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Message:: [QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 516019, member: 2100"]A Morgan dollar (someone paid for their newspapers with it). Make it three first timers on the Mercury Comet. Mine was a green '63 convertible with a 289 & 4 speed. Cost me $90. But bikes are more my thing. While not the first bike I owned, I do own the first bike that I ever had a ride on. My father bought a new model FL Harley Davidson back in 1950, and I am currently the second owner. My folks rode it from NE Ohio to Key West during their honeymoon in Feb, 1951. Dad took her for a spin on his 80th birthday (even kick started it himself), after not having driven a bike for 37 years - it was like he had never quit riding. This bike holds more sentimental value for me than any other possession, but I like the other 11 bikes too. I've been collecting for 46 years. This hobby got me my first real job (at a coin shop!). The owner said that I was there so much that I might as well get paid for it. I think he figured if I made more money than a paper route provided, I would spend more on coins. BTW, Chevy didn't make any V-8s until 1955, and the Chevy 350 engine hit the market in 1967.[/QUOTE]