LITEROTICA PODCAST
LIT CAMS (200 Free Tokens)ADULT TOYSVOD MOVIES

Various Topics That I/We May Sometimes Need Help With

RedHairedandFriendly said:
Thanks a lot!

I also asked around and was told that a car would have to be sold or maintained a lot, before lasting 15 years.

Here is my lady:

She graduated college - in 1955 - that is when she got the car. The year is now 1970, she's worked for 15 years, starting out in the High School education system, before moving up to teach small insignificant classes at a University. So now the year is 1970.

She lives alone, and is 40 years old. She still has the car her parents gave her and yes still drives it.

I do like the idea of her maintaining it, storing it, and bringing it out when the weather is nice. She'd have enough income to buy her own vehicle, so I can pick a newer one for her "all the time" driving, but that special one from dad and mom needs to fit the bill of practical.

Opinions on a 1955 Ford Fairlane? The cost was approx. 1945.00
Or a '53 Chevy Corvette - approx. 3500.00 - this is two years prior to her graduating and would have been purchased from a "VIP" waiting list. So perhaps he bought it for himself and then gave it to her as a gift . . .hmm.
Click to expand...

Ford made the first "Crown Victoria" in 1955. It was a two-door six-seater coupe, part of the Ford Fairlane range, that differed from the regular Victoria model by having a stainless steel band that 'crowned' the roofline, passing right over the car, as an extension of the B-pillar line.

One version called Ford Crown Victoria Skyliner had the front part of the roof, the part in front of the steel band, in acrylic glass.

The lady could get a pretty fancy Ford, that would still allow her to transport her stuff from place to place, while she was moving in order to advance. The Corvette would be more fun, but a hell of a lot less practical.
 
Thanks for all your help! This story is so not going to be what I thought it was going to be. l just have fallen in love with some of these cars, so I'm changing things completely around. lol


:D

Starting on it today, but I'm going to take my time and develop something really fun and enjoyable for the "Mature" category. I'm not saying you men are old, I simply loves these old cars and appreciate how much you all were willing to help me out.
 
RedHairedandFriendly said:
Thanks for all your help! This story is so not going to be what I thought it was going to be. l just have fallen in love with some of these cars, so I'm changing things completely around. lol


:D

Starting on it today, but I'm going to take my time and develop something really fun and enjoyable for the "Mature" category. I'm not saying you men are old, I simply loves these old cars and appreciate how much you all were willing to help me out.
Click to expand...

You know Red, when you first asked about cars, my own plotline for your story came to me. I imagined her storing the car and when she wants to bring it out fiinally, she goes to a place to have it restored and meets a gearhead who loves old cars and hotrods, He takes her to a few car shows and one thing leads to another and they customize her old car together and cruise in their cars.

Just another angle to approach it from. ;)
 
lance gt said:
You know Red, when you first asked about cars, my own plotline for your story came to me. I imagined her storing the car and when she wants to bring it out fiinally, she goes to a place to have it restored and meets a gearhead who loves old cars and hotrods, He takes her to a few car shows and one thing leads to another and they customize her old car together and cruise in their cars.

Just another angle to approach it from. ;)
Click to expand...

You are more than welcome to run with whatever ideas this thread has stirred. :D I am tickled with my idea and the whole concept has been scratched and is so off from what I had originally thought, that you wouldn't know I had ever thought to start out the way I had intended.
 
RedHairedandFriendly said:
You are more than welcome to run with whatever ideas this thread has stirred. :D I am tickled with my idea and the whole concept has been scratched and is so off from what I had originally thought, that you wouldn't know I had ever thought to start out the way I had intended.
Click to expand...

LOL, I have no intention of writing a story about it, just had it run through my head and play out. You definitely have some interesting avenues you can take with it. Have fun, Red. :D
 
lance gt said:
LOL, I have no intention of writing a story about it, just had it run through my head and play out. You definitely have some interesting avenues you can take with it. Have fun, Red. :D
Click to expand...

One never knows where an avenue will take you. :D

Thanks, I am enjoying my new character and her new personality. :)
 
RedHairedandFriendly said:
One never knows where an avenue will take you. :D

Thanks, I am enjoying my new character and her new personality. :)
Click to expand...

I already wrote a story involving a 57 TBird that the BF restores for my character. I used it as part of the story like a character to bring my two couples together in my Group Sex story. It worked out well, so it appeals to a wide range of readers, using cars in the story as a main subject.
 
lance gt said:
I already wrote a story involving a 57 TBird that the BF restores for my character. I used it as part of the story like a character to bring my two couples together in my Group Sex story. It worked out well, so it appeals to a wide range of readers, using cars in the story as a main subject.
Click to expand...

I can see that it would. I personally know nothing about cars, except how to drive them, and only if they are automatics, though I could fumble through a manual if forced - can't say the transmission would last too long.

My spouse is a mechanic, so as the story progresses, I'll pick his brain on the technical stuff, like parts and specs and all that fun jargon. :D
 
RedHairedandFriendly said:
I can see that it would. I personally know nothing about cars, except how to drive them, and only if they are automatics, though I could fumble through a manual if forced - can't say the transmission would last too long.

My spouse is a mechanic, so as the story progresses, I'll pick his brain on the technical stuff, like parts and specs and all that fun jargon. :D
Click to expand...

You can go with your own experiences, or rather inexperiences, for your character. Love interest can get intimate during an explanation on how to and some greasy fun can happen.;)
 
lance gt said:
You can go with your own experiences, or rather inexperiences, for your character. Love interest can get intimate during an explanation on how to and some greasy fun can happen.;)
Click to expand...

My car experiences are so lacking, unless you want to talk wrecks. I'm very good at those. :D
 
I don't even like cars but living in SoCal they are a necessary evil. I maintain mine carefully so I don't have to go look for a new one any more often than absolutely necessary. Sorry to be a spoilsport. :eek:
 
My main mode of transport is my Ebike. I go pretty well anywhere I want and enough storage to do shopping, or carry another person. Nothing nicer than paying 10-20 cents per charge and I can get 120 kms. or 70 miles. It'll tackle a 35 deg. incline with ease with two people. Park and go anywhere a bicycle does, or ride the roads. Top speed of 25 mph gets me there fast enough and no insurance or plates are needed, just a helmet suitable for bicycle use or better. Rain and snow suck, but here it is the end of Jan. and my son is still riding it on clear days. Not bad for the Toronto area.

Red, your reply is just what I was suggesting. Your character could get into a fender-bender in the car and meets Mr. So and so, yada yada. Gets her into her car and how it works.
 
While I'm at it, I had a topic of interest I wondered about and think everyone faces it at some point in writing.

When writing a character's dialogue, if they have a distinct accent, do you write it as it sounds and hope the reader understands it, or use proper spelling? If I used something like, "Yo, peaceout." who do you have in your mind who it is?
 
A great used car for a graduate in 1955 would have been a '49, '50, or '51 Ford (all three years were practically identical), especially if it was a convertible. The cost would have been affordable for a middle class family and most any girl would have looked good in one. Cybill Shepherd drove a '51 Ford convertible in the movie "The Last Picture Show."
 
lance gt said:
While I'm at it, I had a topic of interest I wondered about and think everyone faces it at some point in writing.

When writing a character's dialogue, if they have a distinct accent, do you write it as it sounds and hope the reader understands it, or use proper spelling? If I used something like, "Yo, peaceout." who do you have in your mind who it is?
Click to expand...

If I have a character with an accent, I write out the accent out as it sounds. It can be hard for some readers to "hear" the voice otherwise. I wouldn't understand a deep heavy Southern accent was in a story, if I read:

Hey, you all. How are you today? Do you like my yellow dress?

Hey, y'all. How y'all doin' today? Do ya like my yeller dress? :D
 
What are those hitches in trucks that are in the center of the bed called? Yes, I know "google" it Red, but that is why I made this thread. :D

I need my Truck to hall those recreational homes that people camp in --- campers. :D lol
 
RedHairedandFriendly said:
What are those hitches in trucks that are in the center of the bed called? Yes, I know "google" it Red, but that is why I made this thread. :D

I need my Truck to hall those recreational homes that people camp in --- campers. :D lol
Click to expand...

They're called fifth wheels, Red. The same style hitch is used on an 18 wheeler. Yours would be a bed-mount. Most would require a P/U known as a Duellie, because of the dual wheels on the rear axle, for the added load/weight.
 
lance gt said:
They're called fifth wheels, Red. The same style hitch is used on an 18 wheeler. Yours would be a bed-mount. Most would require a P/U known as a Duellie, because of the dual wheels on the rear axle, for the added load/weight.
Click to expand...

Ahhh yes, now I can use that term to do a more proper googlish search. Thank you! :D
 
I'm still looking for a writers link on Lit which shows how to use. <> for bold, italics, size, buttons, etc. I know there's one here somewhere on Lit. Does anyone know where?
DG
 
Volkswagen Beetle.
Practical, economic, easy to drive & park.
Adequate chrome work and a fitted radio.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

AMWild
Questions about moderation, age and time for fantasy stories
Replies
24
Views
903
TheWritingGroup
TheWritingGroup
G
Stories with 2 POVs - by 2 separate authors?
Replies
17
Views
402
YmaOHyd
YmaOHyd
S
Has anyone had an editor disappear with your story
Replies
19
Views
262
Bamagan
Bamagan
GrantBricksly
Do we really have to specify that pregnancy isn't a risk?
2 3
Replies
62
Views
708
EmilyMiller
EmilyMiller
HelenofTroy25
New Writer Here! Help Needed!!
2
Replies
31
Views
994
HelenofTroy25
HelenofTroy25
Back
Top