First Car Stories!

[69LM1]

Man Ed what a story!!!!
Here's my "little brother" story as promised.

It is 1986 Now. I had sold the original 69 and bought a 69 Z-28, original 302 and all. I restored the whole car, interior and Dad and I rebuilt the engine. The only thing left was paint. I was accepted into a opportunity of a life time training with the US Air Force and put the car in storage at my grandparents. A year and a half later, my brother calls and says that his car broke and he needs a car for the senior prom and can he borrow my 69. Of course mom and dad are supporting him in this and help sway my answer. I told him yes on one condition that he not drink while driving my car. So, the prom comes and goes and I call the next morning. He says everything went well. Six more months go by and my training is up and I get my first leave to visit home. While on the phone with my mother, she is yelling at him to talk to me. I got this instant sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. Dad gets on the phone and explains that while at the prom, my brother stopped at a local store for "gum" and when he came out the car was totaled . Someone "hit" the car and "ran. Rigggghhhhhhtttt, I said. C'mon Dad. It would take a rig to drive off after that bad an accident (the motor broke off the mounts and went thru the radiator it was hit so hard in the rear). My Dad said that he even found fender, grill and light parts all around the car when he went to get my brother. The whole family chimes in. So, a couple of years pass and I came home and start going to church and all. Another six months go by and I invite my brother to church. After church, the pastor asks if anyone is interested in accepting Jesus as his saviour. To my astonishment, my brother "walks the aisle". A little while later, he comes back and sits next to me, excited and emotional. I tell him, man that was great. He looks up at me and then I say "So, what REALLY happened to my car? "

Who can lie at a time like that? He finally confessed. Turns out he and a friend were stone drunk and had dropped off their dates. They were in the local supermarket parking lot doing 360's with MY CAR!!! He was in reverse, as he said, doing 40 or so, when he collided with a light pole. Miraculously, neither he nor his friend was hurt. They called a tow truck and had it towed to another store. Then they went and got his friends car and went around town picking up wrecked parts to "place" around the car before calling my dad.

We both still go to church to this day, and I still remind him about that car all the time!!!!

[MrsBillyBobcat]

GREAT stories guys!!! Keep 'em coming!

Hey Steve (njsteve)...By any chance is this your Camaro in this pic? (see attachment)

Rita

[Bill Pritchard]

Rita, you are going to be Grounded for Life if you keep this stuff up

[Salvatore]

Hey Rita, By any chance is that you leaning on Steve's camaro?

[njsteve]

That's not my car but it is me in the photo. As you can see I spent all the money after I sold that darned 71 hemicuda convertible and put it all into plastic surgery. Boy was it ever worth it! - NJSteve or is it NJStephanie?

[NCGuy68]

First car you say ???

Mine was a 57 Chevy 'Post Car' with a 283 and 4 barrel Carb. Always wanted a 'Power Pack', (2X4 Carbs) but couldn't find one at the time.

The large back seat provided ample room to 'frolic' with one of the High School Cheerleaders. Needless to say. I really enjoyed my first car.

[elonblock]

What I wanted, and I what I ended up with are 2 totally different thing!

It was 1977, and I was living in the West Chester PA area.

The parking lot at the local high school that I was attending was full of
every type of muscle car imagineable.

I remember looking out the windows and seeing a Boss 429, a Cuda T/A,
and lots of Mustangs, and Camaros.

I was just itchin' to be as cool, or cooler than any of the other students.

A guy I knew, had a 67 Chevelle SS, that he had restored.

It had a nasty 283, with a 4 speed in it!!!!

He had gotten so many tickets with it, that the police told him they
would impound the car if they ever saw him driving it.

So he had to sell it, or possibly go to jail.

I could visualize myself cruisin' with a car full of babes, just hanging on my every word!!!

I was drawn to this car, like a moth to a flame.

Thank goodness, I couldn't come up with the money, because I probably
would have hurt myself, or someone else.

I ended buying a 68 Impala 2 door. 327/250 with a powerglide
from an original owner.

It had 48,000 original miles, black with a white top, black interior,
and all the trim inside the car had a yellowish brown film on it, because the owner smoked like a chimney.

I installed dual ehaust, and a CB radio ( remember those?), AM/FM stereo, and drove the car for 2 years.

I never put another dime into it except for oil changes, and 1 tune-up.
It was bullet-proof, and I sold it for more than I paid for it.

Those were the days!!!!

Elon

[camarojoe]

OK, Here's my "first car" story... bought this car for 400.00 when I was 15 years old, and spent the better portion of a year making it look good, along with the help of my buddies and my dad, and my little brother (who was 10 years old at the time!) Car was a 307 powerglide 72 Nova with a really bad 5 year old Earl Shieb paintjob. You "Day 2'ers" should dig the nosebleed/airshock rear stance, and Cragar/slot wheel combo!

[camarojoe]

We painted it a medium blue metallic, consisting of the remants of about 6 different colors of blue lacquer all mixed together. Painted 70 Chevelle SS style stripes on the hood and deck, and "blacked out" the side window frames for a racy look. Also changed the complete interior from tan to black. Saved up my money from a part time after-school dishwashing job to buy a used set of tires and 15x7 rally wheels, and located some other odds and ends at various swap meets, including better used bumpers, door handles, grille, valve covers, air cleaner, etc. Also bought some new stuff for it, such as weatherstrip, front end trim, bumper filler, etc... and cleaned up/reused as much as I could on my shoestring budget. In all, i had less than 1500.00 in the entire project, and did 95% of it myself.

[camarojoe]

Drove it from the time i turned 16 in May, until storing it behind my dad's house for the winter in November. During my Christmas break, My buddy and I decided it would be "cool" to swap in a Borg Warner T50 5-speed tranny from a mid 70s Chevy Monza. We had gathered all the needed stuff earlier in the summer, and decided to install it all over the holidays. After 3 solid days of work in an essentially unheated, 1 car, dirt floor garage, we had the trans in it...on Christmas eve... Well, i test drove it around the block, everything seemed to work, and I had my buddy follow me from his house back to my dad's house. On the way, i decided to "run her through the gears" and hit a small icy patch going into 4th gear. The car spun around and slid down the road backwards for about 100 yards until colliding into a utility pole. I sheared the pole off about 3 feet from the ground, and totaled the car. Luckily my own injuries were minor, but it was a pretty sad holiday.