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2005-12-16          121163


From all the cars you've previously owned.
If you could have only one of them back which one would it be?
First Choice?
Second choice?
Third choice?
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My choices are as follows

1* 1960 Chevy Impala Convertible:Of all the cars I've previously owned.
If I could only have one of them back it would have to be the Black 1960 Chevy Impala Convertible with the white rag top and the red and white interior.
It was one sharp looking machine and a real mover with the 348 engine with 3 duces and a racing cam.
http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/chev6003.htm

2* 1971Chevelle Malabu Convertible: The closest picture to it that I could find on the net
http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/chev7201.htm

3* 1950 chevy: This one has a special place in my hart as one of these was my first car.
http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/chev5003.htm
Don't have it any more but I do have one like it.







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2005-12-16          121164


Ibrown; Thats a neat post. 1. 61 Chevy, Red, 348 tri power, 4 speed, all go no show.
2. 51 Ford Flathead V8, three on the tree.
3. 49 Hudson Comodore 6, my first car, almost as ugly as some of our new cars, like driving a barge, paid 50 bucks for it in 57 it ran like a champ till it blew a head gasket about every 500 miles. More good memories. Frank. ....


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2005-12-16          121166


1. my old 1965 Mustang. It was actually a '64 1/2. The girls liked it and it was fun to drive. I was upset about the straight 6 in it, but dad remembered what he did with his '67 Mustang GT 350 and so kept me out of the V8. Bummer for me, good for his insurance and the police. ....


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2005-12-16          121168


1. 1968 Z-28 Camaro 4 Speed.
2. 1965 Impala SS
3. 1980 2 door Dodge Ramcharger ....


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2005-12-16          121172


1. 1970 orange Road Runner, pistol grip 4sp and air grabber hoodscoop. would be worth beaucoup $$ right now. Meep-meep!

2. 1965 Pontiac Lemans 350 with 2sp powerglide (first driver). Shift out of low before 65 MPH!!! Traded it for #1.

3. 1939 Chevy coupe. 413 chrysler engine with two 4-barrels and pushbutton torqueflight transmission. What a beast! My friend still has it.
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2005-12-16          121173


I've always preferred tight, responsive handling to straight line performance. I used to slalom my cars. I also like straightforward german engineering. With that in mind, here are my choices

1. 1970 Opel GT. Bored and stroked, high-lift cam, twin weber carbs and headers, bi-amped stereo. Totaled when a guy turned left in front of me in an intersection. RIP

2. 1978 VW Scirocco. Lowered, swaybars, wide wheels and tires, front and rear spoilers, turbocharger with O-ringed heads. Fast and a real handler with unbelievable mileage. Made it from Phoenix to San Diego in four hours once. I loved the simple Bosch CIS fuel injection system.

3. 1967 Buick Skylark. Pretty nondescript car. Two-speed automatic and it liked to overheat. Great for dates though :) ....


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2005-12-16          121179


1) 1989 Honda Prelude SI
2) 1993 Acura Vigor
3) 1970 Pontiac GTO

The Prelude was a super fun to drive car, because of which I did alot of things that made my wife very nervous in it.

The Vigor was a 5 cylinder, did not handle at all as well as the Prelude, just a very fast smooth 5spd luxury ride.

The Goat was the typical GM rocket with sucky brakes, total missmatch to th HP of the car, nice Hurst 4spd, 10-11 mpg.

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2005-12-16          121180


1. 1970 Camaro ~ Hugger Orange, 250 6-cyl, 3-spd, no power steering, no power brakes, no air cond ~ Arizona car = No rust , original paint. (This was the 2nd car I ever owned, and the one I had my senior year of HS, and all thru collage)

2. 1970 Camaro SS ~ 350, auto (first car I ever owned)

3. 1989 Camaro RS ~ 305, 5-spd (car I bought after graduating from collage) ....


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2005-12-16          121182


It is hard to back track that far. I grew up on the Sunshine Coast in B.C. Having a quarter mile car was a bit of an oxymoron as there was no quarter mile straight on the coast until they straighten some road. We also gravitated to something that was fast and cornered.
1) 1965 Volvo 544 sport with engine transplant to a B20E with twin SUs. Fast and economical (25 mpg – 120+mph)
2) 1988 Volvo 740 turbo with 5 speed. Reliable, fast comfortable transportation (30 mpg-140mph).
3) 1974 Volvo 142 GL 5 speed – not the fastest but a very reliable car, good early fuel injection, predates the bad years 75-79.
Never gravitated to the BMW’s my friends did and they spent more time fixing than driving. Old Volvos were easy to repair and have european driving manners.
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2005-12-16          121188


67 SS 396 Chevelle 4spd HT
66 SS Impala 4sp HT
76 3/4T Silverado w/factory Bucket seats, 4Sp, Camper Special, loaded

Loved em all. But would really like to have the truck again it was set up perfect. Over 200K when it went down the road. 2 trips to and 6yrs in Alaska. Bought it new in Hawaii and it saw almost every state in 17 years. ....


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2005-12-16          121196


boo hoo
#1 66 impala ss 427 4sp sports roof (YES four two seven) turquios with white intereror
#2 72 roadrunner 440 auto ,air grabber ,strobe stripes ....


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2005-12-16          121198


1965 Mustang, the first car I ever bought. Now that I am a father of three, I think back on the stupid, crazy stuff I did with that car and think how I'll wring my kids’ necks if they even THINK about doing anything I did!

The car has been in storage in my parents’ barn for the last 10 years -- my wife knows it will be my mid-life crisis car, and now that I have more money, tools, and it does not have to be a daily driver, it will someday be better than ever!
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2005-12-16          121201


I did'nt include an 82 Chevette that we bought in Texas simply because we needed a car to get home in and did'nt have time to shop. Bought it new from Don Ringler Chevrolet in Temple Tx., I've often wondered if they are still in business. It was not a favorite of mine simply because you felt like you were riding in a beer can straped to a roller skate. As it turned out we drove that thing over 200K and spent nearly nothing on it till the clutch went out. I gave it to a friend, he put a clutch in it and drove it for a while till she finally rolled over dead. Frank. ....


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2005-12-16          121204


This is great! It opens a whole new listing for Dennis! My favorite from the past I sold in 72 and had since high school a 64 plymouth sport fury with the aluminum nose from a donor and a 496 with a torque flite behind it. Number two would be a 63 TR-3 Triumph which was a riot to drive! Number three would be a 74 plymouth sport satalite that I bought when I got home with a 400 and a four speed a real nice cruising car. ....


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2005-12-17          121227


3. 1939 Chevy coupe. 413 Chrysler engine with two 4-barrels and pushbutton torqueflight transmission. What a beast! My friend still has it.
Dave
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What my Mom learned to drive.
Dad had a 39 6 cyl. stick shift 4 door sedan.3Rd.car I remember him having when I was a kid.
His first car that I remember when I was a kid was a 1931 Chevy sedan.
Second one was the 1933 Chevy Coupe. It was a medium green had a 6 cyl. motor and the gearshift was on the floor. It was the first car he could park at the house because prior to that there was no street or road going to the property. The road ended at the edge of a deep hollow. to get to the house you had to walk down into the 100 foot hollow then up the other side to the house.
I was fascinated by that car and would love to have one of them restored. It would be a real rarity. I have never seen another one of these 33 Chevys, while model a fords are a dime a dozen. Took half a day to make a 150 mile trip from here to Canton Ohio. That wasn't bad - what was bad was the time we made the trip in the freezing cold during the dead of winter with one of the door windows missing and no heater in the car. This is the car I ran over my cousins fingers with on one of those trips to Canton. Boy did I get it from dear old dad for that one.
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2005-12-17          121230


67 SS 396 Chevelle 4spd HT
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My wifes parents had a 1966 Chevelle around the time we got married.
Nothing fancy but very nice.
Was easy to handle and a pleasure to drive. ....


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2005-12-17          121236


1) 1966 Chevy Pickup
2) 1969 Olds Cutlass
3) 1972 Buick Skylark

When I sold my first vehicle, my 1966 Chevy PU many years ago, I promised myself one day I would replace it. I started looking about 3 years ago and wanted one just exactly as mine was 30 years ago. I looked for 2 years and finally found it....but it was in Montgomery Alabama! I bought it and had it shipped to my home here in Olympia WA. I now enjoy going for weekend drives and remembering the old times! Please see my picture.
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2005-12-18          121251


1) 1989 Dodge Daytona Shelby. Turbo II, 5-sp, some engine and interior mods. Sweet car, very reliable, easy to work on , and 30 mpg if you stayed out of the turbo. Sold it to buy my compact NH tractor.

2) 1977 Plymouth Volare "Roadrunner". Was 100% stock and original when I bought it in about 1987; I installed a reworked 340 with the 284/484 cam; Holley, headers, etc. and 727 transmission. Ugly (Spitfire Orange) and ill-handling, but that 340 was magic. Abused it for two years until it cracked a head, sold it to a friend and bought a beater to finish out my college years.

3) 1989 Dodge Daytona C/S These cars are rare, I didn't know it at the time. They were stripped down Turbo I Daytonas; no plastic on the outside, no A/C available (although it could be dealer installed), 5-speed only. Loud, rough and fast. Sold it to buy a truck.

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2005-12-18          121259


<<
Ibrown; That's a neat post.
1* 61 Chevy, Red, 348 tri power, 4 speed, all go no show.
2* 51 Ford Flathead V8, three on the tree.
3*49 Hudson Comodore 6, my first car, paid 50 bucks for it in 57 .
More good memories.
Frank.
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More memories
1*My 1960 Chevy Impala convertible had 1961 Chevy impala full wheel covers on it when I bought the car in 1962.
Three guys that I knew back then bought new 1960 Impala convertibles.
Gary Schaffer got a bright red one with a white top-His dad owned a standard oil service station. His dad Wayne later became one of our county commissioners and was one for many years there after. He recently passed away.

Darrell Marshall who graduated high school the year before I did bought a beautiful blue one with a white top. A few years later he purchased the local Olsdsmobile dealer ship operating it until a few years ago.

Alvie Thomas ( who bought the black one That I ended up buying off a used car lot in 1962 ) worked at the Mom and Pop gas station we called the stadium service station as it was right across the street from the foot ball stadium.

I loved these 3 convertibles and would have given anything to own one of them.
Little did I know The black one would be mine 2 short years later. Picked it up at the used car lot for $1900. What a steel.
>>It was a 3 speed on the column. Had a beautiful red and white interior.
348 engine with 3 carburetors and a racing Cam with dual exhaust.
Also had fender skirts and twin radio antennas on the rear fenders.
A real flashy car.
It was tricky getting those 3 Carbs synchronized so I always took it to Lee Batten a stock car builder and driver to get the Carbs adjusted and synchronized.

2*My uncle had 3 or 4 51 fords. One of them he bought new. The thing that set the 51 of from the 49 and 50 was the double bullet grill compared to the single bullet 49 and 50.

3*1950 Chevy 6 Cyl 4 door sedan, my first car, paid 250 bucks for it in 58 . Kept it till 1964 or 1965 .
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2005-12-19          121310


Geeze now you guys have gone and done it!I gotta wipe the tears from my eyes (nostalgia wise)I have probably built bought and sold more street rods,muscle cars than some folks have achs and pains..lmao....But i`ll just hit on the 3 best...not including the street rods (save them for another post).1...1962 Ford Galixy XL convertable (406..405 HP..4 speed..tri power)..2..1963 Impala convertable.( 409 ..425 HP NASCAR special edition motor..Z L 11(mebe?)dual quads ,4 spd,posi.very FAST )bawwwwwwwwl sorry, sniff, geeze wish i still had that one....1964 Comet Cyclone..one of the fastest street cars on the west side of cleveland in the early 60`s..and yes it was street raced a bit..lol..((1965 COBRA 289...350+ HP,4 spd,411 posi)..excuse me as i must get another box of kleenex...Sid ....


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2005-12-19          121318


Ibrown/tiltbed; I still have the full wheel covers off my 61 Chevy. They were neat with the checkerd flag centers. My cousin had a 62 409, dual quads 11.25 compression, that machine would fly. It finally shelled during a county blacktop drag race. Frank. ....


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2005-12-19          121338


1...1962 Ford Galixy XL convertible
2*1963 Impala convertible
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1* one sharp lookin car
2* my cousin had a new white 4 door red inside - flashy
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2005-12-19          121385


1967 chevelle malibu, 4speed hurst, 327ci with 325 hp
my first car (1973) - a 'rocket' on the road
dont think it was stock, because I have never seen one
like it or even read of one for sale with the same specs
alot of putty, but with new paint job it looked 'cherry'
blew away many corvettes with it
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2005-12-21          121515


1. 57 Ford Fairlaine Victoria: Had a 59 Lincoln 430 w/dual 4-bbl Holleys

2. 66 Dodge Coronet 440

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2005-12-29          121926


went through some family photos at x-mas ,my dad has me in the front seat of a 60's T-bird that had a retractable hard top it was half way up/down like the 57-58's and me sitting on the trunk of a superbird ,whaaaaa. ....


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2006-08-05          132999


A couple more of my favorites

http://chevy.tocmp.com/chevyscrapbook/files/kamp50.jpg
A same Green color 1949 4 door chevy I bought in 1965 that looked just like this one.

http://www.dealsonwheels.com/search/showpicture.cfm?autos__id=000507-200606-000011&view=1
1933 Chevy coupe like the first car I remember of my dads.
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