I had a 1967 Chevy Malibu – sort of a gold/copper-ish appliance color with a black vinyl roof; my brother was a motor-head and he had that little baby tuned to a very responsive gas pedal…trunk was just big enough to haul my Fender bass amp to practice and gigs…When Soul Makossa came on the radio I would tap out the rhythm of the words with my gas pedal…”mama ko mama sa maka makoosa” ….now in Chevy Malibu-ese it sounds like "vroo vroo vroom vroo vroo vroom vroo vroo vroo vroo vroooom"…yeah you guitarists can brag all you want about your wah wah pedals - - but my finely tuned “instrument” had a gas pedal.
I had a career. Which wonderfully took me to another country. Which, since this thread appears to have become about cars, enabled me to buy my first car, a Ford Laser Sport. Bright red, it was (especially once I'd cut'n'polished it, brought the colour up beautifully). I liked it a lot. Like this but below the rubber door trim it was red, not grey as in the image.
'68 Opel Kadett. Had only 3,000 miles on it. I paid $1,400 cash. I put a Mini-8 (8 track tape deck) in the glove box and added some speakers. THIS is the kind of stuff I listened to, cruising around empty city streets, late at night.
I had a career, which could have taken me to places of influence. Not really been able to pick that up again. Do something very different now.
I had some good friends, who (amazingly) have welcomed me "back" with love in my post-Way days.
I liked music and bands and whatever, mostly rock/prog rock style, but my musical interests got squashed in Waydaze. Happily now I have resumed an interest in music and am getting the musical education I missed out on in secondary school - rather different - now I sing in a choir (mostly works by Mozart, Brahms, those older composers - brilliant choirmaster, Head of the school's music dept, makes sure we know what was going on in music at the time); sing in a couple of church worship groups in "cathedral contemporary" style. In fact, sung a solo part in the abbey here, 500 in the congregation (yikes!).
What else? Broke up with a nice guy that I could've been with even now - he wasn't interested in God stuff so I lost interest in him. (He's been married many years now now to the person he met after me). But I have nice male friends in my life ... and who knows where it goes from here? (smiles privately to self).
I went one semester to college after high school then dropped out to enlist in the USAF at age 18. IOW, I didn't accomplish much before TWIt. But after leaving, I finished college have had a career or two and am now retired (not living lavishly). But I'm comfortable with my lot in life... raised a daughter and now have two lovely grandchildren.
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I had a 1967 Chevy Malibu – sort of a gold/copper-ish appliance color with a black vinyl roof; my brother was a motor-head and he had that little baby tuned to a very responsive gas pedal…trunk was just big enough to haul my Fender bass amp to practice and gigs…When Soul Makossa came on the radio I would tap out the rhythm of the words with my gas pedal…”mama ko mama sa maka makoosa” ….now in Chevy Malibu-ese it sounds like "vroo vroo vroom vroo vroo vroom vroo vroo vroo vroo vroooom"…yeah you guitarists can brag all you want about your wah wah pedals - - but my finely tuned “instrument” had a gas pedal.
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skyrider
T-Bone............LOL
Several of us young bucks would pile into someone's car and cruise the country roads (drinking a beer or two)......
........singing to the tunes of the radio.
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Rocky
I drove a '58 Ford... best friend had a '63 buick convertable.
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skyrider
1967 Ford Galaxie 500................. my first car
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Hey guys, some beautiful machines! So distinctive!
Nowadays a lot of vehicles look alike to me.
Soul Makossa, I’ve found you !!!!!!
1967 Chevy Malibu
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JayDee
‘65 Ford Mustang 2+2. My 1st new car at 19 years old.
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I had a career. Which wonderfully took me to another country. Which, since this thread appears to have become about cars, enabled me to buy my first car, a Ford Laser Sport. Bright red, it was (especially once I'd cut'n'polished it, brought the colour up beautifully). I liked it a lot. Like this but below the rubber door trim it was red, not grey as in the image.
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skyrider
Nice, Twinky.......
Hopefully, this isn't just a thread about cars, but........YOUR LIFE before the cult days.
This isn't exactly the same 1972 900z1 Kawasaki that I had......but it's close.
Same paint scheme, 4 cylinders, 4 carburetors, air-cooled.......and lots of chrome.
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'68 Opel Kadett. Had only 3,000 miles on it. I paid $1,400 cash. I put a Mini-8 (8 track tape deck) in the glove box and added some speakers. THIS is the kind of stuff I listened to, cruising around empty city streets, late at night.
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I had a career, which could have taken me to places of influence. Not really been able to pick that up again. Do something very different now.
I had some good friends, who (amazingly) have welcomed me "back" with love in my post-Way days.
I liked music and bands and whatever, mostly rock/prog rock style, but my musical interests got squashed in Waydaze. Happily now I have resumed an interest in music and am getting the musical education I missed out on in secondary school - rather different - now I sing in a choir (mostly works by Mozart, Brahms, those older composers - brilliant choirmaster, Head of the school's music dept, makes sure we know what was going on in music at the time); sing in a couple of church worship groups in "cathedral contemporary" style. In fact, sung a solo part in the abbey here, 500 in the congregation (yikes!).
What else? Broke up with a nice guy that I could've been with even now - he wasn't interested in God stuff so I lost interest in him. (He's been married many years now now to the person he met after me). But I have nice male friends in my life ... and who knows where it goes from here? (smiles privately to self).
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Twinky
Skyrider - you danced like that? Cute! Did ya wear the little skirt like that, too?
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skyrider
Naw, lol................that was my high school girlfriend.
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Rocky
I'm confident Skyrider would NOT look that good in a miniskirt... then or now.
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Ah Rocky - you spoilsport!
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I went one semester to college after high school then dropped out to enlist in the USAF at age 18. IOW, I didn't accomplish much before TWIt. But after leaving, I finished college have had a career or two and am now retired (not living lavishly). But I'm comfortable with my lot in life... raised a daughter and now have two lovely grandchildren.
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