That was my favorite Pontiac of all time, Lin! Except I always wanted a
convertible. I never owned one though. My first car that I actually owned
I bought in England in 1965 (link below). I sold it for enough money to
get married in 1968... Shoulda kept the darned car! It had the UK plates
KPP 123 on it. I restored it and sold it to a Chief Petty Officer who
brought it back to the states. Interestingly enough he contacted me in
1976 and offered to sell it back to me because he knew how much I loved it.
(I'm still head-over-heels for that car!!) Unfortunately I was in the
process of divesting myself of that first marriage at the time and didn't
have the money. When I finally could have afforded to buy it I was years
too late and had lost track of its location and owner.
1946 MG TC exactly like this one right down to the color and upholstery!
<http://www.brightonmotorsports.com/sites/default/files/inventory/vehicles/cars/sold/mg-tc-rhd-roadster-1946_31.jpg>
Cheers!!
Jim
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:23 AM, Linda Grunthaner <grunthaner@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Guys and Gals,
> I know this topic has been covered but I'm covering it again in more depth
> and with photos that all can see. This link shows my 1st car, year, make
> model and of course color at an outstanding restoration; 1965 Pontiac
> Tempest in Fontana Blue, oddly my parents ordered the same car and color
> but 4 door in 1965 and I was there at the showroom watching the event. I
> bought mine from an old high school boyfriend and he was reluctant to sell
> it for such a high price of $50. because she needed lots of TLC that I was
> prepared to give which jumpstarted my freedom. I parked my car side by side
> in my parents driveway next to their 1965 Pontiac Tempest in Fontana blue
> from 1973 to 1976. I was so drawn to the detail of this ad that I saved the
> images from eBay. A year later I looked up the images and to my surprise
> they have restored possibly hundreds of cars both foreign and domestic to
> the same outstanding condition. I've got to visit this company and commend
> them for their amazing work. This car was sold for 16K which was much lower
> than the buy now @ around 25K. I was so drawn to it I bought a 1:18 scale
> diecast model in the same color : ) instead of buying the car.
>
> http://www.schmitt.com/viewimage.asp?ID=4130
>
> What was your first car? Post an image from your favorite search engine
> hopefully in the same color.
> Lin
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