My first car was the "Anti Safe".

It was a very used 1967 Chevelle. Not the muscle car but the dog version. It made the Volvo look hot.,

It was a brown four door with a 250 in line six. Tough engine, but with a serious ignition issue. I had to keep a 9/16th's wrench in the car to adjust the distributor based upon the weather. Also it was quite biodegradable.

That was the best I could get for $250.00.

My first car was also a 67 Chevelle. But is was the 350 horse version of the SS. $3025.

My first Volvo a PV, was a lot of fun, especially when one of the rear coil springs would jump out of the rusted spring seat on the frame and the tire would drag in the wheel well. This required everyone to get out and rock the car until the spring popped back in place.

It had a glass jar on the fire wall that you were supposed to put oil in, this was an after market overhead oiler that fed into the intake manifold. This must have worked, because the car had 3K miles on it when I junked it-rust never sleeps.

When I first starter to work in the automotive field (1968) I did road service work in a section of NYC. Volvos were supposed to be so good in the cold weather. owing to their Swedish heritage, but when we would have a cold day, we could count on half the Volvos in the area not starting. Usually flooded from too much choke. We would carry a few used spark plugs in the defroster outlet grill in the service truck. If 24 volts would not start it, we would change 2 plugs and it would start up. Take removed plugs and put in defroster vent for the next Volvo.

The older Volvo's (with the SU carbs) had an enrichment jet instead of a choke plate, it worked real good and could be called an engorgement jet if over-applied.

This system was designed for sub-zero conditions (FYAO).

How about Irv Gordon's P1800 which has done nearly 3 million miles:-

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