Re: New acquisition. Dad's 76 Laguna

by Oldschool454 Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:23 am

I know it's just an ordinary car to most. And even the color took a while to grow on me. But this is the car I remember getting picked up from gradeschool/highschool in when I was younger and riding to car shows in before I was old enough to drive. lol. So I guess it just holds a lot of sentimental value to me more than anything. I gave myself a headache day after day for a couple weeks debating if i could bring myself to sell my silver car to buy his. So I owe a lot to the wife for helping me make this happen so that I can keep both.

by Roadcaptain S3 Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:32 pm

Give that girl some roses!

Glad you were able to hang on to it.

So it started out as a Malibu Classic?

by Oldschool454 Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:42 pm

Roadcaptain S3 wrote:Give that girl some roses!

Glad you were able to hang on to it.

So it started out as a Malibu Classic?

I think what I agreed to was faaaar better than roses for her. lol And yes both his and my silver one started as 77 Malibu classics.

by Roadcaptain S3 Thu Apr 09, 2015 1:45 pm

Wow! That was a lot of work over the years!

Congrats!

by Oldschool454 Thu Apr 09, 2015 2:18 pm

Roadcaptain S3 wrote:Wow! That was a lot of work over the years!

Congrats!

......and as always, still much work to be done. Hah! Thanks! Very Happy

by ant7377 Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:41 pm

Thats great! Good to see you could keep it. If I had the chance to get back one of my dads cars I would in a heartbeat. I bet you look at the pics of your grandparents there and say "where did the time go ? " I know I do that looking at pics of my grandparents and even my parents and say that. Neat cars both of them. Enjoy em!

by knightfan26917 Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:31 pm

Oldschool454 wrote:" /> Grandma and grandpa after purchasing it new in 1977. ^-^

AWESOME ... love old family photos like this!!!!!

Oldschool454 wrote:I know it's just an ordinary car to most. And even the color took a while to grow on me. But this is the car I remember getting picked up from gradeschool/highschool in when I was younger and riding to car shows in before I was old enough to drive. lol. So I guess it just holds a lot of sentimental value to me more than anything. I gave myself a headache day after day for a couple weeks debating if i could bring myself to sell my silver car to buy his. So I owe a lot to the wife for helping me make this happen so that I can keep both.

Glad you are able to keep both ... always good to be able to get a car with so much sentimental value. It's far from an ordinary car, for those very reasons.

Cort Smile

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