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>I was just about 16 in 1973 and just started driving. >You actually started before you were 15 in those days >with your permit. My first car was a 1961 Comet (not >officially a Mercury then). I bought this car from my >Uncle Louie for $100 dollars. He was a pipe fitter >and actually used the car to lug stuff around. He had >taken the back seat out but luckily had saved it. I >drove the car for about 2 years. Got in a little >fender bender and dented the bumper. Car was totaled >and insurance company gave me $65 for it and let me >keep the car! I drove it for a little while longer >until I let my brother borrow it one night and he >totaled it! This time for real. Plowed into the back >end of a brand new mustang! I sold the car to the >junk yard for $50. So the car actually cost me >nothing to drive except insurance and gas. > >As a side note. I recently purchased another 61 Comet >30+ years later! It is in great shape but I am trying >to restore it to new. Check out my progress and read >loads of info about the 61 Comets on my website. >http://www.61thriftpower.com > >Thanks >Len

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