In 1972 I got my first job and bought my first car. It was a used 1967 Chevelle Malibu and I loved it. For some reason I don't have a single picture of that car but it looked like the blue one in the picture below except that it was pale green.
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I only had that Malibu for a little over a year. Not because there were problems with it but because a man in his late 70's ran a stop sign and totaled it. His excuse for running the stop sign was that his glasses fogged up and he couldn't see. So I guess he thought hitting the gas instead of the brake was the thing to do in that situation because he came flying out of a side street and I didn't even see him coming. Of the four people in the two vehicles (two in each), he was the only one not hurt. Luckily no one was seriously injured although at times my left knee might disagree with that almost 40 years later.
I can't remember how much I paid for that car but I think it was a little over $1,000. I do remember that the brand new 1974 Malibu that replaced it was $3,500. Over the years I've had several other cars but I've never loved another one.
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