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Old 07-23-2015, 10:38 PM
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Default How Old Were You When Your C3 Rolled Off The Line?

1979, I was 13. Figuring out what girls were and beating the hell out of my younger brother. I am glad it found me!
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I was 8 when my '73 rolled off the line, in August of '72...
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I wasn't born till 6 years 8 months and 7 days after my 68 was built.
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2 years 8 months old when my 69 rolled off the line...
Old 07-23-2015, 11:32 PM
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8 when my car was made.
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14 years, 4 months and 15 days older than my car. I already drove (farmer) a 1955 VW bug we called the "rustbucket" because the original steel gray paint was rusting thru on the roof! Wish I had that car back, 36 hp, reserve fuel lever, one gauge, zero cool factor at the time.

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Was 16 years old when my 82 rolled off the line .
Was tearing the streets up in my ' 70 Chevelle
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I was 21 when my 76 was built. Had it ever since.
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Good stuff guys! I forgot to consider that some of ya' might be younger than your car, not older
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I was 9 1/2yrs old in Feb 69 when my vette rolled out of the factory. Bought it 40 1/2 yrs later.
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I was 10 when my 1970 was built.
Old 07-24-2015, 01:43 AM
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I was 17 when my '68 was built.....

It only took me 45 years to "make the purchase"
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I was two years from being born when my 68 was made
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My 77 was born before my parents even knew each other, I came along 8 years or so after it was rolled off the line.
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When my 71 coupe was built, I was two months away from turning 16.
But I LOVED that body style since I got my first Vette at Van`s Five & Dime for 17 cents a couple years earlier....



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28 when my 1979 rolled off the line, my daughter was born the same year I bought it in 1989.
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Let's see , I was 20 and having a blast racing my 65 fuelie. Oh how I wish I still had that. Paid $3,000................... Who new!!!!
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I was still a twinkle in my daddy's eye, and my 68 Corvette was already 9 years old in 77'
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I was 1 year 6 months olds when my early model '68 rolled off the line.
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Originally Posted by revneck
1979, I was 13. Figuring out what girls were and beating the hell out of my younger brother. I am glad it found me!
I was crawling (in rice patties) of Viet Nam
21years old


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