Age 45 & older ! Post what ya drove in the 60's/ 70's
10/25/11, 12:39 AM
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Age 45 & older ! Post what ya drove in the 60's/ 70's
Just a trip down memory lane now that I'm driving a Stang again, gotta see what we all had (& maybe regret selling/boneyarding/wrecking) back in the day.
1st) 1968 Olds Delta 88 4D hardtop in black/black. Loaded, no leather. 425 Rocket V8: yes this was my father's Olds. Grabby brakes. Terminal engine fire 1973.
2nd) 1968 Mustang GT cvt in Highland green/blk vinyl interior/blk top. PS/PDB, 390/ 4 speed. From Florida, found for $500 locally. Kinda rusty, bad valve guides, but could do 55mph in 1st, 2nd 75, 3rd past 100, dunno the top of 4th: suspension too soft/scarey. Blew up tranny, tore off oil pan street racin', had enough of prem fuel thirst, jam shifted it to boneyard late '75. Worth 30K now, fixed & rightous. oh well.
3rd) 1974 Toyota Celica GT in Green/white vinyl int. 18RC wheezer 4 cyl/5MT. $3500/new. Great on gas, but oh how the mighty have fallen. Gas crisis in full song, so had to do it. Sold in 1979 with 130K and seriously rusty (body pans pulling apart...oh look that's the road down there) to a guy for $300 bux and a signed statement acknowledging car's abyssmal fitness of purpose.
4th) 1979 Toyota HiLux 4x4 shortbed pickup in white/blue cloth&vinyl int. $5000/used. 20RC still-a-wheezer 4cyl/4 speed. Bought this truck in Colorado and drove there for 8 years. Very gutless (90bhp maybe) at altitude on the road. But offroad, just great ! Mountain 4x4 people KNOW that smaller is better, them huge trucks ain't a gonna do up in the rocks ! Sold in the 80's rusty, but fully operational for $1500.
Such fun.
SO fellow seasoned car veterans.... What was in the driveway ? GTO? Vette? Ferrari? Skylark ? Pacer ? Auction mail truck ?? Do tell.
/RZ
1st) 1968 Olds Delta 88 4D hardtop in black/black. Loaded, no leather. 425 Rocket V8: yes this was my father's Olds. Grabby brakes. Terminal engine fire 1973.
2nd) 1968 Mustang GT cvt in Highland green/blk vinyl interior/blk top. PS/PDB, 390/ 4 speed. From Florida, found for $500 locally. Kinda rusty, bad valve guides, but could do 55mph in 1st, 2nd 75, 3rd past 100, dunno the top of 4th: suspension too soft/scarey. Blew up tranny, tore off oil pan street racin', had enough of prem fuel thirst, jam shifted it to boneyard late '75. Worth 30K now, fixed & rightous. oh well.
3rd) 1974 Toyota Celica GT in Green/white vinyl int. 18RC wheezer 4 cyl/5MT. $3500/new. Great on gas, but oh how the mighty have fallen. Gas crisis in full song, so had to do it. Sold in 1979 with 130K and seriously rusty (body pans pulling apart...oh look that's the road down there) to a guy for $300 bux and a signed statement acknowledging car's abyssmal fitness of purpose.
4th) 1979 Toyota HiLux 4x4 shortbed pickup in white/blue cloth&vinyl int. $5000/used. 20RC still-a-wheezer 4cyl/4 speed. Bought this truck in Colorado and drove there for 8 years. Very gutless (90bhp maybe) at altitude on the road. But offroad, just great ! Mountain 4x4 people KNOW that smaller is better, them huge trucks ain't a gonna do up in the rocks ! Sold in the 80's rusty, but fully operational for $1500.
Such fun.
SO fellow seasoned car veterans.... What was in the driveway ? GTO? Vette? Ferrari? Skylark ? Pacer ? Auction mail truck ?? Do tell.
/RZ
10/25/11, 08:12 AM
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64 ford 406 six pac 4 speed .... high school car (1974)
64 ford 428 4 speed ..
63 sports coupe fairlane 289 stick
65 stang six banger
69 r code stang ( one i wish i still had )
69 440 six pack super bee ( same here )
69 429 galixie .. fast car to be so big
a dozen or so pintos after that
now have another 69 stang and saving for another ..
64 ford 428 4 speed ..
63 sports coupe fairlane 289 stick
65 stang six banger
69 r code stang ( one i wish i still had )
69 440 six pack super bee ( same here )
69 429 galixie .. fast car to be so big
a dozen or so pintos after that
now have another 69 stang and saving for another ..
10/25/11, 11:20 AM
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74 Mustang II. $500 in northern Ohio, geez that car was a rust machine. It ran the whole time I was in high school though, then my brother got it and started "working on it". Never ran after that. Second car was an 82 GT, "The Boss is Back!", which I bought when I went into the Marines. Always been a Mustang guy, except for that relatively brief period in the early 90's when I bought a Nissan or two.
10/25/11, 12:52 PM
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Not old enough to drive until 1976, but from then until 1979:
1971 Gremlin (black with red stripe - slower than a herd of turtles);
1973 Maxda RX2 (wankel, 4 bbl - pulled hard and a lot of fun. Exhaust wore out real fast and prone to back-fire... the more it back-fired, the quicker the exhaust blew out...);
1967 GTO convertible - Cameo Ivory with Black top. Like the other GTO owner stated above, still have it.
My interest in Mustangs started in 1968 when I was 8 and living in SF. My dad's friend purchased a Shelby GT500 (aztec gold (I think that's what they called it) with white stipes), and I've wanted one ever since. I fondly refer to my current GT/CS as "SHLBY1AB".
Great thread.
1971 Gremlin (black with red stripe - slower than a herd of turtles);
1973 Maxda RX2 (wankel, 4 bbl - pulled hard and a lot of fun. Exhaust wore out real fast and prone to back-fire... the more it back-fired, the quicker the exhaust blew out...);
1967 GTO convertible - Cameo Ivory with Black top. Like the other GTO owner stated above, still have it.
My interest in Mustangs started in 1968 when I was 8 and living in SF. My dad's friend purchased a Shelby GT500 (aztec gold (I think that's what they called it) with white stipes), and I've wanted one ever since. I fondly refer to my current GT/CS as "SHLBY1AB".
Great thread.
10/25/11, 01:00 PM
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OK, I'm only 40 (not often I can say only these days!) but it never ceases to amaze me of the cool cars teenagers used to be able to drive back in the early to mid '70s in the USA. It's unthinkable to us Brits that you could even get insurance on something so powerful.
My first car was a 957cc Ford Fiesta (Mk1). Yes, 957cc........as in less than 1 litre!!!
My second car was a 1.3 litre Ford Escort.
My third car, which was my first "proper" car in that it powered the rear wheels, was my '87 Mk3 Ford Capri. That had a whopping 1.6 litre 4-pot. It was several years before an insurance company would even consider insuring me on my dream car of the time, a 2.8 version of the same Capri.
My first car was a 957cc Ford Fiesta (Mk1). Yes, 957cc........as in less than 1 litre!!!
My second car was a 1.3 litre Ford Escort.
My third car, which was my first "proper" car in that it powered the rear wheels, was my '87 Mk3 Ford Capri. That had a whopping 1.6 litre 4-pot. It was several years before an insurance company would even consider insuring me on my dream car of the time, a 2.8 version of the same Capri.
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10/25/11, 01:10 PM
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.. tags and gas usually came from wrecked cars at the junk yard i worked at .. kind of slacked in bama back then ...
10/25/11, 02:26 PM
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[QUOTE=daddyfixer;6166473]A new black 1963 FALCON SPRINT.Later I put a 4-bbl. on a 289 intake on it and it ran real well. In 1964 I found a totaled 64 289 hi-po in a wrecking yard and put the engine in the Sprint.
10/25/11, 02:27 PM
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57 and counting!
67 Cougar, 289 (Loved this car!)
70 Cougar, 351 (Great Car)
72 Gran Torino, 400 (Liked this one)
76 Cougar, 351 (They started going luxury and not sporty)
Misc cars not worth a mention.
71 Cutlass Convertible, 350 (Loved this car too!)
More not worthy...
95 Mustang LX Convertible, 5.0. Only had this car a short time as I now had teenagers and my insurance cancelled me for having them and this car in the same time frame
Pickup trucks ( Still Have one)
2012 Mustang Convertible, V6 ( In love once again!
)
70 Cougar, 351 (Great Car)
72 Gran Torino, 400 (Liked this one)
76 Cougar, 351 (They started going luxury and not sporty)
Misc cars not worth a mention.
71 Cutlass Convertible, 350 (Loved this car too!)
More not worthy...
95 Mustang LX Convertible, 5.0. Only had this car a short time as I now had teenagers and my insurance cancelled me for having them and this car in the same time frame
Pickup trucks ( Still Have one)
2012 Mustang Convertible, V6 ( In love once again!
)
10/25/11, 04:36 PM
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I started with a 66 Mustang Fastback in '70. Next was a 68 GT350 (very abused, I made it worse) and then a succession of 67-68 cars that were all Buffalo, NY rustbuckets. The Saleen is my 23rd Mustang, and the only other stuff I've owned was a 72 Pinto wagon (302 / 4 speed), 71 Ranchero and the 85 Ranger I still own (2.3 Turbo 4x4).
10/25/11, 05:10 PM
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57 Ford Custom 300 with the inline 6 at age 13
61 Ford Country Sedan with the inline 6 at age 14
(Drove both on my grandparents farm...too young to get a license)
66 Ford Custom with the 240 inline 6. Grandparents gave me!
70 Firebird with a 350 and a cherrybomb and a 3 speed on the floor...Boy did I think I was COOL.....LOL!!!!
Other cars & trucks too.
Now here are the last Stangs I had. All were autos except the Shelby:
2002 Black GT Ragtop
2006 Red GT Ragtop
2008 Blue GT Coupe
2011 Kona Blue GT 5.0 Coupe
2012 Black with with stripes Shelby GT500
2012 Black GT 5.0 Ragtop (Current steed!)
At age 57, I am loving the GT Ragtop that I have now!!!
Regards,
Phil
61 Ford Country Sedan with the inline 6 at age 14
(Drove both on my grandparents farm...too young to get a license)
66 Ford Custom with the 240 inline 6. Grandparents gave me!
70 Firebird with a 350 and a cherrybomb and a 3 speed on the floor...Boy did I think I was COOL.....LOL!!!!
Other cars & trucks too.
Now here are the last Stangs I had. All were autos except the Shelby:
2002 Black GT Ragtop
2006 Red GT Ragtop
2008 Blue GT Coupe
2011 Kona Blue GT 5.0 Coupe
2012 Black with with stripes Shelby GT500
2012 Black GT 5.0 Ragtop (Current steed!)
At age 57, I am loving the GT Ragtop that I have now!!!
Regards,
Phil
10/25/11, 06:35 PM
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1. 1959 plymouth fury, christine. 2. 2 1969 roadrunners 440 6pacs, both real m code cars one I bought new. Sticker price 3861. Too many other cars to list. Current car 2011 base gt a6.
10/25/11, 09:08 PM
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OK, I'm only 40 (not often I can say only these days!) but it never ceases to amaze me of the cool cars teenagers used to be able to drive back in the early to mid '70s in the USA. It's unthinkable to us Brits that you could even get insurance on something so powerful.
My first car was a 957cc Ford Fiesta (Mk1). Yes, 957cc........as in less than 1 litre!!!
My second car was a 1.3 litre Ford Escort.
My third car, which was my first "proper" car in that it powered the rear wheels, was my '87 Mk3 Ford Capri. That had a whopping 1.6 litre 4-pot. It was several years before an insurance company would even consider insuring me on my dream car of the time, a 2.8 version of the same Capri.
My first car was a 957cc Ford Fiesta (Mk1). Yes, 957cc........as in less than 1 litre!!!
My second car was a 1.3 litre Ford Escort.
My third car, which was my first "proper" car in that it powered the rear wheels, was my '87 Mk3 Ford Capri. That had a whopping 1.6 litre 4-pot. It was several years before an insurance company would even consider insuring me on my dream car of the time, a 2.8 version of the same Capri.
My wife and I both had Capri's. Our first was a '73 in the Metallic Brown. And then we both ended up with '76 models, hers was a Green 4 cyl and mine was a Red 2.8...loved them!
10/26/11, 08:43 AM
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Turned 60 this year....
First car - 51 Ford Fordor from my grandparents, flathead V8
Next - 57 Chevy 210 wagon, 283
#3 - 61 Impala, 283
#4 - 63 Corvair monza
#5 - 66 Impala SS, swapped a 396 in place of the 327 it came with
#6 - 72 Comet with a 302
#7 - 73 Vega GT
#8 - 66 Corvette Roadster, 425/427
#9 - Married, 72 Vistacruiser, 455
First car - 51 Ford Fordor from my grandparents, flathead V8
Next - 57 Chevy 210 wagon, 283
#3 - 61 Impala, 283
#4 - 63 Corvair monza
#5 - 66 Impala SS, swapped a 396 in place of the 327 it came with
#6 - 72 Comet with a 302
#7 - 73 Vega GT
#8 - 66 Corvette Roadster, 425/427
#9 - Married, 72 Vistacruiser, 455
10/26/11, 12:45 PM
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At nineteen bougt my first car... a brand new 1974 'Cuda. Wish I still had it but I got married and the wife didn't like driving it so I traded it in on a 1976 Honda Civic. No... I'm not married to the B*tch anymore. LOL!