I had three first cars at fifteen I had given to me a 1968 delta 88 455 possi burner, 1974 buick century 350, 1978 ford elite 351. Dad said no to the delta and the ford had three dead cylinders so I ended up with the century put a set of keystone classics a holley carb and a glass pack. Also 18 cans gloss black krylon paint it was lots of fun. The first nice car that I got was my 1966 skylark convert and still have it today that was over 20 years ago
My forst car was a 77Nova that I got from my great grandma. It was originally a 6 cyl car. I rebuilt my first engine for that car. It was a 305 out of a chevy van. I learned a lot with that car but am never going back to the gut less 305.
My first car I bought in 1984, it was a 67 Chevy two it had a big block, 12 bolt 4:88's its a wonder I didn't kill myself at 16 when I bought it....I paid $3,500.00 for it and sold a year later for $6,000.00
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My first car is my 69 i'm still modding today...Not that it was all that long ago. I got the car when i was 13 for my 13th bday (we'd been looking for a 69 for quite some time). That was back in 97. Since then i've painted it and put in a 355 4spd to replace the 307 3spd, and it currently has a LT1/T56. It's soon to go back to the body shop and get a new motor.
This is my first car. I got it in 1981. This is how it looked then.
This is how it looks now. I still own it.
I really like your 70 quite a bit I have checked it many times on here, even cooler it has a history to it, and it works quite well with what you have done
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.
Keith's car is very cool. My first car was a 65 Mustang, 289 and 4 speed. Lots of good memories, and it really seemed fast to me.
Ah, the good old days!
Jody
Keith's car is very cool and it seems he got driving the long A-bodies down I might be able to talk him into coming down for open track day to beat the hell out of S-Curve in spring but he cant break the trans
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