re: Post a picture of the first family car you remember from your childhood

Posted by GaryMyMan

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Posted by Peazey

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 10:04 pm to KarlMalonesFlipPhone

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Pretty sure that's what we had too. Same color even.

Posted by Ho0k3d0nFoNiCs

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 10:16 pm to Lsupimp

Called it the barge....

Posted by genuineLSUtiger

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 10:22 pm to Lsupimp

1972 Mercury Station Wagon. Drove from Shreveport to Orlando to visit Disney World in 1976. No seatbelts all the way. Sat in fold out jump seats and played board games in the back.

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Posted by notslim99

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 10:26 pm to Ho0k3d0nFoNiCs

Mom had the '81 Subaru in yellow

Dad had the '84 Cutlass Supreme T-Top in black

Posted by notslim99

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 10:27 pm to genuineLSUtiger

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No seatbelts all the way.

None needed. You couldn't die in that tank even if you drove it off a cliff.

Posted by Placebeaux

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 10:31 pm to Lsupimp

and this

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Posted by genuineLSUtiger

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 10:31 pm to notslim99

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You couldn't die in that tank even if you drove it off a cliff.

It was a Clark Griswald special. Back when cars had fenders.

Posted by SG_Geaux

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 10:33 pm to Lsupimp

This is pretty much what it looked like to.

Pretty sure we had one of these ugly frickers to...

Then there was this bad boy...

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Posted by Jackie Chan

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 10:53 pm to Lsupimp

Yeah I'm pretty old

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Posted by Lsuhoohoo

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 10:58 pm to Lsupimp

Technically, it was my for my grandparents, but it was definitely the most iconic car from my childhood.

Posted by La Place Mike

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:25 pm to Lsupimp

Posted by dukke v

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:29 pm to Darth_Vader

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My mom/grandmother had a 74 Buick Regal that as best I can remember looked pretty much just like this....

The parents had a 1976 regal that was a dark blue with white top.. Took it on the sr. Prom date..LOTS of room in the backseat...........

Posted by 81Tiger

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:33 pm to Lsupimp

Posted by TigerMyth36

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:33 pm to dukke v

Parents car - something like that. I know it was a red woody wagon.

Granfather's

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Posted on 1/8/16 at 11:54 pm to Lsupimp

How many of these pictures were taken in the Avery Salvage Yard?

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