Posted on 05/06/2016 7:18:17 PM PDT by mdittmar
What was your dream car when you were 16?
Wanted a 68 Camaro,bronze,black rally stripes,craiger 5 spokes wheels,bronze morroso valve covers.
Kinda looked like this in my mind.
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Yeah, those Datsuns were cool too. That one’s either a 240 or 260 Z.
There’s a guy in my area who has a fully restored 240 in orange and it is great looking.
My oldest brother had one,rolled it into a ditch,can still remember him in the kitchen with my mom freaking out about the blood all over his shoulder,he said there was a bee in the car.
My first car was a brand new 69 Camero. It cost a little over $3,000 off the show room floor.
Oh, wait, you meant the car.
A forest green ‘39 Packard.
Too many old gangster movies.
Traded it a year later for a '72 Mach One like this one
Ever try to get the entire Junior and Varsity cheerleading squads in a Mach One with you?
Ahhhh...memories
Hahaha, I put about 140K on my first car I bought as a young sailor, a 1976 MG Midget.
I had The British Sports Car Disease too...learned everything about working on cars with that one, including kneeling before Lucas, The Father of Darkness!
Call me crazy, but I loved the 6.9 Mercedes of the 1970’s. Big, brash, grey market beast that I saw beat a 308 in a sprint. The prototype of the future AMG miracles. BAMF.
Shelby AC Cobra
What I wanted at 16 was an MGBGT - I had a neighbor who put a small-block Chevy motor in one and it was a blast. What I ended up with was a worn out MG Midget.
Those are still beautiful cars.
It's the only thing of is that I had. He passed away two years before I was born.
Finally restored it to roadworthiness when I was 18 and I drove it around college for a few years.
Then some years later I sold it to a dedicated auto restorer. I saw it again a few months ago and though part of me wishes to have it again, it now truly is the thing of beauty that it deserves to be.
I had a 1986 turbo 1911. Horsepower was not so much by todays standards. Handling was good until the back end snapped around. Todays cars (911s too) are much better. My 2013 Audi S6 today has brutal take off and handles better, though much heavier.
That hurts,wanted that 68 in 77,could have found one cheap,my Dad said “No,you’ll kill yourself”
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