Author Topic: Your First Car (Read 1566 times)

Wlfgng · « **Reply #15 on:** August 27, 2002, 12:26:14 PM »

Ozark takes the prize (so far).
I've seen one of those bad boys crusing the streets around here on perfeclty clear days. The guy absolutely will NOT take it out if there's a chance of inclement weather.

it's a beauty.

easymo · « **Reply #16 on:** August 27, 2002, 12:41:52 PM »

Nash Metro. It would do 40MPH. (down hill)

keyapaha · « **Reply #17 on:** August 27, 2002, 12:43:32 PM »

ozark that's a sweet ride

my first was a '69 mustang w/351w eng 4bbl carb headers the works was quite fast stayed in trouble with the law enforcment types . after 2 years and a license suspention that was about all she wrote for my stang.

Elfenwolf · « **Reply #18 on:** August 27, 2002, 12:47:28 PM »

1953 Oldsmobile Delta 88. That wes definately the P-47 of cars.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #19 on:** August 27, 2002, 01:00:11 PM »

I think that Olds was probably 'bigger' than that Jug.

H. Godwineson · « **Reply #20 on:** August 27, 2002, 01:17:52 PM »

Learned to drive in a white 1965 VW Beetle. It's still one of the most fun cars I ever drove.

My first "personal" car was a 1975 Buick Apollo (Buick's version of the Chevy Nova) with a 350 engine. I owned it for 4 years and it was still running 12 years after I sold it. Fun car to drive on a curvy road.

Regards, Shuckins

Hangtime · « **Reply #21 on:** August 27, 2002, 01:20:09 PM »

The men were men, the sheep; nervous.

lazs2 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 27, 2002, 02:26:15 PM »

love those shoebox fords hang.

My first was a 1950 Austin a50 sedan. I was 15 and I stuffed a big ol continental six and plymouth toplader trans with a narrowed plymouth rearend in it. the whole car weighed less than 2000 lbs and with 2 2 barrels and split exhaust it would run 16 flat at fremont drag strip. the engine was so much longer than the old breadloaf sized 20hp austin engine that the front seat had to come off the rails and be pushed into the rear seat a ways.. it had "semephore" turn signals... they poped out from the door post and blinked.
lazs

Ripsnort · « **Reply #23 on:** August 27, 2002, 02:33:02 PM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
... it would run 16 flat at fremont drag strip.
lazs

Funny how technology has come along way...in your day flat 16's were dang fast for a back yard car...today, a common commuter car with 1/3 less HP will turn flat 14's. Heh!

Ozark · « **Reply #24 on:** August 27, 2002, 02:35:19 PM »

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Originally posted by GtoRA2
Ozark
Wow nice!

What happend to the 428?

My brother still has the old 428.

lazs2 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 27, 2002, 02:53:36 PM »

rip... in '65 it was enough to win H/gas allmost every week. And....Not too many commuter boxes running flat 14's tho at the drags... it's a little different there than at the magazines test track (the same magazine that has full page adds for said commuter toejambox). Mustang 5.0's were running mid 14's as were subaru wrx's last week in Dallas.

now... 11 second street cars are not uncommon and 12 second daily drivers are even more so. Course..... I had all of about 200 dollars in the old austin.
lazs

gofaster · « **Reply #26 on:** August 27, 2002, 02:58:07 PM »

1965 Pontiac Tempest, auto 3spd, with a 327 V8, no airconditioning. Mine was this same color, with a blue vinyl interior but without the hood scoop and "GTO" on the grill. It was a rust bucket when my dad got it as a gift from the widow of a former law partner. Spent my time on bondo trying to do the body repair myself, spent my Summer job earnings taking it to a body shop to get it done right. It met its demise a year after "completion" when I was rear-ended by a dude in a panel van. Car was still driveable, but the insurance company didn't want to fix it so they totalled it out and gave me the cash.

Spent the adjustment money on a 1969 LeMans with a black vinyl interior (big mistake in Florida). Rust and high gas prices caused me to sell that for a profit, which was used to restore a 1977 Triumph Spitfire (now THAT was a fun car). Six months later I gave the Spit to my brother and bought a 1975 Pontiac Firebird with a 4spd Hurst package, 350 engine, twin exhaust, rims, and rear deck spoiler. My brother crashed the Spit and rust killed the 'bird.

After that, it was a Saturn SC2 with 5 speed tranny, rims, etc. for 5 years, then a '93 Civic for 3 years which was a project car until I became a homeowner and needed something big enough to carry home a sheet of plywood, a lawnmower, and the other home necessities, so I got the SR5 4runner that I'm driving now. The 4Runner sure doesn't brake and turn like my hopped-up Civic.

Sometimes I actually miss those old GM vinyl seats that made my back sweat.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #27 on:** August 27, 2002, 02:58:21 PM »

Heh, from what I've seen out at PRW (Formerly SIR), the mags are very conservative in their publication specs, the cars actually run a bit faster than whats published, but again, weather, humidity, track temps have alot to do with that (Speaking stock class here)

LePaul · « **Reply #28 on:** August 27, 2002, 03:02:24 PM »

First car? Sadly, a hand me down Dodge Reliant....aka K-Car.

Used to watch the Dukes of Hazzard growing up, so I thought I'd jump the K Car too. Well,them things come down HARD. Shoved the engine up 7 inches from the impact....that was my first experience at an autobody shop!

Moved on to a 1988 Dodge Dakota Sport from there, then on to a Saturn SC2/Coupe. Still driving the Saturn, had it 7 years, thing wont die and runs good.

Charon · « **Reply #29 on:** August 27, 2002, 03:03:26 PM »

In 1981 I received a 75 VW Scirocco, with a Weber carb. It was an Arizona car with no rust but cracked vinyl and cloth seats that had aged about 200 years in the sun. Turn on the fan and dust blew out the vents. It did zero to 60 in 9 seconds (not bad for 1471cc) and did a mean 4-wheel slide around a corner (and did it often).

Mechanically it was fine. It was the first year for the model and had an electic system that was certainly "beta" grade, but except for an easily replaced motor mount, thermostat and water pump it was in fine shape.

By my senior year I had bondoed a few minor dings and one good-sized dent, primed and sanded the entire car, added a front air dam and got a shiny coat of silver paint to replace the faded silver it came with. I got a "new" set of leather seats from the junkyard, had an Alpine stereo and discovered that if you took out the full-sized spare in the trunk you could put in a sheet of plastic, add some ice and a plastic garbage can lid and have a nice party cooler.

Then one hot and distracting day, I lost track of what was going on at a stoplight and got t-boned by a 78 Buick. No injuries, but the car was totally destroyed.

Charon