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dpreston Virginia

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Wedding day car ride for my son.
« on: May 24, 2021, 13:59:22 »
Great day to see my son ride away in "Tux" a car we purchased when he was 5 so we could have fun family drives together.
190SL 1960 Sold
280SL 1969
280SE 1969 cabriolet
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Porsche 912 67

lreppond

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Re: Wedding day car ride for my son.
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2021, 14:44:48 »
Very cool!  Congratulations, dad. 
~Len

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Re: Wedding day car ride for my son.
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2021, 15:05:39 »
What a great day indeed!
Wallace
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Re: Wedding day car ride for my son.
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2021, 16:48:04 »
Fantastic!
Pawel

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Re: Wedding day car ride for my son.
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2021, 18:03:22 »
This is our version of  a wedding car

Pawel66

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Re: Wedding day car ride for my son.
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2021, 18:44:08 »
Good that someone reasonable and sober is driving!
Pawel

280SL 1970 automatic 180G Silver
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FGN59

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Re: Wedding day car ride for my son.
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2021, 08:14:07 »
One more clue that the end of the world as we knew it is getting close (I’m probably coming late to this party already): where are the boys?
François

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Re: Wedding day car ride for my son.
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2021, 12:02:33 »
Congratulations, Dave.  Tux looking better than ever and what a nice treat for Jake to drive it away.  Perfect car for the occasion.
Enjoy some pictures at this link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8292359@N06/sets/72157603240571101/show/

John - Wisconsin
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1961 190 SL 23K miles
1964 Porsche 356
1970 Porsche 911E
1991 BMW 318is
1966 Jaguar XKE
1971 Alfa Romeo GTV 1750