First one I drove was Dad's 62 Pontiac Tempest ... 3 speed on the column. First owned was a 64 Chev Impala.
First car I drove, mom's 66 VW Fastback....
First car she got from a young airman at the Pentagon, from in her office...
He was selling it quick as he had orders for Vietnam...
62 Pontiac Tempest, Red, paint all faded and oxidized....I paid her the $300 for it..
I cringed when I saw it... she told me it was real 'peppy' for a 6 cylinder...
She told me to just take it for a spin and see how I like it....
so as soon as I got far enough from the house, where she couldn't see it or me....I stopped at the stop sign...
Shifted the automatic down into second and just stomped on the gas pedal....
that car went in every direction but straight....smoke was everywhere from the rear tires..
Popped the hood....no fender guards, nothing.. just all engine...
It didn't have a 6 cylinder in it....it had a V 8.....a big one... on the huge breather for the air filter it said Pontiac 421..
and it had 3 two barrels carbs...
That was a fun car for about 6 weeks... until mom finally found out what was under the hood...
it needing new tires in 3 weeks let her know something was up..
she immediately took the keys and the car.. and got rid of it...and gave me the keys to her 66 Fastback and she bought a new car.
