(Yeah, I decided to change that a few minutes ago, so we'll stick with 1953) ...Mercury Montego coupe. He bought the Montego from a local dealership that was on a big sale, and he was able to find a reasonably-priced car, which happened to be the Montego. He even kept it once he started to attend military school, and kept it for a decent 6 years. In 1977, he was looking for a more suitable car that could support heavy duty activities. So he went for a '75...
...Ford F-100. It was a pretty good truck that served him in Virginia when he wasn't on deployment, which was relatively rarely, as he was climbing up the ranks on foreign deployments. He used that humble blue-collar machine until 1986, but after coming back from Afghanistan a captain, he decided to treat himself to a brand-new truck. It was a...
...'85 Ford Ranger XLT. He found the Ranger to be a potentially good pick for him, and decided to go for the highest trim. Although he said he had more enjoyment in his first truck, he did like the Ranger enough for about 9 years after. Finally, in 1991, he wanted to change from pick-ups to SUVs, and as he had quite a history with Ford Motor Company products, he went for a new model Ford...
...Bronco Eddie Bauer. It was far better at daily duties than the previous cars, but the yearning for something like the old Spitfire, an European sports car, remained in Cannon. In 1996, he decided to spend a bit of his Brigadier General money on buying a 1974 Maserati Merak, which ended up spending a lot of time parked in the base, with its owner on deployment. Two years later, he felt like buying a more luxurious SUV, and his actions in the Balkans got him promoted to Major General. He spent his money on a...
...Lexus LX. He was looking to upsize from the Bronco, and he found the new LX as a good fit to upsize to. He did found it to be quite a enjoyable vehicle in it's own way, and he even got the LX a snowy "camouflage" livery as to personalize it. In 2000, he sold off the Merak to his father who at the time was retired and was officially a Marine Corps veteran by then. After that, he used a bit of his profit from his rank to get a newer Euro-sports car - a Audi TT. Finally, after retiring in 2006, he auctioned his LX off for a...
...newer LX. Next year, the Lex was accompanied by a brand-new Porsche Boxster, which was quite a step up in driving fun from the Audi, and Mr. Cannon had time to enjoy it, being retired by then. He held both cars for a few years, but in 2012, the 2006 Lexus was replaced with a...
...'11 MY Lincoln MKX. He was quite pleased with the quality and comfort of the crossover, and found it worth an upgrade. The year after, he replaced the Boxster with a SLS AMG, which he considered an admirable choice to switch to. In 2017, he decided to switch out his MKX with another Lincoln - a...
...Navigator. He still has it, and besides that, there is a BMW M2 coupe in his garage since early January 2019. Lem Townley: Mr. Townley was born in 1915 near Thibodeaux, LA. His family was rather poor, so they didn't have a car for a long time, but in 1940, they bought a 1922 Ford Model T truck, which Lem was supposed to be the main caretaker of. It was a quite reliable, cheap-to-own truck, and was still in the family when he joined the army in 1943 to fight in Europe. When Townley returned, the family already had a different one - a 1926. However, he didn't want to stay with them, but instead went with his wife, Louise, to New Orleans to work in manufacturing. Using his pay and military income, in late 1945 he bought a...
So, I've decided to possibly start a new one. Continue this one or the previous one, whatever you like. 1968 Jaguar 420G: In 1968, Sam Ashton, an advertisement director from Hollywood, bought a then-new Jaguar 420G to replace his 1966 Buick Riviera, as he felt he needed a sedan. That one, while a bit deficient on reliability, combined good handling with decent interior space, and stayed in Ashton's hands until the 1972 release of the XJ12L. At that point, Mr. Ashton traded it in, and the dealer sold that trade-in to...
...San Francisco lawyer Joe Sears. He was looking for a good-functioning sedan to replace his old daily Ford, and decided to buy the 420G while searching around Los Angeles for that sort of car. He was pleased with the car for a good period of time. In 1980, Joe Sears was given an opportunity to get himself a E-Type from the exact same dealer which sold him the 420G, and he took the offer. The 420G was then sold off to...
...Charlie Jefferson, who wanted a cheap import luxury car. He liked its handling and performance, but couldn't really afford the maintenance, so the car got quite a bit worse for wear during his ownership. Finally, in 1983, the car blew its head gasket. Due to its less-than-stellar and not-worth-restoring condition, it was originally going to be junked, but was ultimately sold as a "mechanic special" to...
...local professional car mechanic Ben Anderson. He was looking for a car that was worthy of being repaired and also being a replacement for his aging daily car, a '73 T-Bird.The Jag did the job for him after taking full measures with the repairs. He also colored it Gold Moondust, as a homage to his T-Bird. He owned it for quite a while, and when he finally sold it, it was 1998. He sold it to one of his friends who happened to be a Jag enthusiast, whose name was...
...Harvey Pilgrim. He wanted to have a 420G,so he bought that one. The Jag was good in its own right, but Pilgrim was one of the enthusiasts that change cars left and right, so by 2000, the 420G was up for sale again. The buyer was...
...Jewish classic car collector and Los Angeles resident Jered Nightingale. He was looking for a nice, classic, and working vehicle that was functioning to become his new daily, after he auctioned off his previous daily (a '69 Camaro SS) off a week ago. After days of searching, he finally settled a deal on the 420G with Harvey and got the car. To this day, he still owns the 420G, though he is using it less frequently compared to the first years when he had it. New Story: 1989 Wartburg 1.3 Tourist In mid-89, a German family from Bremen were looking for a economic car with some cargo space. They went for the Tourist and had it in their hands for a while. But in 1994, they sold it after finding a more roomier wagon from VW. The Tourist then went into the hands of...
...Jürgen Raul, a college student of civil engineering. He decided to get the cheapest new car with decent trunk space he could afford, and bought the Wartburg. However, it turned out that settling for the cheapest option, an outdated East German car, brought a lack of quality, and in 1997, the Wartburg was sold to...
