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Old 10-22-2021, 12:58 AM
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Here are a couple Polaroids of my 70 Chevelle as purchased in May of 1987 at the ripe age of 15 for $250. It was originally a red L34 bench seat 4 speed car with tach and gauges and power steering being the only other option it had. Motor and tranny were long gone by the time I got it and over the next 15 years this car taught my why the pro's always say to buy the best car you can afford because it was a complete money pit and needed everything. Looking back my only regret was that I didn't give up and sell it sooner but 70 Chevelle Super Sports are still one of my all time favorite muscle cars. I ended up driving the green 77 Volare sitting next to it a lot more than the Chevelle, that car was literally bulletproof with a solid lifter slant six.
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Old 10-22-2021, 02:22 PM
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Here’s my first car. 1969 Z24 convertible four Spd.
----Did that 69 have any Cape Cod history? A friend growing up bought a twin to that convert new. It was a 427 4-speed. Dark green with black bucket seats. I put a clutch in that Impala! He's passed on, but his name was Charlie Curran. He lived between Wellsley Hills and Cape Cod.....Bill S

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Old 10-22-2021, 05:57 PM
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"Let’s see your first car."


I think we've played this game before, but here goes. First 'car' and first 'real cars'.
The '57 is the first car "I" purchased, but the '55 Olds in the background is what I drove in HS. Still have the '57 but I REALLY WISH I still had the Olds!
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Old 10-22-2021, 08:24 PM
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I can't find any pics of my first (a Marina Blue 66 Chevelle SS 396), but here are some good ones:

1. My Dad's first car - Factory solid red 55 Belair, lightly hot rodded.

2. My Mom's first car - Repainted red 55 Belair (born 2-tone red and white).

*These two 55's are why I exist. Mom and Dad were both cruising downtown Salisbury NC, and stopped to talk because of their matching cars. Now here I am!

3. My Dad's second car (with Mom's 55 in the background). 60 Impala, factory high-horse 348-tripower 4-spd car, but with a 63 409/425 2x4 transplanted into it in late 1963/early 1964. His buddy bought a new 63 Impala SS with the 409/425 and hated the cam and the temperamental carburetors. Told dad if he would put a single 4-barrel on the 348 and swap the engines, he could have the 409. Good deal for Dad!!

And yes, he liked those tube grills!
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Old 10-22-2021, 10:14 PM
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Appears he liked fender skirts too, Jeff!
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Old 10-23-2021, 03:28 AM
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When you see Jeff have him tell you the story of Dad's Impala vs the Ford on I-85!!
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Old 10-25-2021, 12:13 PM
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----Did that 69 have any Cape Cod history? A friend growing up bought a twin to that convert new. It was a 427 4-speed. Dark green with black bucket seats. I put a clutch in that Impala! He's passed on, but his name was Charlie Curran. He lived between Wellsley Hills and Cape Cod.....Bill S
Bill, The first owner lived two streets over from me in Hanover Ma. I didn't know is name. It could have been Charlie because Hanover is in between Wellesley and Cape cod The second owner was Brad Quinn from Hanover. The third owner was Bobby Denneen from Deneen Auto Parts in Hanover. The forth owner was Julie McKinnen from Hanover. I was the fifth owner in 1976. When I bought it the floors, trunk, fenders and Quarters had already been patched from rot. Typical New England car. I pulled the motor and trans to put in a 71 Chevelle SS 454 roller I bought for $600 and sold the body for $200. I saw the car 6 months later at Barrows junk yard on top of 10 cars crushed. I still have the CE 512 motor that came out of it. I've had it in two different vehicles since.
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April 1972. Yep, and nobody knew what they were, including myself at the time. One month shy of 15. All I knew was that it had the 427 that I had dreamed of.
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April 1972. Yep, and nobody knew what they were, including myself at the time. One month shy of 15. All I knew was that it had the 427 that I had dreamed of.
Your 1st car was a Yenko Camaro? That’s flipping awesome!
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Old 10-26-2021, 03:35 PM
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