First Ride

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     I didn’t want to hijack Flatfender Ben’s thread - by the way, congratulations Ben! - but I thought this might be fun. I’m sure that mighty few of us remember our first ride in a car, but do some of us know a story about it? Ben’s son will have the story and pictures to boot.   Early in June, 1950, Pop came to the hospital in Greeley to pick me and Mom up and take us home to Johnstown. He brought some pillows to make a bed for me in the middle of the front seat (This was Mom’s spot until tonight) of his 1936 Ford Tudor Sedan. The Ford had a 1949 Mercury Engine with dual exhaust. The Colorado State Patrol had 1949 Fords and couldn’t run with that ‘36. They tried, on a friendly basis, a couple of times. A trooper told Pop, “It doesn’t matter, we know where you live.” Anyway, as we were leaving town, going past the drive-in movie theatre, Pop noticed the name of the movie on the marquee and said “I’ve been wanting to see this!” And turned in to the theatre. So my first ride was not only in one of the hottest cars in the area, it included a movie as well!
  I have this story on good authority from two reliable sources. 
Let’s hear your story, if you know it. 
BW 

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Bruce W Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 29 July 2005 Location: Northeast Colorado Status: Offline Points: 9652	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bruce W Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: First Ride Posted: 22 Aug. 2020 at 6:27pm
	I didn’t want to hijack Flatfender Ben’s thread - by the way, congratulations Ben! - but I thought this might be fun. I’m sure that mighty few of us remember our first ride in a car, but do some of us know a story about it? Ben’s son will have the story and pictures to boot. Early in June, 1950, Pop came to the hospital in Greeley to pick me and Mom up and take us home to Johnstown. He brought some pillows to make a bed for me in the middle of the front seat (This was Mom’s spot until tonight) of his 1936 Ford Tudor Sedan. The Ford had a 1949 Mercury Engine with dual exhaust. The Colorado State Patrol had 1949 Fords and couldn’t run with that ‘36. They tried, on a friendly basis, a couple of times. A trooper told Pop, “It doesn’t matter, we know where you live.” Anyway, as we were leaving town, going past the drive-in movie theatre, Pop noticed the name of the movie on the marquee and said “I’ve been wanting to see this!” And turned in to the theatre. So my first ride was not only in one of the hottest cars in the area, it included a movie as well! I have this story on good authority from two reliable sources. Let’s hear your story, if you know it. BW
	It is NOT a Jeep Willys! It is a Willys jeep. Happy Trails! Good-bye, Good Luck, and May the Good Lord Take a Likin' to You! We Have Miles to Jeep, Before We Sleep.

Nothing Special Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 02 Feb. 2018 Location: Roseville, MN Status: Offline Points: 845	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nothing Special Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Aug. 2020 at 6:41pm
	I don't know the story of my first ride, but I remember my little sister's. My dad had a '67(?) Impala convertible. My dad, little brother and I (I was 5) went to pick my mom and sister up from the hospital to bring them home. It was a nice spring day (my sister was born May 10) and we got to put the top down! But when we got to the hospital we had to put the top back up because my sister couldn't ride home in it with the top down. I still feel the disappointment 51 years later!
	Bob Flatfender wannabe '71 Ford Bronco

nofender Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member x 3 Joined: 10 May 2016 Location: Maryland Status: Online Points: 2035	Post Options Post Reply Quote nofender Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Aug. 2020 at 7:18pm
	No idea what the story is of my first ride. But I can tell you my son's. Back then (just shy of 32 years now) I had a rowdy CJ5 that we tooled around in. Well as his mother got later in the pregnancy, I wouldn't let her ride in the Jeep because it was a pretty rough ride. So her only request was that when the time came I would take her to the hospital in the 5. They day came and I was outside doing a brake brake job. She yelled out that we had to go! So I quickly reassembled the Jeep, threw the go bag in, strapped her in and took off like a bat out of hell. First traffic light......rolled right through it. Yep barely any brakes. I didn't have time to adjust the 4 drums. So we rode to the hospital, her not knowing a thing, with me riding the e-brake the whole way. By some miracle we made it. A short time later my son was born. So family comes to see the boy. Lots of in and out. I decided to ride home with my sister and leave the Jeep at the hospital. We rode back and forth together over the next two days. Well now it's time to go home. We bundle up the boy, strap in the new car seat my in-laws delivered and were heading home....the new little family. So there we are ready to go. I back out of the space.....that's on a slight hill......forgetting I have almost no brakes. I back out, roll halfway across the parking lot and hit a parked car. Yep. So my son's very first ride in a motorized vehicle was in a Jeep. And his first was about 50 feet, resulting in a traffic accident. And his first ride required a repair as I laid down in the lot and did what i could to adjust the brakes with a screwdriver I found under the seat. True story...... I'd like to say I've wised up maybe a bit since then. Nah.
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Ol' Unreliable Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 25 Sep. 2016 Location: CO Springs CO Status: Offline Points: 4226	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ol' Unreliable Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 Aug. 2020 at 8:56pm
	The only thing I can say about my first ride is that it was in a '52 Ford Customline 4-door. Light blue, flathead V-8, three-on-the-tree. I was the 3rd of seven kids; they should have just bought a station wagon.
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42rocker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 28 Oct. 2020 Location: Tampa area, Fla Status: Offline Points: 130	Post Options Post Reply Quote 42rocker Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Oct. 2020 at 8:15pm
	First rides that I can remember were in the family VW bug. Time, 1956ish. We had several of them before the VW Bus. Still have a VW Super Beatle. Now getting a Jeep. Waiting for it to get trucked down from up North. Can't wait. Stay Safe Later 42rocker