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Comedian Brent Butt inspired today's story when he posted a photo on Twitter earlier this week.  He found a photo of a '69 Toyota Corolla - just like the one he had when he was a kid.  He bought it for $550 when he was 15 years old.

It was 1984 when I bought my first car - the Toyota Corona.  I got it from one of my sisters for $800.  It was a two-door hardtop with an automatic transmission and an AM radio.  It got better when a good friend gifted me a Pioneer cassette deck with some great speakers.  You could hear me coming from two blocks away.

It was a cold day in March of '85 when the Corona broke down for good.  It was just south of Chamberlain on Highway #2.  Thankfully, the car quit not far from a farm house.  I interrupted their dinner to call my best friend.  I was on my way to Moose Jaw to celebrate his birthday.In fact, I interrupted HIS dinner. 

He rescued me that night and the next day we towed that Corona to Moose Jaw and it would sit in my dad's backyard for months.  It was irreparable.  I tried to sell it.  That didn't work.In the end, my dad paid a guy to come and take it away.

You know, I might still have that cassette deck somewhere.