Our stable
None of our current vehicles were bought new, although a couple were
not very used.
The Mercedes
- 560SL, 1986, "His". My seventh car.
- 560SL, 1986, "Hers" (also). The sixteenth car.
Replaced the now-sold 450SL.
- 300SDL, 1986, "Arab Pimpmobile", or "Theirs".
My eighth car.
- 250C, 1971, "Ebola Fishtank", or "Family
Picnic-ster". The tenth car. This
oddity was too good to pass up, though
it has had its share of trouble.
- 416 Unimog, 1976. Replacing the Chevy pickup.
(Not!) The eleventh car.
- 300D, 1983, "Chicken Wagon". Who could
resist? (My wife, that's who!) The
twelfth car, and if my wife has her
way, the last.
- 200D, 1972, "Frankenheap". OK, so
the Chicken Wagon,
originally procured as a parts car to provide
an engine for a generator project, morphed into
a driver. We try again, starting with a more
ratty specimen, as car number thirteen. ...Uh-oh!
now it's morphed into a driver too.
Obviously they have to be really bad
before they won't morph into a driver
at our house. Thirteen is an unlucky number,
so of course there will have to be at
least one more!
- 190D 2.5, 1986?. I was in a buying mood
one day at an auction, and look what happened!
Car number fourteen.
- 300CD, 1982 The fifteenth car. It
appears there is no stopping me!
- 380SL, 1982, "Ethelred" The eighteenth
car. Couldn't pass it up at the price. It's
to be a rolling restoration of sorts, then
sold. It is red, sort of, and while the
intent was to sell it fairly quickly a year
later it was still Unready. (Hence the name.)
- 560SEL, 1990 The nineteenth car.
Couldn't pass it up at the price. It's to
serve as a temporary (?) replacement for the
SDL until I can whip
that into shape.
Lesser marques
- Ford Falcon, 1960, My first car, my
grandmother's last car.
- Chevy Z-28 Camaro, 1984, My second (really
third) car.
- Chevy heavy 1/2 ton 4×4 pickup, 1974.
The fourth car. Good utility vehicle. Was to
be sold when the Unimog
was finally ready for use. Wasn't. My wife
actually likes this truck, and has
been learning to drive a manual transmission
with it. Having a rusty beater around is
just too handy to give up, and the value of
trucks like this has plummeted.
- Dodge 3/4 ton diesel 4×4 pickup, 1997.
The fifth car. Bought used in late '98
with a little over 16,000 miles on it.
This should have replaced the Chevy pickup,
but it was too pretty and too ungainly to
maneuver around the woods. The fortunate
demise of my home mortgage enabled this,
and all subsequent purchases.
- Honda CB750F motorcycle, 1976? Parked
since I bought the SL. This photo is from
when it was new (my dad's bike). When I
got it the accessories (fairing, bags,
backrest) were no longer with it.
- Honda XL100 motorcycle, 1977. For
knocking around on.
Dearly departed
- Honda CB350 motorcycle, 1973. The first
vehicle that I personally owned. The
Falcon was 'mine', but was actually owned
by my father until I finished college.
- Mercury Montego, 1969. My actual second car.
- Dodge 1/2 ton pickup, 1975. My third car. Was fine, but I
really needed 4-wheel drive. Replaced by the Chevy pickup.
I recovered nearly half of the money I had into it!
- Ford Escort, 1992. (Wife's car). Ate
its head, and was generally getting worn-out. Let's call
this number nine. Bought new, worn out, repaired, and
gifted to family.
- Ford Taurus, 1992.
(Wife's [deceased] grandfather's car).
Number ten? Sold, because we didn't need two sedans. Do
not try to correlate this statement with the existence of
the Chicken Wagon!
- Mercedes 240D, 1979 The Grand Experiment in
profit-making. A.k.a. the Albatross.
For Sale Sold!
- Mercedes 450SL, 1976, "Hers". The ninth car (and
the last one bought without my wife's disapproval).
For Sale Sold!
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e-mail: jimc@windwireless.net
or telephone: (509) 926-7801
