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Qack	DEJA VU	#1
Senior Guru Raleigh, NC 274 Posts Member since: 2007/12/11 0:00	Oh man, what a flashback! I was on my way back from Lowes, and it's perfect convertible weather. So there I was, just cruising along enjoying the ride with a smile on my face. Then the Beatles "Twist and Shout" started playing on the radio. I immediately turned the volume up to just below the threshold of pain ... I immediately had a flashback. My very first car was a brandy-new red '67 Corvette convertible and there I was, a young stud again, cruising and turning the volume up to Twist and Shout. I actually laughed out loud. I'm sure the people around me thought I was nuts.
	Posted on: 2008/7/31 16:24
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TommyT-Bone	Re: DEJA VU	#2
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33766 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	Quote: Qack wrote: I'm sure the people around me thought I was nuts. Are they wrong?
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red_johnny	Re: DEJA VU	#3
On Sabbatical Augusta, GA (85 383 stroker) 3213 Posts Member since: 2006/7/6 0:00	AH, good times!
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jsup	Re: DEJA VU	#4
Elite Guru 1778 Posts Member since: 2005/9/9 0:00	Stud?
	Posted on: 2008/7/31 17:38
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pianoguy	Re: DEJA VU	#5
Guru Emeritus Apple Valley, MN 14762 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	I am beside myself imagining what it would've been like to have a brand-new '67 Vette convertible for a first car sniff
	Posted on: 2008/7/31 20:08
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CSS996	Re: DEJA VU	#6
Mega Guru Central PA 3644 Posts Member since: 2007/8/31 0:00	Quote: Qack wrote: My very first car was a brandy-new red '67 Corvette convertible Damn!
	Posted on: 2008/7/31 20:16
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Qack	Re: DEJA VU	#7
Senior Guru Raleigh, NC 274 Posts Member since: 2007/12/11 0:00	Quote: TommyT-Bone wrote: Quote: Qack wrote: I'm sure the people around me thought I was nuts. Are they wrong? Well ... can't say for sure.
	Posted on: 2008/7/31 21:21
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Qack	Re: DEJA VU	#8
Senior Guru Raleigh, NC 274 Posts Member since: 2007/12/11 0:00	Quote: jsup wrote: Stud? HEY! We all were back then, weren't we? At least that's how we remember it.
	Posted on: 2008/7/31 21:22
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BillH	Re: DEJA VU	#9
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	My second Corvette was a 67 coupe and I still have it. :tongue: Seems like there's mostly Led Zepplin coming out of the C4 speakers these days.
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 14:31
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bogus	Re: DEJA VU	#10
Grand Imperial Pooh-Bah San Pedro, CA 20859 Posts Member since: 2005/9/7 0:00	Gee... if nothing else... you're old. I get those moments from time to time, but for me, it's tragic music like Duran Duran.
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 14:43
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runner140	Re: DEJA VU	#11
Master Guru Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 721 Posts Member since: 2005/9/16 0:00	Quote: bogus wrote: Gee... if nothing else... you're old. I get those moments from time to time, but for me, it's tragic music like Duran Duran. Speaking of tragic, my music was "the eagles" and the tragic part is I still listen to them.
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 14:46
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CSS996	Re: DEJA VU	#12
Mega Guru Central PA 3644 Posts Member since: 2007/8/31 0:00	The Eagles are great! Just good music. I, like Andy am also a child of the 80's. And as much as I love the crap I listened to (Ratt, Dokken, Iron Maiden, and all the MTV pop stuff) I feel like the 70's got much better music than we did. A buddy of mine who is 50 has turned me on to some good shit. Robin Trower, Ten Years After, Tull...
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 15:35
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CentralCoaster	Re: DEJA VU	#13
Senior Guru San Diego, CA 9454 Posts Member since: 2007/10/28 0:00	I was born in 1980 and feel left out. So I bump The Police or Cars and pretend its 1985 and I'm a badass in my brand spankin new plastic supercar and others are following me in envy. Then I wake up and move over for the 260hp Camry that I'm getting in the way of.
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 16:58
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CSS996	Re: DEJA VU	#14
Mega Guru Central PA 3644 Posts Member since: 2007/8/31 0:00	So that puts you in HS about '95. I googled top songs of '95. Wow... Bad. 1. Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio 2. Waterfalls, TLC 3. Creep, TLC 4. Kiss From A Rose, Seal 5. On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men 6. Another Night, Real McCoy 7. Fantasy, Mariah Carey 8. Take A Bow, Madonna 9. Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days), Monica 10. This Is How We Do It, Montell Jordan 11. I Know, Dionne Farris 12. Water Runs Dry, Boyz II Men 13. Freak Like Me, Adina Howard 14. Run-Around, Blues Traveler 15. I Can Love You Like That, All-4-One 16. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?, Bryan Adams 17. Always, Bon Jovi 18. Boombastic/In The Summertime, Shaggy 19. Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Nicki French 20. You Gotta Be, Des'ree
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 20:19
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crash	Re: DEJA VU	#15
Guru WRIGHT CITY MO 63390 977 Posts Member since: 2007/12/15 0:00	Quote: Qack wrote: Oh man, what a flashback! I was on my way back from Lowes, and it's perfect convertible weather. So there I was, just cruising along enjoying the ride with a smile on my face. Then the Beatles "Twist and Shout" started playing on the radio. I immediately turned the volume up to just below the threshold of pain ... I immediately had a flashback. My very first car was a brandy-new red '67 Corvette convertible and there I was, a young stud again, cruising and turning the volume up to Twist and Shout. I actually laughed out loud. I'm sure the people around me thought I was nuts. i was born a poor white boy all i could afford was a new 66 chevelle ss396 4 spd it was $2800.00 1/3rd the price of my 1st house i was jamming to dillion-hendricks and joplin ahh tose where the good ol days
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 20:58
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Qack	Re: DEJA VU	#16
Senior Guru Raleigh, NC 274 Posts Member since: 2007/12/11 0:00	BTW, I was a poor white boy who grew up in central Wisconsin. However, I earned a full scholarship including stipend for college, so my mother said she would buy me the car of my choice ... took me all of two milliseconds to blurt out CORVETTE !!! The 'vette cost her a lot less than my tuition/books/room and board would have, so it was a win/win. Now if I had just kept that car ...
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 21:10
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CentralCoaster	Re: DEJA VU	#17
Senior Guru San Diego, CA 9454 Posts Member since: 2007/10/28 0:00	Quote: CSS996 wrote: So that puts you in HS about '95. I googled top songs of '95. Wow... Bad. Clearly the chicks were buying all the CDs in '95, while the guys were downloading MP3s. In high school I was listening to Aerosmith, Guns N Roses, Metallica, Goo Goo Dolls, Counting Crows...
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 22:34
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CentralCoaster	Re: DEJA VU	#18
Senior Guru San Diego, CA 9454 Posts Member since: 2007/10/28 0:00	Quote: Qack wrote: BTW, I was a poor white boy who grew up in central Wisconsin. However, I earned a full scholarship including stipend for college, You suck. I had everything under the sun on my high school transcript, but missed the scholarship deadline.
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 22:37
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Matatk	Re: DEJA VU	#19
Webmaster SW Chicago Burbs 22805 Posts Member since: 2008/1/7 0:00	Quote: CSS996 wrote: I, like Andy am also a child of the 80's. Who lied to you? I am a child of the eighties but a teenager of the nineties. I listened to all kinds of stuff over the years, but now I find that I listen to the mix station that plays all of the decades. Works for me. Matthew
	Posted on: 2008/8/1 23:29
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BillH	Re: DEJA VU	#20
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Quote: Qack wrote: BTW, I was a poor white boy who grew up in central Wisconsin. However, I earned a full scholarship including stipend for college, so my mother said she would buy me the car of my choice ... took me all of two milliseconds to blurt out CORVETTE !!! The 'vette cost her a lot less than my tuition/books/room and board would have, so it was a win/win. Now if I had just kept that car ... Yea, should have kept it. I really upset my mother when I said "sure, I'm going to college but I'm working a year first so I can buy a Corvette". Bought a 63 Z06. Then I got a scholarship from Borg-Warner. Should have kept it. Sold it and bought a 62 Chev Panel Truck and a brand new Yamaha motocrosser. The week after I graduated, I bought a 67. Kept it.
	Posted on: 2008/8/2 15:10
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Qack	Re: DEJA VU	#21
Senior Guru Raleigh, NC 274 Posts Member since: 2007/12/11 0:00	Quote: BillH wrote: The week after I graduated, I bought a 67. Kept it. You really know how to hurt a guy. What drivetrain do you have? mine was the 350 hp 327 with a Muncie 4-speed and the 3.07 rear axle ratio. I wanted a high-speed road car. I find the rear axle ratio amusing as in '67 that was the "economy" ratio and my '94 has the same ratio and it's the "performance" version.
	Posted on: 2008/8/2 16:20
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Qack	Re: DEJA VU	#22
Senior Guru Raleigh, NC 274 Posts Member since: 2007/12/11 0:00	Quote: bogus wrote: Gee... if nothing else... you're old. Old is as old does -- I might even be younger than you.
	Posted on: 2008/8/2 16:22
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bogus	Re: DEJA VU	#23
Grand Imperial Pooh-Bah San Pedro, CA 20859 Posts Member since: 2005/9/7 0:00	Quote: Qack wrote: Quote: bogus wrote: Gee... if nothing else... you're old. Old is as old does -- I might even be younger than you. oh, wow... not sure... I was born in 900 AD...
	Posted on: 2008/8/2 23:31
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BillH	Re: DEJA VU	#24
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Quote: Qack wrote: Quote: BillH wrote: The week after I graduated, I bought a 67. Kept it. You really know how to hurt a guy. What drivetrain do you have? mine was the 350 hp 327 with a Muncie 4-speed and the 3.07 rear axle ratio. I wanted a high-speed road car. I find the rear axle ratio amusing as in '67 that was the "economy" ratio and my '94 has the same ratio and it's the "performance" version. Well, there's a bunch of us that got hurt by "should'a kept it". I should'a kept my 65 coupe, my 66 vert, my 76 C3 and really should'd kept the 63 Z06. But the one that really hurt: I had the chance to buy a 67 coupe, 400hp, 3 duce big block in '84 for $10k, NCRS car with sidepipes, a/c, shoulder belts and head rests, Anyway, the 67's got a 3:36 rear. 300 horse, Muncie and the rest is pretty much base. The one strange option is the origional owner ordered it with off road exhaust. When I got it, it had sidepipes which of course, I'm keeping. The car is currently totally apart and I'm planning to sart the restoration as soon as I switch houses.
	Posted on: 2008/8/3 14:29
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cuisinartvette	Re: DEJA VU	#25
Elite Guru 1782 Posts Member since: 2005/9/16 0:00	Shoulder belts in 67, now thats a rare one.
	Posted on: 2008/8/3 15:06
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bogus	Re: DEJA VU	#26
Grand Imperial Pooh-Bah San Pedro, CA 20859 Posts Member since: 2005/9/7 0:00	Quote: cuisinartvette wrote: Shoulder belts in 67, now thats a rare one. same with the headrests. My brothers 67 had neither.
	Posted on: 2008/8/3 17:39
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BillH	Re: DEJA VU	#27
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Yea, both were rare. The shoulder belts were the single ones like today's cars. More than any of the Vettes I've sold, I've kicked myself in the ass for not buying this one.
	Posted on: 2008/8/5 14:45
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