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My first car was a 1979 Trans Am special Edition just like the one pictured. I don't have any real pics handy. Kept it until 1992 and should have not sold it. Traded it for a stupid Dodge pick up. dumb dumb!
It had the Olds 403 engine. Those were great times.
LOL...... I paid 500$ for my 70 chevelle And saved it out of a junk yard / scrap yard ...no interior , motor , or tranny & i had to replace the frame
Originally Posted by Ontario73
Boy some of you folks look to be pretty well off as teens. None of my high school friends could ever afford newer cars. As it was the early 80's, most of us were forced to drive 60's and 70's domestic muscle cars; they were just 10-20 year old "clunkers" at the time!
I sold my go-kart, dirt bike and a couple of rifles my grandfather gave me and bought a 75 Mustang II with a factory 302 V8. Paid $300 for it from a local scrap yard. Working part time at a whopping $4 an hour I managed to turn it into a fearsome tire smoking monster. I also managed to break just about every part in the Pinto based driveline, but, drove it through my first year of college. I replaced it with a newer and more reliable (yeah right) Dodge K car! This many years later I have run into old class mates who still remember that Mustang and the dual glasspacks!
Pictures? Who could afford a camera back then and still have money for gas and new (used) tires?
[QUOTE=keithinspace;1588240096]Hot hatchback? I had me one of those...
Ah yes, I bought this 1977 Civic new out of the showroom and drove it to high school, didn't realize it at the time but it was one of the rare ones with a boot!
1977 4-speed Trans Am. This picture was taken the day I got it in 1982, for my 16th birthday. First thing I did was get new tires! My parents' 1977 Corvette is in this picture. They bought it new and still have it.
A 1973 Dodge window van that my dad said if I could get it running I could have it. (it had sat in the back yard for a few years and he was about to send it to the junk yard) I don't have any pictures but it was similar to this one except it was blue & white, not green and it has seen it's fair share of Michigan winters. The lower 1/4 of the body was almost completely rusted away. I beat that thing like it owed me money once I got it running!
wish I had a pic. 1980 I inherited my grandmas yellow 1970 nova. My friends father sold his paint and body shop and gave us permission to use it the last 3 days before new owner took possession. In one marathon 3 day grind we painted it red with black stripes,painted another friends torino blue, and swapped my front seats with leather buckets from a tbird in the junkyard behind the shop. Loved that car, wish I still had it.
Honestly, it blows my mind the kinds of cars you guys had in HS. They are without a doubt, WAY nicer cars than what people nowdays have in high school. The idea of anyone but a rich kid driving a 10 or less year old Corvette or Camaro or similar car nowdays in high school is just laughable.
1974 Camaro, this pic taken in 1985. I was known for doing burnouts, so my buddy snapped this shot on a road we used to all race on Friday and Saturday nights, and yes back then I had a mullet
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1974 Camaro, this pic taken in 1985. I was known for doing burnouts, so my buddy snapped this shot on a road we used to all race on Friday and Saturday nights, and yes back then I had a mullet
Honestly, it blows my mind the kinds of cars you guys had in HS. They are without a doubt, WAY nicer cars than what people nowdays have in high school. The idea of anyone but a rich kid driving a 10 or less year old Corvette or Camaro or similar car nowdays in high school is just laughable.
I guess times really have changed since then.
I was thinking the same thing. No new camaro or vette for me. My HS car cost me $550 in 1984, plus the cost of paint (a friend sprayed it for me after I filled it with bondo. ).
1989 Toyota corolla LE with 125k on it
White on burgundy. 4cyl, 5spd. If you wanted to run the ac on the highway, fine, if you wanted to go uphill at the sometime, then you needed to run it in 4th gear.
Put 330,000 on it ten years. New brakes a couple times and that was it. Original clutch/rad/starter.
Got $2500 for it on a trade for a brand new 98 corolla. Was the same car, just a different body style. POS.
...didn't realize it at the time but it was one of the rare ones with a boot!
Geez...that's a rare bird indeed.
Perfect example of how a crappy "throwaway" car can become extremely rare. Nobody keeps the darn things! Before you know it, there isn't a single example left on the planet.
There are some cars that DESERVE that fate. This isn't one of them. Really neat car.
If you compare to the American cars produced at the same time, you get a VERY clear understanding of how Japanese automobiles got such a solid foothold here. Solid engineering, stone cold reliability, relative comfort, small package, and reasonable price. And building on what works in an "evolution not revolution" mentality of constantly bringing a car closer to perfection by picking out what works extremely well and NOT removing those attributes during redesign.
Tried to buy a 68 Firebird when I was 15 pops wouldnt have me driving while under his roof...he knew
Left home alittle early so money disappeared for rent. Took buses and bikes everywhere til I was 19 or so then borrowed 1200 to get a 67 rs.
Thing left me stranded constantly but loved that car. Couple yrs later I bought a 73 stingray
I had a 1967 Chrysler Newport. Thing was big as a house. The seats were like couches. The pull out ashtray was like a dresser drawer. One time I had about 6 buddies in it going to pick up another buddy from the airport and we got a flat. Had to fix it in the ghetto. hahaha good times.
My dad bought a VW Quantum from a gas station guy it was imported from Mexico. No emissions, No safety glass very basic car nice little four cylinder with a five speed manual that car flew surprised a lot of people with that car.
The other car was a 79 green and white suburban, we could pack that car.
11-11-2014, 09:12 PM
This many years later I have run into old class mates who still remember that Mustang and the dual glasspacks!
