My first brand new car...

 

This is part of the "MY CARS" series.  

Honda PC 800 "Pacific Coast"

In 1989, Honda designed a new motorcycle specifically for the US market and named it after one of the most beautiful roads in America...the Pacific Coast Highway.  

1994 Honda PC 800

This is part of the "MY CARS" series.   

Golf With Insane Miles.

VWs sometimes get a bad rap for reliability.  It seems that everyone has trouble with them, but you won't find a more devoted bunch of owners either.  You either love 'em or hate 'em.  Not all of them are bad, however.  

 

 See the rest of the story after the jump....

 This is part of the "MY CARS" series.   

My T-Bird

This is part of the "MY CARS" series.  

Back in 1973, I bought a 1958 Ford Thunderbird from a friend's father for the grand sum of $300.  I loved that car even though it gave me no end of headaches.   

Just to let you know, the color pictures are not of my actual car, but an identical one, (except maybe condition) and identical color combination.  The B&W pictures at the end of the jump are of my actual car, scanned from 37 year old Polaroid Swinger pictures. 

A Couple of Cutlass's

 This is part of the "MY CARS" series.  

Of the 35 or 40 cars and motorcycles I've owned over the years, only once (ok, twice) have I bought the almost exact same car again.  When I first moved to Texas back around 1977, my Datsun 510 wagon gave out on me across from one of the car dealers between Dallas and Fort Worth.  I hiked up the hill from the freeway and told the salesman to give me the cheapest car they had on the used car lot.

He showed me a 1969 Olds Cutlass 'S' that they had just taken in trade.  Back to the garage area we went, and here was a gold colored Cutlass 2dr hardtop that was filthy.  Dirt all over it, old tires in the trunk and back seat.  He said I could have it for $1,200, but they wanted to clean it up first.

I got a call a couple of days later and he told me the car was ready to be picked up.  He also said "you know, you're stealing this car from us".

It was beautiful.  Aztec Gold in color, shiny, 350-V8 with a 4bbl.  Automatic on the floor, buckets.  It drove nice, and looked nice.

Flash forward to the early 80's.  I was sitting at the local Burger King with my then-wife.  It was a beautiful day, and I mentioned that I would really love to have a convertible for days like this.  To my surprise, she agreed (she wasn't a car person).  We started talking about what kind of ragtop would be good.  I always loved my Cutlass hardtop and said "I wish I could find a Cutlass convertible, just like my old one".  I no sooner said that, and while looking out of the window, we saw a gold colored '69 Cutlass convertible drive by.

Click through the jump to read the rest of the story...

My Old Buick

 This is part of the "MY CARS" series.  

I'm going to start adding some of the cars I've owned over the years so you'll know what I not only like, but actually put some of my cash into.

To lead off, this was my 1953 Buick Special 4dr sedan.  Read more after the jump.