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My cousin Sandy could not date without another couple going with her. So my Cousin tells me about this girl that she met at the local roller rink and would I be interested in going out on a double date with her next Saturday. I said yes.
I pull up to my cousin's house in a multi colored and primered 1963 Bonneville Vista. My date pulls up in a red 68 Mustang Fastback.
We are now in the house and we figure out where we want to go and decide that we can't take my car, so we will go in her's. I was surprised to see that the Mustang was a stick and I was all impressed....until she drove it! She had NEVER driven a stick before and barely made it to my cousin's. We take off and I am barking out orders on what to do. We got to our next stop and she throws the keys at me and said "you are driving"! Little did I know that the Mustang was her Father's car and it was the only car at home that she could use, since her sister had taken the car that she usually drives.
That was May 21, 1977. We got married May 22, 1982. She ended up getting the Mustang from her Father, but it was a typical New England rust bucket. 12 year later, I replaced it with a 1967 Red Mustang Fastback 289 stick from California. She still has it and drives it during the nice weather.