My First Car

[GM-26]

I was going through a box of old pictures and came across pictures of my first car. In 1983, I was 17 years old and purchased this 1972 Chevelle. I even convinced my father that I needed to garage it. Out came his car and in went mine! It had a small block in it, M-22 tranny and a 12 bolt posi with 4:10 gears. My friends heard the car blocks away, because of the transmission wine. As you see, the car was very old school with Cragar wheels, Pro Trac N50's, Lakewood ladder bars and the aluminum rearend cover. The car also had big block front springs and Gabriel High Jacker air shocks in the rear. Foolishly, I sold it for a 1970 442. It would be nice to see other member's first car.

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[SS427]

I love these original photos of these cars from back in the day. I must disagree with you however, not sure why you think trading this car in on a 1970 442 was foolish idea. Those cars are pretty nice all on their own. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
Rick http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[supermuscle]

Thought that looked like Long Island, just something about home.. Have to see if I have any 1st type shots, great pic Nic..
Perry

[GM-26]

You're right Rick, but back then my neighborhood was crazy with wild Chevys and by me selling my Chevelle for an Oldsmobile my friends thought I was nuts. I enjoyed my 442 alot and the car ran with the best of them! It had a 472 cubic inch Scott Shafiroff Olds motor in it, Turbo 400, 3:23 12 bolt posi and it ran really strong. Out of the hole at half throttle, those L60x14's Belted TA's were roasting! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif

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[Xplantdad]

Here's my "old" '72 Nova which was converted from a 250ci inline 6 to a 402 big block in 1979-80. Don't worry...it's not around anymore

1971 402 ci, 8.5 to compression, Turbo 350 with Art Carr shift kit, Crane Fireball cam, Edelbrock Torker 2-0, 3310-2 Holley, 3:73 posi out of a totalled '69 Z/28, cheapo Blackjack headers and ran on unleaded gasoline.

The last I heard, the engine was in a Pro Street car...and the body was rusting away on 9th street in Anaheim, Ca.

These pictures were taken at the Street Machine Nationals West in Pomona in 1981. The time slip was from Orange County International Raceway.

The license plate was CULAYTR (see you later). It was later changed to OC ONLY (OCIR) LOL http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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[Z-11 396]

+++ BRUCE +++ YOU WERE A /// PHOTO BUG //// THEN TOO.....THINGS NEVER CHANGE, ....KASEY... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif

[indyjps]

sounds like you should visit 9th street in Anaheim and rescue it.

[Xplantdad]

Yep Kasey...you're right http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[47Hammer]

Here I am with my first car that was mine! A 1970 Nova that originally had a 307 and an automatic and drum brakes all around. The guy I bought it from used it as a race car and had a Nasty Rat motor, 4spd and a 12 bolt with 5.13 gears. That car taught me how to drive. It also had Purple Hornie Glass packs on it and that thing was obnoxious to the point I had to shut it off about a mile from my house and coast into the driveway late at night. I loved cruising Van Nuys Blvd in that car back in the mid '70's.

It ran a 13.09 @ 111 mph missing through the lights after I drove to the track with six people in the car and never adjusted tire pressure or uncorked it. First time out with a pasenger too.

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After a backfire through the Carb that blew the valve covers off!


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Sitting in the back yard waiting for Money.....to repair.

[Xplantdad]

Cool Bart! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

Looks like we were running the same manifold?

[47Hammer]

Was that a Troker?

[Xplantdad]

Yep...Edelbrock Torker...mine was a 2-0 (O meaning oval port) http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

They also had a 2-R for rectagular port heads...

I thought that manifold was so cool...with the carb sitting at an angle. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[TimG]

Ouch, looks like something broke and came through the valve cover. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Neat car.

[ANDY M]

There was a similar thread about this topic in the lounge.
http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/175219/an/0/page/97#175219

[TDW]

Bart...I like that Nova. It looks sorta familiar

[SS454Elky]

Wreckage of my Youth.

My First Car. I still have this one. Bought it in Prescott, Arizona in June of 1977 when I was 16.

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Bought this one when I was 18. 300 hp 327/4 spd. Much nicer car than it looked like in pictures. I miss it. Junked it in the early 80's.

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'73 442. Factory four speed car. 100% original. Wife's uncle bought it new. He was a racer in Ft. Worth back in the day. He was the original owner of a '69 L89 Chevelle, '65 Shelby Mustang. Needless to say he has lots of interesting stories.

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[x Baldwin Motion]

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well this was not my first car, but the first attempt at performance. I fought granny for this 64 Nova from Ft. Sumter SC Chevrolet with plastic seat covers so I could try to blow up the six banger PG and put in a 350/TH350. Lots of fun, not practical, it only liked long straight roads with plenty of room to slow down. I towed my motorcycle in a trailer with this from Chas. SC back to NY. It became a lawn ornament shortly after that. Wish I still had it.
Chris http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[StriperSS]

My first car was a 59 VW Beetle bought for $50.00 and needed a little work to get going. It was black, and in good shape. 36 horsepower that moved it with lethargic pride. Much planning had to be done in traffic due to acceleration that could only be properly measured with a calender. Managed to have fun with it though.
The car pictured below was not even my first performance car, but is all I can find photos of right now.
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I bought this in the summer of 1975 for $2,200.00. A 1970 W-31 4 spd. It was a repaint, I found out later, but was green when I bought it, and not a GM green either. Black interior with guages and the sport wheel. I had about 3 sets of wheels and tires for it, and of course, the Hijacker shocks. Two friends and I went to California and Nevada in it in the winter of 1975. We went to Iskenderians shop, met Ed and the boys, met some other salt flats racers, cruised Whittier, etc. Never saw another performance Oldsmobile the whole time. We also went to Tonopah, Nevada to look at a Bonneville car that my friend was considering buying. It was 'The Worlds Fastest Coupe', a 53 Studebaker with a 68 Corvette nose on it. It had gone well over 200 MPH at Bonneville, closer to 300 if I remember correctly.
It's funny how when you own a car, suddenly you see others like it. I met the original owner of this next one in 1976, and a little while later, he traded it in at one of the GM dealers that I did business with. Naturally, I was all over it, and made a deal on it. So now I owned two 1970 W-31's.
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While I was making the deal, they had sent the car out for paint. It was a case of one hand not knowing what the other was doing. It was originally a white roof, white stripe car, in this same green, but I was much happier with a one color car. I added narrower W-style gold stripes.
The previous owner had regularly raced the car at Mission Raceway, and it had Doug's Headers, Hurst Line Loc, and a reworked Turbo 350 trans, and 3:91 gears. Had a green interior with no guages and a plain steering wheel.
This car was a lot of fun. Wouldn't spin the tires off the line, but would just go. Won a lot of street races with it, against cars that would eat me at the strip. It would chirp second gear every time, no matter how you drove it.
I ran it once at Mission, but had carb issues, and didn't get a good run in. The previous owner had run high 13's in it, and he was a big guy.

[Rixls6]

My first car was a 65 Mustang fastback purchased in 1970 for $750. It went through several changes in the years I owned it. First thing was to make the single exhaust into duals, then after that wasn't enough, I put in a Boss 302 engine with the 1125 cfm inline 4 Barrel.
I eventually turned the car into drag racer with occasional street use.
In 1977 I went to Florida and found a nice 70 SS454 Chevelle that became my wife-to be's car. We still have it and luckily I never got rid of the original engine when I went the hotrod route with it and installed a hotter 454.
That engine still sits on a stand waiting for the day the car gets restored.
The Mustang pic is from 1978 while the engine pic is from 1975 in that car. The Chevelle pic is also from 1978.

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[Steven J]

My first car was a 69 Camaro L-78 SS/RS. I bought it in 1970 with 14,000 miles on it for $2150. It was orignally sold new at McInerney Chevrolet in Chicago. I later sold it to buy a 70 Chevelle.

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[DarrenX33]

Great pictures Steve. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

[Steven J]

This is my brother's first car, 70 1/2 Z-28 and my second car in the backround.

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[Steven J]

The third muscle car I owned. 65 GTO with an L-78 396 that I installed and four speed. I'm told this car was raced when new and came from Colonial Pontiac in Naperville. It was called the Torqin Tiger. I don't have the car any more, but I would like to find some photos of it when raced.

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[DarrenX33]

Wow! Amazing pictures and cars Steve. What neighborhood is that?

[Steven J]

Downers Grove, near 63rd and Main St. My old Chevelle is still around (Oregon) and the Z-28 is in this area. The GTO is in Downers Grove the last that I knew, but I returned it more to stock before I sold it. I don't think the Camaro exists any more. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[MosportGreen66]

[ QUOTE ]
Downers Grove, near 63rd and Main St. My old Chevelle is still around (Oregon) and the Z-28 is in this area. I don't think the Camaro exists any more. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

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Those pictures basically top the charts... nothing like burning rubber with your brother right behind you http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif

-Dan

[Mr70]

I saw a 70 Z just like that at TeddysRH on 63rd & Main 3 months ago.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[427king]

I thought all BB 69 camaros got a black painted tail panel??

[firstgenaddict]

Chuck that tail panel could be black... the pictures are at a very steep angle and it could reflect pretty good at an angle like that.

[427king]

FGA, Thew first pic id agree, but the second looks gold to me .

[hvychev]

Steve those pictures are cool!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif Man it seemed between your brother and yourself you guys had the cars!

Here is a NOS dealer decal for Colonial Pontiac I have in my collection. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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[markjohnson]

Man, that straight axle '65 GTO absolutely rules! Almost looks like the lower headlights in it are the clear aircraft landing lights. Would I be right?

[mmcporter]

Here's my "cool car", although they are getting popular today...1979 Chevy Malibu with a 305 V8--we did hype it out and it ran well, but it wasn't ever going to scare the Yenkos out there....

[SuperNovaSS]

My first was a 66 Bronco. It had a 170 6 and a 3 speed on the column. I sold it to buy my old 69 Harrell Camaro. Think it was a good choice.


Jason

[68l30]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif Old Broncos are VERY COOL.....I use to help a buddy restore them...as long as the cowl was good... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif


Steve http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[Kim_Howie]

55 Chevy my first car age 16?? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif WoW that pictures 40 years old!!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[Mr70]

That's a really http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif pic Kim.

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[Kim_Howie]

Note the straight axle. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[GM-26]

Car Craft's February 2007 issue came in today's mail. There's an article about a original owner to a 1970 Superbird. It was his first car. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

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[Schonyenko2]

Wrong color. Looks purple. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif