[DAVID GAGNARD]

Ahhhh, the teens years, back in the late 60's early 70's, how any of us survived is a miracle when I think back on all the stupid stuff we did......A few did not make it, I can remember about 4 or 5 guys getting killed in car wrecks in my high school during my 4 years there.....

Asked my dad to loan me $3,400.00 in the early 70's to buy a used original big block Cobra, (don't remember the CSX #,wasn't that important at the time)(I was a teenager with a job), he laughed his a$$ off when I asked....First off, he couldn't afford it,as he already had 2 kids in college, one driving junk, the other walking...
Second, he knew the car (local car) and it's potential and said he didn't have the money to bury me and figured I'd last about a week in the Cobra (probably right)..... before he died in 1994, I did remind him of the red Cobra and told him how much that car would be worth today, he still was NOT impressed....

When my daughter was around 17 or so, she was always bugging me to drive my 65 Fastback (12.90 quarter mile car in street trim), which she knew was a definite no-no......so, one day, I got tired of her bugging me and we went out for a drive, I live kinda out in the country..... after an easy mile or two we turned around and headed for home, when she did I told her to start off in first and shift at 3,500 rpms, she did and when she got to about 65 or 70mph, she bumped it in nuetral and pulled over and had me drive the rest of the way home.... I asked what was the matter, she told me she was scared of the car, I said GREAT, JUST WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR, now she has a better respect for performance cars.... She has driven the car a few times with me, but says she prefers cars with A/C, power everything and a c/d player, none of which my car has............

David