First Car?
03-20-2023, 04:50 PM
#51
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Wow! You guys had some fun cars.
How about an 86 Chevy Sprint? 3 doors of justice with 1 liter and 3 cylinders of might. 49 horse power but it was all mine. When I got it up to 75 (going downhill), it would vibrate and shake like it was going to fall apart on the spot. Got rid of it going to college.
How about an 86 Chevy Sprint? 3 doors of justice with 1 liter and 3 cylinders of might. 49 horse power but it was all mine. When I got it up to 75 (going downhill), it would vibrate and shake like it was going to fall apart on the spot. Got rid of it going to college.
03-20-2023, 05:02 PM
#52
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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux
This seemed a whole lot cooler back when I was handed the keys and sternly told to "be cautious".
Drove it into/out of a ditch when I was rocking out to a "Walkman" cassette tape, powered with AA batteries, with foamy headphones.
I believe it was to the official movie soundtrack of Top Gun.
Subsequently had the carpet flooded out when I parked it outside the arcade and a storm passed through, flooded the parking lot, and I achieved my best score playing "Gorf". Carved my name in a video game, as it were.
(Pilots are dorks.)
Zero to 60-ish in under 20 seconds.
Drove it into/out of a ditch when I was rocking out to a "Walkman" cassette tape, powered with AA batteries, with foamy headphones.
I believe it was to the official movie soundtrack of Top Gun.
Subsequently had the carpet flooded out when I parked it outside the arcade and a storm passed through, flooded the parking lot, and I achieved my best score playing "Gorf". Carved my name in a video game, as it were.
(Pilots are dorks.)
Zero to 60-ish in under 20 seconds.
Real gamers were rocking Defender
03-20-2023, 07:22 PM
#53
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Posts: 875
Originally Posted by CoefficientX
1967 Buick Wildcat. 430ci V8. Red with white landau top.
My grandfather bought it new in ‘67 who sold it to my uncle who sold it to me for $100 in 1984. It had seen better days when I acquired it. Took me all of two months to trash the tranny trying to do burnouts to impress my friends.
Next up was a 1967 Chev C10 pickup, $600. In-line 6 cylinder, 4 speed manual with a granny gear. Cab corners completely rusted out and I had to carry a gas can in the back to prime the carb to get it to start on cold Minnesota winter mornings. It had a factory installed manual choke on the dash but it wasn’t enough.
Good memories.
My grandfather bought it new in ‘67 who sold it to my uncle who sold it to me for $100 in 1984. It had seen better days when I acquired it. Took me all of two months to trash the tranny trying to do burnouts to impress my friends.
Next up was a 1967 Chev C10 pickup, $600. In-line 6 cylinder, 4 speed manual with a granny gear. Cab corners completely rusted out and I had to carry a gas can in the back to prime the carb to get it to start on cold Minnesota winter mornings. It had a factory installed manual choke on the dash but it wasn’t enough.
Good memories.
03-20-2023, 07:31 PM
#54
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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux
This seemed a whole lot cooler back when I was handed the keys and sternly told to "be cautious".
Drove it into/out of a ditch when I was rocking out to a "Walkman" cassette tape, powered with AA batteries, with foamy headphones.
I believe it was to the official movie soundtrack of Top Gun.
Subsequently had the carpet flooded out when I parked it outside the arcade and a storm passed through, flooded the parking lot, and I achieved my best score playing "Gorf". Carved my name in a video game, as it were.
(Pilots are dorks.)
Zero to 60-ish in under 20 seconds.
Drove it into/out of a ditch when I was rocking out to a "Walkman" cassette tape, powered with AA batteries, with foamy headphones.
I believe it was to the official movie soundtrack of Top Gun.
Subsequently had the carpet flooded out when I parked it outside the arcade and a storm passed through, flooded the parking lot, and I achieved my best score playing "Gorf". Carved my name in a video game, as it were.
(Pilots are dorks.)
Zero to 60-ish in under 20 seconds.
03-21-2023, 03:27 AM
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Joined APC: Dec 2014
Posts: 133
1973 Triumph Spitfire. Painted “Triumph Red”, which was the most orange color you could imagine. Had three of them to keep one driving. Body car with no drivetrain, drivetrain car with destroyed body, and the chosen Driver car. 60hp go -cart that turned every neighborhood into a racetrack.
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