You would love my husband. Against my better judgment, he bought himself a Trans-Am (silver) around 1997. And when our oldest DS turned 16, know what he did? Bought him a red Firebird. I was livid. My DH just got a wild hair one day, because he's not the type to "spoil" our kids, but he is generous.

The kicker? We live on dirt roads. I told them their silly cars wouldn't even make it over a snowball. They didn't care. So they would use my 4wd SUV instead. Idiots. :)

Both eventually traded in their cars for 4 door trucks.

Think of the snowballs, Faron.

Oh my. Yes, smiling. That was great. Seeing Burt aging, though.......

I had a 1981 Recaro edition with the Knight Rider kit. Yes, I was the coolest girl in small-town Texas. I was in nursing school at the time and it was way too much car for me. But that's what happens when you take your dad car shopping with you. It was 1984 and I wanted a new champagne sparkly Camaro, didn't give a hoot about horsepower. My dad spotted the Trans Am and he (meaning me) had to have it. I traded it in on a brand new Fiero a year later but the bug had bitten me and I could not wait to get rid of the dud Fiero.

Life happened and I went through the "safe sedan phase" until 2002. I only had one son and he was 15. I woke up one day with raging baby fever. I thought I would die if I didn't have another baby. Guess what I got instead? A 2002 bright yellow Honda S2000. Her name is Baby Car.

Thanks for the video!

Oh, my. That popped up on my FB last week, and I shared it along with my Trans-Am memories. I miss Pontiac so much. And I REALLY want this modified beauty!

My very first car (in '84) was my Dad's '82 candy apple red T/A, with t-tops. '82 was a major body style change. He'd had it for two years, and put the keys in my Christmas stocking. :) I was stylin', all my friends wanted to drive it. I got wiped out by a man in a speeding truck one day, it totaled my baby. I cried for weeks. My dad raced cars in the 60s, so we always had cool cars. He found me another T/A exactly like the one I had, but the tranny and rear end went out within weeks (those models were known for that).

Next was in '97, the new body style '98s had just come out. I was making dinner one evening, when my husband came home ... he told me to come out to the garage. There she sat, brand new black beauty. Omg. I had no idea he was getting me one! Awesome surprise. We ditched dinner and went for a spin. :)

I don't have pics of mine on the computer, but they were exactly like these:

My son restored my Grandma's '71 Firebird. Scary fast for a first car, but beautiful! He might be willing to sell, Faron ;)

MizGG, I think you and I talked before about how we both had similar cars back in the day. Those red Trans Ams were hot-hot-hot, and I know you and I were both surely hot stuff driving them! ;-D I'll never forget cruising around Altus Air Force Base in mine one day, and one of the T-tops blew off. Instead of being overly concerned about the car (although I was thankful it didn't actually hit another car or a pedestrian), I was mostly just overcome with embarrassment. My t-top blew off! Oh, the mortification!

My dad has always been a car guy too. This is a souped-up pic of his latest baby, a Porsche 911 M491, one of only 60-something made. It's pretty sharp. But he won't let me cruise around in it.

Oh, these cars take us back, don't they! Faron, don't give up on your dream!

Turquoise, your Dad's car is my dream car. Oh man, would I love one of those! I didn't have a super-car back in the 60's, but I could sure drive a stick, thanks to my Dad and Grand-dad. And all the guys thought it was cool that I could drive a stick, better than some of them, so I got to drive a lot of their cars.

Ooooo, TR! I want a ride in that Porsche! Gorgeous. :)

Our town's annual car show will be in Sept, he needs to enter that beauty!

This is going to sound horribly pretentious, but I'm going to say it anyway. He has entered "the black swan" in so many car shows and has won in every single one. I think it's become a little old hat to him now. (Told you. Pretentious.) My youngest brother has recently revealed that he is a car guy. He has one of the new Mustangs (red and sporty!), is in a car club and attends regular shows. I think he may have shown his car for the first time at an event this past weekend.

Cars have a way of getting into one's blood, don't they? I guess my coolest car (besides the Trans Am) was my Nissan 350Z convertible. That car was such fun, but not really practical for me. My trusty Kia suits me much better these days.

Oooooh! That bike is drop-dead gorgeous! (As is that hottie sitting on it. :-)) Shortly before DH and I were married, we bought a custom for him that looked a good deal like that bike. It was a real beauty, but he ended up selling it to buy an Aprilia - which has not been ridden in ages, but sits in our garage needing work to this day. Ugh. It's a bit of a sore spot that I try not to bring up too often.

My pop got into 'Vettes for a time and I believe it was a 2014 that he had. Very pretty car in that sort of cinnamon-bronzey color. I really would like to have something fun and sporty to drive, but I think I'm probably going to be leasing a new Optima when my current lease is up next year. Oh well. I'm not complaining.

I love sports cars and I've owned several, not the beauties like you are talking about, but off-the-shelf versions. Then, I drove an SUV crossover and fell in love. It won't go fast, but it is comfortable to drive for hours and holds pretty much anything I want to haul. A special bonus is that I haven't had a speeding ticket (knock on wood) in years.

Hey, Faron, why not go for the new Bandit. You don't really need your retirement fund, do you?

Faron - You're gonna need her to ride along though.

It makes me sad to see Burt looking so frail. :-(

TR - Altus, OK is where I went to nursing school. And cruised around in my Recaro Trans Am; small world!

Too funny, cattyles! When were you there? My ex was stationed at the base, and we lived there from 1983 to 1985(ish).

Y'all are way too cool for me. My first car--in 1984 or so--was a '41 Chevy pickup that my dad restored. The fabulous crotch-of-walnut gear shift knob didn't really offset the pain of the vacuum wipers. It didn't go more than 50 mph and none of my friends wanted to ride for me, which I'm sure were pluses from my parents' standpoint.

My brother and my dad restored another '41 Chevy, a '40 Ford pickup, and a '39 Ford sedan with rear suicide doors. Obviously, my family was into an entirely different type of car.

I went to nursing school there 1982-1984. Lived right across the Red River in Quanah. :-)

cawaps, my family loves (and has owned) old trucks! And I drool over cars like the '39 Ford.

I love old trucks, too. I learned on an old standard shift pickup. I promised myself that having a fun car would be one of the rewards of growing old(er). Here is what my baby looks like (no picture on this computer):

Faron - I think I told you once that DH bought a 1964 1/2 Mustang convertible - black with red interior. He loved his baby - until our eldest son turned 16 - then he sold for something with safety features.

That was in 1990 and we sold it in 1998.

Then one day he went into the Chevy dealership to pick up my Suburban from the service department. Sitting in the showroom was a 2003 Anniversary Edition Corvette - he was smitten. I've never seen him so excited about a car before. Two days later he traded in his Tahoe and drove out in his shiny new Vette. We thoroughly enjoyed it- took several road trips, visited our son in Vermont in October with the roof down, the heater on and a heated blanket on my lap.

Unfortunately 3 months later a driver ran a red light and hit him in the engine compartment and spun him around the intersection. Total loss. He was lucky he wasn't killed. That was his last toy. He now drives a really safe sedan.

But this was his dream car - all 3 months of it.

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/2003-chevrolet-corvette-50th-anniversary-special-edition-feature

Dear God MC-

You HAVE to get something like that BACK again!!!!

WHY do some cars crawl into our psyches so far?!??! Kinda like falling in Love I guess....logic just goes "Poof"! ;-)

SO fun reading car stories/romances!

Faron

Yeah....back again....;-)

From that same company I believe....Ladies, you HAVE to watch this clip. Put on your headphones, turn-'em up "a little". You'll be grinnin'....I promise!

;-)

Hurst-Edition 'Bird!

Faron

Unfortunately, maire_cate, a really safe sedan has nothing to do with idiots running red lights. My husband's car was totaled by a man running a red light back a few months ago. It wouldn't have mattered what car my husband had been driving!

Back in 1981, we bought a brand new Z28 that we custom ordered to be exactly what we wanted. It was $18,000 with all the bells and whistles (of the time). Quite the price difference! GADS, that price is ridiculous!

Well Faron - poor DH was crushed when he got the news that it was totaled. He considered keeping it - but since it was a special edition with a limited production he'd never be able to original parts and he'd always know that it was patched together.

I never knew that he had secretly lusted for a Vette for most of his life until that fateful day when he heard the siren call of that vixen.

My dad's Porsche joke, which could also double as a 'Vette joke. Or a Trans Am joke. (All in good fun. ;-))

Q: What's the difference between a Porsche and a porcupine?

A: With a porcupine, the pricks are on the outside.

....ohhhhh SLAM!!!!! That's a good one TR!

MC-

Have you considered finding a nice 2013 60th Anniv. 'Vette?!?!??! Maybe as a surprise.....;-)

2 Beauties 60yrs apart...

Faron

Faron - oh he'd love it. But now that we're both 13 years than when he bought the first one I wonder if we'd still be able to get and out - with ease and dignity. They are rather low.......and I have 2 new knees and the accident that totaled his Vette has left him with back issues.

But I think your wife and DD should surprise you with a Bandit of your own!