First car
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Joined: May 2006
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From: Deer Park, Texas
RE: First car
1970 Ford Maverick in 1982. 3 speed on the tree with a straight 6. Paid 50.00 for it. When I went to pick it up I had to bang the dent's out of the roof because kids used it to play on. Was red with a white hood and no grill! All my friends called it the tampon cause it was red and white and leaked everywhere! LOL
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RE: First car
My first was a 1964 ford truck. Had the 292 V-8 and three on the tree. Paid 300 for it and fixed it all up my self. Wish I had it back now. You just couldnt kill it. I ran over a chevy citation in it once and all it did was scratch the paint on it but the right side of the citation was demolished.
Road Warrior
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RE: First car
Mine was no where near as fun as some of the above.
86 Nissan King Cab p/u truck. Had the same little motor as the Z that year, thought I was a pimp..
Paid 1200 for it from my Grandfather.
Cars I had over the last 14-15 years i really enjoyed;
67 VW Beetle Baja - this thing was a beasty. Had a 2200 cc Stalker system in it. Ran rich, shot fire from the stinger (and occasionally launched the bush's baked bean can off when I forgot to remove it - to keep the rain out). x4 KC lights and x2 police floods on the handled mirrors on the side.
Had lots of electrical shorts in it. That happens though when a novice like myself starts hooking up switches and going crazy.
The windshield wipers worked - unless it was raining.
Sometimes the brake lights would just come on when the vehicle was off or had been off for over an hour. I'd often take out the bulbs when I parked it..
The majority of it was fiberglass and I had to keep blocks in the hood to weight it down, otherwise I found myself initiating a front end lane change with every slightly elevated man-hole cover..
What a ride!
72 Superbeetle. Fun, relatively quiet for a beetle, but leaked 1/2 quart oil a day. That's after gaskets and seal swaps. Just an old leaky ride, but fun.
76 Nova. Scored it for $700 in Ga. Was nearly all original. Had 56k on the 250 in-line 6. Thing was a smooth reliable ride. Not to fast, not too slow, just right.. Sold it to a guy who had a real nice racing set up to install in it, but was paralyzed from the waist down wrecking his 76 nova on the way to install the speed kit. He just wanted to see his 5 years worth of hobby work completed. lost touch with him 1/2 way through the installation process. I would have liked to see it too
86 Nissan King Cab p/u truck. Had the same little motor as the Z that year, thought I was a pimp..
Paid 1200 for it from my Grandfather.
Cars I had over the last 14-15 years i really enjoyed;
67 VW Beetle Baja - this thing was a beasty. Had a 2200 cc Stalker system in it. Ran rich, shot fire from the stinger (and occasionally launched the bush's baked bean can off when I forgot to remove it - to keep the rain out). x4 KC lights and x2 police floods on the handled mirrors on the side.
Had lots of electrical shorts in it. That happens though when a novice like myself starts hooking up switches and going crazy.
The windshield wipers worked - unless it was raining.
Sometimes the brake lights would just come on when the vehicle was off or had been off for over an hour. I'd often take out the bulbs when I parked it..
The majority of it was fiberglass and I had to keep blocks in the hood to weight it down, otherwise I found myself initiating a front end lane change with every slightly elevated man-hole cover..
What a ride!
72 Superbeetle. Fun, relatively quiet for a beetle, but leaked 1/2 quart oil a day. That's after gaskets and seal swaps. Just an old leaky ride, but fun.
76 Nova. Scored it for $700 in Ga. Was nearly all original. Had 56k on the 250 in-line 6. Thing was a smooth reliable ride. Not to fast, not too slow, just right.. Sold it to a guy who had a real nice racing set up to install in it, but was paralyzed from the waist down wrecking his 76 nova on the way to install the speed kit. He just wanted to see his 5 years worth of hobby work completed. lost touch with him 1/2 way through the installation process. I would have liked to see it too
Road Captain
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Greenwood, IN
RE: First car
Mine was 67 chevelle, it was a totall junker when i bought it, i paid $400 for it, i worked and paid for everything, i put alot of money and sweat into that car, i sold it 3 years later for $3500, i sure do wish i would have held on to that car!
Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 172
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From: Houston,Texas
RE: First car
'74 Malibu, bought it myself....damn it was a tank!
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From: Union Bridge, MD
RE: First car
'64 Pontiac Tempest 326 2V automatic hand me down. Didn't take long to learn what not to do while driving.
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