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Re: High school cars kecatt #9748780 04/10/15
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna
rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska	Never seen the use of a car, but that day may still come. 77 chevy half ton, 4x4 we called the grey ghost. Ya know the CB craze was in and we all had to have handles... Just junked that truck out about 10 years ago, rust finally had gotten it too bad and needed the 350 for a better project... an airboat engine... Have a nice 51 Dodge truck in the barn though... maybe one of these days we can rework it. Would be nice. Drive an explorer now, since the wife bought an FJ and gave the explorer to me, that allows my F350 to sit and only run it as needed, generally to tow boats and trailers and the like. We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

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Re: High school cars bucktales #9748791 04/10/15
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,845 Texas R RyanTX Campfire Regular
RyanTX Campfire Regular R Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,845 Texas	My first one was a real piece of crap. 1980 Pontiac LeMans - $500. Similar to this one but with a brown top: After 6 months, I sold it and got an '77 just like this: A little while later, I got a '70 C10 like this: Next up was an '82 just like this one: Then, in my senior year, I broke down and bought one like this except with t-tops off the showroom floor: Insurance and car payments were killing me so 6 months later I sold it and bought an '89 like this: I went through a lot of cars. "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan

Re: High school cars kecatt #9748794 04/10/15
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,757 Omaha, NE BOWHUNR Campfire Tracker
BOWHUNR Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,757 Omaha, NE	Only shot I have of mine. Mike Know fat, know flavor. No fat, no flavor. I tried going vegan, but then realized it was a big missed steak.

Re: High school cars rost495 #9748801 04/10/15
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,602 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,602 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Originally Posted by rost495 Never seen the use of a car, but that day may still come. 77 chevy half ton, 4x4 we called the grey ghost. Ya know the CB craze was in and we all had to have handles... Just junked that truck out about 10 years ago, rust finally had gotten it too bad and needed the 350 for a better project... an airboat engine... Have a nice 51 Dodge truck in the barn though... maybe one of these days we can rework it. Would be nice. Drive an explorer now, since the wife bought an FJ and gave the explorer to me, that allows my F350 to sit and only run it as needed, generally to tow boats and trailers and the like. My first car was the inherited 63' Chevy II station wagon. The first vehicle I bought was a 66' Dodge 1/2 ton step side that came from some old guy in your neck of Fayette county, Jeff! $500! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: High school cars kecatt #9748829 04/10/15
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 13,941 Kentucky J joken2 Campfire Outfitter
joken2 Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 13,941 Kentucky	No 4 wheel motor vehicle in high school but did put together a little money from my part time job and bought a used motorcycle. Late '50's 175cc NSU Maxi. First 4 wheel motor vehicle came a couple of years later, a used 1955 Chevy, 2dr hardtop, white over green, 6cyl, Powerglide. Last edited by joken2; 04/10/15.

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Re: High school cars kecatt #9748873 04/10/15
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho FieldGrade Campfire Ranger
FieldGrade Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho	1960 V-W

Re: High school cars kecatt #9748887 04/10/15
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 4,963 Wisconsin C CowboyTim Campfire Tracker
CowboyTim Campfire Tracker C Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 4,963 Wisconsin	I had a rotation of 4 $50-100 beaters...Started with a blue 78 Mustang II 4cyl, picked up a Red one just like it for parts the after I blew out the trans then just drove the parts car. When that started to fall apart, I picked up a '76 Plymouth Fury(basically just an excuse to get a V8) car was a tank, but I sold that one for twice what I paid for it and got a '82 Chevette. After the transmission FELL OFF the chevette, I scrapped it and cobbled the red Mustang together with parts from the blue one. That pretty much covers High School... Mauser Rescue Society Founder, President, and Chairman I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s. jdi do píči

Re: High school cars kecatt #9748890 04/10/15
Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 325 A little outside Burnet, TX P PVT Campfire Member
PVT Campfire Member P Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 325 A little outside Burnet, TX	My older brother and I shared a burnt orange, 1973 Dodge Powerwagon. We drove to school together. We always had a 22 and a shotgun in it, along with our trapping stuff in the winter. It would not go over 50 mph w/o shaking your kidneys out, but it could anywhere you wanted. Tough truck!

Re: High school cars PVT #9748988 04/10/15
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,734 Port Angeles, Wa lazydrifter Campfire Regular
lazydrifter Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,734 Port Angeles, Wa	I had a '70 Cuda Convertible. Sold that car in '82 cause I was getting married and needed a truck. What a dumbass I was.. [img:center] 31651_119818074711836_523650_n by Brant Lindquist, on Flickr[/img]

Re: High school cars kecatt #9749003 04/10/15
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,532 RETIRED in Oregon, USA vbshootinrange Campfire Outfitter
vbshootinrange Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,532 RETIRED in Oregon, USA	Had a '65 Barracuda in highscool. Sold it just before graduation, and bought a '66 Bronco with a built up 289. Virgil B.

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Re: High school cars kecatt #9749006 04/10/15
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 15,515 The Great Southwest CCCC Campfire Ranger
CCCC Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 15,515 The Great Southwest	Well, you younger guys had some really nice rides compared to what I could get/afford - I'm impressed. Don't have a photo of my HS car (I didn't even have a camera in HS) but it was a not-as-nice version of this. NRA Member - Life, Benefactor, Patron

Re: High school cars CCCC #9749017 04/10/15
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,734 Port Angeles, Wa lazydrifter Campfire Regular
lazydrifter Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,734 Port Angeles, Wa	Along with that Cuda I had an old beater 56 chev 2 door hardtop. [img:center] 1918331_117311514962492_2162585_n by Brant Lindquist, on Flickr[/img]

Re: High school cars kecatt #9749063 04/10/15
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,568 grottoes ,virginia,usa srwshooter Campfire Outfitter
srwshooter Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,568 grottoes ,virginia,usa	a good friend of mine is putting a 350 in a 68 vw beetle for his 16 yrs old grandson now.

Re: High school cars kecatt #9749109 04/10/15
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,519 Bozeman, MT shrapnel Campfire Ranger
shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,519 Bozeman, MT	Then... Now...

Re: High school cars kecatt #9749135 04/10/15
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,820 M mathman Campfire 'Bwana
mathman Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 44,820	People's "memories" in threads like this always seem to include certain engines in cars in which they did not come, in model years before the debut of said engine. It's the automotive version of the BS stories you hear in the gun shop.

Re: High school cars gophergunner #9749161 04/10/15
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Originally Posted by gophergunner Originally Posted by tzone I had a sweet ass 1981 amc concord. Before you laugh...it was a 4 door so there! Oh yeah, and it was a wagon. Don't you worry though, it only burned a quart of oil every 40 miles. And just to make you really jealous...it had a roof rack. Yep! A chrome one! Had an '80 AMC Eagle with that Pontiac 230 straight 6 in it. Everyone withing 100 yards of me when I was rolling got a free lube job weather they wanted it or not. I liked the concept of a 4 wd wagon that had a little ground clearance, but the thing was just a piece of junk. well she finally gave up the ghost at 290,000 mi. I had the same motor as the eagle though. this one was 2wd. we had the eagle as well but it was a lot more work to get roadworthy. Camp is where you make it.

Re: High school cars kecatt #9749170 04/10/15
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 814 Virginia Czech_Made Campfire Regular
Czech_Made Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 814 Virginia	Mine looked like this: The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts the moment you get up and doesn't stop untill you get into the office.

Re: High school cars CCCC #9749184 04/10/15
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 13,941 Kentucky J joken2 Campfire Outfitter
joken2 Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 13,941 Kentucky	Originally Posted by CCCC Well, you younger guys had some really nice rides compared to what I could get/afford - I'm impressed. Don't have a photo of my HS car (I didn't even have a camera in HS) but it was a not-as-nice version of this. A cousins boyfriend and now husband of about 40+ years had a '47 Chevy that looked pretty much identical to the one in the picture, same color too. IIRC, his had a custom two toned Naugahyde interior, as well as a few other custom modifications.

Re: High school cars kaywoodie #9749185 04/10/15
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna
rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska	Originally Posted by kaywoodie Originally Posted by rost495 Never seen the use of a car, but that day may still come. 77 chevy half ton, 4x4 we called the grey ghost. Ya know the CB craze was in and we all had to have handles... Just junked that truck out about 10 years ago, rust finally had gotten it too bad and needed the 350 for a better project... an airboat engine... Have a nice 51 Dodge truck in the barn though... maybe one of these days we can rework it. Would be nice. Drive an explorer now, since the wife bought an FJ and gave the explorer to me, that allows my F350 to sit and only run it as needed, generally to tow boats and trailers and the like. My first car was the inherited 63' Chevy II station wagon. The first vehicle I bought was a 66' Dodge 1/2 ton step side that came from some old guy in your neck of Fayette county, Jeff! $500! There were some tough old trucks out there... saw a 70 ford just while ago driving through town. Thinking, yep, probably outlive new vehicles too... We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

Re: High school cars Czech_Made #9749192 04/10/15
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska R rost495 Campfire Kahuna
rost495 Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 57,474 Alaska	Originally Posted by Czech_Made Mine looked like this: Thankfully I never lived where there were any of those, and after riding a few in the Baltimore/DC area on a long weekend I pray I never live anywhere or have to live anywhere congested enough that makes those things make sense. We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....

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