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1980 ram 2wd, slant six, short bed, 3 and OD. Beat the crap out of that thing and it kept on ticking. Also went places most people driving 4x4 today wouldn't take theirs now.

1970 Monte Carlo

Fast as hell
Too fast for a 16year old dumbazz
no corners left when I got done
Hank

Datsun B210,

"62 Chevy pickup, shortbed, 3 speed on the tree, 235 six banger. Seafoam green, of course (weren't they all Seafoam green?). It rode nice and smooth, but couldn't get out of it's own way. Great vehicle for a teenage kid, really.

72 Chevelle. Loved that sob. One day the old man said you get a job today?(16, talked to the girl who worked with me into quitting and going back to her place to smoke and get busy). I said no, ill go get one tomorrow. The old man grabbed the keys outta my hand, went out and pulled it into the garage and started sanding it. Im like wtf are you doin?!?! He said I told you keep a job or the cars gone. He painted the sob at 2am, and 6pm the next day it went to auction.

A 1979 Jeep CJ-7. I bought it new while in high school. It lasted a year and a half or so.

No offense, but your dad was a dick.

1970 1/2 Camaro Rally Sport, red & white. Bought it in 1975 for $2184, tax included. It looked just like this one.

70 MAVERICK

First 3 cars I was provided through the family hand me down program were all chevys

66 impala
71 caprice classic 2 door
75 caprice classic 4 door

After college/grad school the first car I purchased was 82 4dr honda accord stick shift......gud little car.

‘64 Vedub Microbus, replacement motor with forty wild horses on tap, four on the floor (quite a long ways down), hand over hand to steer that big ol wheel. Never could burn rubber, step on the gas and it just got louder is all 🙂

1970 1/2 RS Camaro.

None taken. At the time I thought too, but he made me what I am today. Hell IM a dick, but im a happy dick Life aint ever been easy. Said it a million times. My grandfather was a millionaire multiple times over. We got none of that. My old man knew the only way I was gonna make it was to make me tough. Even if that meant treating me in a way many would disapprove of. Didnt understand then, do now and love him for it.

1968 Mustang GT coupe with 390/4V & C6 trans.

1972 Buick Electra 225 1 door, 455 engine.

Bought it for $100.00, passenger side door was stuck shut, otherwise it would have been a 2 door.

Fast for a big car, raced a buddie that just built up the engine in his 77 Firebird, (think it was a 305 or a 301) and I beat him soundly, much to his dismay.
It got about 8 mpg.
Exhaust system was full of holes, my mom said she always knew I was close to home because the dog would hear the exhaust blocks away and stand up and start wagging his tail.

1970 Ford F-100 , 360 V8 Auto with A/C . I still have fond memories of that truck .

My first car was a '76 Yamaha RD 350B. As to an actual car, it was a '84 Subaru wagon, I believe. Hated it, but got it for next to nothing so put it on the road. Thing had the 'door open' alarm on full time. It lasted a whole two weeks or so before I attempted a badass e-brake powerslide onto a 90 degree right hander in about 6" of snow doing maybe 50 to impress myself. Nose made it dead center onto the side street, like something Steve McQueen would've done. Problem was rest of the car didn't stop sliding as I'd predicted and planned--until I smacked the curb broadside with both driver's side rims and wheels. Damn thing came very close to flipping sideways before crashing back down. Think I busted something connecting the wheel to the axle. Car no workee so good after that. Must've been that Godforsaken constant dinging noise made me temporarily lose my mind.

My first car was a 1953 Pontiac convertible. Neighbor knew I was a car nut and gave it to me. It was ten years old. It had a flathead straight eight which said "Hi compression" on the head. It was something like 7.8 to one compression, about like a lawn mower. It had a four speed Hydramatic transmission and an Indian head on the hood which light up when the headlights were on. It had a power top.

Next I had another freebie car, a 1953 Ford Victoria hardtop. Not the Crown Victoria, just plain Victoria. It was a flathead V-8 with Ford-O-Matic. Then I had a 1951 Ford with a 55 Ford Y-block V-8. All those old cars had six volt electrical systems. I think 1953 was the last year for flatheads except for the Mopar sixes. Detroit went to twelve volt electrical systems around 1954, too.

Back then older cars were cheap. I had a bunch of sub-$200 cars which were good rides. I had a 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk with the 289 cubic inch Studebaker engine based on the 1949 Cadillac engine. I paid $80 for a 1961 Dodge Lancer. It had a 170 cubic inch slant six and three on the floor from the factory. I put a new clutch in it and flushed out the engine with kerosene to get rid of the sludge. It worked. I sold it to a family friend after the summer of 1964 and he had it ten years later. He said it was the best car they ever had. Those were the days....

1964 Chevy Impala SS 327 . . . I was 19 and bought it from my dad's boss for $350. Beautiful car. I asked my dad if I could leave it at his house while I went to Marine Bootcamp in June 1972. He refused, saying there were too many cars at the house. I sold it for $350.

1968 MGB and a 65 TR4.
Wouldn’t have been able to have either one,
If not for my uncle. He keep both running like a top,
It was his passion!