Here is a neat site!

http://thefiftiesandsixties.com/CarsWeDrove.htm
Anyone remember rides like these?

 

Very

Back in "the day" I had a 1963 Impala SS....God I wish I still had that car

Was my first in a loooong line.....

The music was great!!!

 

that was awesome!!!

 

Posted this one back in August, it got lots of positive response, cool site.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1783333

 

Yep I remember..I actually owned a 1958 Impala.my first car .Damn I am getting old...

 

Great Site

 

Yep, Had a 61 Ford galaxie...three on the tree....thing couldnt get out of its own way. I paid 300 bucks for it...traded it for a 74 Chrysler newport 440 CI the elephant pulled so hard, i broke the motor mounts....i kept hearing a loud clunk when i floored the thing...We had the hood up, and my brother stood bravely off to the side while i punched it, i seen the motor rear up like a stallion.... we laughed and said...found the clunk...wrapped some logging chain around it.
0-60 in about......20 minutes? hahaha...

the old boat run like a battle ship, except i think the ship handled better. Then on to a 75 Monte Carlo 350.
Wouldnt want any of them back.

 

Pretty Neat!

 

Me too Street Knight. Red coupe, bucket seats, hurst , 327 250 hp thought i was in Heaven.

 

'62 Impala SS.

Engine in a basket. $100

1974.

Dayem!!!!!!

Here's the story:

In '74 I'm a Junior in high school.

Taking an Auto Shop class, working for a Truck repair firm doing the grunt work.

Bought this Impala for $100, with the engine in the trunk, in pieces.

Brought it home and started working on it at a friend's place cuz my dad wouldn't give me permission to buy a car, even with my own $ and paying my own costs.

Had a sweet, innocent GF who spent fall and winter nights in a cold garage holding the "trouble light" for me to see to rebuild the engine by. She learned as much about engines as I did. God Bless her!

Finally got the engine together and installed.

Went to fire it up for the first time.....

NO OIL PRESSURE!!!!!!!!!!

Had a friend who helped me figure out that I'd left out the shaft between the distributor and the oil pump. Thus, no oil pressure.

Fixed that problem.

Fired it up for the second time.....

Horrible missing!!!!!!!

Couldn't figure it out....for the life of me.

Whined and moaned to my co-workers at the truck repair garage.

One of the younger mechanics (who owned a SWEET Goat) took pity on me and said he'd take a look at it after work one Friday. (Bless you, Rick, from Doyle's Truck Repair in Oregon)

I had to be somewhere else until about 7:30 that evening. I picked up my sweet GF and swung by work.

My Impala was sitting out front!!!!! We had PUSHED it into the shop earlier.

I parked Dad's Station Wagon (MOST UNCOOL) next to the Impala and got out. Put a hand on the hood of the Impala. It was WARM!!!!!!

HOLY CHIT!!!! IT RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GF and I jumped in and fired it up! Sweet Glass-Pack rumble from the 327. Took it out on the road for a test drive. One of the sweetest nights of my life!

I had been SO scared I'd F'd something up....and here it was running like a beast!

Asked the GTO guy what he'd done the next day....and he said the lifters just needed readjusting.!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

For good measure....that sweet young 17 year old girl has been my wife for 27 years!

She deserves the 'Vette for all those long, cold nights!

 

1972 Chevelle 350.

That site brought back memories, and I'm 'only' 42.

Gotta show it to the wife.

Thanks.

Bill

 

My first car at 16 was a 64 GTO 4-speed. 60k miles in 1970. Left the rear-end on the ground, (Everything including the tires) @ a green light maybe trying to impress the onlookers that salt doesn't hurt performance. Sold for $200 Basket-case but I am sure I wouldn't trade it for my Vette.

 

Mine is a 69 camaro SS/RS.Bought it when I was 16 now I'm 36. 454 BIG BLOCK black on black dam this car is fast. THE BEST PART IS I STILL HAVE IT IN STORAGE.I'm leaving it to the little guy sitting in the car. He can have it by the time he drives gas will be to much for him. The car only gets like 13 miles to the gallon I only take that to the show's though. It gets trailered back and forth. Once I figure out how to post the picture I'll post em.

 

When I was 19 (27 years ago), I passed on buying my grandmothers car - a 1964 Butternut Yellow Impala SS with a 283 and a Powerglide. My 16 year old brother opted to take the deal - $600. He drove it for years. I still kick myself for that one. I didn't want 'some old beater' as I had just sold my '66 GTO and was looking for another Muscle Car. D'oh!

 

Wow...So am I the youngest guy here? I wasn't even born until '79...

 

First car was a 65 Mustang fastback 289 3 speed. Then went on to a 68 Road Runner.

 

I loved seeing a 'Stang or Goat pull up beside me back then. My ride was a 64 Chevelle Malibu SS Vert, candy apple red, white racing stripes and the guts to back it up:
372 CI bored, stroked and printed, Isky Cam, Edelbrook Intake, two 4 barrels on a hi rise, hooker headers running thru cherry bombs past the competition clutch and muncie 4 spd box. 4.11 posi rears, koni's, and other stuff I don't remember. It was a low 12 second car and might have been even better if I had slicks on it, but they were out of the question, but the chrome reverse wheels were sweet back then. Over revved it one night and threw two rods thru the side of the block, but still won that 1/4 mile (wasn't worth it). Memories, Memories. Ahhh---

 

Yeah, that was me 14 years ago, damn! i wish i had all three of my old cars back.

 

That was them too 14 years ago. Look at the date of the postings. 2007

 

Actually i forgot the password, and decided to look my old self up, and there i am....just for fun, i quoted myself..