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04-28-2013, 10:33 AM | #16 |
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depending on the car, yes. escorts, chevette's, omni's and a few other were what people called throw away cars. you bought them cheap (new were only 5k base model), drove them till they died, and then threw them away. you didn't bother fixing them. |
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When I was a little kid in the early or mid 60s a friend of my father used to drive by our house who had an early 1930s car. Can't remember the make but it was all stock and regular transportation but I think he also had another car that was more modern. I remember my father calling it a Tin Lizzy.
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04-28-2013, 10:58 AM | #21 | |
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A lot of young guys working with me and we all had some muscle. 396SS, Chevelle 325 or 350 hp 327 sleeper, Vett, another SS, several superbees and a good friend with a Hemi cuda that we road in a lot. Cuda was tops for the stock crowd. All had high lift cams and real nice sounding/loud exhaust...no after market required... You would meet for the evening and load up and just cruise the drive-ins etc. Not out much during the week as everyone worked. Mainly Sat night. The girls liked the cars as much as the guys. No road racing, ie thru traffic, lane changes etc...just some red light drags to the next light as traffic was thin at best or not there after 10....serious drags were at the track or some were done on deserted back roads with stoppers at both ends... In one small town near by, the rail track was not used at night, so we would put the car on the track and just idle along in 1st or 2nd gear...no steering required except at road crossings...like a sail boat, a real nice quiet ride..people on the hood etc... As Viet Nam war was in full go and you could be drafted the next week and dead in less than a year, the cops were/seemed more tolerant unless you were just a total dumb ass and asking for it. Really fun car times, except for Nam...the engines had tons of torque and you could cruise in 3rd from light to light as the Tq was enough to take off in 3rd...oh and no safety nannies, it was all on you... Oh I could go on, but one thing..except for the stang,cuda,camaro/firebird, these were large cars and room for four was ample and not crunched....so cruising with four or road trips were fun..(my only complaint with the gen 5 not to mention no hardtop) And The best for last!... Hardtops! no B-pillar!!.....if you have not seen the look or ridden in a 2dr hardtop with all four windows down you need to get an oldie and enjoy....Mercedes is the only one I know that now makes a hardtop, e-550 coupe i think.. example of 67 goat: http://ultimategto.com/cgi-bin/showc...967/67_00175_3 Edit: '67 goat in 67 was around $3,400, air, disk frts p/s radio..etc 69 ram air III was about $3,800 if I remember correctly and the '72 goat was around $4,200 or so all window prices.. Last edited by Stex; 04-28-2013 at 01:54 PM. |
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I also graduated in 1982 and was given $500 towards a car!
Bought a 1965 Chevelle. Trashed it and then bought a 1966 GTO Convertible as I was making decent money by then. I can remember putting 60 cents of gas in it to go see my girlfriend $5 would give me 1/2 of a tank. There were muscle cars everywhere. My uncle had a 1970 hemi Cuda convertible (one of 5 four speeds). It was the king of the town. It sat in our driveway for sale for $3850. Never sold. He traded it in the late eighties for $140,000 plus a fully restored fully documented 440 six pack challenger convertible. Some Florida zillionaire bought it and flew Galen Govier out here to check it over. Car is worth 3 - 5 million today. I don't know where it is these days.
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And The best for last!... Hardtops! no B-pillar!!.....if you have not seen the look or ridden in a 2dr hardtop with all four windows down you need to get an oldie and enjoy....Mercedes is the only one I know that now makes a hardtop, e-550 coupe i think..
I can remember 29.9 cents for Sunoco 260 Full up on a Friday night go to "connecting Higway" ( New York- google it!) And go street racing . No road rage, lots of cars & girls who Liked hot cars, the memories
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Every town had their cruising avenues, and were just packed with these cars.
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Wow I was born in the wrong era for sure. Now dudes are pansies and they drive a Prius drinking a latte. Too many rules and regulations today and no one can be checked cuz the law is always on their side. Btw BDBiker did you appreciate those cars then as much as we (car enthusiasts) do now? I can see why most old timers miss those days cuz frankly America was a better place.
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Thank you for the Sunday laugh ... That is awesome. Today you would have a whole city on lockdown with SWAT everywhere if you pulled that kind of "mayhem". I love these stories so keep em coming |
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