Sorta OT: What make/model vehicle(s) got you to MSU hallowed grounds during
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'79 Chevy Caprice
The only redeeming quality was it had a police package engine and would haul. Once made it from home in north metro ATL to Sessums my freshman year in 3 hrs and 15 minutes
The only redeeming quality was it had a police package engine and would haul. Once made it from home in north metro ATL to Sessums my freshman year in 3 hrs and 15 minutes
No car until second semester sophmore year ...
paid $400 cash for a '65 Austin Healey Sprite.
Would also love to have that car. In '71, I would pull into Billups, put three gallons of gas in it for a buck and drive all week.
Those were the days!
paid $400 cash for a '65 Austin Healey Sprite.
Would also love to have that car. In '71, I would pull into Billups, put three gallons of gas in it for a buck and drive all week.
Those were the days!
1992 Nissan 300ZX Turbo. Room for two and a brew. I never found the top speed in that thing but it had to be somewhere close to going plaid.
Green 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass.....
...Rocket 350 engine, and bench seats in the front. Great for dates.
Just like this one.
...Rocket 350 engine, and bench seats in the front. Great for dates.
Just like this one.
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Brand new 1984 Plymouth Horizon.
Accelerator/transmission was so quirky I was the only one who could drive it.
To get any speed above 15mph: push accelerator to ~55 position, let off to ~5 as soon as 20 reached, then back to desired speed.
Try and smoothly accelerate and it would never get over 10 unless you pinned it to the floor.
Then there would be a 3s pause followed by a massive surge of acceleration from the 2.2 liter VW copy.
Pulling out into traffic was a blast.
Accelerator/transmission was so quirky I was the only one who could drive it.
To get any speed above 15mph: push accelerator to ~55 position, let off to ~5 as soon as 20 reached, then back to desired speed.
Try and smoothly accelerate and it would never get over 10 unless you pinned it to the floor.
Then there would be a 3s pause followed by a massive surge of acceleration from the 2.2 liter VW copy.
Pulling out into traffic was a blast.
69 ford bronco. Throw out bearing went out and I couldn't afford to fix it. Had to sell it and one of my biggest mistakes I ever made.
A combo of 75 (?) Datsun (w/ camper), 79 Ford F150 4WD, 83(?) K-Car, & 85 Nissan. Pretty uncool (except for the F150).
1965 Ford Mustang drove me to Critz Hall in '71 (no air conditioning back then in the car or dorm)
The boyfriend of my girlfriend's roommate rode his horse to class until a campus cop taped a ticket on the horse's *** for illegal parking on campus. True story.
1979 Jeep CJ-7 hardtop, brown with orange Renegade stripes. My junior year I "dad" decided tha I would live at home and commute, 60 miles one way, and dad decided that the Jeep burned to much gas so he bought me a 71 Beetle to drive back and forth. I kept the Jeep until I thought it was a good idea to trade it in on a new 2000 model Chevy 454 SS truck. That was the second stupidest thing I have ever done!
My uncle used to have a Plymouth horizon beater he drove to work to keep miles off his new truck. He left for work about the same time as I would have to get up to go to high school. When he drove by the house the belts would be squealing so loud it would wake me up before my alarm would. If someone was outside to go get the paper or just drinking coffee on the front porch, he would just rev it a couple times to make them squawk louder a couple times instead of blowing the horn. Good ole rural living.