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1962 Ford Fairlane 500, 221 V8 and a Ford-O-Matic transmission.

'62 Chrysler Newport (white), 383, 4 bbl. 25 gal. tank which took less than $5 to fill.

Loved that car.........our football team car pooled and I could darn near get most of 'em in there!!

Hell on dates...........whoa!!

1946 ford Coupe- Later the old flathead was removed and replaced by a 57 Chevy engine thanks to some help from my brother

63 Chevy II SS

Just to digress a bit, in the mid 70's here in TX new drivers had to take driver's ed in school to get your license < 18. So we show up on the first day to Pontiac Trans-Ams with the 455 in them, just like Smokey and the Bandit, although the one I had was white.
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78 Pontiac Grand Am, that poor car went thru hell. I put it in a ditch on the side of the Glen Highway just outside of the Fort Richardson main gate, was about 3 feet of snow. I hit a Moose with it on Fort Richardson, and the car survived, with just a broken windshield and a slight crinkle in the hood. Slid down the road from Mt Alyeska to the bottom going sledding, that scairt me white. Sold it to a girl that I went to High School with, Cora Lee Falke, she was alright.

My first was a used '55 Chevy, Bel Air 2dr hdtp, two-tone white over green, 6 cyl/Powerglide. Believe I paid (IIRC) around $250-$275 for it.

As I was strictly a mopar guy as a youngin, my first was a 68 Barracuda with a 318 auto. I later had big blocks that were plenty faster, but if I could have just one of those old bombs back, It'd be that little green cuda. AM radio tuned to 89 WLS after dark, back when they still played stairway to heaven every night.

In 1974 I bought my first car. A 1969 Chevelle Nomad wagon . I loved that thing. It was a sleeper when it came time to run light to light.But it was mostly my hunting and fishing wagon.Sure wish I still had it. Might be worth a few bucks.

79 CJ5. Screamin' 104hp AMC304 V8, 3 speed. 11MPG, no matter what I did. Probably not a bad vehicle to learn to drive in... so worried about rolling it that I drove like a grandparent. Caught myself driving really slow when my friend let me drive her '86 Mustang GT 5 liter.

Paid $500 for a 1969 Firebird Convertable in 1974. My dad found it for sale. It was in rough shape. The owner had carried a john boat on the roof and the trunk deck was scratched up terribly, had a dent in the right rear quarter panel, and the top had been left down in the rain.

My dad had a friend who owned a body shop who was in the middle of a divorce and bankruptcy who agreed to fix the body and repaint the entire car for $200 if it was in cash. I took the seats out and replaced the carpet myself.

When I bought the car gas was around .45 a gal. Within a year it was over $1.00 It averaged between 6-12mpg. Around town it was always in single digits, 11-12 on the highway was the best it would do. My after school job paid $1.90/hour and it reached the point where I could not afford to drive it.

I kept it my junior and senior years in high school before selling it for $750 and buying something a lot better on gas. I wish I could have kept it and still see one like it on the roads occasionally.

1949 Ford Coupe with a flat head V8, three on the tree and two Stromberg two barrel carbs. Oh, and 'smitty' exhausts. Hot car for its day.

My first was '34 Ford my father found somewhere. Had mechanical brakes that needed setting up about once a week.

It went down the road before very long and was replaced with a '41 Pontiac coupe. This one lasted quite a bit longer.

Sitting here reminiscing and am having trouble remembering all the cars that have passed through my hands over the years.

Jim

'60 Chevy Fleetside shortbed p/u, with oak bed, etc. 235 sixbanger, 3 on the tree (and yeah, it would get stuck, requiring you to get out and pop it loose). This was about '75 or so. Seafoam green, black rims and chrome baby moon hubcaps, it was kinda sharp.

when i was learning to drive my dad usually let me have the old power wagon, a '61 1 ton...
he also had a barracuda, and a delta 88, which i wrecked...

the first car that i bought though, was a '67 fairlane... "ford green" 390 4 speed... all factory when i bought it... i put in an am fm radio and an 8 track, then started under the hood... a little chrome here and there and a new ignition and cam and i was a bad ass... for about 6 weeks.....
i loved that car.....

74 Pontiac Ventura, 350 with a 4 barrel. Ran on 7 cylinders for awhile and I finally cut a hole in the fender, snaked a rachet in there and was able to extract the half a spark plug and replace. Ran smoother after that

apparently a buncha kids. Didn't realize I was getting that far along. 53 Ford wagon/straight 6 instead of the v-8. Other memorables are a 52 Triumph TR2, 58 Buick (fast), 65 Rambler, 72 Dodge PU (10mpg up hill or down, even with engine off, I think).

Best 4 wheel drive probably was a 83 S 10 long cab, it would go anywhere you could point it. It was stuck to the ground better than anything since. Second would be the 65 Scout.

My dad had an '88 Chev pickup I could drive. 4.3 V6 and 5 speed.

The first one I bought was an 85 F150 4wd. 300-I6 with a 4 speed that had a super low granny first. Vinyl floor and seat, am radio with the big push knobs. I put a Cobra 29 LTD Classic in it. It was the stereotypical old man's truck. I bought it off a guy who used it to pull his 12 foot john boat north to fish. Nothing EVER went in the bed. 3 grand.

Car was a 1950 Plymouth business coupe.


Second was a '55 Savoy coupe.

1953 Dodge pickup...flat head six.....One tough old truck!






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