OT - Cars

[John 3rd]

1968 Chrysler Newport. It was a TANK and was painted canary yellow. Her name was--naturally--Tweety Bird.

[crsutton]

1976 TR7. The stylish wedge. Oh so beautiful and fun to drive. But more in need of a priest than a mechanic. Not a good time for British Leyland..... Here is a shot of the car with my girlfriend at the time sitting on it. I came home from sea only to discover that my brother had warped the head and that my girlfriend had dumped me. Sigh, good times...

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

1976 TR7. The stylish wedge. Oh so beautiful and fun to drive. But more in need of a priest than a mechanic. Not a good time for British Leyland..... Here is a shot of the car with my girlfriend at the time sitting on it. I came home from sea only to discover that my brother had warped the head and that my girlfriend had dumped me. Sigh, good times...

warspite1

British Racing Green?

[Lokasenna]

I have a 1978 CJ7 Renegade rusting out in a driveway back in Iowa. It used to run. It might still run if the carburetor were replaced, but I'm not sure it's worth the investment. I might have a picture of it somewhere, but if I do it's definitely not electronic and therefore inaccessible.

[casmithasl]

My first was a 1967 GTO, in 1967, not new. A poor department store clerk had it first, but when the payment book arrived had to give it back to the bank. I just off active duty on DD 699 the Waldron. got it $2,700. It Lasted until 12/07/69 when it was crushed by a railroad car in Enola yard.

[m10bob]

First new car I ever financed was a '67 Camaro SS with hide-away lights which I had to remove in the winter to prevent them from icing closed.
The hood had fake valve covers for show.
It had a 350with 350HP and Dayton Checker tires.
It had a Muncie 4 on the floor;
This was the only year in which it had the "gull-wing" window vent on the front door.
It did a true 110 MPH and could cover the quarter like it was made for drag-racing.
I think it got 12=14 MPG?
Low throaty growl when punched a tad.
Only had an AM radio and 3 ashtrays IIRC, LOL
Came with Ralph Naders new "break-away window cranks"

Very light in the rear-end and of course rear wheel drive so it was a "sun" car.

Brand new, stock, only $3400 and it could still be financed on a 3 year note.

FYI, my first 3 cars only cost fifty bucks each, and that was common in the early sixties..

[dave sindel]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

1976 TR7. The stylish wedge. Oh so beautiful and fun to drive. But more in need of a priest than a mechanic. Not a good time for British Leyland..... Here is a shot of the car with my girlfriend at the time sitting on it. I came home from sea only to discover that my brother had warped the head and that my girlfriend had dumped me. Sigh, good times...

Is that Chrysler Cordoba in the background dark green also or dark blue? I had one just like that ( dark green) with the white half vinyl roof and white pinstripes. Was a pretty nice riding and driving car.

[Bullwinkle58]

She looks fun. How many grandkids? [:'(]

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Zorch

What's the penalty for hijacking a thread? Intentionally and willingly, with Zero provocation, and with malice aforethought? [X(]

You get Nic'd with an Oscar?

Well Frankly, I don't give an Oscar.

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Zorch

What's the penalty for hijacking a thread? Intentionally and willingly, with Zero provocation, and with malice aforethought? [X(]

You get Nic'd with an Oscar?

Well Frankly, I don't give an Oscar.

You would if Tony was wielding it. <shudder>

[bomccarthy]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: bomccarthy

My first car - paid $8,500 for it new, in 1982. I sold it 12 years later for $750 and bought a used 1991 Mustang GT.

I can see why I never saw one of these in Canada. Those headlight sockets are just made to accumulate snow and block the lights!
Did it suffer from loose-steering wander like most North American cars of the time? I remember Fords being particularly bad - you had to tack back and forth like a sailboat!

Actually, it was built in Canada - all the Rampages (and Chargers, from which it was derived) were built in a Quebec plant. The steering was tight, with no power boost. And even though it was front-wheel drive, the steering effort at very low speeds was not overly heavy - the car only weighed 2,400 lbs.

[bomccarthy]

ORIGINAL: dave sindel

ORIGINAL: crsutton

1976 TR7. The stylish wedge. Oh so beautiful and fun to drive. But more in need of a priest than a mechanic. Not a good time for British Leyland..... Here is a shot of the car with my girlfriend at the time sitting on it. I came home from sea only to discover that my brother had warped the head and that my girlfriend had dumped me. Sigh, good times...

Is that Chrysler Cordoba in the background dark green also or dark blue? I had one just like that ( dark green) with the white half vinyl roof and white pinstripes. Was a pretty nice riding and driving car.

With the Corinthian Leather interior? I never heard of Corinthian Leather used in any car since the Cordoba. But it played well in the commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfKHBB4vt4c

[bomccarthy]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

ORIGINAL: sventhebold

My first car. 1969 Chevrolet Impala. Paid 250 bucks for it.

Mine was a 1967 Caprice. Looked like this with the stock wheels:
http://www.2040-cars.com/Chevrolet/Caprice/1967-chevy-caprice-sport-sendan-clean-nice-original-car-supernatural-tv-car-1165249/

They have become classics, $27,000? I think my father paid about $1500 new. I had it less than a year and my father bought a new car and handed down his 1974 Caprice to me. That wasn't as nice a car, it started developing problems when I was in college and I got a 1981 Impala instead. Even though that Impala had 70,000 hard miles as a company car before I bought it, I put another 70,000 miles on it with little trouble. The one time it had a catastrophic failure was when the housing on the water pump cracked while I was waiting at a traffic light. There was a service station on the same corner with no cars being worked on and it was a relatively short walk home. They were able to replace the water pump in a couple of hours from when it happened.

The 74 was also light blue with a white painted roof. It looked dated the day my father bought it new.

Every car I've driven had a GM small block V-8 in it though the new car only has a model of one. [:)]

As for a first aircraft, I don't recall what my first aircraft model was. I was only three. I do remember my first 1/32 model though. I was 5 and I had felt I was building second class models because my father only built 1/32 scale. My sister was building some 1/32 scale aircraft too. One night both my sister and father were working on 1/32 scale Zeros my father had picked up at Pick N Save for $0.98 each and I was pouting. He went out to the garage and came in with a Zero for me too.

It was this boxing of the kit:
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1028083-revell-h-265-mitsubishi-a6m5-zero-sen

Not terribly accurate, but the fit and finish were pretty good. I built another one when I was in high school that I still have. I didn't need to use much putty on it as almost everything fit very well.

Bill

A '69 Caprice, in the San Gabriel Valley, and you kept the stock wheels? Didn't you at least install hydraulics? Or get a custom paint job?

[Gregg]

First car was a 1954 Buick Roadmaster hand me down from my Father, via my Mother, in 1960 at the ripe old age of 15.
My Dad really liked Buicks, and bought a new one about every three years.
The 54 was a real lead sled, but it was a top of the line Buick, and I drove it through high school.
My first new car was a 1964 Impala, that my father bought my as a going off to college car.
327 V8, Powerglide, PS, PB and AC; could not ask for more as a 18 year old.

My first and only aircraft I ever owned was a 1951 vintage PA-18, Piper Super Cub, that I bought as a basket case in 1969 and totally rebuilt.
Got it back in the air in late 1971, and sold it in 1975 when my first son came along.
Could not afford a wife, a family and a mistress, so N229T (the mistress) had to go :>((

Gregg

[AW1Steve]

I'll see if I can find some photo's . My 1st car was a 1969 Ford Mustang fast back which I bought in 1976. My 1st NEW car was unfortunately a 1978 Chevrolet Monza. (Not my 1st choice But I couldn't fit into the Triumph Spitfire I wanted (too tall). And I needed a car in a hurry. [:(][:(]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Gregg

First car was a 1954 Buick Roadmaster hand me down from my Father, via my Mother, in 1960 at the ripe old age of 15.
My Dad really liked Buicks, and bought a new one about every three years.
The 54 was a real lead sled, but it was a top of the line Buick, and I drove it through high school.
My first new car was a 1964 Impala, that my father bought my as a going off to college car.
327 V8, Powerglide, PS, PB and AC; could not ask for more as a 18 year old.

My first and only aircraft I ever owned was a 1951 vintage PA-18, Piper Super Cub, that I bought as a basket case in 1969 and totally rebuilt.
Got it back in the air in late 1971, and sold it in 1975 when my first son came along.
Could not afford a wife, a family and a mistress, so N229T (the mistress) had to go :>((

Gregg

Did everyone jump out of the way in time? Were the girls impressed?

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: bomccarthy

A '69 Caprice, in the San Gabriel Valley, and you kept the stock wheels? Didn't you at least install hydraulics? Or get a custom paint job?

A 67, but the same idea. I also lived on the border of East LA. My father sold the car for $500 when he handed down the 74 to me. When a Hispanic classmate he told me he would have given me at least $1000 for it if he knew it was for sale. It was a 4 door which didn't have the prestige of the coupe, but they were still popular with the low rider community.

BTW, Corinthian leather actually came from New Jersey:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian_leather

Bill

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: dave sindel

ORIGINAL: crsutton

1976 TR7. The stylish wedge. Oh so beautiful and fun to drive. But more in need of a priest than a mechanic. Not a good time for British Leyland..... Here is a shot of the car with my girlfriend at the time sitting on it. I came home from sea only to discover that my brother had warped the head and that my girlfriend had dumped me. Sigh, good times...

Is that Chrysler Cordoba in the background dark green also or dark blue? I had one just like that ( dark green) with the white half vinyl roof and white pinstripes. Was a pretty nice riding and driving car.

Yeah, my step brother's Cordoba.

[warspite1]

Never mind [8|]

[Hermit]

My 1st car was a 1986 Subaru GL, that I bought new including TTL for $9,982.
At the time I was dying to buy a Toyota Celica, like one-half the Ensigns in my class did, but good sense (?) prevailed. I sold it for $175 in scrap value 10 years later, when it needed a new transmission after 147,000 miles. Only had to replace the brakes once.

Nowdays, when I behave, my wife let's me drive her 2006 Mustang GT (premium everything) that only has 30,000 miles on it [8D]
I've taken it up to 95 mph on the local tollway (80 mph limit) and it hasn't even broken a sweat. Someday before I die ...