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No pictures of the first one but it was a 62 Chevy II four door with a 194ci 6cyl and 2 speed auto.
I did drive a 2 door 56 Chevy school bus as my daily driver, to school that is.
I never took any pictures of mine, but this is what it looked like... 1962 Corvair, black with red interior. Airplane shifter on dash.
I paid $25 for it. Battery died in front of a girlfriend's house, so came back and installed a replacement. Started to leave and the steering column "broke" (the wheel was loose in my hands and not functional). Got out, pulled my plates off and left it. Took the bus home.
Back in the 70's and 80's my father used to buy those, fix them up and sell them. I'll bet he went through at least a dozen. My first motor that I helped him rebuild was a 140 hp Corvair motor. He loved those cars.
Graduated in 1972. Drove a 1969 Torino GT. Had a 351 ci, automatic, and an 8 track. Mr. Gasket mag wheels, dual exhaust and Hijacker air shocks. Met it's demise soon after graduation when I fell asleep at the wheel and drove into the rear of a semi.
In the mid 70's I worked at a gas station as a gas attendant. Remember those days?
You and or the public would drive in to the complete full service gas station and we would run out to your car and ask rather you wanted regular or ethyl, ( premium) these days.
We had to wear the blue uniforms with a red ball cap.
We would wash your windows and ask to check your oil, fluids and tire pressure.
I was 16.
Later that summer once I saved my money, I bought a 52 Chevy two door, straight 6, 3 on the tree.
I'd have to get in my attic to see if I even have a old picture of that car.
It sure was a fun car then.
In the mid 70's I worked at a gas station as a gas attendant. Remember those days?
You and or the public would drive in to the complete full service gas station and we would run out to your car and ask rather you wanted regular or ethyl, ( premium) these days.
We had to wear the blue uniforms with a red ball cap.
We would wash your windows and ask to check your oil, fluids and tire pressure.
I was 16.
Later that summer once I saved my money, I bought a 52 Chevy two door, straight 6, 3 on the tree for 300.00
I'd have to get in my attic to see if I even have a old picture of that car.
It sure was a fun car then.
I never took any pictures of mine, but this is what it looked like... 1962 Corvair, black with red interior. Airplane shifter on dash.
I paid $25 for it. Battery died in front of a girlfriend's house, so came back and installed a replacement. Started to leave and the steering column "broke" (the wheel was loose in my hands and not functional). Got out, pulled my plates off and left it. Took the bus home.
This is my third car, but the first one I actually drove daily.
'65 Belvedere 4 door with a 318 auto., that I paid $500 for it in 1973 (sophomore year), which was a lot of money to me at the time. Great car, but serious rustbuckets.
My 1969 Nova brought me to my high school, and then my after school job each day with never a problem. It was just a little loud due to the donut gasket failing now and again making for a loud exhaust that a few neighbors would give me the evil eye over.
It wasn't quite as shiny back in 1985 but I still have her. Oh yea, I had to replace the one year only center gauge bezel I cut out for a tape deck when I was 17. Also, who needed that cruddy original radio and while we were at it, let's put on an Edlebrock intake and scrap that smog stuff!! Lesson learned.
Last edited by avalonjohn; 11-11-2014 at 04:45 PM.
Another Corvair for a first car here. Mine was a 64 Monza 110 HP/4 speed, modified with a dual exhaust ordered from Sears. Bought it in 1970 for $250.00, drove it for two years and sold it for $250.00. It was a lot of fun, but not as fun as the 65 tri power GTO that followed it. I wish I still had both of them.
I didn`t have a car in high school, but I went into the Navy 5 days after my 17th birthday, and my dad let me take over payments on his new 71 LeMans. The car was only 6 months old, only a few hundred miles on it. I don`t have any pics, but it was the same color, and looked just like this one....
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?
The 1974 Camaro I bought my Junior year (1977) of high school. It was my first car. The Grey 1980 Z-28 I bought my Sophomore year of college. It was my first new car.
I wanted to buy a really clean 65 vette from the Chevrolet Dealership that I worked at, but my Dad wouldn't let me, said "You'll kill yourself in that thing!" So he let me buy this Chevelle instead!!
11-11-2014, 01:18 PM
This many years later I have run into old class mates who still remember that Mustang and the dual glasspacks!
