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MY CARS - PART 1
by Tom poesyco.th@gmail.com → (All Poetry by Tom poesyco.th@gmail.com)
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WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR? WAS IT A 'HIM' OR A 'HER' ? ARE THERE 'FOND' MEMORIES? THE PIC? NOT MY MERC ... J.D.'s RV ...

MY CARS - PART 1 © - Tom Hyland - 3/30/12 Was Reminiscing the Other Day ... Thought I’d make a List - I May ... And Even Do It - ‘My Way’! Actually Learned to Drive on an Old Green Chevy - ‘Butch’ Truckenmiller’s Dad’s 1952 ... It was Back in ’56 - and - It was a ‘Stick-Shift’ Graduated H.S. in June of ’58 ... First JOB in September of Same Year ... At The Social Security Administration ... Night Shift - File Clerk GS-2 ... Saved my Money Every Pay-Day ... Wanted a CAR - Do Not Dismay .. ‘Twas March or April of ’59 ... Buddy Wayne Knell, a Good Mechanic, Took me around Shopping for something Used. Number One - El Numero Uno! Found it on Patapsco Avenue in Brooklyn Area. M&M ‘s Used Car Lot ... 1953 Mercury Monterey V-8 - Stick-Shift ... 2-Door Hard-Top - Pea Green Bottom - With Dark Green Top - Just Glistening in the Sun! Rolled & Pleated Leather Interior ... Cream-Colored Verticals - With Dark Green Horizontal Seat-Tops! Had a ‘Stock’ Push-Button Radio ... With a ‘Fader’ Control for Front/Rear Speakers - Plenty of Room in Engine Compartment for Working! We took Him out for a ‘Spin’ ... Wayne drove First - to see ‘What He Could Do’ - This ‘Sucker’ could Really Move - and had Over-Drive! Then, we Swapped, and I got my Chance ... No Power Brakes - No Power Steering - No Power Anything! Just a Powerful Engine! It was ‘Love at First Sight’! Plunked Down my $1,000 CASH ... Signed the Papers - and I Was a Proud Owner Now! Wayne Followed me in his ’46 Ford Coupe, With a ’48 Merc Engine, and a ‘Rumble Seat’ in Back. Up Patapsco, Over Hanover Street Bridge, Up Barney St. First Stop - ‘Dodson’s Corner’ - My ‘Hang-Out’ Place! It was a Saturday Afternoon ... So All the Guyz n’ Galz Were There! All the ‘OOHS n’ AAHS n’ WOWS’ ... Were Quite Graciously Accepted ... Everybody Wanted a ‘Ride’ in My First Set of ‘ New Wheels’! Man - It Felt Good! Such Admiring Attention! I Could Hardly Wait Until Evening Fell ... To ‘Show’ this ‘Baby’ Off at GINO’s! Remember Gino Marchetti of The Baltimore Colts Fame? It was One of his First Franchise’s -Right on Patapsco Ave. Not a Half-Mile Away from the Car Lot! ‘CRUISIN’ Around the Drive-In’s Lot ... Lettin’ Everybody SEE ME Behind The Wheel ... Especially ... THE GIRLS! Was I DROOLIN’ ... or What? FOOTNOTE: Although I was ‘Legal’ at Eighteen ... Put the Title & Insurance in my Sister Adele’s Name ... So I was ‘Supposed to be a ‘Temporary Driver’ Under the Old JR-11 Insurance Rules ... It was Much Cheaper in Premium ... And Money IS Money ... Ain’t It? Truth Be Told Tho’ ... ‘Dele’ Didn’t Even Have a Driver’s License! Let Alone, Even Know How To Drive! We Worked This ‘Angle’ ... For Four Years - Until I Hit 22 ... And Qualified for SR-22 Coverage! MY CARS - PART 1 - ‘To Be Continued’ ... © - TKH.

Reviewed by Amor Sabor

Reviewed on April 9, 2012

Oh but you had plenty to drool about and so did the lads & ladies when they saw you in that 'ole Merc.

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

Reviewed on March 31, 2012

‘CRUISIN’ Around the Drive-In’s Lot ...
Lettin’ Everybody SEE ME Behind The Wheel ...
Especially ... THE GIRLS!

Was I DROOLIN’ ... or What?

Sounds like your still Droolin' Over Your Baby, but a grand memory indeed.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack

Reviewed on March 30, 2012

I did one or several about all the cars I could remember I had, though none went into this detail...you got a hell of mamory for an old cur...Jurseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey