The cars we drove.....

[Buckmark]

1968 Mustang, bought it for $1600 with only 88k miles on it when i was 15 (that was a while ago) drove it every day till i had kids,  and i still own it to this day, when i get some extra $ i plan to totaly restore it. Been stored indoors since 1988..

[jackelope]

My 1st car was a 72 Nova...2 door. I hated that thing at the time. To have it back now I'd be very happy.
I had multiple Chevy trucks between 73-80 years. I loved those trucks. Every time I see a nice one or a nice old K-5 Blazer I drool a little.  I still own a 79 3/4 ton 4x4 Scottsdale that my grandfather bought brand new but it's in NY and I cringe to see what kind of shape it's in. Maybe one of these days I'll bring it out here. Maybe not though too...it might be better off sold for parts at this point.
My worst move ever was trading away my '77 Bronco. Last year of the cool old bodystyle. It had a 302 and auto trans with a shift kit, exhaust, small lift, etc. I loved that thing. I traded it away for a '72 F100 shorty with a 390 4 spd in it. I liked that truck too but it wasn't the Bronco. At the time I just needed/wanted a pickup.

[Pathfinder101]

1968 Mustang, bought it for $1600 with only 88k miles on it when i was 15 (that was a while ago) drove it every day till i had kids,  and i still own it to this day, when i get some extra $ i plan to totaly restore it. Been stored indoors since 1988..

Good for you for holding on to it man!  Mom sold my '66 when I joined the Army and went overseas...  Can't blame her; the rust was actually starting to eat through the bondo...

[Sumpnneedskillin]

one of my buddies in high school restored a 67 Nova for his senior project.. it was a beast when he got done. but it was definitely a rare thing, not the norm.

In the 80's our idea of "restoration" included;
Bondo
Red Paint
A cool shift knob
Mag wheels
a chunk of something jammed up under the rear leaf springs to jack it up
Stereo and speakers
A Holley 4 barrel carb
Hooker Headers
Dual Glasspacks
Chrome Valve Covers
Chrome Air Fliter Cover tall enough so you "had to" cut a hole in your hood

Everyone stuck to this code.  We were purists.  The only excuse for not doing this was "I am still working on it"...

The stereo and speakers had to be the biggest most powerful you could afford.  That way when you were cruising you could blare your Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer and Def Leopard for everyone to hear!

[GrainfedMuley]

We even used house stereo speakers in the back seat to get the most volume we could! I grew up around all of these cars. My dad has been building street rods since 1962.  I knew what a 32 Ford 5 window coupe was before I was in the 7th grade. For those of you that know of some of the car clubs in the Puget Sound area.  My dad started "Henery's Haulers" 53-56 Ford F-100 pickup club in 1973. Now he is into the 40's fat fender Fords.

[Bofire]

1957 Studebaker Commander 289 and 3 speed on the tree
1955 Chevy 2 door, 283 punched to 292, 30/30 Duntov cam and solids, 4 speed headers.
1957 Chevy 327 to 337, roller cam, tunnel ram 2 holleys,headers, narow 56 Olds rearend, 4 speed, 5:13 gears=10.22 secs at 136mph.
1967 Malibu SS, 396, 4 speed, 375 horse from the factory drove to school first day of senior year, brand new, traded a 5 ton hay truck for it and some $$.
1969 Camaro Z28 302, 350 horse.
1968 Barracuda 340, 4 speed.
1973 Dodge dart sport 340/auto. (13 secs. flat STOCK!!)
1968 VW beetle, roller crank, close ratio 3rd and 4rth. 2 webers, 9000 rpm motor. 240 horse power, 9.7 secs. pulled the front wheels off the ground.
1972 F 250 390/4sp. posi. 12:00 15 tires, headers and 4 barrel.
1976 Bronco 302/auto great car!!!
 Yup, loved em all.
Carl

[Pathfinder101]

one of my buddies in high school restored a 67 Nova for his senior project.. it was a beast when he got done. but it was definitely a rare thing, not the norm.

In the 80's our idea of "restoration" included;
Bondo
Red Paint
A cool shift knob
Mag wheels
a chunk of something jammed up under the rear leaf springs to jack it up
Stereo and speakers
A Holley 4 barrel carb
Hooker Headers
Dual Glasspacks
Chrome Valve Covers
Chrome Air Fliter Cover tall enough so you "had to" cut a hole in your hood

Everyone stuck to this code.  We were purists.  The only excuse for not doing this was "I am still working on it"...

The stereo and speakers had to be the biggest most powerful you could afford.  That way when you were cruising you could blare your Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer and Def Leopard for everyone to hear!

...AND so you couldn't hear everything else that was knocking, squeaking, clanking, rubbing, whining or thumping in or on your car...

[BENCHLEG]

im 40 and as a kid i was forced to listen to the oldies. my uncle lived those days and i grew to appreciate those songs and storys.  man i miss that music i will pass this on.  thanks j

[demontang]

First car was a 69 mustang coupe with a 302. Next was a 65 fairlane 500. Man I miss them both, I still have the stang but need money to finish since it got rearended back in school. The 65 is my uncles now I thi k still. I had a 90 lx notch back stang with a sweet 306 that could pull a tire I'll just say it would wrap the speed up to 160 rather quickly:) man I miss that one too

[Axle]

My first was a '48 willies. Not a chick magnet but it got me into blacktail country 

[brew]

65 barracuda with the big window in the back.  273 4-speed with glass packs....apologize to anyone who had realitives in the McKenna home in the mid 80's as they didn't get much sleep during the weekend nights...my brother shot a big 3 point blacktail that we shoved into the back seat one October afternoon.that was quite a sight to see....sold it for $300....ouch

[huntnfmly]

first car was a 71' roadrunner 383 lime green and also had 67' camaro same time 327 fold down back seat used to run it with open headers man that pissed people off

[snipekillr]

First car maserati manual

[JackOfAllTrades]

There's a couple fox body Mustangs at my kid's high school- Pretty sweet. Rice burnin tuners I could care less about, but now there are some hopped up diesel trucks too. Both of my boys drive 4x4 pickups. One is lifted.  At my son's baseball game last week, a visiting player drove a nice old Dodge Dart Swinger with a pretty nice sounding small block in it. Cool to see that there are some kids willing to drive something old enough to be carburated and doesn't have power windows.

-Steve

[Annette]

That was fun! I drove a 66 GTO at 18 ....Dad was the  chief of police...lol
I loved the races..but I didn't drive fast. >>>>>> realy.......