I'm almost sure I've posted these before but here they are again. 1990's. My first car. Purchased from an 89yr old lady. She was the 2nd owner and wrecked it in 1978. I purchased the car for $400 and my father helped me "restore" the car. Since I wasn't but 14 I still couldn't drive it. My folks put it in the Lebanon Christmas Parade the first year after doing all the body work and paint. Originally a 307/PG with 2.73 gears it was well uhhh... Turd. When I turned 17 and after driving it for a year and saving up the dough I bought and built a mild 350 280H Comp Cam, Edelbrock Performer & Holley carb with a set of Hooker long tubes mated to a M20 transmission. Out back the 10 bolt single leaf diff was swapped out with a 5 leaf BU 12 bolt with 3.55 gears. Burnout was the first and last the 307 could muster with the aid of the 3.55 12. Once the 307 was plucked the new engine & trans were bolted in. Back then a 17yr old could still work a part time job and be able to buy cool shit.
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