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From: Fraser Johnston on 6 Jul 2010 02:22 "PHATRS" <stoptryingtosp(a)m.me> wrote in message news:i0tkfk$pnk$1(a)news.albasani.net... > Hi all, > > Saw a car the other day that was the same as that which I learned to drive > in - a 1989 Toyota Supra 3.0 automatic, similar to the pic below. > > http://lh4.ggpht.com/_XLcHcXBp2IA/TC0ugaI1q4I/AAAAAAAABC8/qlYt_FJ0B5Y/s400/Supra.jpg > FJ45 trayback Landcruiser on the farm when I was 12. My 11 year old mate taught me in the paddock while the adults looked on amused. He had been driving since he was 4. His dad used to stand him on the seat with the hand throttle on while he threw hay bales off the back. The safety nazis would have fits now. Fraser
From: Dingo on 6 Jul 2010 05:03 On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 08:32:18 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote: > >"PHATRS" <stoptryingtosp(a)m.me> wrote in message >news:i0tkfk$pnk$1(a)news.albasani.net... > >I learned to drive in a Ford Thames tray truck which was my old man's at the >time. Mum had an early 60's Mini which I was "sneaking" around the block by >the time I was 12 or so. > >I owned my first car at 12, which was a 1958 Star model Customline that I >bought from an uncle with money I'd saved from my paper rounds and various >other odd jobs. Hillbillies were allowed to own and drive cars at age 12 in the particular backwoods where you were brought up?
From: atec7 7 on 6 Jul 2010 05:33 Dingo wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 08:32:18 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote: > >> "PHATRS" <stoptryingtosp(a)m.me> wrote in message >> news:i0tkfk$pnk$1(a)news.albasani.net... >> >> I learned to drive in a Ford Thames tray truck which was my old man's at the >> time. Mum had an early 60's Mini which I was "sneaking" around the block by >> the time I was 12 or so. >> >> I owned my first car at 12, which was a 1958 Star model Customline that I >> bought from an uncle with money I'd saved from my paper rounds and various >> other odd jobs. > > Hillbillies were allowed to own and drive cars at age 12 in the > particular backwoods where you were brought up? "Gentle applause " )
From: Noddy on 6 Jul 2010 05:41 "Dingo" <dingo(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:j7s53613ds5v7u0vcr3jim4hdeq8olksqq(a)4ax.com... > Hillbillies were allowed to own and drive cars at age 12 in the > particular backwoods where you were brought up? If you consider inner suburban Melbourne to be the backwoods then no, they weren't. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Dingo on 6 Jul 2010 06:06
On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 19:41:12 +1000, "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote: > >"Dingo" <dingo(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:j7s53613ds5v7u0vcr3jim4hdeq8olksqq(a)4ax.com... > >> Hillbillies were allowed to own and drive cars at age 12 in the >> particular backwoods where you were brought up? > >If you consider inner suburban Melbourne to be the backwoods then no, they >weren't. Well, I'm Sydney born 'n bred..... |