A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-01-03....Muscle Car Mania!

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[Calpernia]

My husband was looking for a Corvair. Then he found this big, black Mob Car that takes up the entire driveway. I think he still wants a Corvair too.

[MistyCA]

Billie! What a great thread! I use to power shift my 66 Red Chevelle Super Sport through the quarter mile is just under 12 seconds! It's still in my blood! I have had a series of "hot" cars all my life with a few rare exceptions. Resting periods! LOL.

Dave...my uncle has a 66 mustang in the garage with 40k miles on it. One day we will get it out from all the spiders and dust balls! He put it in the garage years ago when the paint "blew" off! LOL.

[Calpernia]

>>>Oh my gosh, Cal. You're going to be a *mess* when your children go off to college! No I fixed that. After Frankie is bathroom independent, we are no longer celebrating birthdays. I'm holding everyone hostage at their current age. I ain't going near the stage of my 'babies' taking off in cars with others driving. NEVER MIND dating. Nope. This age is nice. So we stay here. won't work, huh?

[TexasCowboy]

"BTW...it should be mandatory for you to post that gif of him that Louie made on the Termite thread every hundred posts or so. :)"

Ahhhh, you caught me!

I've been stingy with that graphic because it's the centerpiece of the Web page I'm building for the Termite.

You're right, though.
It shall be done!!

[MistyCA]

AFter I got rid of my souped up 66 Chevelle Super Sport I bought the stock big block 70 Chevelle SS like the one at the beginning of the thread. Got rid of that one and had a Mustang Mach 1 (yellow). Those were the days!!! My brother and his friends thought of me as "the secret weapon!" LOL.

[The Mayor]

66 Chevelle Super Sport
70 Chevelle SS

Memories, sweet memories. I just want one more toy. I'd take a basketcase and do it "right" slowly over time in my garage. That would be fun..

[MistyCA]

Well, I don't know what possessed me, but I bought a broken down little fiat as a project car. That was at the end of 1999. Yes...I know what possessed me! I was going to get a little car that my daughter's and I could tear apart and easily put back together ...... to teach them enough so they could keep their own cars running if need be.

Welllllll.......next thing I knew, with the dashboard out of the car and part of the floor panel removed, 2 daughters decided to get married! So much for the car! I was so busy planning weddings that the car just sat there! And it is still sitting there! LOL. I had a vision of getting a luminescent paint job and new leather from Italy. What a waste! LOL. ;)

[Calpernia]

LOL. I think if Former Lurker and uglybiker started a car thread here, my husband might actually register for FR. He was sitting here reading their posts about Corvairs, World Fair, and GM talking to the computer. I tried to explain to him about needing to post to communicate...but he went to the Garage to play with his Impala and Buick.

[Calpernia]

Thank you for the b-day wishes to Frankie Mama_Bear. He his fast asleep from all the fun.

[Mama_Bear]

for the birthday wishes. :-)

[Aquamarine]

Happy Birthday (((Mama Bear)))

[Calpernia]

My husband's Impala he restored is a '66. He painted it fire engine red.

[Mama_Bear]

Thank you, Aqua. I have had a very nice birthday. :-)

(((((((((((Aquamarine)))))))))))))

[LadyX]

A little late for the car party, but see what you said about Frank: "My husband was looking for a Corvair."

That brings memories of our last year in Alaska when we invested in a Chevy Greenbrier Van, with a Corvair rear engine. It was perfect for the fellows to go hunting for caribou (easily accommodated half a dozen caribou, dressed out) and moose, and was one of the few vehicles that could plow through deep snow there. The previous owner had added a personnel heater in the back, so it was toasty for all passengers.

When the summer of 1966 came, we were to return to The Lower 48, and I upholstered the long seats on either side that spread out to make beds - and made side curtains to match, planning to camp out every other night on the journey. We spent $300 to ensure the engine was in top condition, and at one minute into 1 June, finally headed back to civilization.

By 0200, we had to put on sunglasses, driving southeast.
Bernie finally decided to get some sleep in the back and let me drive a while. ERROR!! As I approached the end of the paved highway near the border of Alaska with The Yukon Territory, looming ahead was nothing but a sea of mud! It had rained heavily there, over a torn up stretch about to be repaved.

DILEMMA - I knew with the 70 hp engine, if I slowed down at all, we would never get going again, and we hadn't seen another car for a couple of hours. No way to get help in total wilderness.

Picture the dog and four humans aboard, asleep, suddenly flying through a quagmire, Mommo at the wheel, going like Gangbusters, mud streaming past the windows..:))
LOL

That succeeded, however, in getting us through the border (unmanned), and to the rest of the Alaska Highway, then all gravel.

The passengers settled back to sleep again, and I plowed on - toward The Next Disaster. Going around the top of the Rocky Mountains is a bit tricky.

They woke again with me going up, nearly to the peak of one long stretch on the two-lane road, only to have two road graders working in tandem, only slightly apart rather than side by side, coming around it toward me!

No way to stop or get out of the way, with several thousand feet of a drop to my immediate left, and to the right, a mountain wall - to do anything but grit my teeth, hit the accelerator, and snake through a tiny gap between them! Whew - needless to say, at the first opportunity, I was replaced as the driver..:))

[Aquamarine]

I'm having trouble opening music posts since I hooked the digital camera up to the computer last month to upload some pictures. Quicktime is overriding everything.

[LadyX]

Wake up, martini_ferrari - meant to hail you to see Young ZOT Woman in # 194..:))

[LadyX]

{{{{{ Mega Birthday Hugs to you, Lori! }}}}}

[lonestar]

WHEW! Didn't you see the warning: Professional drivers; don't try this on your own!

[Calpernia]

Sounds like a fun and theraputic visit lonestar! Your voice back yet?

[Mama_Bear]

Awwww........thank you, Maggie. :-)