1965 Ford Mustang Fastback, V-8, 4-speed, PS, 2bbl.

Purchased Fall of 1991. Already owned a '66 Mustang Coupe, but saw an ad. for this car in the New York Times Classifieds. Fell in love with it the second I saw it, and had to buy it. Luckily, the price was reasonable. 

I spent the whole drive home trying to figure out where I was going to get the money, and what was I going to do about my poor Mustang coupe! I drove my trusty old Mustang coupe all throughout high school, but I knew that the Fastback would hold it's value much better over the years than the coupe. 

For a couple of months over the winter, I had both cars stored at my parent's house. They weren't too happy, but in the spring, a friend of mine bought the coupe, and life was pretty good! It felt like I had a "divorce," and that I would still get "visitation" of my old car. 
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1966 Sunbeam Alpine, convertible, 4cyl, 4 speed.

Purchased fall 1992. A friend of mine bought this car from the same ad I read in the paper. I went to see the car, but my friend bought it that night! It had been in storage for many years, had bad brakes, and a tattered top. After rebuilding the brakes, he discovered the engine was no good. It had spun a bearing in it's past, and was only good at idle. A spare motor was found, and installed, and was offered up for sale to me. Most of the tough mechanical work was done, and I thought a two-seater British roadster would be a cool car to drive in warm weather. 

The car had not been driven since 1972 (probably after it spun it's bearing) so it was fairly rust-free. I fixed some holes in the lower rockers and drove it with it's faded original paint for the summer. The next year I had the original motor rebuilt, but I haven't done anything to the paint. I keep threatning to paint it, but I'm having too much fun driving the car in nice weather. Besides, the faded paint keeps car theives from giving it a second look. 
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