The one my dad surprised me with when I was seventeen!
It was a rainy fall day. I remember my parents leaving to go run an errand. When they returned, I was sitting in the living room. My parents walked through the door. My dad smiled at me and said go look in the driveway. With a curious look on my face, I walked over and looked out the kitchen window. Sitting in the driveway was the cutest maroon-colored Ford Mustang with a creamy white top. Not a convertible, but a darling car…especially for my first car.
I turned back to my dad with a look of shock. “Is that for me?!” He explained it was a car for me, but I would need to pay for half of it, pay the insurance, and buy my own gas for the car. I had a job, so that was not an issue.
“Go take it for a drive and let us know what you think.”
It was my senior year in high school. I had been driving my parents’ car for two years. I’m sure they were ready for me to get my own car so they did not need to share their car with me anymore. But, I never would have dreamed that they would help buy a car for me and surprise me with it! My parents did not have a lot of money. I grew up in the poorer part of town. We never seemed to lack what we needed, but we didn’t always get to have all of the fun “toys” several of my friends had. That is why this came as such a surprise to me.
The Mustang was a “four on the floor” standard transmission vehicle. It was the most fun car to drive. At age 17, it could not have been more fun! My friends loved it too. Plus, it was like a rabbit in the snow. When other cars were stuck in the snow in the winter, my car seemed to just climb and twist right out of any near mishap situations.
As an adult I have owned several fun cars to drive, but the one I will always love the most is that ’74 Ford Mustang II for all the feels it brings up and the memories.
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