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The other day I was goofing around on Wikipedia, and for some reason I bumped into the entry for the Ford Pinto, a completely little econo-car from the 70's. Perhaps more significant was that it was one of my very first cars. So I decided to make a list of all the cars that I/Kristie & I have owned. I started looking for pictures, and that's how we got here. 1984 Ford EXP I had gotten the bug to get a better car sometime at the end of the school year. The Pinto was okay, but I got bit to do it, to have a "real" car, including a car payment, and now because I had a job (nights & weekends at good old Standard Brands Paint), I felt I could do it. Even back then, I was uncharacteristically practical. For a brief second I looked at a sweet '63 Vette...needed some work but it was a VETTE ... but I decided that wasn't going to work. I then decided it needed to be new. You know, that new car smell. My dad had just bought a new Honda Accord and that was cool, ...

The other day I was goofing around on Wikipedia, and for some reason I bumped into the entry for the Ford Pinto, a completely little econo-car from the 70's. Perhaps more significant was that it was one of my very first cars. So I decided to make a list of all the cars that I/Kristie & I have owned. I started looking for pictures, and that's how we got here. 1972 Ford Pinto Hatchback This thing was light blue and a total piece of junk...but it got me from point A to point B in college and back home to Broomfield (but not on I-25, I don't think it could go 50 mph!) My parents bought it from a friend of my grandma. He apparently took old clunkers and made them run, and then sold them cheap. He was a retired guy that liked to keep his skills tuned I guess. It burned oil like crazy and left a big cloud of smoke behind it...thus it got the nickname of "the Blue Fart". Kristie and I had our first date in this car. It only had an AM radio and sweet vinyl bucket seats...

The other day I was goofing around on Wikipedia, and for some reason I bumped into the entry for the Ford Pinto, a completely little econo-car from the 70's. Perhaps more significant was that it was one of my very first cars. So I decided to make a list of all the cars that I/Kristie & I have owned. I started looking for pictures, and that's how we got here. 1966 Chevrolet Impala 2 Door This car became mine when Greg went off to college. In turn, it became Keith's when I went to school as well. I think my dad bought it for $100 or something like that. It was very basic, not nearly as nice as this one. It did have a decent 327 V8, but a 3 on the tree transmission. The interior was pretty shot, but during my tenure I significantly upgraded the stereo system. One night coming home from school, I was dropping my friend Russ off at his house. I pulled up to the curb and we both heard a clunk from the engine compartment. Then big flywheel looking thing rolled down the street ...