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sadly no pix and that's a shame as it had custom paint

'71 Dodge Charger, with a 383 in it.

twas black with black leather interior with a couple of angled white stripes on the front instead of the pinstriping as they came from the factory

had some starter issues, believed I replaced it twice.

once in front of gf's house that I wasn't supposed to be dating (according to her dad)

This was mine at graduation (1969): '57 Dodge Coronet, 2-door, 325 2 bbl, dual exhaust, push-button Torqueflite. Mine was cream body with a coral roof.


My brother's car was a '63 Galaxie convertible, white, 352 2-bbl with dual exhaust, bucket seats and automatic in the console.
Nice rides.

While in high school I bought my first car, a 1949 Ford 4-door sedan that had been lightly side-swiped down the passenger side, but ran good. Paid $65 for it.

Then I found a 1951 Ford Victoria 2-door hardtop with a beautiful body and interior, but a shot engine, for $150. So I swapped the '49 V-8 into the '51 and was stylin'.

Looked like these, except my Victoria was black with white top:

73 Galaixe 500 blue with white top 351w, 4door, no air, am radio. Put 275k on it,overhauled motor,put another265k and was still driving it to work when I lost it in the flood from Floyd in99.

Not my car, I don't have a photo, but found this on the net. Mine wasn't nearly this nice but was identical. A 1969 Firebird bought used in 1974. It had been hit, and rained on with the top down. I paid $500 for it. Dad knew a guy who fixed the dent and painted it for $200. Dad and I replaced the ruined carpet.

I wish I could have kept it, but gas prices doubled shortly after buying and it got 6-10 mpg. I had to work 2 hours each day just to pay for the gas to get to work and back with a typical high school job.

1972 Buick Electra 225 2 door (kinda). Bought it for $100. Had the 455 that got about 10 mpg when in tune, mine had a bad choke, and the exhaust was rotted off just below the exhaust manifold, so I think I got about 8 mpg.

I was told by my parents that they always knew when I was close to home because the dog would stand up and start wagging his tail when he heard the rumble of the car a few blocks off.

The hood had sprung up on a previous owner, and thus the springs were gone, so I had to muscle open the hood and prop it open with a baseball bat.

The 3/4 vinyl roof was rotted away and in tatters that wafted in the wind.

It was a two door, except the passenger side door opening mechanism was broken, so that door wouldn't open, thus it was a 1 door. I used Armorall liberally on the vinyl seat to allow dates to slide over easier to the passenger side after entering on the drivers side.

Nothing will throw fear into a fathers heart faster than seeing his little princess slide across the seat of such a car, and hearing us rumble away.

When I first bought it, the blower motor for the heater didn't work, so you only got a bit of heat. (Later I had a shadetree mechanic wire a toggle switch into the blower motor, so I had either no fan or the fan on high.)

The rubber strip between the front and rear window on the drivers side was missing, so it allowed a nice amount of fresh air in. A buddy of mine who I picked up on my way to school decided it was better to wait outside for the bus in a Wisconsin January--because he eventually got into a warm bus, than it was to ride all the way to school with me.

Raced a friend of mine once, he had his late 70s Firebird with a smallblock he and his father built as a hotrod project. I won, which really pissed him off.

Sadly, I never bothered to take a photo of it.

I had a Ford Galaxy 500, which I had to share with my older sister. I have no idea what year it was---late 60s. It was a nice car till I ran into it with a front end loader loaded with hay bales. Dented up the right rear quarter panel quite nicely.

I had a 1968 Coupe with a 351 Windsor.Far from stock. I lost my license in that car. I wish I still had it. I sold it to pay the fines to get my license back.

One just like this, wish I still had it. Flat head six W/3 on the tree.

I was even practical way back then in high school. But Dad let me have the family 1959 Oldsmobile on date night.

1947 Ford

'72 Toyota Corolla, the "Babe Magnet", not!
I was cheap even then.

Had a 69 Camaro, 327, Fathom Green, ordered from the factory.

Just like the one in the limber dick's Viagra commercial of him driving one in the desert and apparently both run hot and they share a liter of water and drive off.

My car was identical almost.

1967 chevy step side truck. Still have it but its rough. Gonna start restoration soon but will have to postpone for a while as I got 6700 dollars worth of doctor bills, washing machine went out and heat pump all in a 5 day period. Damn I would love to catch a break someday!

She's rough but she has factory air, power brakes and power steering. Rare in 67. Gonna find a fleet side and can the step bed.

1979 ford bronco, ranger XLT package. 400M, C6, AC, tilt, cruise, all the bells and whistles, came with almost every option available minus the GT steering wheel, CB radio, and a console. Wimbledon white and dark jade metallic two tone.
I canned all the smog nonsense and replaced the intake and carb with Edelbrock goodies. As well as dual exhaust with the shortest glass pack mufflers I could find. Mickey Thompson Classic II wheels and 33x12.50 mud grips.

Great old truck, sounded good, ran good, and looked good. Usually jerked the top off and cleared a parking spot in the barn right after Easter every spring since it would be warm enough to be able to stand driving around topless. Lots of good memories of cruising around on weekend nights with Deep Purple cranking out of the 8 track player.
Not mine but identical with the exception that the exhaust was routed in front of the rear tires with chrome down spouts.

Looked like this one.

Bought this one during my senior year and still have it.




Current condition

Mine was similar to this one:

1969 plum crazy purple charger with a 440 and 727 torque flight trans. I Acquired too many tickets so my folks made me sell it after about a year.
Next up was a 65 Mustang A code. Black with red interior, 289 4V and 4 speed toploader. Not near as fast as the Charger, but it still attracted the attention of the cops.