6/3/08 3:45 PM
olds56 wrote in topic Share Your My First Car Story:
I had 2 1956 98 Oldsmobile’s. I say had because I sold my very first car I have ever owned in August 2006.I had kept the car for 39 years. At age 16 in 1967 the car cost $240 and I need to install a fuel pump to get
it off the lot.
When people ask me if it was hard parting with my very first car, I let know a tear was never shed.
Since I have a 98 Hardtop of the very same year, my first car was stored about 2 miles away and not driven for a long time. I had just finished showing it to a couple who was interested, but said they would think about it like so may perspective buyers before them. I closed up the garage and headed home. Ever since my mother passed away less than a year prior, I have a tendency to talk to her and sometimes ask for help.
This was no different. While driving down the street I said out loud….okay mom, what should I do? You were there when I was 16 and helped me buy the car…so now should I be actively trying to sell it? Is something I should be doing? I need a sign here…either way I can live with it….do I just pack it in and keep it stored for another 40 years?
As I pulled in my driveway at home..my cell phone rang…..Another potential buyer…so I turned around and headed back to the storage garage.
In a few minutes I met a couple in their early 70’s. I uncovered the car and proceeded to show them the magazines my cars were in including the book “Setting the Pace 100 years of Oldsmobile”, the man was trying to get a “better” price. His wife seemed a little uncomfortable and started up a conversation with me.
During our talk I find out that I new her older brother and her younger brother married a high school classmate of mine. When she asked my last name she not only new who my brother and sister were she new my mom and dad too! It turns out that she was a retired beautician and had done my mother’s hair for years.
No it wasn’t hard to sell my first car….Mom was there…in life when I bought it and there telling me who should buy it from me with her message from Heaven. Thanks Mom…Love you!
To view my cars… http://hometown.aol.com/olds56/index.html
