Uploaded November 2009 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
1981 Ford Escort
1988 Chevy Nova
1974 Volkswagen Thing
1987 Mercury Topaz
A look back at the '90s when we had these cars in our property. The Escort Wagon was my 3rd car. It was working very well once it was fixed. A year later it was getting too worn out. This was one of the earliest Escorts made by Ford and it had the oval-shaped emblem as you can see in the video. My dad decided to save them as souvenirs, which I think it was a good idea.
The Nova was my 4th car with over 200,000 miles on the odometer (see video for the price). This turned out to be a better car than I expected. It even lasted longer than I thought.
The '74 VW Thing my dad got and needed a lot of repair. He did most of the work in getting it all fixed. That was a time when we had two of them (a '73 and a '74). Then, my dad decided to sell it, which would be to a friend of his. When I've uploaded this video to YouTube, we had one Thing (a '73 in the garage). Now, that too is sold.
The '87 Topaz was our main car at the time (you know, when we go shopping, visit someone, go on vacation and all that). It didn't have A/C but we didn't mind it (that was then). My mom had an accident in that car, which wasn't so bad, thank goodness. She was all right, as well as my sister and niece who were also in the car. A front fender had to be replaced and the car was still going very well for several more years.
Note that the Escort and the Topaz had a permit for our local recycling place. Currently, we would use our Ranger to bring recyclables as well as trash to the place.
Camera: Hitachi VM-H83A (My first Hi-8 camcorder)
Edited with Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9
Video Capture: Insignia NS-DVDR1
Music:
Tangerine Dream: "Le Parc" from the album "Le Parc"
Amazon.com (The Castle / Sequel reissue I used to have):
amazon.com/Parc-Tangerine-Dream/dp/B0007TKFRC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257127790&sr=1-2
The remastered version Esoteric, which I now own:
discogs.com/Tangerine-Dream-Le-Parc/release/4442680
Toto: "Take My Hand" from the soundtrack to "Dune"
Amazon.com:
amazon.com/Dune-1984-Film-Toto/dp/B000006YDD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257127847&sr=1-1-spell
Synergy: "Redstone" (excerpt) from "Metropolitan Suite"
Amazon.com:
* 2005 reissue * amazon.com/Metropolitan-Suite-Larry-Fast/dp/B00027FUB0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257128116&sr=1-2
* 1998 reissue * amazon.com/Metropolitan-Suite-Synergy/dp/B00000DMHS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257128116&sr=1-1
Discogs Link:
amazon.com/Parc-Tangerine-Dream/dp/B0007TKFRC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257127790&sr=1-2
1981 Ford Escort
1988 Chevy Nova
1974 Volkswagen Thing
1987 Mercury Topaz
A look back at the '90s when we had these cars in our property. The Escort Wagon was my 3rd car. It was working very well once it was fixed. A year later it was getting too worn out. This was one of the earliest Escorts made by Ford and it had the oval-shaped emblem as you can see in the video. My dad decided to save them as souvenirs, which I think it was a good idea.
The Nova was my 4th car with over 200,000 miles on the odometer (see video for the price). This turned out to be a better car than I expected. It even lasted longer than I thought.
The '74 VW Thing my dad got and needed a lot of repair. He did most of the work in getting it all fixed. That was a time when we had two of them (a '73 and a '74). Then, my dad decided to sell it, which would be to a friend of his. When I've uploaded this video to YouTube, we had one Thing (a '73 in the garage). Now, that too is sold.
The '87 Topaz was our main car at the time (you know, when we go shopping, visit someone, go on vacation and all that). It didn't have A/C but we didn't mind it (that was then). My mom had an accident in that car, which wasn't so bad, thank goodness. She was all right, as well as my sister and niece who were also in the car. A front fender had to be replaced and the car was still going very well for several more years.
Note that the Escort and the Topaz had a permit for our local recycling place. Currently, we would use our Ranger to bring recyclables as well as trash to the place.
Camera: Hitachi VM-H83A (My first Hi-8 camcorder)
Edited with Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9
Video Capture: Insignia NS-DVDR1
Music:
Tangerine Dream: "Le Parc" from the album "Le Parc"
Amazon.com (The Castle / Sequel reissue I used to have):
amazon.com/Parc-Tangerine-Dream/dp/B0007TKFRC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257127790&sr=1-2
The remastered version Esoteric, which I now own:
discogs.com/Tangerine-Dream-Le-Parc/release/4442680
Toto: "Take My Hand" from the soundtrack to "Dune"
Amazon.com:
amazon.com/Dune-1984-Film-Toto/dp/B000006YDD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257127847&sr=1-1-spell
Synergy: "Redstone" (excerpt) from "Metropolitan Suite"
Amazon.com:
* 2005 reissue * amazon.com/Metropolitan-Suite-Larry-Fast/dp/B00027FUB0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257128116&sr=1-2
* 1998 reissue * amazon.com/Metropolitan-Suite-Synergy/dp/B00000DMHS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257128116&sr=1-1
Discogs Link:
amazon.com/Parc-Tangerine-Dream/dp/B0007TKFRC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1257127790&sr=1-2
