1966 Mustang with a 289.

1984 Dodge ram pickup.

62 GMC pickup truck. Stolen in 1976 and later found near Mexacali stripped down.

'49 Olds Rocket 88

'61 Impala- $100!

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'64 Pontiac Tempest LeMans. 215 c.i. straight six with "three in the tree".

Drag raced it in L Stock. The only car it couldn't beat was a certain Corvair.

I had a '64' Tempest LeMans Sport Coupe with the 326 V-8. I built it up to run C Modified Production at the local drag strip and won more than I lost. There wasn't a GTO that I couldn't beat in the county for a couple of years.

Jim

high school buddy had a 63 or 64 Chevy II,

it had a 305ish V8 in it, and very mild tune on it,

still had the 6cyl badges on the quarterpanels


he took it to the local strip and ran a few passes,

guy in the booth that would announce they times called out that it was pretty fast for a 6cyl,.,,

friend knew it was slow, and it kinda pissed him off, but he later got over it and now gets a chuckle out of it

1954 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup. She was a bute. Five window, two tone (blue with white upper cab), factory chrome grill, 4 speed manual (first gear being granny low), overload springs, 235ci straight six! It only had 17,000 miles on it in 1975!

1968 Ford GT Torino convertible.

The top had a broken bar that necessitated hand assisting it down. The high mileage stock 289 was a bit anemic. No AC, from the factory. When I pulled up the carpet to evaluate replacing it, I could see pavement. Patches of rust that complimented the original blue pin striping.

How I loved that car!

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1966 teal green Chevy Impala SS 327/300. Powerglide. Rallye wheels.
I still miss it.

Mine was the blue version, 2 door, bucket seats, with a three speed on the column. The exterior was almost identical to the one in the link below, except mine had a good bit of rust since it was 14 years old when I got it.

https://azure.barrett-jackson....-2-DOOR-COUPE-116436

I ended up selling it while in college since I couldn't afford to keep it running and cover tuition. The guy that bought it spent a good bit of money fixing it up and repainting it before totaling it about 6 months later.

1988 Chevrolet Silverado, reg cab long bed.

Light blue 66 Mustang, 289 engine would fly, although no power steering sucked big time!

Graduated in '68, bought a '64 VW Variant in early '68. Rare car even then. 1500 cc with twin Solex carbs. It was followed by a '62 SS Impala with a 409 :-)

I thought all the Type 3 VWs were fuel injected. I test-drove one in 1968 or 1969, and distinctly remember walking back about six blocks to the dealership on a cold Minnesota winter day when the EFI brain gave out. Was yours originally carbureted, or a conversion?

Mine was a mid 70s (don’t remember the exact year) Fiat 128. I remember the spare tire being mounted under the hood above the motor.

I “graduated” to a 1978 Fiat 131 S, which was a noticeable step up. I thought I might tweak the 131 into a rally-like car, but never did.

In high school it was my mom's Pontiac. It wasn't bad, actually, but definitely not a dream car for a 16 year old.

I got my first car about midway through my freshman year of college. It was an entry-level Datsun, a 3 speed manual with 83 hp. I think Briggs and Stratton made the engine.



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54 Olds 98 4dr with Rocket 324 V8, PS, PB, wonderbar radio. It was my parents who gave it to my Grandfather, when it stopped running in the early 70's I begged him to never sell it, thing sat under a big tree in his yard, he fixed it up and I drove it back home 250 miles, through high school and college.

Similar although it was single color dark green, had a leather dash that was perfect.

Like all car idiots it's the one that got away, well along with a lot of others, but this one I should have kept but I didn't had a place to keep it when I moved to the west coast to work......

1938 Chevy 2 door sedan.....$25.00!!!!

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I thought all the Type 3 VWs were fuel injected. I test-drove one in 1968 or 1969, and distinctly remember walking back about six blocks to the dealership on a cold Minnesota winter day when the EFI brain gave out. Was yours originally carbureted, or a conversion?

Mine was a graymarket car imported by a relative after driving it through Germany on vacation. The first Squareback and Fastback type 3's sold by VW dealers were also dual Solex until '68; Bosch D-jetronic EFI by mid '68. Two door Notchbacks like mine were never officially imported to the US.

1931 Ford Crown Victoria. 49 Olds engine.
I new all the cops in North Miami (1958)

1969 Dodge Dart GTS, yellow with a black stripe around its butt. 340cid, carter 4 bbl. Great car for an 18 year old boy whose hormones are coursing through his bloodstream unchecked. But, I made it! No wrecks, no hits, no errors!