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Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Sun, 29 May 2011 11:35:40
by larry3100
zephyp wrote:larry3100 wrote:A 1967 RS Camaro..metallic green..327 3 speed on the floor...not a hotrod by any means but man what a sweet little car would give my left n*t to have it back...
Dear colleagues, I say we take up a collection and find that car or one just like it...I'd love to see Larry make that trade...we could film it and make a fortune at the box office...
We could call it "Camaro Nuts"
Make you a deal,you get the car and enough morphine..I'll trade ya..lol
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Sun, 29 May 2011 18:38:27
by KaosDad
I made it known I wanted a Jeep Renegade. My Grandmother was mortified!!!! "Those things flip over!!!" I persisted and saved my cash from working at a gas station. FInally grandma said; "ANYTHING but a Jeep and I'll buy it for you!!!' The result???
A 1976 Triumph Spitfire MK IV.
Oh, yeahhhhhh........ Well, when it actually WORKED.
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Sun, 29 May 2011 18:45:54
by Raoul
KaosDad wrote:I made it known I wanted a Jeep Renegade. My Grandmother was mortified!!!! "Those things flip over!!!" I persisted and saved my cash from working at a gas station. FInally grandma said; "ANYTHING but a Jeep and I'll buy it for you!!!' The result???
A 1976 Triumph Spitfire MK IV.
Oh, yeahhhhhh........ Well, when it actually WORKED.
Yeah I had a 72 MGB. There was nothing as gloriously crappy as a Lucas electrical system.
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Sun, 29 May 2011 21:44:35
by grumpyMSG
Raoul wrote:KaosDad wrote:I made it known I wanted a Jeep Renegade. My Grandmother was mortified!!!! "Those things flip over!!!" I persisted and saved my cash from working at a gas station. FInally grandma said; "ANYTHING but a Jeep and I'll buy it for you!!!' The result???
A 1976 Triumph Spitfire MK IV.
Oh, yeahhhhhh........ Well, when it actually WORKED.
Yeah I had a 72 MGB. There was nothing as gloriously crappy as a Lucas electrical system.
You know why the British like warm beer?
Lucas makes refrigeration too...
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Sun, 29 May 2011 22:14:20
by Raoul
grumpyMSG wrote:Raoul wrote:KaosDad wrote:I made it known I wanted a Jeep Renegade. My Grandmother was mortified!!!! "Those things flip over!!!" I persisted and saved my cash from working at a gas station. FInally grandma said; "ANYTHING but a Jeep and I'll buy it for you!!!' The result???
A 1976 Triumph Spitfire MK IV.
Oh, yeahhhhhh........ Well, when it actually WORKED.
Yeah I had a 72 MGB. There was nothing as gloriously crappy as a Lucas electrical system.
You know why the British like warm beer?[/size
Lucas makes refrigeration too...
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Mon, 30 May 2011 00:25:27
by OleMan
First Car: 1963 Ford Fairlane 500 coupe. Mine was Pewter Gold with a black top. My brother stocked up the horses some on that little 260 V8 - but not enough to get me killed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSuvI3dXznM
My earlier favorite was a 1972 Gran Torino Sport, 351 Cleveland with the big 550 CFPM 2V Holley carb. Nasty suprise for any 350 4V Malibu's. Also Pewter Gold color with metallic tones. Guy I sold it to at about 110,00 miles, told me the last time I saw him that it had over 170,000 miles on it, burned no oil and the FMX tranmission was still tight
My old boys toy was a 1982 Dodge Ramcharger 4X4. Had a custom 360 Dodge police inteceptor block bored and stroked to about 380 CI, huge carburetion (Rochester 800 vacumn first than a 750 Holley 'double pumper'. Competition Cams 270 cam (low to midrange torque), oversize valves, variable duration lifters, all racing grade valve gear, electronic racing distributor with mechanical advance timing. Auburn limited slip rear with stainless steel clutches. Manual 4 speed tranny. Beefed springs, shocks, steering stabilizer. With the static timing advanced like for competition, it shocked a lot of people at how it accelerated for a 5000 lb vehicle. It really shined off road and in deep snow. Never stuck or failed to climb any hill I put it on, and it was put in some really bad conditions off road. Sadly, Hurricane Isabel dropped a tree on it and totaled it just when I was going to fix it up again. Only drawback was buying lots of octane improver or paying a lot for Sunoco racing gas (used by NASCAR). My son told me this afternoon before I read this thread that he still loved that truck - he drove it some in his college years and took it on a few trips after college. Guess he was secretly hoping that Dad would will it to him.
Oleman -
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Mon, 30 May 2011 07:17:12
by Taggure
My first car that I bought was a 1973 Chevy Nova Green like the photo below, and It had a 327 V8 and man I loved that car. I traded it in for a 67 mustang 4 speed with a 289 V8.
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:21:24
by KaosDad
Taggure wrote:My first car that I bought was a 1973 Chevy Nova Green like the photo below, and It had a 327 V8 and man I loved that car. I traded it in for a 67 mustang 4 speed with a 289 V8.
**sniffle** It's always so touching when a Chevy Guy realizes the error of his ways and comes over to the Ford side.
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Mon, 30 May 2011 18:42:43
by zephyp
larry3100 wrote:zephyp wrote:larry3100 wrote:A 1967 RS Camaro..metallic green..327 3 speed on the floor...not a hotrod by any means but man what a sweet little car would give my left n*t to have it back...
Dear colleagues, I say we take up a collection and find that car or one just like it...I'd love to see Larry make that trade...we could film it and make a fortune at the box office...
We could call it "Camaro Nuts"
Make you a deal,you get the car and enough morphine..I'll trade ya..lol
Man, that musta been some car...
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Mon, 30 May 2011 22:12:45
by AlanM
A 14 year old 1950 Buick Super.
It was found abandoned stuck in a mud hole up to it's bumpers.
My parents got it for me for the $10 charge by the state of Washington for a new title.
Six volt positive ground electrical system, tube type AM radio (took about 3 minutes to warm up).
The next year a woman failed to yield right of way and I hit her station wagon and totaled the Super. Her insurance company paid me enough to buy a 9 year old Buick Special.
Luckily that was back when gas was about 25 cents a gallon.
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Tue, 31 May 2011 00:31:54
by SDChop
1994 Jeep Wrangler that i put a little blood sweat and tears into. loved working on it and fixing it then taking back on the trails and breaking it again haha
Re: What was your first car?
Posted: Tue, 31 May 2011 17:08:26
by smltooner
1972 MG Midget