I am dreaming . . . . . . .

Yeah - head in the cloud stuff this is!!

Major pre-note - O N L Y - if ever - we win some lotto . . . 

That does not stop me from drooling . . . . . 

 

Meanwhile - in a land down under - I had this conversation with my wife (she of freak fame) and asked her to name all the license plates from all the work cars she had driven . . . And she could recall all 9 of them - all in order from oldest (Oct 1987) to current . . . .

Damn - some wife I got!!

Ok; it helps that almost all of them were Toyota Corolla's of some sort, with a very fondly remembered Honda Shuttle in-between the various Corolla's - which we eventually bought off work, for our own private car!

THAT got me thinking about the cars we owned ourselves . . And we had to do some digging and searching - 

For myself - I owned a little red 800cc Mini - followed by a much loved Citroen (which I had to sell to make the Airfare for my supposedly one year long sabbath in NZ).  

We got married and the Vauxhall Viva family car was 'donated' to a good cause - us; as a wedding gift!! Don't  worry - it was an ancient beat up oldie - but reliable car, ok - for Christchurch! Once we moved to Wellington and the City council bus overtook us going up the hill on the Ngauranga Gorge - that was it!!! 

https://Ngauranga_Gorge

We upgraded to a yellow Toyota Corona! It had grunt!!!! That then got sold in order for us to make our first big 6 month long OE trip - and we came back car-less - something that lasted (some 10 years)  'till we picked up the Honda in June 1996 - ish! 

Crashing that and having written it of - next  in line was a white Mazda (Feb 2003) automatic - which got upgraded to a MANUAL hot red Nissan (so the boys could learn on a manual car) and once that was done, we bought in April 2017 a Black as out of Africa Toyota Fielder wagon -mainly because it had the biggest boot lid - entry (for my woodworking timber purchases!) 

However that is not all of it - as for our Euro trips we "bought" twice a Renault and once a Peugeot! Actually, it was a rental agreement - with a pre-agreed re-purchasing price! Legally though, we did own a brand new car for the 5 weeks we were in Europe!! Check this out - its still a thing!!!

www.Eurodrive.co.nz

 

 

Then there is a VW based Motorhome (the original Bearmobile #1) and of course the current Bearmobile #2 ( A Ford based model)

MEANING - we had 5 Japanese cars and 7 European made cars/vans and a singularly USA made version!!  We should spread our wings a bit and aim for more US made vehicles - 

and luckily for me . . . . . 

I just    K  N  O  W    which  one!!!!

Hubba hubba

 

 I so could see myself driving one of those!! Even better if they come in the purple - or Gold - or Ferrari Red!!!

Sighs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A56HyoAEBsk&ab_channel=ICON

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnhm2V7V4VY&ab_channel=ICON

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNceug04-Cw&ab_channel=ATPMonsterGarage

The notion of an old design - muscle car no less along with the Mod cons - (power steering, new engine - disk brakes and USB electric connections etc etc - D O E S  have a lot of merit!! I could easily see myself in a .....  yeah - that too!!!!

I also fancy a very first ever  original Jeep made - the very first design the Army commissioned - it is indestructible and just perfect for the various beach hops - urm outings!! 

 

 

 

 

NOW - what are my chances for a Steering wheel column shift and also the gas pedals etc to the right hand side, and once it's all built - shipping to NZ?????

Where is my lotto ticket ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 

Have fun!