| RE:What cars from your past do you wish you still had? |
Subject: RE:What cars from your past do you wish you still had? by pianoguy on 2008/1/15 2:12:27 If only a guy knew - I had a friend who used to buy '57 Chevy's for $25 to run them in the demolition derby  There's a few I'd like to have back. I had a '65 Olds Starfire - awesome car with a 425 and a carburetor the size of Rhode Island. It got 6.8 miles per gallon, and could burn the tires all day long. The '67 GTO was a tank - no power steering or brakes, but it was fun in a straight line. Had a '69, '70 and '73 Grand Prix - the '70 was my favorite, but the 455 Super Duty in the '73 was an amazing engine. Had a '74 Firebird Formula - that was a fun car, handled like a dream. And I had a '74 Ford van that I converted - we had a great time with that. After the 70's it was all downhill for a long time - cars were pretty sucky. A recent favorite was my '97 Lincoln Mark VIII - loved that car, but it was nickel-and-diming me to death. I remember test-driving a couple that I wish I had bought - a mint '69 GTO Judge, loaded (for something like $2100) and a brand-new '74 Firebird Formula 455. But who could afford $5000? :tongue: For as much as I've loved cars over the years, I was never very good about taking pictures of them. I did dig up a few: Here's the '70 Grand Prix, on my wedding day back in '76: http://bradprestonmusic.com/Photos/70GrandPrix.jpg a "before" picture of the van (it was a Mister Donut truck - lmao): http://bradprestonmusic.com/Photos/74FordVanB4.jpg an "after" picture of the van (before the chrome side-pipes  ):http://bradprestonmusic.com/Photos/74FordVanAfter.jpg and the Lincoln: http://webpages.charter.net/bradpreston/Lincoln.jpg |
