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SkiBum95 , 03-20-2023 04:50 PM

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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.

#52

Hotel Kilo , 03-20-2023 05:02 PM

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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.

Gorf was for amateurs 😉

Real gamers were rocking Defender

#53

zippinbye , 03-20-2023 07:22 PM

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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.

But I imagine that 430 punished some rubber before the Turbo 400 was beaten into submission!

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zippinbye , 03-20-2023 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux

Back when we had encyclopedias, that photo would appear as the "thumbnail" next to the headline listing for '$hitbox." Not that fun couldn't be had inside that type of box!

#55

TransWorld , 03-20-2023 08:39 PM

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1947 Ford, Black in color.

#56

AvatarofVictory , 03-21-2023 01:52 AM

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First Car?

A grey 1993 Cadillac De Ville sedan, had a red interior. I could fit 6 people in that car and it got about 17 mpg on the highway but it was a smooth ride, i miss that car sometimes.

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WhiskeyDog , 03-21-2023 03:27 AM

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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.

#58

OpsCheckOK , 03-21-2023 05:04 AM

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1975 Chevy C30 Silverado Camper Special, 7.4L, 454 V8, 4 Spd manual. Filling both tanks while in HS wasn’t fun. 5mpg

#59

AirbusPTC , 03-21-2023 06:42 AM

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1979 Buick Regal (yellow and rusted), 4.9 L V-8, two-door, bench seats. How it made it through 4 years of college I'll never know. Ugly...

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shroomwell , 03-21-2023 06:33 PM

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1968 Mercury Cougar Dan Gurney Special. How I wish I still had that thing! It somehow morphed into a Toyota Tercel when I sold it. Ugh.