Don Rickles

As much as we all love to see pictures of our cars, current and from the past. I thought a thread, devoted just for pictures is in order! No rules, any year, any condition, show us what you got!

This was sent to me from the second owner, he had the two at the time, tags were changed later to read, OUR PRIDE=MM red, OUR JOY =WB!

Alan 71

Hi Kevin,
Nice!
About when was that picture taken? I don't really know my pick-up trucks well enough to be able to tell.
Regards,
Alan

carcruse

My 1971. Mackinac Bridge walk in 1974 and going for a winter drive also in 1974.

69 Chevy

No April Fool's Day joke here:

69Pman

Cool thread. Happened to find these amongst some of the stuff my mother had tucked away in her basement, funny what you'll find while cleaning things up.

The first two pictures are of my father's '70 LS5 parked in the driveway and in the front yard of his parent's house in Falls Church, VA. I told him I wasn't very fond of the modified hood or the T-tops but the car still looks good and was a real stump puller!



The next photos are of his '66 that he owned in '76. It had the 427/450 (before GM downgraded the horsepower rating). Paired with a 4.11 rear, it was also a beast. The car itself had been featured in a Hot Rod Magazine issue at some point in time, not 100% sure if the paint job was the same in the issue as the pics. The custom paint job on the hood scoop was the scenery that could be found on the Camel cigarette pack at the time, less the camel. He bought the car from a guy who thought the motor had blown. Thankfully for my father, the gentleman was moving and wasn't a mechanic. To the seller, the car was one massive paper weight that he couldn't take with him. My father checked the car out anyway and tried to start it. He heard the click and immediately knew what the problem was….the BB had a starter issue which, apparently, wasn't uncommon. He told the guy he'd buy it and waited for moving day. The following day, he got under the car, made the necessary "adjustments", and she fired up without issue.
Later my father sold the car to a gentleman by the name of John Rogers in Springfield, VA in about 1976. Apparently, Mr. Rogers wasn't proficient in handling a 4-speed, especially one with that much power/performance. This information was dissevered early on and my father nicely offered to buy the car back without success. Not too long after the sale it was revealed through some friends that the car's engine had expired due to a miss shift during a street race. What a shame. Would love to post more pictures but these are the only ones that I could find at the moment.

69Pman

On the '66 above…I'm not 100% sure but she may have had the optional 4.56 rear end.

doorgunner

Brace yourself!

It's about 4 miles from my home....in a privately owned decades-old salvage yard.

It's in terrible condition, since it has been under water over the years in local flooding...the fiberglass has the consistency of a carboard box and the frame is literally disintegrating....

It is far back in the center of the photo....






Closer photos....the pics are deceiving...even the optimist in me was sad.....














It is so sad that some of them end up like this.....that's why I bought the hacked-up '68 convertible that I'm working on---to save it from a similar fate.........

L71Ragtop

69Pman

There's an *** for every seat!

Les

Looks like she could easily cover 2 seats- guess he could sit on her lap. That's a fine looking young couple there!

ORANGEBROTHERS

7T1vette

Cuzin Kletus!! We wondered where he run off to. Looks like Ruby Mae Yokum snatched him up when we wuzn't lookin'....

And that is one mighty fine ride there behind 'em.

persuader

oldgto

Well, "then" wasn`t all that long ago for us. We bought our first Vette about 3 years ago. We are the 3rd owner of a 71 coupe with 100,000 on the original drive train, no interior, not much trim, and a broken nose. Coming home "then"....





After a lot of work, money, and time, it`s actually starting to look like a Corvette!..... (but it`s still got a long way to go).

Mick71

This pic was taken when I took my car out for it's first drive after a frame-up. The building behind it is an old Indian Motocycle dealership that closed it's doors in the late '80's. I was lucky enough to get to know the owner a little, and man, the stories he would tell. Talk about old school...

doorgunner

o.k.!

That's enough with the smart remarks!

Let's not knock true love!




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Brcmpbl

There were several Corvettes around when I was young...my father liked them a lot. Here's a couple of old pictures (of many). The first are of three his probably in the late 1970s, all small block 4 speeds - 1961, 1964 coupe, 1973 convertible (bought that one new, have the papers).



This is a 1969 427/435 coupe my father bought new...I think the picture is from right after he picked it up in Halifax, NS (I have all the papers for this car - he traded a 1968 El Camino SS 396 in on it)...apparently the P02s were off the car in favour of rings and caps by the end of the day (I would have done the same honestly).



And this is my 1970 L46 last fall. Been working on this one for a year or so and really like it.

John A F

Did they put a BMW nose on it?

Pete79L82

I agree! True love is everything. And he has some pretty fond feelings for the new wife too.

M A Fry

But is there a seat for every ***?