell it, you should have never sold it.

That’s another thread to start. What was the car we all sold that we shouldn’t have. I had two of them.

It was street legal..... barely.LOL

 

[Naturally]

Only drove to school my senior year, fall 1970 / spring 1971
Drove a 1969 Chevy Biscayne. Had a 250 cu. in. 6 cyl engine, with a 2-speed automatic transmission.
Top speed was about 80 and it would get there if you gave it a minute to think about it.

 

[squatting dog]

That’s another thread to start. What was the car we all sold that we shouldn’t have. I had two of them.

My list would be wayyy too long. Be darn hard to choose just one.

59 cars,
34 trucks motorhomes and busses
27 race cars
15 motorcycles
4 boats
16 trailers and tractors
15 unfinished cars, trucks and bikes

 

[seadoug]

I rode the bus up until senior year in high school. It was '76 and my dad bought me a '73 Opel Manta that had been in an accident. He knew that because it was traded in by one of his business associates. It had an add-on air conditioning unit and the dealership had replaced the Manta engine with a smaller GT engine. Every time I would go in for an oil/filter change the mechanics would say "it takes an Opel GT filter".

When I would try to go fast I would roll down the windows, turn off the A/C and ask any riders to paddle their hands outside the windows. I would then yell "turbo" and we would still barely move. It was a cool-looking car nonetheless, imported by Buick at the time. It was burgundy, like in the pic.

I kept that Opel for 4 years. Even though it was painfully slow, there was something special about it, and I'm sure I was the only one in my high school class with a German car. Today I own Audis, so go figure.

 

[HoneyNut]

Oh no, another gap in my memory. It's so disconcerting to have no memory of something. I do remember driving to school my senior year, but I don't remember driving my car, I think I drove my mom's. She had gone to a one year training for work in 1973/74 halfway across the country (from Missouri to Virginia) and I went with her and did my high school senior year there. Now I'm wondering if I left my 1965 Mustang at home for my dad to drive and Mom & me took the Dodge Dart with us. Nobody alive to ask now.

 

[dobielvr]

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[oldman]

Yeah but they were beautiful cars. After I sold the 52 Dodge I bought a used 1956 98 that was a money pit too.

Brings back a lot of good memories. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Veronica]

Inner city kid. We were poor so no car. I would walk to school and save my bus fare. I didnt learn to drive until after I was married.