I'm in the paper!

**The Wizard of BC** · 4th April 06, 09:36 AM

Oh boy, a whole new thread idea. "The best car you've ever owned."

Mine was a '62 e-type Jag. Convertable of course. With original hard top. And to top it off I was single, in the military, with cash in my pocket, and living in Hawaii.

It just don't get any better.

**Panache** · 4th April 06, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC

Oh boy, a whole new thread idea. "The best car you've ever owned."

Mine was a '62 e-type Jag. Convertable of course...

Please tell me you kept your '62 Jaguar E-type convertible and have lovingly pampered it. So you can drive it on warm sunny days and watch people all about you drool and turn green with envy as you blissfully cruise on by...

By the by what color was/is she?

**Mattg** · 4th April 06, 09:49 AM

Post some pics of that Jag if you've got it...

**ozmeath** · 4th April 06, 10:15 AM

That's a ripper of an article. Nice buy on the mustang. Great your wife supported your dream there, but then dissed you nationally, well now internationally. shallow indeed!
So how's it running?

**bubba** · 4th April 06, 12:13 PM

Best car I ever owned? A no brainer. A 1968 Pontiac LeMans in Aztec Gold with a big block 350. That thing was tough and fast. Driving it felt like flying.

**GMan** · 4th April 06, 05:26 PM

Really nice article. I was so glad to hear that it wan't the crime beat section. But hey, Kilt wearers (even before they have them on) are not to be in the crime beat section.

**Panache** · 4th April 06, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by ozmeath

That's a ripper of an article. Nice buy on the mustang. Great your wife supported your dream there, but then dissed you nationally, well now internationally. shallow indeed!
So how's it running?

Well Star is Nora Charles to my Nick so its her job to take me down a peg, but with lots of love and a lovely smile. Also I can't complain about her dissing me internationally because I wrote the article.

My '95 Ford Mustang GT convertible runs very strong. It has a Flowmaster exhaust and makes wonderful (or awful depending on your point of view) VOOM VOOM VOOM noises. It's a thing, it's a machine, and it's a possession.
In the great scheme of things material objects aren't really that important...

however...

On a beautiful day, when I don't have any responsibilities, you will find me driving down the road in my rumbling wonderful Mustang convertible blasting Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher", The Beach Boys' "Shut Down", or Billy Idol's "You don't need a Gun" with a smile on my face and contentment in my soul.

Cheers

**ozmeath** · 4th April 06, 11:44 PM

Got it made, got it made got it made.... awesome. Good tunes for the Mustang.
Sorry if it sounded like i was having a go before, it was more out of curiosity. hell we all could do with dose of reality check every now and then. And if our considerable other cannot, then whom?
And have you sampled any early (pre '76) zz top in the stang yet? Context can make all the difference in the world.

**Cawdorian** · 5th April 06, 05:12 AM

Amazing, now we know we're also a bunch of gearheads who wear kilts.

My first sports car was a 59 Austin Healy Sprite complete with all Lucas electrical devices. In my later years I have graduated to bigger and better things, drove a C-4 Vette for 17 years, now driving a C-5 Vette.

Wizard, I do envy you, I love the E-Jags.

**Panache** · 5th April 06, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by ozmeath

.... awesome. Good tunes for the Mustang...
And have you sampled any early (pre '76) zz top in the stang yet? Context can make all the difference in the world.

Ozmeath,

You know its funny about my music. In the 80's I was absolutely into New Wave (Adam Ant, Duran Duran, David Bowie, etc.). During the early 90's had a slight brush with Country/Western music (I was into C/W dancing) , 50's rock and swing music (also did West and East Coast swing dancing). The last 7 or so years I have been really into classical music and the crooners (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald). Now when I got the Mustang none of my cds really seemed to fit the mood of cruising along in a muscle car. So I started getting some more appropriate music. Its been fun discovering the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, The Rolling Stones (before they became a corporation), Jimi Hendrix, Van Halen, Queen, and CREAM! I'll have to look into some ZZ Top.
The only tunes I remember from them are "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man". The latter of course describes all of us gents here at X-Marks the Scot.

Cheers