Denny's Cars - Fidler Family

1941 Chevrolet Coupe

$860

Bought for $50 from Grandma Fidler. Named Black Sam, rebuilt engine in Engine Shop, it had knocking rods.

1929 Chrysler Roadster

$1,595

In neighbor's yard. Bought with Don Holm. Never got running, towed to junk yard, no brakes, exciting ride.

1934 Chevrolet

$545

Never got running. Bought from Tom Lind.

1951 Ford Convertible

$2,110

From Hartman.

1950 Ford Sedan

$1,472

Dropped the rear end burning rubber at Lewis and Clark Theatre. Sold to Peterson.

1947 Mercury

$1,939

Sold or gave to Gary.

1949 Chevrolet Convertible

$1,857

The one I had was baby blue. – sold to Harrison.

1949 Dodge

$1,738

Named the Slug, bought from Bob Garrity, my mentor. This is what it looked like when I sold it, was a real pretty black color when I bought it. Bob ended up drowning near Willapa Bay a few years ago.

1954 Nash Rambler

$1,618

Bought from Mike Dawson, I think this was the model. Drove to Mexico with Peterson, this one ended up in the junk yard after struggling back to Seattle and suffering a major indignity during and afterwards.

1955 Pontiac

$2,105

From Gjersee, sold to Gary who put 4 on the floor. Second favorite car. There is an interesting story about a young cop getting shot in this car.

1956 Chevrolet Coupe

$1,912

From Kniss. Burned oil like crazy.

1963 Volvo pv544

$2,095

First new car, got stuck in the Ocean one night, totaled it.

1960 Volvo

$1,995

Not as nice as the stuck in the Ocean version.

1961 Triumph TR3

$3,050

Blue. Drag your knuckles on the ground while driving.

1963 Pontiac Grand Prix

$3,827

I loaned this to Beth before we were married to drive to work. Had from 1967 to 1969.

1972 Chevrolet Vega

$2,196

We bought this one new, blew the engine. We bought one and so did Dapper.

1972 Ford Mustang

$2,900

$3000 new. Shoulda kept it.

1960 TR-3

$3,050

Bought in 1973 – Favorite car of all time for me. Had to sell to get an adult car with 2 kids. Sold for $1,000 in 1974. Current value is about $22,000. Whoops

Yamaha 80CC

$490

Amazing how much power you have with 80 CC.

Bultaco Matador

$875

FUN, did a lot of hill climbing and off road stuff.

63 BSA Gold Star

$720

One lung, Hard to start but fun once it did. Beth rode on this one and loved it (I think). Difficult Bike.

1969 BSA Thunderbolt

$1,050

Rode this one to California with Mike Irving. Great Bike. Rode the Big Sur a few times, once with Beth.

1963 Ford Van

$2,349

Kids rode around in back in a play pen. They slept well while travelling, we don't sleep so well now thinking about how dangerous it was.

1977 Ford Van

$5,400

Made into a camper. The girls got their first and only spanking on a quarrelsome trip to Idaho in this Van.

1981 Datsun Station Wagon

$6,150

Compact piece of junk.

1979 Fiat Spider

$7,790

Nice car.

1986 Peugeot 505 Turbo

$17,200

Turbo blew TWICE, OK car but expensive to own.

1987 Jeep

$9,800

Robyn and Lisa learned to drive in this, both abused the poor thing. They shared an exciting experience when they spun out on I90 driving up to the pass in the snow.