Author Topic: What did you drive in High School? (Read 2063 times)

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #45 on:** March 17, 2006, 08:16:40 PM »

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Originally posted by ASTAC
1976 Olds Cutlass Salon

That was also my first car. It was a hand me down from my dad. Damn that car was fun. I can remember the night I played Dukes of Hazzard in it and jumped the railroad tracks in the middle of town. Had to explain to my old man the next morning why the back bumper was in the trunk and why the muffler was gone.

Next car was a 1980 Pinto. I swapped the turbo out of a mustang into it and bolted it onto the 2.3L 4 banger. Bought a kit for the carb to make it flow more fuel, put in an electric fuel pump, added an intercooler ..........

Put a new engine in it after I blew up the first one .............

Replaced the automatic tranny after I cracked the bellhousing ............

Replaced the rearend with an aftermarket 8.8 inch posi unit .............

Replaced the engine again, only this time I put in a rebuilt and massaged 289 ................

Replaced engine again with a 302 and new tranny after losing the torque converter (sheared right off the flywheel) ..........

Gave up after I busted the timing gears in the 302 and got rid of the car.

It was alot of fun though. Ever been beaten in a street race by a stock looking Pinto? Muwahahahaha! Only thing worse was this guy in town that had a bright orange Gremlin with a 401 in it..............

AWMac · « **Reply #46 on:** March 17, 2006, 08:24:25 PM »

1st the Short Bus...

then a '69 Camero nice 327 engine...loved that car.

Mac

SOB · « **Reply #47 on:** March 17, 2006, 08:39:27 PM »

1984 Mazda B2000 Pickup

Fury · « **Reply #48 on:** March 17, 2006, 08:44:50 PM »

'74 Gremlin
Nice and orange, with a cool white stripe that went back and then up.

dmf · « **Reply #49 on:** March 17, 2006, 08:51:55 PM »

I drove a 1988 Ford Escort, go it back in 1998 as my first car. only paid $50 for it too. Wasn't much too look at then, and isn't much to look at now either.

SunKing · « **Reply #50 on:** March 17, 2006, 09:00:10 PM »

Same car as I drive now, 16 years later.

68 Ford Mustang Convt.

Maverick · « **Reply #51 on:** March 17, 2006, 09:34:02 PM »

I graduated in 71. I had been fixing a car for a neighbor lady for several montsh keeping it running for her on a shoe string. One day she showed up at the house and said her car had siezed the engine and was at a particular corner. She couldn't pay me for the work I had done before but also knew she couldn't afford to fix it now. She gave me the title and went home. I went to where the car was and saw it was out of oil. I dumped in 3 quarts and started it up and drove it home.

The car was a 61 Dodge Lancer and had a 171 CI slant six with a 3 speed floor shift. I was able to find a decent 225 CI slant 6 in a junk yard and swapped them out. Unfortunately the car wasn't designed for that size engine and the heater had to go. I also had to cut a hole in the hood for the carb so I put on a hood scoop. The gear linkages wouldn't fit right and I had to reverse a couple. As a result 2nd and 3rd gear positions were in the oposite positions than normal. It was ugly, it was clunky but it ran and I drove it for 3 years and sold it for $500.00. I also had to replace the clutch every 6 months. I guess I had a heavy foot.

It was actually very quick due to the low gearing (4,000 rpm in 3rd at 60 MPH) so it was like a small "Q"ship when someone else pulled along side.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #52 on:** March 17, 2006, 09:54:08 PM »

Farm permit also here at 14 (its a WA, thing )

my '66 gto came 1st, then my 28 A (i still own bolth ) then my 1st race car a 69 cougar eliminator 428 car ... (shoulda never cut that one up) then my 58 chev apache 4by .

ChickenHawk · « **Reply #53 on:** March 17, 2006, 10:13:34 PM »

My first car was a 66 Falcon. Man I miss that car. Sold it to a girlfriends brother who put a 400 in it and never paid me. Sad.

This is what I drove in high school, 69 Mustang:

Looked exactly like this one but with different wheels and mine had glass packs. That was one loud car.

Vulcan · « **Reply #54 on:** March 17, 2006, 10:29:03 PM »

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Originally posted by Airscrew
Vulcan, isnt this the same car as the Taurus in Germany and Granada in England?

I believe it was called the tauNus is germany .

eddiek · « **Reply #55 on:** March 17, 2006, 10:46:10 PM »

1968 Chevy halfton long narrow stepside (YUCK)
307 w/ 2-barrel carb
4 speed, w/granny Low
4.56 ratio rear end
Later swapped in a nice little 400 small block I talked a local farmer out of, decent cam, traded for some decent heads, Holley carb, headers....for a truck it was quick, but NO top end. Could pull anything on the farm better than my dad's new trucks, which ended up being the truck's demise...HE used it and abused it.....wish I could find it now. Bought it from my granddad for $280 when I was a freshman in high school.....
Next year, bought a 1974 Monte Carlo Landau (whatever that means)
with a 350/350, 2 barrel carb, console, swivel buckets.....ugliest and suckiest Chevy I have ever owned.........
Next year bought a 1978 Monte Carlo.
This one was nice.....only had a 305 with a 2 barrel, and a TH350 automatic, but I was (un)lucky enough to get clocked going home one afternoon by a DPS officer at 136mph. Took about 5 miles to get it up that fast, which meant I was almost halfway down this 11 mile stretch of road that was straight as an arrow from where I went to school to the farm. The trooper knew my dad, knew me, didn't write me a ticket, but I got out of his car several pounds lighter in the arse....he chewed on me for almost 45 minutes, but NEVER told my dad.
1966 El Camino, still have it at the farm.......396, 4 speed, not a smooth panel anywhere, 12 bolt with 3.31 gears and no Posi....keep wanting to go get it and bring it up here and finally start restifying her.....just haven't done it yet.

rpm · « **Reply #56 on:** March 17, 2006, 11:21:50 PM »

I would have graduated in 1980, but I tested out early and joined the Coast Guard. I grew up on a small farm in rural North Texas, still live there today. My first vehicle was my grandfather's last, a 1968 Ford F100. 260ci 6cyl, Granny 4 speed, west coast mirrors, no radio, no a/c, rubber floormat, stepside bed with the spare tire mounted on the side. It was canary yellow with 900 dents. Granddad couldn't see too good in his later years and bounced off every tree in the pasture at least twice.

I drove that pickup for 2 years before I had a license. It was slow and looked like hell warmed over, but I didn't care. It ment I didn't have to ride the bus to school. Hauled a million bales of hay, fence posts, cows, dirt bikes, you name it. I still miss that old truck.

Widewing · « **Reply #57 on:** March 18, 2006, 12:19:57 AM »

I was given a 1965 Corvair on my 17th birthday (1970), which I drove for two years. The first car I bought for myself was a 1958 Alfa Romeo Guilietta Spider Veloce (1971). I spent a year overhauling the head, gearbox and rebuilding the brake system. Somewhere in my photo collection are several pictures of the old Alfa, but getting them out would be a federal case... So, I found a nice photo of a '58 Spider Veloce on the web. Same color, same year. I sold it in 1977 for $3,500. Today, a fully restored Guilietta will set you back more than 30 grand.

My regards,

Widewing

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #58 on:** March 18, 2006, 12:26:49 AM »

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Originally posted by Widewing
I was given a 1965 Corvair on my 17th birthday (1970), which I drove for....

I thought Ralph Nader didn't have any kids.

I drove a Schwinn. Didn't get a car until I was a junior in college.

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #59 on:** March 18, 2006, 12:29:08 AM »

I had a 66 Chevy II SS 327-350HP L-79 4 speed to start with. It was stolen and I drove the farm truck until I could pick up a 64 Impala SS.

It had a dying 283 in it, so I got it cheap ($75). My cousin had a 63 409-425HP in his garage, I bought it for $250. Seems it had been replaced by the dealer with 400 miles on it. It was killing rockers, lifters, and cams. Turned out to have the rear cam bearing in it wrong. I figured this out by seeing one side of the valvetrain didn't oil. So I pulled the trans and bellhousing, slid the cam forward, and replaced the cam bearing and plug. Damned thing worked perfect after that. I pulled the heads. Why? It came with two sets of head gaskets on it to keep the compression down. If you took one set out the compression went way up. So I did. It also came with killer valvesprings in the trunk, but I only got the engine, not the car, and the engine was 16 when I got it. So I had to find someone to get the valvesprings.

It ran 7 flat through the 1/8 mile. It ate Muncie 4 speeds and rear end housings until I put a second upper control arm on it and built a pro shifted Muncie. Problem was, it got 6MPG. after all, it had two Carters on it, and made an honest 500HP. So I sold it to my brother. And he blew it up. I bought a brand new 1980 Z-28 350 4 speed. Kept it a year, after I figured the payment and insurance cost more than gas for the 409 Impala, I sold it for $250 and take over the payments.

Finished school with a 72 Ventura II, 307 automatic. I had a chance to pick up a 69 Chevelle SS 396-325HP, but I was too broke. The Camaro wiped me out. The Chevelle was $600 more than the Ventura, but I just didn't want to go borrow the $600 after having the payments on the Camaro for a year. I was a fool. The Chevelle was a 2 owner car with 100K miles, 1 square inch of rust and one dent.