62 Rambler Classic. 3 speed on the column. Front seats dropped back and made a full bed. Good car for dates and camping.
Can kids today drive a car with a clutch?
Can kids today drive a car with a clutch?
OT: What Was Your First Car?
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92 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. I gave that car hell and it was a damn good car. Had a ton of memories in that car.
First car was a 72 Mercury Montego. A tank. First new car was a 78 Monte Carlo. Silver with red leather seats. To this day my favorite car.
1967 Pontiac GTO 4 in the floor, bucket seats and navy blue! God what I'd give to have it back
1996 Toyota Camry. Had a better factory sound system than some of my friends with their subwoofers in the early 2000s. Miss that car.
1951 Chevy Delux. Paid $75 for it, with money borrowed from dad. Worked at McDonalds for 75 cents an hour to repay him. 
1988 Ford Ranger. That my brother got when he turned 16. That I got when I turned 16 3 years later.
No paint on the hood, a big dent in the side, and the back just said FO
No paint on the hood, a big dent in the side, and the back just said FO
I had a 64 GTO convertible with 3 on the floor. After it passed on I followed it with a 65 GTO with buckets, 4 speed close ratio on the floor, Silver blue with black interior. Factory mags. Man I miss that car.
Lived in Malibu for my 16th birthday. Got this lil gem
1968 RS Camaro. Black with black interior. Built 350 with a Muncie 4 speed manual transmission
All motors are “built”. What did your particular motor have that Made it built?
I always crack up at the “built 350” line.
The wienermobile. not really, but that’s what the girls called it.
It was actually this:
389ci, tri power, 4speed hurst floorshift. black bucket seats
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I will never forget I got a ticket for going 90 (way downhill) and the cop said he didn't even think a Chevette could go 90.
Big ole land yacht, 1972 Buick Lesabre. Looked a lot like this.
The wienermobile. not really, but that’s what the girls called it.
It was actually this:
1967 Plymouth Satellite, bought it off my aunt. $250
Splurged on a Sparkomatic FM converter. I think it was $14 from K-Mart.
I loved that car.
ETA: That car and particularly the FM converter was the determining factor of my choosing to be an Electronics Technician when I joined the Navy.
I remember wondering how it worked when installing it. Then, riding around Augusta, listening to Mark Sebastion on Q102, maybe even a beer with the buddies here-and-there...
I wanted to know how a guy in Cincinnati could talk on the radio and I could hear it in my car in Augusta.
Honestly, it was the first thing that ever piqued interest in a school of any sort.
Lord knows that I had NO interest in English, nor Grammar, and it shows every day.
Splurged on a Sparkomatic FM converter. I think it was $14 from K-Mart.
I loved that car.
ETA: That car and particularly the FM converter was the determining factor of my choosing to be an Electronics Technician when I joined the Navy.
I remember wondering how it worked when installing it. Then, riding around Augusta, listening to Mark Sebastion on Q102, maybe even a beer with the buddies here-and-there...
I wanted to know how a guy in Cincinnati could talk on the radio and I could hear it in my car in Augusta.
Honestly, it was the first thing that ever piqued interest in a school of any sort.
Lord knows that I had NO interest in English, nor Grammar, and it shows every day.
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In 1958 working for Boeing in Seattle, bought a 1949 chevy coupe two door with a six cylinder, paid $150 for it IIRC. Sold it and it hitchhiked back to Kentucky to join the Army (two year RA, only one I ever saw, recruiting sergeant a family friend).
By coincidence my second was the same model while in the Army at Ft Bliss, also $150 from a buddy. I don't know how I afforded it, a PFC making $84 a month with a freeze in promotions (after passing near the top of my six months school, all the other dummies I was in with stuck at PFC also when the recruiting sergeant promised automatic promotion to Sp4 when they graduated) because a steel strike left us with no Hawk CW radars to work on.
Dropped my girl friend off one night in Seattle about 1AM, always put the three speed on the column in the gear I was leaving in, kept giving it gas because it wasn't moving until I finally heard the garage door making loud creaking noises and realized I had left it in 2nd instead of reverse and rolled up against the door.
But we did have one smart cookie in the Army that got about six promotions in six months-----unfortunately they were all back to PFC, after he got busted back to Private, true story. Worked in the COs office, used to carry a white rat around under his fatigues. His Dad was supposed to be in the mafia in Chicago and I believed him, pretty much incorrigible.
By coincidence my second was the same model while in the Army at Ft Bliss, also $150 from a buddy. I don't know how I afforded it, a PFC making $84 a month with a freeze in promotions (after passing near the top of my six months school, all the other dummies I was in with stuck at PFC also when the recruiting sergeant promised automatic promotion to Sp4 when they graduated) because a steel strike left us with no Hawk CW radars to work on.
Dropped my girl friend off one night in Seattle about 1AM, always put the three speed on the column in the gear I was leaving in, kept giving it gas because it wasn't moving until I finally heard the garage door making loud creaking noises and realized I had left it in 2nd instead of reverse and rolled up against the door.
But we did have one smart cookie in the Army that got about six promotions in six months-----unfortunately they were all back to PFC, after he got busted back to Private, true story. Worked in the COs office, used to carry a white rat around under his fatigues. His Dad was supposed to be in the mafia in Chicago and I believed him, pretty much incorrigible.
It looked really similar to this. It had a built 350, 3 speed tranny, 4.11 posi rear end.
For @kyboy1998 built in this case means, steel crank, pink rods, 11:1 forged pistons, rotating assembly balanced, double hump 2.02 heads, edelbrock performer rpm intake, Holley 750 carb.
It ran pretty good but my current truck with a "built" 5.3 would blow it's doors off.
1966 Mustang with a 289 in 1984. Not the HiPo but still plenty fast. Sold it in 2003.
1971 Chevy Vega. Burnt oil like a son of a ***** but 16 year old me didn't care.
A '73 VW Beetle.
No A/C, heater was wired on... summers were BRUTAL.
No A/C, heater was wired on... summers were BRUTAL.
Big ole land yacht, 1972 Buick Lesabre. Looked a lot like this.
One of my friends had an old Bonneville. The body was decent, but the interior was bad. He said he was going to check the junkyards, but I told him he should check the discount furniture places for a couch, love seat and tables. The interior of that damn thing was massive.
Mine was dad's '78 F-150 custom SWB step side, completely rebuilt in dad;s spare time from '89-'91. Tongue-and-groove oak bed floor, bucket seats, 351 Cleveland wedged in it, it was squatted, almost tucking some deep dish Cragers ...
EDIT: found a better pic.
EDIT: found a better pic.
Had 2 buddies in HS, 1 had a 67-72 hodgepodge fleet side C-10 with a 307 that he and his dad built and the other bought an already rebuilt 68 step side with a 327 in it. None of us ever had tires worth a poo.
It looked really similar to this. It had a built 350, 3 speed tranny, 4.11 posi rear end.
For @kyboy1998 built in this case means, steel crank, pink rods, 11:1 forged pistons, rotating assembly balanced, double hump 2.02 heads, edelbrock performer rpm intake, Holley 750 carb.
It ran pretty good but my current truck with a "built" 5.3 would blow it's doors off.
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Had a 1971 Plymouth Cuda with a 383 big block, same color scheme as the one in the pic. Body was perfect with no rust. I sold it to my cousin's husband for $1200 and a 69 Super Bee he was restoring, and turned around and sold the Bee to a guy for $800 because I needed the money due to not being married long, and I had an old, but reliable truck and my wife had a decent car.
About 4 years later, my cousin's husband got laid off from his job in the mines. He asked me if I'd be interested in buying the Cuda` back. He wanted $4500 for it and I just didn't have the money. About 10 years after that, my daughter and I were walking through the parking lot at Dollywood and I saw one that looked just like it, so we went over to look at it and I was telling her about the one I had, and when we got close enough to see the tag, that was it. We saw them inside and he told me that he had gotten a job in another state and they moved. The car still looked great and as far as I know, they still have it today. I'd guess that car is worth a nice chunk of change.
About 4 years later, my cousin's husband got laid off from his job in the mines. He asked me if I'd be interested in buying the Cuda` back. He wanted $4500 for it and I just didn't have the money. About 10 years after that, my daughter and I were walking through the parking lot at Dollywood and I saw one that looked just like it, so we went over to look at it and I was telling her about the one I had, and when we got close enough to see the tag, that was it. We saw them inside and he told me that he had gotten a job in another state and they moved. The car still looked great and as far as I know, they still have it today. I'd guess that car is worth a nice chunk of change.
Mom and dad had a ‘76 Ford LTD 4-door. A living room on wheels.
Got a ticket doing 105 going past Lexington headed for Cincinnati (Kings Island) back in 88 in an 87 Ford Bronco. Had my campaign Hat on the dash and the Trooper ask "where you headed so fast Drill Sergeant" I told him I was on leave from FT. Sill and was late going to meet a friend. He said that he would clock me at 75 (55 was the limit at the time) because I could be arrested for more than 20 over the limit and to please slow down. Lucked out because he had spent 4 years in the service himself and did basic at Sill. That was not the first time the campaign hat got me out of trouble. It got me out of a couple of tickets in Lawton Oklahoma (running late going in to unit) because the police understand the hours Drill Sergeants worked.
For the guys who can barely change a tire without triple A, built means a high performance engine (e.g. nowhere near stock).
We bored it out 30 over, high compression aluminum pistons, oversized cam, Corvette camels back heads with Manley steel valves, aluminum manifold, Holly 780 4 barrel carb, converted it to electronic ignition, headers, 4 inch custom exhaust into turbo thrush mufflers.
Can't remember much more as it was 30 years ago but it was fast and I miss it.
We had close to the same engine.
I tell you what they used to do on the New York State Thruway back in the day that was BS. I'm not even sure you can do it anymore but it was a toll road but it wasn't just pay a toll and drive. You got a ticket on the entrance ramp you got on and when you got off you paid the exact toll for that exit to exit. The BS thing was that they would use the D=R*T thing, calculate your time and if it was too high there would be cops there to give you a ticket.
Favorite body style pick up ever. Nice
It looked really similar to this. It had a built 350, 3 speed tranny, 4.11 posi rear end.
For @kyboy1998 built in this case means, steel crank, pink rods, 11:1 forged pistons, rotating assembly balanced, double hump 2.02 heads, edelbrock performer rpm intake, Holley 750 carb.
It ran pretty good but my current truck with a "built" 5.3 would blow it's doors off.
Nice. Thanks for the break down. Giving you s**t man.