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03-13-2004 04:38 PM #1
What car did you ebjoy the most?
What cars did you enjoy the most & why? Streetrods(1948 & older), hot rods, classic cars(true Classics) or sport cars.
DonDon Meyer, PhD-Mech Engr(48 GMC Trk/chopped/cab extended/caddy fins & a GM converted Rolls Royce Silver Shadow).
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03-13-2004 05:41 PM #2
I would say the '40 chevy panel truck. (Streets notice I typed '40 not 40') HEHEHE.We would go to rod runs 3 to 4 weeks out of the month all summer long. Then in the fall I would tear it down and do more "stuff" to it. By spring I would have it put back together in time for the first event of the spring and then it was back to weekend rod runs.
I would have to say a close second would be the one I'm working on now 70 Z-28. I'm in no hurry this time. Just work on it when I feel like it. That's what seperates a hobby from a job.
I have some fond memories of the 52 Plymouth I and my brother chopped up when we were kids. We lived on the farm then I was around 11 or 12. We got it from a junk yard, no title, just fer drivin' around the yard and out in the field. Purdy' kewl stuff fer a 12 yr. oldIt all came to an end one day when I wus toolin' around drivin' down the path out in the field, went through a mud puddle. I had the ol' 6 banger wound up and when I hit dry dirt on the other side of the puddle. Kobooooom
Lights out. We pulled it back in the grove. THE END.
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03-13-2004 07:47 PM #3
The 36 5 window Ford coupe I had from 64 to 72. It had a 265 block, 57 Vette 2-4"s, Vette Dual point dist, Mallory coil, Isky 30-30 cam, reworked heads, 39 box with Zephyr gears, and a 4.41 geared 40 Pickup rearend. I cut my teeth on that car and it was just a lot of fun to drive. Sure wish I still had it.
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03-14-2004 08:18 AM #4
the most FUN
was with a '68 Dodge Dart. It had a 273, four barrel, four speed, with Lockheed disc brakes I scrounged from a Barracuda.
Purchase price...$50. Repairs...$400. Performance...$850.
Cheapest car I ever had, always reliable, always fast...damn I miss that car...Ensure that the path of least resistance is not you...
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03-14-2004 11:34 AM #5
Most enjoyed
Technically, i have no idea what it falls under, but the car I most enjoyed? When I was 12ish, my father taught me to drive 5speed on his 82AMC SX4. The only car ive ever light up all 4 tires on then went off roading the next day in. Unfortuantly he tore 2nd gear out of it, and the trannies are hard to find, but that was a nice car to learn on.Right engine, Wrong Wheels
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03-14-2004 03:06 PM #6
It was with my old 1979 chevy caprice 2 door ex-police car.
Dont know the HP but it had a 350 and 133mph
No mufflers no catalytic converter on roaring and passing in front of sorpt compact cars even equipped with turbos :P
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03-15-2004 10:17 AM #7
71 Torino G.T. God I loved that car, Light metallic blue with the strobe stripes and light blue interior, wasn't that fast with the 351 cleveland but it did o.k. best part was it was 2 years old with 27.000 miles and I paid CASH for it first summer out of high school.......
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03-15-2004 03:24 PM #8
Would have to say my 41 Ford pickup. The first engine was a built 53 merc flathead with open driveshafts mounted along both side of the cab for exhaust pipes.Keep smiling, it only hurts when you think it does!
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03-24-2004 05:26 AM #9
1970 chevelle halling ass smoking the jap traps
Ditto on the model kits! My best were lost when the Hobby Shop burned under suspicious circumstances....
How did you get hooked on cars?