VEHICLES

 

Dad's 1951 Mercury  (I remember sleeping on the package tray under the back glass on a trip to Florida with mom, dad, uncle Bud & Aunt Kate Simerly)
 

Dad's 1955 Ford 2-door post V8 3 speed with overdrive, Turquoise and White

(I still remember Elvis' "Hound Dog" coming out of that round '55 Ford radio)
 

My 1957 Chevrolet drag car, "The Silver Stroker" a 2 door post business coupe
(I bought it from a guy off the Brainard Road Exit in Chattanooga and I can't remember his name.)  (Gary Catlett??)
Note: I sold the rolling chassis to Dennis Sipe for about $175 around 1975.
 

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My 1958 Chevy 2-ton Car Hauler, "Big Mack" (That thing was geared so low you could take off in high gear.) 
 

Dad's 1960 Ford Falcon 2-dr (he wrecked it at the underpass 1/2 mile from here on his way to work one snowy morning)
 

Dad's 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 (289, 3-speed with overdrive, black, red interior with plastic seat covers.)
(Dad ordered it new at CC Card Ford on Inman Street, Cleveland TN.)

 

1965 Sears Allstate MoPed by Puch (Santa brought it to me Christmas of 1965.) (He hid it at Sadie and David's across the street.)  

My 1965 Honda 150 Dream (Dad traded my Moped to Wayne Woody for it) 
 

My 1966 Mustang (I bought it in the fall of 2005.) (It's for sale for $15,000 at www.drwebman.com/66mustang )

1967 Chevrolet Camaro
(Mom and dad purchased new at Hall Chevrolet for $3,071.00) (Traded in Dad's '55 Ford.) (They gave it to me when I was around 19 or 20.)
 

1967 Camaro with a fold-down rear seat (I bought it from my cousin, Dean Adams)

1967 Chevrolet Impala 4-dr (I bought it from a man dad knew in Etowah for the 327/300 engine in it.)   
 

1967 Craftsman riding lawn mower
(I won it in 1967 at Sears when they had a grand opening give-a-way at their new store..)
 

1968 Camaro
VIN: 124378N467073
(I bought it around 04/23/2007 from David Burgess and made a drag car out of it.)
(I sold it around 09/23/93 to Jeff Wise who worked at Athens Chevrolet.)

1970 Chevrolet Corvette matching-number 454 (purchased from Jewell Patterson for $3,750)

Dad's 1970 Chevrolet Pickup (250 6cyl, three on the tree, step-side, blue with white bumpers)

1971 Chevrolet Vega panel-wagon (I bought it from my uncle Danny Tinsley around 1973.)  
 

Mom's 1972 Chevrolet Caprice, black on black

1972 Yamaha 360 Enduro dirt bike (I traded a 327 engine for it to Dennis Sipe.)  

1973 Chevrolet Vega GT (I purchased it from Karen or Joe Fetzer. Dad and I rebuilt the engine, but it still used oil.)  

1973 Honda 750 Four (I don't remember where I bought it.)  

1973 Lincoln Mark IV (I don't remember where I bought it.) (The cruise would stick on it and I had to blow the horn while pressing the "OFF" button to stop it.) 

1975 Cadillac Brougham ("The Sled") (I don't remember where I bought it, I think some old lady in Cleveland.)
(This was the neatest car. It was HUGE, had a 502 engine & never used the first drop of oil!)

Mom's 1975 Caprice. White with blue interior.
 

1976 Chevy 4x4 pickup with roll bar (I think I bought it over Monteagle out of some auto trader magazine.)  
 

1978 Buick Limited (I took in on trade in 2001 and it only had 54,000 miles. I traded it on the 2000 motorhome.)

1978 Ford Fiesta (I bought new at Etowah Motors.) (My first "new car") (I remember the fuse holder got hot and the headlight fuse would fall out on the floorboard while I was driving the curvy road to Euchee.) (I later put in an inline fuse.) (I gave it to my Dad.)

1984 Chevrolet C-30 MINNIE WINNIE Motorhome (I don't remember where I bought it)  
 

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1984 Dodge Caravan minivan (with woodgrain on the sides) (I don't remember where I bought it)
(I kicked a fat guy's door in in Daytona because he had the door of his custom van opened into it while sitting there feeding his fat face.) 

1985 GMC 2-wd Suburban (I took it in on trade from the Ponderosa)

1986 GMC 4-wd Suburban
(I bought it at Lee Motor Co. near Atlanta, installed 4 captains chairs & running boards.)
(It was a great "Party Bus"!)

1987 Toyota pickup with A/C
VIN: JT4RN50R8H0281268
(I bought it new at North Georgia Toyota 08/03/1987 for $7,500.00 "No Trade".) (My 2nd "new car")
I drove it for several years and sold it for about $5,700 around 1996.

1992 steel, slant-load, 2-horse, bumper-pull trailer (I had it built in Savannah GA) 
 

1993 Car Hauler (Dove-tail with solid checker plate floor. I designed and had built in North Georgia) 

1994 Exiss 2-horse slant-load goose-neck trailer with white skin (purchased it in Clinton)

1994 Ford Crew-cab Dually 7.3 Diesel 1-ton truck w/automatic and 4.10 posi (My 3rd "New Car")
(I bought it from Gray Epperson Ford in Athens TN)  

1994 Ford Explorer 4x4 XLT (I bought it from Gray Epperson Ford in Athens TN) 

1996 Featherlite slant-load 2-horse bumper-pull trailer (I bought it from Terry Fox in Oak Ridge)

 

1996 Chevrolet Worktruck pickup (I bought it new at Beaty Chevrolet in Knoxville.) (My 4th "New Car")
(I traded it in on the 1996 Z-71 below because the 4.3 V-6 and straight-shift caused it to "buck" when cruising with the a/c on. Beaty recognized the problem, but said there was no fix for it.)

 

1996 Z-71 Chevrolet 4x4 pickup (I bought it new at Athens Chevrolet) (My 5th "New Car")
 

1997 Plymouth Voyager Minivan
 

2000 Gulfstream Ultra Sport motorhome (I traded the 1978 Buick in on it to a couple near Georgetown) 
 

2002 Chevrolet Tahoe, low miles, heated leather seats and operating moon roof.
(I bought it at Bill Holt Chevrolet in Ellijay GA. I paid too much, but it was nice and a local, low mileage SUV.)
(Bill Holt Chevrolet sucks. I went back to trade it in on a new crew-cab and they wouldn't give me anything for it.) (ps: Did I mention that Bill Holt Chevrolet of Ellijay sucks?)   
 

2005 Chevrolet crew pickup (My 6th "New Car") (I traded the '02 Tahoe for it at the Chevrolet dealer in Sweetwater TN and they gave me a GREAT DEAL.) This truck gets 20.8 MPG daily driving! (Did I mention that Bill Holt Chevrolet of Ellijay sucks?!?!?!?)
 

My 2007 Huskee LT4200 riding mower