This is one of those cases where I taught my girls to do as I say, not as I once did.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Passinwind
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Heh, mine was a '63 Tempest with the 2 on the dash, 4 cylinder 195 (half a 389, literally), and independent suspension. Proof that John Z. DeLorean was always bat**** crazy.
1st car 1960 Studebaker Lark V8 and three on the tree...
Then something more suited to the lifestyle of the times...
Then something more suited to the lifestyle of the times...
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My first car was a 57 Pontiac Chieftan 4 dr. Paid $10 for it. Next was a 58 Rambler Super. It was Black with an Orange top. Unibody car too. It was like new inside with plastic seat covers. Inline six, auto. Paid $25 for that one.
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One of my buddies got one of those with the little six in high school.
We took it out to a gravel road to do the mandatory donut testing, and found that all it would do was plough straight forward a few feet (it put the "u" in understeer), and then stall.
So of course, he put a big stereo in it. All was forgiven.
I currently have a '63 LeMans. Same car just different tail lights. We (my son and I ) stuck a 400 motor in it with a standard rear and a 4 speed tranny. DeLorean wasn't all that nuts. He made about 3 just like mine with 421's in them and the next year cranked out the first GTO's. One of those three recently went for over $200,000 on E bay. Oh yeah , mine went 13.5 @ 101 mph in the 1/4 mile at the track last spring.
I remember those old 4 cylinder engines. If they weren't tuned perfectly , they would shake your I teeth loose. Even with a perfect tune up they were pretty rough at an idle.
Oh heck , reading these posts about first cars got me feeling nostalgic. My first one was a "63 Olds Cutlass. Not real fast but it looked nice. I burned the engine up on that one in about 4 months. Next was a "62 Super Duty Pontiac Catelina. 389 , 3 x 2's , and a four speed. That was a lot of fun. Lasted about a year or two and threw a rod in it. Next came "The Beast." It was a '64 Lemans. The day after I bought it , we took out the 326 engine and stuck a 389 in it so in effect it was a GTO. Drove it like that for about a year and a half and blew up that motor. We pulled out the 389 and stuck a 428 in it. By the time I was 19 , my drivers licence had been restricted to job related driving only 3 times and I had been suspended all together twice. It filled up 3 pages.
A couple years later , I got my first Harley. By then , every cop in the county knew me by my first name. They got tired of writing me tickets and pretty much left me alone after that.
A couple years later , I got my first Harley. By then , every cop in the county knew me by my first name. They got tired of writing me tickets and pretty much left me alone after that.
A '61 Tempest was my third car. '63 Stud Lark was my first, given to me just had to get a windshield. Wrecked the Lark at a friend's avocado grove at 15. Second car was the driver, '65 Dodge Polara 383 2 barrel.
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The understeer was much less when I put radials on it, but that was in the early days of radial tires. It was still a pretty sloppy drive.
Chef
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My first car was a 1967 GTO convertible with the 400HO.
Second was a 1969 Camaro SS.
Third was a 1966 Shelby/Hertz Mustang.
Sorta all been blase after that.
My 1st brand new car was a '70 lime green GTX. At the time, a guy on the cops' "known pusher" list had a '70 lime green Road Runner.
Even though my car had a custom paint job and Road Runners were plain Jane, I'd get pulled over once or twice a week. Twice on the same afternoon by the same cop!
I learned what cops could and could not do in a stop-and-search before they learned the difference between the two cars. This became a lot of fun...especially when I'd jack around some small town cop who didn't know up from down...
And now for something completely different....... my custom shop pbass got here and i am one happy camper. 59 NOS pbass with a blocked and bind 66
u shaped jazzneck for good measure. Just like my original,wow!!!!!!!!! If anyone is enbarking on a similar endeavor please give Greg Golden at Bizarre Guitars inReno a try. It will be worth your time. And for those of you that dont like the color "PIss Off", its my bass, not yours.........
Enjoy GOF's....i am
Enjoy GOF's....i am
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I usually hate green basses, BUT I must say I REALLY like that shade of green especially with the anodized(?) pick guard. Congrats and have fun!
Good On Ya! Have great fun...it's beautiful!
Just today I purchased a 1969 Univox copy of the Gibson EB-1. I traded one away, for a Traynor amp, 40 years ago. It's on the way! The Univox EB-1 was the second bass I ever played. I'd beaten the hell out of the $35.00 Silvertone and thought, in my heart of hearts, that I was going to stick with this! I traded the Silvertone and $100.00 For the "Felix Pappalardi (lookin') Eb_1! I've been looking for this guitar for 5 years. I'm giggling like a lil kid!
A guy I worked with in the mid '80s had one of those Datsuns; the color of it matched his African Grey parrot.
The roadsters were a blast, but the 72 510 2 & 4 door were the sleeper racers because of the 155 HP Dual Solex Carb'd, overhead cam 2 litre motor and the suspension.
Here's a '68 2000 with the taller windshield profile, but super clean.
Mine had the same mags and port window removable hard top.
Here's a '68 2000 with the taller windshield profile, but super clean.
Mine had the same mags and port window removable hard top.
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