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My father has been building classic cars since they were new cars.
Currently restoring a '67 GTO
has had several GTO's, 64 Impala, 65 Nova, several 62 Catalina's, and a few other odds and ends.
I inherited the bug! I had three classics but sold them all for a new house. I am hoping to get another one while the market is down. Restored a CJ7, a 79 Z28 in real nice driver condition and this....69 Stingray 350/350 4 speed, factory black/black , concourse winner, 46k original miles....I miss that car! Too nice to really enjoy though....my next one will be more of a nice driver.
Someday I hope to own a 55-57 Bel-Air, a 61 Impala SS, and a class Malibu SS.
Too bad they had to kill the RWD Impala SS....IMO F em...let em die...they've been out of touch for 10 years...thought the SUV was something everyone needed. They haven't made a nice SUV since the Tahoe/Burban of the late 90s IMO.
Great video.
Oh yes, the memories. Those were the days of youth and girls and beautiful cars. And the music that all us older folks still remember.
I got my drivers license in 1963 at the age of 16.
Thanks for taking me back to those times and those great American cars.
Unfortunately, todays youth will never experience the world the way it was back then.
For some reason, GM put "400" emblems on the early 70s Chevys with the 402 engine.
Never did understand that either. In 1970 the 396 actually became a 402 but since 396 was a hot selling household name, GM decided to keep calling it that. 1971 they decided to call the same engine a 400....but there was already another 400 used in the Chevys....the 400 small block. When ordering parts you had to know the difference between the two; the big block was called a "400 4 barrel" while the small block was called the "400 2 barrel". Then in 1972 they finally came out of the closet and called it a 402. However I don't know why they put those 400 badges on (maybe they were too cheap to come out with actual "402" badges) but those 400 badges look to me like the same ones off of a 1967-69 Pontiac Firebird.
My first car was a 1950 Plymouth. I am not a "car-person" so excuse the description. My father bought the car for me in 1964 to drive to high school and around our town in west Texas. He bought it for $75.00 from a school teacher.
He had it painted,, new upholstery and a radio. The car was a tank and I loved it dearly. It had sideboards and the metal "awning" over the windshield. It drank oil like there was no tomorrow and the odometer did not work. So, I kept a log of how many miles I had driven and would fill the car up (25 cents a gallon is there was a gas war going on) when I had driven a certain number of miles.
Dad bought recycled oil by the barrel and I learned how to change the oil, the break fluid and how to change a tire. I'm a female, btw, and these things were unheard of in the town where I lived. I loved that car more than I can say. It was my freedom. I still believe Dad bought it for me because one night I was expecting a ride to a basketball game and the ride never showed up. That got to Dad.
Anyway, the thing that finally doomed the car, after I had left for college and turned it over to my younger sister, was the fact that Dad could no longer find tires that fit it. After several 400 mile round trips to Ft. Worth for tires he decided to sell the car. Yep. Sold it to a school teacher for $75.00. Talk about irony. But as a result, I can still change the oil in my car but I prefer to have Jiffy Lube do it.
I don't have a scanner or I would post a picture of the car. It was lovely and very, very big.
Bitchen...Bitchen...Bitchen....what memories and the cars shown. Bucket roadster/chop tops/french headlites/bullet tail lites/fender skirts etc...could go on and on. Those were the good old days and the cars made life worth living. Met my (Car Hop) wife at a drive in. I started the Cherry Coke thing in Arcadia Calif during the football season in 1948...at least believe I was the first person to ask for one. Word got around and they started to sell the cherry cokes with cherry juice from ice cream toppings and a cherry inside the coke. Anyway very nice Video. Steve
Cherry Cokes were around a lot sooner than 1948. Also chocolate Pepsi.
My father has been building classic cars since they were new cars.
Currently restoring a '67 GTO
has had several GTO's, 64 Impala, 65 Nova, several 62 Catalina's, and a few other odds and ends.
I inherited the bug! I had three classics but sold them all for a new house. I am hoping to get another one while the market is down. Restored a CJ7, a 79 Z28 in real nice driver condition and this....69 Stingray 350/350 4 speed, factory black/black , concourse winner, 46k original miles....I miss that car! Too nice to really enjoy though....my next one will be more of a nice driver.
Here is my 1970 Corvette 454. Boy did that engine overheat in hot weather, also had to replace the front coils because they couldn't support the weight. Show car built by some rich kid in Pasadena. I bought it in 1972 and sold it in 1976. Flared fenders were OK for show but not driving, one hard bump and the wheel would hit the flare and crack it. The spare tire was removed and the axles, u-joints and differential were chomed. You could see everything spinning if behind the car. The rear fenders were peaked and that made the top looked chopped. Gold leaf on black lacquer paint. Attachment 46397
Love my 555 at the time. had a chnce to drive a restored one that was perfect about a year ago' I for got hoe badly they drove compare to more modern cars.Still was very good looking. Drive a 57 that had a air ride suspension and it drove much better but still not that well. memroy fools you sometimes.
Thanks for sharing, lots of great pics in this thread. That 69 Vette is beautiful, one of my friends father owns one in a very glossy black and I can't help but stare at it everytime it's out of the garage.
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