On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 23:55:37 -0500, wrote:

I do admit those older Corvettes are sharp looking cars and they have
great style.Back in the 1960's a used car dealer by the name of Horace
Slay on South State Street here in Jackson had a 1953 Corvette for sale
on his parking lot for $2,500.I considered buying that car too.Across
the Street was another used car dealer that had a 1939 Lincoln
Continental car for sale for about the same amount of money and I
considered buying that car too.It had a 12 cylinder engine in it and the
guy who owned the used car lot let me take it for a road test.Both of
those cars were in great condition and both of those used car lots are
still there on South State Street.The one across the street from the
other one that had the Corvette for sale has or used to have a 1960's
red Corvette mounted wayyyy up on top of a metal pole for advertising
purposes.I guess it is still there,next time I am in that part of down
town Jackson I will try to remember to check it out.
cuhulin

You should have bought it. It's worth a lot more than an old
Hallicrafters.

In 1972,my old buddy and I drove to Sublette,Kansas in my 1957 Ford
Thunderbird car and I paid a guy in Sublette $700.00 cash for a 1931
Ford four door car.I later on traded that car plus $300.00 for a 1939
Ford fastback two door car.At Scott Air Force Base,Illinois,I paid an
Air Force officer $350.00 cash for a 1958 BMW Isetta car,I still have
the manual and some papers on that Isetta car right here,it was a woman
who was the original owner of that car when she bought it brand spanking
new.When I found out I was going to Vietnam,I sold that Isetta car to a
Captain Ryan in the U.S.Army at Scott Air Force Base (same last name as
mine) for $125.00.Let me tell y'all,that Isetta car was not safe to
drive or ride in at all! Going across that old bridge that used to be
across the Mississippi river (the Eads Bridge,I that was the name of
that Bridge,it has since been replaced with a new Bridge nowdays,I saw a
program on tv about it a few years ago) from Illinois to St.Louis and in
wet/rainy weather and that steel open grate roadway in that Bridge and
my Isetta car skating around on there,I was glad to get rid of that
Isetta car!,believe you me! I hope nobody got killed in that little
eggshell of a car! There was an Air Force woman who worked at the
U.S.O.building at Scott Air Force Base and she was always after me to
sell her my Isetta car.Sometimes at Scott,some guys would pick up my
little Isetta car (it only weighed about 700 pounds) and they would tote
it over behind one of them evergreen trees and hide it from me.I would
step outside wondering where they hid my car now!
cuhulin

My little 1958 BMW Isetta car,it had only one door and that was the
front end of the car and a 9 Horsepower air cooled engine mounted right
behind the seat and a four speed with a reverse gear shift lever mounted
on the left side on the interior of the car.That little Isetta car of
mine was Loud! when the engine was running,the metal body of the car had
almost no insulation at all and it had a canvas roof that folded back to
the rear of the car.it was a bright red color car and yes,I know,they
are quite collectible cars now days,but almost all old cars are.There
used to be a Goodwill thrift store on Palmyra Street in down town
Jackson and on one of the residential streets near the store,I used to
see an old Aston Martin car,I think the car dates back to the 1950's or
definetly early 1960's.I don't think the car has been driven in many
years.I know a guy in Jackson who owns a 1915 Cadillac car and an old
Hupmobile car and several Model A and Model T cars and an old antique
motorcycle.I own a 1914 Ford Model T one door,one seat car that I bought
from a guy in November of 1971 in in Sioux Falls,South Dakota.I just do
not have room here for any more cars.
cuhulin

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My little 1958 BMW Isetta car,it had only one door and that was the
front end of the car and a 9 Horsepower air cooled engine mounted right

I had to look that one up to see for myself. What a cool little ride! I'd
hate to see what was left of it after tangling with a modern truck or SUV,
though.