Mr. Hoffies post regarding bands got me thinking about the “old days”. I had a couple cars back then that I, like I’m sure a lot of other people wish they still had.
Mine were a 1968 Thunderbird with a 429 four barrel and a 1972 Chevelle SS with cowel induction. I REALLY wish I had the Chevelle!
What was yours?
1958 Lambretta LI150 Series 1
1959 Vespa GS 150
1966 mercury cougar xr7 with 289 high perf and manul tranny 
71 Road runner 383 Mag 4 speed 71 & 72 GTO 78 Malibu Classic Small block 400 4 bolt (B&B) T10 four speed Custom made shifter (2″s between 1st and 2nd. 3″s between 3rd & 4th). Wish I had them all back. 72 Goat was my favorite.
1964 Chevelle SS- $100.00
1966 Impalla-$100.00
1969 Nova-$350.00
1972- F-150 FWD – $600.00
1982 Renault Le Car R-5 Priceless
62 Ford F-100 for $100 in 1975 (sold for $350)
62 Chev Impala SS(super sharp!) 2 dr for $100 in 1976 (sold for $200)
1970 Jeep CJ5 (bought from DNR in 1977 for 2K)(sold for 3K)
Wish I had them all in the garage now… 
’57 Chevy. Green with a white hardtop and my 8 track player
’84 Plymouth Reliant – so glad to see that one go!
’88 Honda Accord – loved that car!
OK, so I am a bit younger than you guys. I love muscle cars, one is just not in my budget.
I had a tricked out 73 Olds Cutlass Supreme. Motor was a rocket 350 rebuilt to stock specs with a Holley carb. Decent car. My most powerful vehicle is my current 2013 Chevy pickup with 6.2 gasser. My wife had a WRX many years ago. It was fun and probably quickest to 100+ but we only kept it a couple years. She didn’t like shifting.
The Old’s 98 was a sweet ride. Comfortably fit 8 teenagers. She’d kill me at todays gas prices, but then what car from back then wouldn’t?
My first car was an 82 Chevy Caprice. That thing was tight. 305ci engine, 4bbl carb. I used to let it roll backwards, then slam it in drive and hammer the gas. It didn’t have a posi rear on it, but it had one tire of fire, is what we called it. It was a 4 door Hog, but it was a great car. I miss it… 
My first car was a 1962 2dr Ford Falcon, I traded 3 days of baling hay for it.. and complained all 3 days I was putting so much work into a Ford 
From then on its been all Chevys 2 1964 Chevy II ,1 1966 & 1 1967 Chevelle,1967 RS Camero and ended with a 1968 GTS Dart with a 340 6pack 4 spd from the factory,also fiberglass hood and trunk from the factory and that where the tickets started coming in at 
I learned how to drive in my parents 1964 Chevy Corvair down in Rochester as a teen growing up. I was so embarassed to be seen in that car – The passenger compartment was a bubble in the middle of the vehicle – you couldn’t tell if it was facing forward or backward unless it was moving. That car did not help make me become a chick magnet that’s for sure.
I painted houses all summer long in 1980 so I could buy my first car – a 1972 Toyota Celica for $1600. Now that was my first love…what a great vehicle. When it finally died in the late 80’s I took it to the junk yard but sawed off the 4 speed gear shift with a hack saw. I still have it…brings back great memories. I had dual Infinity 3 foot home stereo speakers in the back seat, an Alpine stereo/cassette player and a 120 watt booster. It rocked, I blasted all those great classic rock songs listed on the other thread. Mullet hair to boot – I sure was a chick magnet at that point and a legend in my own mind
1961 Schwinn 2 speed Typhoon.
’63 Biscayne (sleeper)
409 4 sp 411 posi
Way more than a 17 yo kid should/could handle.
Wiped it out coming home from a dance one night. Too many beers and too much time on the tractor. jerr
after thought- -#1 son took my ’70 El Camino ss home with him about 5 yrs ago. Bought it new, kept it all these yrs, did a total frame off restoration and used it for shows and parades. In its’ day it was a chick magnet
91′ geometro lime green. Got all the babes and cost $9 to fill up with 3 hardcore cylinders would have me burning rubber for 2 weeks.
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1961 Schwinn 2 speed Typhoon.
Pfft…2 speeds…damn silver spoon kid.
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The Old’s 98 was a sweet ride. Comfortably fit 8 teenagers.
Had a 70 Olds 98 with the 455 Rocket. Great car! We could ice fish with 6 guys in there no problem. (Watching a spread of tip ups with a TV on the dash.) Sold the car for more than I paid for it, Guy just wanted the motor!
Had a 72 Duster. Went through a lot of rear tires with that car. 
-J.
My parents had a ’69 Dodge Charger with a 383 and 4 speed. They sold it about the time I was born for a better family car. Wish they could have held onto that for me.
Closest I had was an ’83 Z28. Not exactly a classic, but it was fun.
Just spent an hour freezing in the attic rummaging thru boxes. Now if you’ll excuse me I’m gonna go sit in a dark room and cry…
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Had a 70 Olds 98 with the 455 Rocket. Great car! We could ice fish with 6 guys in there no problem. (Watching a spread of tip ups with a TV on the dash.) Sold the car for more than I paid for it, Guy just wanted the motor!
You know how I feel! We called it The Beast! If I recall correctly, she didn’t have the best handling around turns. The force would cause the inside side of the car to raise. Man, I can still just feel myself in that car when I think about it.
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Had a 70 Olds 98 with the 455 Rocket. Great car! We could ice fish with 6 guys in there no problem. (Watching a spread of tip ups with a TV on the dash.) Sold the car for more than I paid for it, Guy just wanted the motor!
You know how I feel! We called it The Beast! If I recall correctly, she didn’t have the best handling around turns. The force would cause the inside side of the car to raise. Man, I can still just feel myself in that car when I think about it.
A boat!
You could put 4 – 16 gallon kegs in the trunk. The doors were easily 10 inches thick. And not that crappy thin tin they use these days. That steel was thick! Safest feeling car I ever drove. Yeah, I do miss that ride….
-J.
52 chevy pickup with push button starter on the floor 
Had a few
Favorite
56 Chevy 2 Dr Hardtop with high back buckets
totally worked and blueprinted 357 cid LT-1 7/8 race
Told everyone it had 450 HP (lied it was 540)
4 inches of daylight grabbing second gear with street tires
10:95 at 121 mph “street car”
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A boat!
Hmm, my memory is bad. But now that you say that, it sounds familiar. Maybe that was the actual term we used for it. I don’t think Beast was a popular word back then. Wasn’t it common back then to call large cars boats?
our boat was the 73 Grand Fury, you could lay in the back seat and your head or toes wouldn’t touch the doors. All I know is that is sure held alot of pumpkins in the trunk, and went through gas like crazy.
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A boat!
Hmm, my memory is bad. But now that you say that, it sounds familiar. Maybe that was the actual term we used for it. I don’t think Beast was a popular word back then. Wasn’t it common back then to call large cars boats?
Yeah it was. My folks had a 73 Impala. it was about 12 feet across! I had to parallel park that thing at my drivers test.
I remember pushing stuck cars when I was a kid, long before front wheel drive. Putting on snow tires every winter.
Wholey crap Brian, You and I had almost the same bike! Mine was a metallic gold with chrome fenders. Mine was about a 64 or 65.
On another note here was my second beauty!
My First Car was a 1967 Pontiac Catalina. Had a 400 cubic inch motor. True meaning of a Boat. One car I’ll never forget was my Cousins 1964 Ford Galaxie pink with a white roof. Met the FW cruising Broadway in that baby.
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