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re: Spin off of my own thread: Post picture of your first car.
Posted on 12/12/15 at 10:52 am to roadGator
Posted on 12/12/15 at 10:52 am to roadGator
It's not a very good picture, cameras were not digital back then and I took this with a little 110 Instamatic Minolta, and the picture has degraded over time so the color doesn't show well ... but this was the day I drove it home, December of 1971, I had just completed my Junior year at Carolina and heading into my Senior year Dad fulfilled his promise to help me buy my first car if I made the Dean's List ... man I loved this car. He gave me two grand, I financed the other three grand, for this three year old '69 Stingray. Monza Red, genuine saddle leather interior, AM-FM stereo, T-Tops, alarm system, AC, positraction rear axil, power windows and doors .... it was the bomb back in the day. 350 ci/350 hp 10.5:1 compression pistons with a Doug Nash 5-speed, Holley 850. It was the heyday of the DeLorean vettes. '69 was such a great year for GM engines built in Flint, although the car was actually assembled in St Louis. DeLorean had all the rusted cast iron, 4-bolt 5-mains pulled out of the lot and bored them to be muscle car engines. The thing was a rocket on wheels. Should have kept it ... no telling how much it would be worth today.
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Posted on 12/12/15 at 10:57 am to roadGator
1984 Isuzu Impulse Special Edition
Impulse
Impulse
Paid $1,500 cash for it in '92, drove it until '99. When I gave it to my buddy, the only thing it did was run. No working a/c, radio, fuel gauge, speedometer, odometer, wipers... Glove box wouldn't open, had to open fuel door w/my key, reverse lights stayed on, turn signals out... BTW, Rain-X is a great product - drove this car for a couple years w/out wipers, commuting to my first "real job" from Hammond to BR
But my friend drove it for another year.
Impulse
Impulse
Paid $1,500 cash for it in '92, drove it until '99. When I gave it to my buddy, the only thing it did was run. No working a/c, radio, fuel gauge, speedometer, odometer, wipers... Glove box wouldn't open, had to open fuel door w/my key, reverse lights stayed on, turn signals out... BTW, Rain-X is a great product - drove this car for a couple years w/out wipers, commuting to my first "real job" from Hammond to BR
But my friend drove it for another year.
This post was edited on 12/12/15 at 11:39 am
Posted on 12/12/15 at 1:06 pm to roadGator
'77 Malibu Classic. Same color, same Cragar wheels, with air shocks for extra attention.
Posted on 12/12/15 at 3:34 pm to Mizzou4ever
1980 F100 ex county truck. 302 3 on the tree. No radio, heater sucked. One headlight, one tail light. No brake lights or turn signals, and exhaust was shot. Smoked like crazy but I had a lot of fun in that old thing. We always hung out at the drag races on Thursday nights, and the pumpkin ran a best of 11.17 in the 1/8 mile. My buddies would tell everyone the oil smoke was tire smoke, good times.
Posted on 12/12/15 at 3:40 pm to roadGator
'83 F150, same color scheme but with a topper. Had my Dad's old peace symbol/American flag floor mats from his old Pinto in it too. 
Posted on 12/12/15 at 4:34 pm to BluegrassBelle
Finally got an even worse car(Hyundai elentra) 2 years ago. Rode that puppy for 12 years. It was already 6 years old when I got it. Godspeed
Posted on 12/12/15 at 8:01 pm to nes2010
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nes2010
Those are great cars, guessing that is the slant 6? That is in great shape.Is It automatic or 3 on the tree?
take care of that,and don't change a thing.
Posted on 12/13/15 at 8:50 am to roadGator
03 Corolla. Drove it my last year of HS and had for one year of college. 200K miles out of it.
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Posted on 12/13/15 at 9:06 am to scrooster
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Posted on 12/13/15 at 9:43 am to roadGator
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Posted on 12/13/15 at 11:43 am to roadGator
92 Ford Escort GT, kept a water jug in the trunk because the radiator would overheat. Drove it for a year before wrecking it, then I got my dad's truck a 95 Ford Lightening
Posted on 12/13/15 at 11:56 am to LSUChamps03
67 or 68 Pontiac Catalina coupe, similar to this except it was yellow
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Posted on 12/13/15 at 11:58 am to scrooster
The 350-4 bolt main were stout engines. I absolutely loved mine. I was challenge to a tug-o-war once by a guy with a ,80s model Ford F-250 4x4 with a 400 big block against my '84 Chevy Blazer 4x4 with its 350ci-4 bolt main 4 speed (Granny low) with the posi trac rear end.
He got the jump on me but I got the traction. Pulled him 50 ft before I stopped. I won the bet and he stripped the gears in his rearend.
He got the jump on me but I got the traction. Pulled him 50 ft before I stopped. I won the bet and he stripped the gears in his rearend.
Posted on 12/13/15 at 11:05 pm to AirDawg
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The 350-4 bolt main were stout engines. I absolutely loved mine.
Not many people these days have a clue about what a 4-bolt 5-main was .... everything is 2-bolt 3-main these days.
Yeah, those were the last of the great muscle car small blocks and they could push that 2600 pds of vehicle very fast.
I tried setting the land speed record at the time heading north on a brand spanking new I-26 outta Columbia back then, at 2AM in the morning, and paid the price.
Posted on 12/13/15 at 11:41 pm to roadGator
Posted on 12/14/15 at 9:02 am to dawgfan24348
2003 Ford Ranger aka "The Fire Truck"
Had a kobalt tool box on the back as well. Manual transmission, manual windows, manual locks. shite. would. not. break. 4 cyl.
Posted on 12/14/15 at 9:09 am to SouthMSReb
1993 Ford Explorer
pd about 3k for it, had 220k plus miles.
frequently had to pull over to put water in the radiator
frikkin POS
This post was edited on 12/14/15 at 9:10 am
Posted on 12/14/15 at 9:09 am to MasCervezas
Posted on 12/14/15 at 1:46 pm to MasCervezas
89 Chevy Astro. Pretty much like this one but the paint peeled off the roof not the hood. Red interior. Thing would move though with the 4.3 in it.
Used to take it everywhere. It was really a fun vehicle looking back. Hated it as a new teenage driver. Lol.
This post was edited on 12/14/15 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 12/14/15 at 1:52 pm to roadGator
My dad's maroon 1986 Chrysler New Yorker (could only find a picture of a 1987 verson ):
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