triggering a memory
On January 20, 1973, I drove a car for the first time. It was just a couple of weeks before my 20th birthday, and the car was a Pontiac Ventura operated by driving instructor Arthur Irving. A very small and grainy photo still exists that shows me entering the car to take the driver's seat, with Mr. Irving behind me going around to the passenger side. It doesn't show enough of the car to let me say if it was a 2-door or 4-door model, although the model YEAR is evident from the four-element grille: it was either a 1971 or '72, because styling changed to a more traditional (for Pontiac!) split grille for 1973. Nevertheless, when I saw this '74 Ventura at a car show in Sackville, N.B., it immediately reminded me of my motoring debut all those years ago.
triggering a memory
On January 20, 1973, I drove a car for the first time. It was just a couple of weeks before my 20th birthday, and the car was a Pontiac Ventura operated by driving instructor Arthur Irving. A very small and grainy photo still exists that shows me entering the car to take the driver's seat, with Mr. Irving behind me going around to the passenger side. It doesn't show enough of the car to let me say if it was a 2-door or 4-door model, although the model YEAR is evident from the four-element grille: it was either a 1971 or '72, because styling changed to a more traditional (for Pontiac!) split grille for 1973. Nevertheless, when I saw this '74 Ventura at a car show in Sackville, N.B., it immediately reminded me of my motoring debut all those years ago.