when did you 1st ?

In 1966 my Mom needed a good car, Dad researched consumer reports and on a family vacation rented a Valiant to try it out. Intended to buy a V100 170 but the dealer had a beige V200 225 my Mom liked so Dad spent the extra. Riding home from the dealer, enjoying the new car smell, I stuck my chewing gum on the dashboard, what was I thinking? During the break-in period we were on a stretch of road and Dad kicked it down and I remember his words, 'this car is a bomb!' Later that year, the Valiant pulled into the carport with my newborn baby sister. My Mom drove her Valiant for 30 years, so even when things were tough, it was still with us. So I am just very very sentimental for a-bodies.