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DD931 02-20-2019 02:24 PM

Back in the day!!
 

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Here's a picture of me with my '30 Tudor in Dam Neck, VA in 1958. I drove the car down from MA and then back when I finished school. Lots of stories to tell!!

marty in Ohio 02-20-2019 04:23 PM

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DD931,
Neat picture. What ever happened to the car?
Marty

DD931 02-20-2019 09:18 PM

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Long gone!! I sold it when I entered the Naval Academy in 1960. But then I bought another just like it when I graduated. I drove it to work for five years when I was stationed on two different destroyers in Newport, RI. Sold that one when my first daughter was born. I've sold a number of cars that I wish I still had!!

Ted Duke 02-20-2019 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DD931 (Post 1729048)
Long gone!! I sold it when I entered the Naval Academy in 1960. But then I bought another just like it when I graduated. I drove it to work for five years when I was stationed on two different destroyers in Newport, RI. Sold that one when my first daughter was born. I've sold a number of cars that I wish I still had!!


Haven't we all! 1951 Chevy Belair Hardtop, 1955 Chevy Belair Hardtop,
1961 Beetle, 1970 VW Bus. All worth a lot more than I paid for them.

ursus 02-20-2019 11:04 PM

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A series of cars, all purchased for $100 or less: ;36 Lasalle, 1949 Chev, 1952 Chev, 1957 Chev, 1962 Chev....., every one of them solid and reliable transportation.

copgib 02-20-2019 11:08 PM

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Nice sailor outfit. You look like you were non rated at that time. I spent 20-years in the Navy myself. I hated the white color got dirty to fast and those darn buttons when I had to go!

DD931 02-21-2019 08:58 AM

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3 months out of boot camp!!

DD931 02-21-2019 09:46 AM

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'49 Buick fastback, '54 Chrysler Newport hardtop, '54 Buick Century hardtop, '59 Jaguar Mark 9 Saloon, and some other really cool stuff!!!

jrelliott 02-21-2019 10:07 AM

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DD931 Cool Picture. I remember getting a ride with a class mate from Great Lakes(ET school), to Millawalkee, WI in a Model A during the winter just for the cost of gas.
BTW congratulations on being accepted to the Naval Academy. Bet you were a pretty good officer being enlisted first.
I thank the Navy for pointing me in the correct direction, as did not know what an ET(Electronics Technician) was before going to A school. Got out went to work for IBM and got my degree in Electrical Engineering during the evening. Worked for IBM for 42 and 1/2 years. The Navy was a great experience and still miss the ocean especially the great sleep while aboard ship. Was leading ET on USS Okinawa LPH3 for a couple of years.

Cave 02-21-2019 11:25 AM

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'49 Crosley, '52 Renault 4CV, '54 Chevy, '55 Stude, '56 Olds, '57 MGA, and '70 VW bus (Ted Duke, I added a Hurst shifter - no kidding, 2bbl Holley, and more stuff... this is the ONE I really wish I had back!)

DD931 02-21-2019 11:42 AM

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jrelliott - thanks for the kind comments!


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