Transcribed from his memory, with comments on each car as he remembered them.
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[li]1933 Chevrolet - Dad gave Denzil and I this car[/li][li]1936 Ford - new, 4 door, gray, Denzil and I bought this car together, top speed 90 mph[/li][li]1933 Dodge Coupe - In 1937 when I got married, Denzil got a Plymouth[/li][li]1936 Chevrolet - It had a cracked head[/li][li]1937 Chevrolet - second hand. Accelerator stuck and I jumped out before it ran into a train and exploded[/li][li]1936 Plymouth Coupe - second hand[/li][li]1941 Chevrolet - new, $867 total price, The junkiest car I ever owned[/li][li]1941 Plymouth - second hand, dark red, It was far superior to the new Chevrolet[/li][li]1941 Ford - 2 door, black[/li][li]1940 Dodge - no oil pressure, I kept it for about 1 hour, stopped payment on my check and took the car back[/li][li]1942 Chevrolet - 4 door[/li][li]1940 Ford Coupe - I sold it when I was drafted in 1944[/li][li]1941 Oldsmobile - 2 door, bought second hand in Detroit after I was discharged in 1946. Sold it for $600 more than I paid for it[/li][li]1939 Packard - second hand[/li][li]1948 Chevrolet - new, dark blue. We bought Carolyn a used bicycle. I took it apart, sanded it, and had it spray painted the same color as the car. The bicycle stayed with us longer than the car.[/li][li]1949 Chevrolet - 2 door, moved to Springfield, IL and bought car from Metropolitan Chevrolet, it always leaked[/li][li]1950 Plymouth - 2 door, black, very good car[/li][li]1951 Nash - 4 door, green, it had a bed inside[/li][li]1951 Ford - 2 door, black ==>(car 3) (car 2) (car 1) <== Car 3 hit me (car 2) stopped at a stop sign behind car 1. I was skidded on a dry pavement, mashed in the trunk and my car hit car 1 and knocked out my grill. A policeman saw the accident, so he asked the driver in car 3 why he didn’t stop. The driver said he was watching a girl walking along University Ave. in Champaign, IL[/li][li]1953 Chevrolet - 2 door, black[/li][li]1955 Plymouth - 2 door, sold to Mrs. Childers because bought the next car[/li][li]1955 Chevrolet - 2 door, green, my Dad’s car, I bought after he died[/li][li]1956 Chevrolet - new, 4 door, hard top, turquoise with white top, power pack. Carolyn always raced this car, the best car I ever had, 0 to 60 in 9.6 seconds, 10 to 1 compression ratio, ethyl gas required. I put more than 90,000 miles on it and it is probably still running somewhere in heaven right now.[/li][li]1958 Chevrolet - second hand, 4 door, turquoise, 350 V8[/li][li]1960 Chevrolet - new, 2 door, army green, 6 cylinder[/li][li]1960 Pontiac - new, 4 door, dark blue, bought in Roodhouse in the winter, heater didn’t work[/li][li]1961 Corvair - new 2 door, white, exhaust fumes leaked inside the car. You couldn’t exist inside in the winter. After the guarantee, they fixed the problem[/li][li]1964 Dodge - new, 2 door, blue, big motor. It would really move, Larry and Carolyn drove it to Marion[/li][li]1965 Pontiac Le Mans - 2 door, stick shift, noisy second gear, shop foreman told me to turn radio louder and I wouldn’t hear the noise in second gear. Stopped payment on the check and returned it.[/li][li]1966 Dodge Polara - new, 2 door, white, very good car. I drove it 80 practically all day going to Florida[/li][li]1968 Dodge - new, 4 door, bronze, hard top. Popped out of gear and went into the lake while I was out fishing[/li][li]1970 Ford - new, 4 door, this one had erratic automatic transmission, traded it in on the station wagon, only had 16,000 miles on it[/li][li]1970 Ford Station Wagon - new, we went many miles in this car, Florida, once we took Larry, Carolyn and boys to Springfield MO then on to go trout fishing. The boys caught $40 worth of trout in a very short time. This was an excellent car, out more than 90,000 miles on it in a fairly short time.[/li][li]1973 American Motors Matador - new, 4 door, red with black vinyl top[/li][li]1973 VW Bus - new, orange and white[/li][li]1974 VW Bus, new, blue and white[/li][li]1975 VW Bus, new, red and white. Rolled it over on the way to Otter Lake, Jetson was walking around on the ceiling[/li][li]1976 Ford Granada - new, silver. Extremely fast[/li][li]1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 - new, green and white vinyl roof, sold it to Mr. Hobby in 1980[/li][li]1966 Dodge pick-up, third hand, red, 318 V8, sold and still running somewhere in Horseshoe Bend, AR[/li][li]1980 Chevrolet Citation - new, not a very good car. Dooku learned to drive on it. If you took your foot off the accelerator going downhill it would freewheel and pick up speed[/li][li]1983 Renault Alliance - new, 4 door, silver, Dooku well remembers this car. [sub](It broke down in southern MO between St. Louis and Arkansas, we had to spend the night in a hotel - Dooku)[/sub][/li][li]1985 Dodge Omni - new, 4 door, gunmetal gray, only put 60,000 miles on this one[/li][li]1985 Dodge Aries - new, 4 door, red[/li][li]1986 Chrysler LeBaron GTS - new, 4 door, ice blue, sold to Rod Porter in Horseshoe Bend, AR[/li][li]1988 Ford Tempo GL - new, 4 door, silver, first car I ever had with power door locks[/li][li]1992 Ford Escort - new, 4 door, silver, drove to Duluth, MN and realized it was not very comfortable, so traded it in on next car[/li][li]1992 Ford Tempo, light blue, 4 door, program car (had 8,000 miles on it) purchased from dealer in Black Rock, AR. I put 44,000 miles on it so got another one[/li][li]1994 Ford Taurus - 4 door, used with 18,700 miles on it. I need one more for 50![/li][/ol]
He didn’t make it. Rest in peace, Paw Paw.