That was one hell of a good price for a 4 year old car.I paid $1050 for a 66 Fairlane 390XL in 70 and thought it was a pretty fair price.
58 Chevy 4-door "pink coral" (inside and out) BelAir, 283/PG. Had plastic seat covers on it - when we sold it to get the new 68 Chevelle in 67, we took the covers off and it had new seats! I also learned to do some body work on that car - fixed the over-the headlights brow, left the "V" but removed the Chevy emblem above the "V", dod some other stuff. Not bad for a kid of 16 who knew jack crap about how to do it - Sears was great for the needed supplies at the time ...
Yeah 56don -I thought so too. But it needed work--hood and bumper. Grille was ok tho. Neighbor lady had it-thought the engine was shot cause it smoked bad.....real bad. Tranny was real low--new modulator valve and after a week or so the smokin cleared up. But like a dumb ass, I traded it for a Datsun two years later. Got 1200 on the trade.
It was 1970, and I bought a 50 Ford Coupe. Flathead V-8, and straight three speed. The guy wanted $75, but I beat him down to $60!!!! I drove it for about 6 months, and traded it straight across for a 52 Lincoln Capri two door hardtop......did I mention my family were all Ford freaks?
Identical to this one. I dropped a 383 with an Isky cam into it after the engine started to knock. It wasn't my choice but it could have been worse. I wanted a 58 Bel Air HT 283 stick but when Dad said you have enough cash to buy this one....I wanted to have my own car. It actually grew on me and I liked it. You always like your first car. I had port-a-walls, baby moons and beauty rings on it before the tags came from the state.
Black '61 Chevy Impala Bubble Top with the red and white interior - 283, glide, kinda rusty, the trans would just give up transferring power at 70 mph - probably a good thing, might be why I'm still alive today
Sunbeam Stiletto mid 1970's Huge split in the floorplan which happened when the rust holding it together gave up after jumping a hump backed bridge one evening. 51 bhp of 7,000 rev screaming power........ (that's about a Caddy starter motor worth) Sold it for a profit, happy days.
in 1983 a 1978 Fiat Ritmo - I know just a few of you guys know this car... then traded against a hot VW rabbit GTI
1954 Ford mainline,,6 cyl,,3 on the tree,,engine lasted only a few days. Size 11 teenagers foot blew the engine up,,replaced the engine with a Mercury 390 and automatic transmission,,ran great,,but stopping seemed to be a problem,,rolled it Joey Chitwood style in the middle of main street. HRP
Way back in 1963 I got my first car, it was a 1951 plymouth cranbrook, flat head six, 3 on the tree, 4 doors and factory painted green. Run all day on $2 worth of gas
74 Vega Kammback wagon that never ran. I did succeed in taking it apart down to every last nut and bolt, though.
In 1962 i got a 1940 Nash Lafayette, paid $50.dollars ,my father drove it to his gas station.I wrote to GEORGE BARRIS who had a custom column in CAR CRAFT mag.It was in the mag in 1963 .every time i see the issue for sale i still buy it.
1938 Chevy 2-dr sedan. $150 in 1968. Ugly as home-made sin. Drove it all summer and sold it to my best friend. He had it parked next to a building that burned down and fell on it. Probably the only thing that could have made it look worse.
1971 Vega Kammback. With a blown stock 4 cylinder that was replaced with a rebuilt 4 cyl........Thanks,Dad.
My first car was a 1970 firebird formula 400 with 400 block and a four speed Munich trans that I got for FREE from I co-worker only about 2500 formula 400 were made
Mine was a 69 torino GT and not a fastback maroon,black interior,black vinyl top,factory a/c ET slots.
1984 Chevy truck, composed almost entirely of rust, started with a screwdriver, vice grips for window handle. But had a crate 383 with about 5000 miles when I got it.
in 1985 I got a $350.00 '70 Firebird Espirt.....$1.00 per cubic inch. Pops thought it had potential.....I still have it. The 350 is powering my 56 Pontiac Wagon until I finish the restoration of the bird that I started in 1991....
>>>>>,1959,,Marshalltown ,Iowa ,,,a '51 Vicky Deluxe ,,nosed n decked,,frenched head lites w' real lead ,,'57 Caddy Alpine White Paint ,,milled headed dual 97 carb flattie with a 3/4 cam ,,smitties dual glass pacs ,,after this pic ,,it got appleton spots shaved door handles ,louvered hood and lowered to a pac a Luckies layin' on it's side ,, hell gettin' over dem rail road tracks on da two lanes ,,'
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