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10 November 2017
| Army Air Corps
Posted on 11/10/2017 6:19:44 PM PST by Army Air Corps
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To: Army Air Corps
1968 Chebby van. Shagg’in wagon. The lousy mileage drove me crazy but I never stayed in a motel.
To: Army Air Corps
1971 Opel GT, 1985. Loved the cornering. Hated that when I hit the brakes the wheel must be braced against a violent lurch to the left, and the steering wheel spinning to the left. Spinning with enough force to take your thumbs off without a strong grip...
Loved that car. Burnt orange. By burnt orange I really mean that. Burnt. Orange.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:36:16 PM PST
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: Army Air Corps
First car.....
1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda 383 4-bbl 4 Speed.
A rusted out beat down POS. I paid $500 for it in August 1977. Had it hauled away as junk in November.
Next bought a 1969 Ford Rustang, 351C automatic. The upper control arm rusted off the mount. Had it hauled off as junk in January 1978
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:36:30 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
To: x1stcav
Only $60? Dang!
My first car was pretty mundane, but it served well in college. It was a used Ford Tempo, and that was a solid car...right up until an uninsured driver slammed into it.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:38:10 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
1961 white Pontiac Catalina (family car). First I purchased for myself 1968 Silver Pontiac LeMans two door.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:38:12 PM PST
by
redangus
(actually hit her?)
To: Army Air Corps
My first car that I bought with my own money was a 56 Chevy Bel Air 2 door sedan. I bought it for $100.00 from a co-worker at the garage I worked at. I had to get the car running to drive it home. I would love to still have it.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:38:20 PM PST
by
wjcsux
(The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
To: Comment Not Approved
1967 lime green Ford Falcoon with a 289 V-8.
That was a badass little hoopty.
The engine caught on fire in the parking lot garage of the Sheriff's department and I had to go tell the watch commander I broke the glass on the fire extinguisher and used the firehose to put it out.
I didn't like that. Neither did he.
I should have spent the money to keep it maintained.
I should have had the money, too, I guess.
Also, I was a lazy slacker, so I shouldn't blame my poor Bagmobile.
Yes, I wish I still had that baby. I'd cherry it out and get all the chicks.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:38:49 PM PST
by
bagster
(It's okay to be white.)
To: big'ol_freeper
Hey, at least it was roomier than a Festiva!
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:39:12 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
It was in 1967. My first car was a 62 VW bus with sunroof and 23 windows. It had “air conditioning”. That is - a rusty hole in the floor on the drivers side. $600.
I was a surfer on the Washington coast and was in heaven with this!! Just like California - only about 25 degrees cooler water.
Little did I know then that this would become a highly collectable car.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:39:38 PM PST
by
llevrok
(A group of baboons is called a "congress." Just sayin' .....)
To: Army Air Corps
The first car I bought was a 1967 Chevy Biscayne with a straight 6, three on the tree, and no vinyl on the front bench seat. Bought it for $100 in 1978.
The first vehicle I bought was a 1978 Honda XL250S motorcycle, brand new in 1978. I bought the Biscayne to get me through the Idaho winter while stationed at Mtn. Home AFB.
Made it through the winter with the beat up Biscayne, then sold the car for $150 to a scrap yard. Before the next winter, I bought a used 1978 Honda Civic CVCC in 1979 from a sergeant that was deploying overseas. Paid $6,000 for that one and kept it for almost ten years.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:39:39 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Army Air Corps
73 Nova. Red. 350. Leaf springs were shot so no rear suspension to speak of.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:39:42 PM PST
by
Spruce
To: Army Air Corps
59 MGA
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:40:07 PM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
To: Army Air Corps
1963, Take out the second seat, throw in some pillows and sleeping bags, "Don't come knockin' if this bus is rockin.'" 'nuff said.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:40:16 PM PST
by
upchuck
(Justice should be blind and not brain-dead. ~ Daniel John Sobieski . Hello Jeff Sessions...)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
I’ll bite. What was your second car?
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:40:39 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Mine was a 1969 Buick Riviera with a 430 3-bbl carb. It was pretty unreliable. Power window contacts destroyed due to pitting from arcing when you turned them off. Would get window stuck down and could not get it to go up more times than I care to remember. It destroyed hydraulic lifters. The headlights flipped down or up using engine vacuum pressure. The hoses leaked so badly and lost seal so fast that it often did not work when you turned the headlights on. Often the headlights would only start to flip down and would be shining up in the air. My high school friends nicknamed it "the raccoon hunter".
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:40:48 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: Army Air Corps
1965 Plymouth Fury II nine-passenger station wagon with a backward-facing rear seat. 318 V8. It was my daddy's car. I loved that car. We'd park backwards in the drive-ins and flip open the back seat, put our feet up on the tailgate.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:41:00 PM PST
by
pigsmith
To: DarthFuzball
It was a 74/75/76 Hornet...
I am thinking of a Johnny Cash song, now.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:42:24 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Army Air Corps
1967 Camaro with a Firebird nose. Bought used for $400. Had a lot of fun with it. Finally got rid of it when I had to add a quart of oil every morning.
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:42:27 PM PST
by
Fzob
(Let the saving love of Christ be the measure of our lives.)
To: Army Air Corps
1976 Jeep CJ-7 Levis Renegade in Denim Blue.
Crap 304 engine and 3-=speed tranny but it was damned fun!
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:42:48 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
To: deadrock
Lucky you! I miss my 76 Carrera to this day!
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posted on
11/10/2017 6:43:05 PM PST
by
wjcsux
(The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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