I didn't count the one I'm riding on but I guess this was the start of my lifelong obsession with cars!

1931 Model A Ford Coupe

This is just like my first car which I bought at the age of 13.  I worked all summer but could not pay the full price of $15 so the owner, a friend of the family, let me have it for $11 with the balance due the following summer.  I don't think he got the extra $4 as the car wouldn't run - and it never did.  I got a friend to push it to try and get it started, flames shot out and ignited a field on fire.  Thankfully, we were able to put out the fire!

1938 Dodge Sedan

Here are my dad and my brother, Ken, posing at the wheel.

Purchased from my aunt and uncle in 1950 for $240 - my father paid for it.  It was a great car as it had been in the family and well maintained.  There's a little story attached to this car.  I was on my way to school one very snowy morning, the snowplow was coming towards me and I moved to the side and parked to let is pass.  A car coming from behind bumped into me.  No real damage so I went on my way to school.  When I arrived, the talk was all about some robbery which had taken place at the school overnight.  Sometime later in the day, two RCMP officers arrived at the school asking for me.  They were there about the fender bender incident but everyone when they saw me being escorted out of the school by two RCMP officers automatically thought I was the thief.  I had a hell of a time clearing my name!

1949 Plymouth Sedan

In 1954, I traded the Dodge for this car.  Cost: $450 on payments of $52/month (I was making $80/month working as a printer in the summer and on weekends during school).  The car was red but should have been yellow as it was a 'lemon'.  This is the car that saw my first girlfriend.  I was a good boy and never used the back seat.  Actually, I was pretty naive and didn't know the wonders that could be had on the back seat.  Took it back to the dealer finally - just dropped it off and quit making payments.  A few months later, I joined the Air Force.

1949 Monarch Sedan

Bought in 1955 while in the Service from a fellow serviceman in St-Sylvestre, QC for $375 (paid at the rate of $30/mo.) and sold it 7 mos. later for $400 (transferred to flying school in London, On. at that time).  Paid him the balance following the sale.

1952 Ford Mainliner

This is the actual color of the car although it is not the car that I had.

This is me sitting on the hood.