What were you driving 20 years ago?

In 1988 I built this car before the term Rat Rod was used--I called it basic--built it with a $2000 budget-took 3 months to build with parts laying around-was a 30 Chev with a 289 ford in it--had no interior other than seats--but was fully roadworthy--sold it at a rod run in Albquerque NM--parked it next to a Blown billet Willys with a 60K price tag on the window--wrote 6k on mine--Had to ride the bus home

 

31 Desoto coupe with 327 power---Brian

 

An "Aussie predator" BMX
I was 6

 

Hate to break it to you but 1998 was 10 years ago. What were you driving 20 years ago? As for the Rat Rod term, well it was already well into use....

In '88 I was driving a '71 Buick LeSabre Convertable for the most part... And riding a Ducati 900SD

 

1997 Black Chevrolet Silverado

 

I don't have any pictures of mine, but I was driving (yes, my daily) a '47 Willys CJ2A with a 327 Chevy mill, headers, SHORT pipes and Cherry Bomb glass packs. Still had the tiny ass drum brakes and 5.38:1 gears. Top speed was about 45, but you could do that straight up the side of a building. With those little brakes, you had to start slowing down long before you ever started rolling. It was, to say the least, an adventure to drive. Tons of fun, though. I'd flop the windshield forward, throw a scarf around my neck, don the goggles and go scare the shit out of the rich folks on the Plaza in KC. Not a real practical car, but a blast, none the less.

 

89? I was 14 still a few years away from driving and road a skateboard everywhere, so either I had an Eric Dressen Dog town board or maybe an H-street? Its a little fuzzy, Ive had a lot of boards. haha

 

1997 was only 12 years ago, you were well ahead of your time.

 

Sorry--I mean in 1988--

 

1970 Dodge Dart Swinger

 

20 years ago I was driving my first wife to drink.

 

A 79 Trans/Am (daily driver), and my 56 T-Bird, (the model A was still in storage)

 

Twenty years ago I had a pink (dusty rose metallic) '57 Coupe de Ville. Thirty years ago I had a chopped, channeled, fenderless '30 A coupe with a 289, C-4 and Mustang rear, split wishbones, deuce grille shell, in primer. I didn't call it a rat rod; I called it unfinished.

 

i drove this to the 1989 street rod nationals:



the current owner added the bra and rear view mirrors

 

Hum..........lets see. I was only 10 years old so thats puts me on a Huffy and a skateboard. I was a HAMBER then and didn't even know it. LOL

 

1967 Camaro SS 350. Midnight blue, black vinyl top...I was too cool at 17 years old.

 

In 1989 I was driving this....in two different disguises.

 

20 years ago I was driving the same 38 Chevy coupe that I was driving 30 years ago.....and still drive today.

 

87 Buick Regal, and an 77 Blazer

 

69 roadrunner and a 59 panhead , but on special occasions my dads 34 ford(mostly when he was to drive to drunk!)..

 

My Ol' 56' Bel-Air in my Avatar!

 

A '76 Sportster, a '61 D100 long box and an '80 Horizon. Oh, a 69 fiat 850 Spyder, too

 

"57 Chevy...

'Course then again, I was driving a '57 Chevy 25 years ago...and 30 years ago...and 35 years ago...matter of small fact, I had a three year old '57 Chevy when I graduated high school in 1961...

Bigger fact...I've never been without a '57 Chevy my whole life...and at one time in the 1970's, I owned 30 of them...!!! I'm down to one now.

R-

 

I was driving a 1948 ford pickup....

 

In 1978, I opened my shop, rode the Shovelhead almost everyday, and towed the Anglia to the track with an old beater Luv pickup or my dad's 74 Ford F-100.





By 1988, I was still riding the Shovel, I'd taken the Anglia apart (still in pieces), parked my dads 74 F-100 (still parked with 55,000 miles on it), started putting this Panhead together, and was driving a beater 60 Chevy short, narrow, pickup with a 327/muncie 4 speed in it(never took a picture of the truck). I was still wondering if the shop would make it.



Today, I still wonder about the shop. (G)

 

this is how I was rolling 20 years ago in the good ol 80's.

 

20 years ago i was 18 years old and driving a cal look 66 beetle or my 64 split screen bus........cant believe that was 20years ago...we had a lot of fun!

 

20 Years ago I owned and drove this...

 

in '88 i was driving truck hauling produce from az to canada . my '69 shortbed low rider chevy pu was stolen while i was gone ! that only left us with my wifes 260z . not really a good yr for me ...................... steve