My first two cars
I just found this picture last week-end while going through some stuff. My first TWO cars in the same shot.
In the background is the 1977 Type LT 305 auto that I bought from the insurance proceeds from being a passenger in a violent car crash .....
The other is my first new car that I ordered from the dealership in 1984. I was already into Pro-Touring even then : I had to wait five months for GM to build me one with a 5-speed, four wheel discs and the 3.73 gears along with roll up windows........ I made the mistake of selling it when I got married. It had a Dana 44 complete rear from GM Performance and a 350 with Dart heads when I sold it.
Best memory : I happened to drive by a Chevy dealership one day when a then brand new (plastic on the seats) IROC with the 350 drove out with a slaesman and a prospective client, headed for the industrail park next door. I could not resist following. As they say, the look on the face of that salesman when a 4 year old, plain looking carb car smoked him repeatedly, was priceless.
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