growing up i always heard the old people talking about the good ole days. well, i guess i'm the old one now.
after watching mecum on t.v. it made me think about the cars i had while growing up.
it was not uncommon to see chevelles, camaros, gto's, etc as dd. i remember spending hours just walking thru junkyards looking at all the cool "old iron" now, when i go to a jy, it is full of neons, escorts, intrepids, 4 door malibus, etc.
my 1st car was a 1970 4-speed chevelle. i bought it in 1985 for $100. it had a rod knock and didn't run. me and a few friends pushed it 4 houses down to my parents carport. i had a 350 from a 76 impala with some reman heads, weind intake and a junkyard rochester 4 barrell ready to drop in it. i was 15 at the time. the heads cost me $75 bucks at the local machine shop.
the rundown of my high school friends cars were as follows.
another 70 chevelle
66 impala
72 gto
68 gto
71 340 duster
71 Z28
69 442
64 max wedge belvedere
these were just my close friends in h.s. i could go on and on about the muscle in our town(orlando) during that era.
the kid that owned the 71 "Z" was a heavy partier and i remeber making a beer run in that car and cutting thru an orange grove. we smacked a tree and wiped out the front end. guess we thought the "good ole days" wouldn't end. after all you could pick up the local classifieds and they were full of muscle cars.
the kid that owned the 340 duster was spoiled and wanted a big block malibu that was for sale locally. his mom told him there was nothing wrong with his car. so he drained the oil and seized the motor. 1 week later he pulled up in that bb malibu.
i remember bickering over a 70 w31 cutlass cause i thought the guy was crazy trying to get $2800.
my best deal was a 71 442. bought it off the original owner for $800 bucks. even back then i knew that was a steal. i couldn't get to the bank fast enough to get the money.
now all these cars are overpriced ''collectables''
after watching mecum on t.v. it made me think about the cars i had while growing up.
it was not uncommon to see chevelles, camaros, gto's, etc as dd. i remember spending hours just walking thru junkyards looking at all the cool "old iron" now, when i go to a jy, it is full of neons, escorts, intrepids, 4 door malibus, etc.
my 1st car was a 1970 4-speed chevelle. i bought it in 1985 for $100. it had a rod knock and didn't run. me and a few friends pushed it 4 houses down to my parents carport. i had a 350 from a 76 impala with some reman heads, weind intake and a junkyard rochester 4 barrell ready to drop in it. i was 15 at the time. the heads cost me $75 bucks at the local machine shop.
the rundown of my high school friends cars were as follows.
another 70 chevelle
66 impala
72 gto
68 gto
71 340 duster
71 Z28
69 442
64 max wedge belvedere
these were just my close friends in h.s. i could go on and on about the muscle in our town(orlando) during that era.
the kid that owned the 71 "Z" was a heavy partier and i remeber making a beer run in that car and cutting thru an orange grove. we smacked a tree and wiped out the front end. guess we thought the "good ole days" wouldn't end. after all you could pick up the local classifieds and they were full of muscle cars.
the kid that owned the 340 duster was spoiled and wanted a big block malibu that was for sale locally. his mom told him there was nothing wrong with his car. so he drained the oil and seized the motor. 1 week later he pulled up in that bb malibu.
i remember bickering over a 70 w31 cutlass cause i thought the guy was crazy trying to get $2800.
my best deal was a 71 442. bought it off the original owner for $800 bucks. even back then i knew that was a steal. i couldn't get to the bank fast enough to get the money.
now all these cars are overpriced ''collectables''