CARS FROM YOUR PAST
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GaryE
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Makes me sick when I think that I really did get rid of them…
1st has to have been my 69 427 435 HP Tri Power Vette
2nd my black on black 67 Ram Air GTO
3rd would be my 77 Trans Am. Not because it was really that great of a car (it was fun), but it did take me on one great cross country road trip. Miami to Montana and back!
Gary
1st has to have been my 69 427 435 HP Tri Power Vette
2nd my black on black 67 Ram Air GTO
3rd would be my 77 Trans Am. Not because it was really that great of a car (it was fun), but it did take me on one great cross country road trip. Miami to Montana and back!
Gary
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I guess my favorite was:
1969 GMC Sierra PU, 396 HO, auto, factory duals. One hot pickup, would do 125mph ( with about 400# in the bed).
The one I miss the most was a 1966 Impala SS 396 Convertible that had belonged to Scott Carpenter of the original astronauts. I had completely rebuilt engine, tranny, new paint and was putting a new top on it. We were out of town and it went 6' under in a flood and also lost 3 other vehicles including a new Cadillac. It was more than a week before I could do any thing about them so just had to sell them for salvage. Insurance only on the Cadillac and 1 other.
Vernon
1969 GMC Sierra PU, 396 HO, auto, factory duals. One hot pickup, would do 125mph ( with about 400# in the bed).
The one I miss the most was a 1966 Impala SS 396 Convertible that had belonged to Scott Carpenter of the original astronauts. I had completely rebuilt engine, tranny, new paint and was putting a new top on it. We were out of town and it went 6' under in a flood and also lost 3 other vehicles including a new Cadillac. It was more than a week before I could do any thing about them so just had to sell them for salvage. Insurance only on the Cadillac and 1 other.
Vernon
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I've only got two:
1) 1977 Porsche 911S with a really tricked out engine... Boy, was that car sweet! I owned it 15 years...sold it in the mid 90's due to being laid off from a job (as well as being newly married)
2) Jaguar E-Type Coupe: Bought this one when I got back from Vietnam. Not as fast as the 911s, but the E-Type is one classic style.
I've owned other nice cars...but those two were the cars.
1) 1977 Porsche 911S with a really tricked out engine... Boy, was that car sweet! I owned it 15 years...sold it in the mid 90's due to being laid off from a job (as well as being newly married)
2) Jaguar E-Type Coupe: Bought this one when I got back from Vietnam. Not as fast as the 911s, but the E-Type is one classic style.
I've owned other nice cars...but those two were the cars.
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1st would be my 53 ford 2 door hardtop with a 390 engine.
2nd my 67 Alfa Rameo. my son still has it.
3rd my 53 Henry J with a full race ford v8 flathead, ported, relieved, strocked and bored.
2nd my 67 Alfa Rameo. my son still has it.
3rd my 53 Henry J with a full race ford v8 flathead, ported, relieved, strocked and bored.
6or7dazeaweek
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If I had the presence of mind at the time to keep this car, I'd be a very happy person right about now. But when you're young & stupid, you don't think much about 20 or 30 years down the road.
The vehicle was a 1957 Pontiac Bonneville rag top with Rochester fuel injection...one of 1500 that they made during 1957 & 1958.
My second mistake was not keeping a 1964 GTO ragtop. I was a little older then but not to much smarter.
If any of you youngsters out there are reading this, try to hang on to your first vehicles...especially if they are limited production or unique in some sense of the word. I think back & keep telling myself that keeping these vehicles would be better than money in the bank.
This is a great thread...seems like a lot of you have had some great vehicles over the years.
Jon
The vehicle was a 1957 Pontiac Bonneville rag top with Rochester fuel injection...one of 1500 that they made during 1957 & 1958.
My second mistake was not keeping a 1964 GTO ragtop. I was a little older then but not to much smarter.
If any of you youngsters out there are reading this, try to hang on to your first vehicles...especially if they are limited production or unique in some sense of the word. I think back & keep telling myself that keeping these vehicles would be better than money in the bank.
This is a great thread...seems like a lot of you have had some great vehicles over the years.
Jon
thcri
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69 GTO
400 full time 4 barrell
Automatic Hurst Shifter on the floor, factory stock
Hide away front head lights gauges on the hood.
Oh yes, don't know why and who originally bought it but it had factory air conditioning. Pump was gone when I had it and never hooked it back up.
But I sure loved that car.
murph
400 full time 4 barrell
Automatic Hurst Shifter on the floor, factory stock
Hide away front head lights gauges on the hood.
Oh yes, don't know why and who originally bought it but it had factory air conditioning. Pump was gone when I had it and never hooked it back up.
But I sure loved that car.
murph
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*1 1967 El Camino SS396 loaded
*2 1961 Turbo Charged Corvette (took 5 years to build )and one baby to sell .
*3 1984 Dodge 4x4 1 ton ( completely rebuilt everything on her ) You could not stop her or overload her . Wish I had her back .
Big Al
*2 1961 Turbo Charged Corvette (took 5 years to build )and one baby to sell .
*3 1984 Dodge 4x4 1 ton ( completely rebuilt everything on her ) You could not stop her or overload her . Wish I had her back .
Big Al
beagdog
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Ain't that the truth.
The first two on my list would now have a combined worth of well over a quarter million dollars! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif What did I get for them? Less than $5,000 total in 1974 and 1975!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
The first two on my list would now have a combined worth of well over a quarter million dollars! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif What did I get for them? Less than $5,000 total in 1974 and 1975!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
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<font color="blue"> 1- when you're young & stupid, you don't think much about 20 or 30 years down the road.
2*The vehicle was a 1957 Pontiac Bonneville rag top.
3*keep telling myself that keeping these vehicles would be better than money in the bank.
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1*I was telling my brother about this thread the other night.
I made the comment that the 1960 Chevy convertible I had would be 45 years old now and stated it was hard to believe it. I told him had I known the time would go so quick I would have kept the car longer.
2*The 1957 Pontiac was one of my favorite looking Pontiacs. Pontiac built a lot of sharp looking cars back then. My favorites were the 57 58 59 60 and 61.
In the early 60s me and my buddy went to visit his older brother Bob in Pensboro W.Va. Bob had just gotten a 57 Pontiac station wagon and Joe wanted him to take us for a ride in it.
Next thing I know were're going clear down through the business district at 110 MPH.
Scared the whits out of me especially when Bob said it needed new brake pads.
You could hear the rivets scraping the brake drums.
That bunch was nothing but speeding nuts. Their old man Delbert took me and Joe on the wildest ride of my life back around that time in a 1958 Rambler Ambassador. That thing was fast and would flat out fly.
3*Doing 2 things would have made most of us who were young back then rich today.
One kept these old cars
Two bought more land.
2*The vehicle was a 1957 Pontiac Bonneville rag top.
3*keep telling myself that keeping these vehicles would be better than money in the bank.
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1*I was telling my brother about this thread the other night.
I made the comment that the 1960 Chevy convertible I had would be 45 years old now and stated it was hard to believe it. I told him had I known the time would go so quick I would have kept the car longer.
2*The 1957 Pontiac was one of my favorite looking Pontiacs. Pontiac built a lot of sharp looking cars back then. My favorites were the 57 58 59 60 and 61.
In the early 60s me and my buddy went to visit his older brother Bob in Pensboro W.Va. Bob had just gotten a 57 Pontiac station wagon and Joe wanted him to take us for a ride in it.
Next thing I know were're going clear down through the business district at 110 MPH.
Scared the whits out of me especially when Bob said it needed new brake pads.
You could hear the rivets scraping the brake drums.
That bunch was nothing but speeding nuts. Their old man Delbert took me and Joe on the wildest ride of my life back around that time in a 1958 Rambler Ambassador. That thing was fast and would flat out fly.
3*Doing 2 things would have made most of us who were young back then rich today.
One kept these old cars
Two bought more land.
