The History of my Cars

In 1966, I took a job with a Woolworth company in Marietta Ohio. Since at that time I did not own a car, I went to Marietta on the Greyhound bus. I worked at the Woolworth store as a manager trainee and receiving manager. One of the employees found out that I did not have a car and sold me a 57 Rambler station wagon for the princely sum of $75. Looking back, it was really a good deal. I drove the car for a considerable amount of time. Being young and foolish I had no fear of taking it on the highway. I drove it from Marietta Ohio to Columbus Ohio and from Marietta to Sandusky Ohio.

Most of the trips were to Sandusky where my future wife resided. This was about 200 miles one way which I made usually two times a month. The other feature that I found useful, was a front seats folded flat. I do not remember how long I had the car, it was less than a year as I was only in Marietta about a year. The car gave up the ghost one weekend  trip in Sandusky. Again lacking the funds to have it repaired,  it went to the junkyard. I made the trip back to Marietta on the Greyhound bus. It took around 12 hours,  it seemed like forever. I got back to Marietta in time to go to work.

My next car with a 1951 Chevrolet two-door. I only had it for a couple weeks. I bought it for $75, drove it to Sandusky one weekend, where the muffler went out. When I got back to Marietta I sold it for 50 bucks, I should have had it repaired.

My next car was a 1967 Ford Galaxy 500. My dad pretty much picked it out and I was happy with it. It was a nice green, power steering, power brakes and of course the radio.After I had it about two weeks some clown pulled out front of me. I was okay, the car suffered a damaged front fender and hood on the driver side. I owned the car until about 1968 or 69 when I felt I could not afford to continue to make the payments. I was married and 67 we moved to Akron in 67 and then Atlanta,  Georgia in 68. We traded the car for lower payments on a 1962 Pontiac Catalina.