The day I got the keys...
I've never owned a new car. My all-time favorite was my 70 440-6. A good friend bought it new, and had it a bit over a year. I was at NAS Miramar, San Diego, he was first down in Long Beach, then later at a communications station up near Davis CA. (EDIT must be Dixon CA)
George, the original owner still alive last I knew. This was soon after it was new, we had been to Lions
I called him one day, then owning a 69 383 RR 4 speed, about mid summer? 71. "Just to say hi." I was going to repaint and rework the 69, new brakes, etc
He says "don't put all that money into your car, BUY MINE!!!
So I "got it together," financing, plans, "the trip." The car had big rear tires, so I robbed the spare from my 69 temporarily. Flew up from San Diego to Sac, my "luggage" was an overnight bag "with a change of underwear" and A SPARE TIRE WRAPPED IN STRING AND CARDBOARD LOL
So I get to Sac, he picks me up, and we spend the day together. He was selling because he was getting Married AND BOUGHT a Microbus!! The VW dealer wanted the RR for "deposit" until I showed up with the check. The idiot lot kids had left the hazards on and the battery was stone dead. it was SO dead we had to leave the jumper on for a few minutes so the alternator could catch up.
Hit the road S to San Diego. WHAT A DIFFERENCE between the 383!! Had "hang on" aftermarket AC, 4 speed, Dana. Six-pack in the trunk it now wore an 800 DP Holley, headers. Buncha bikers came driving by, I had the windows up, A/C running, happy on a hot day. One of the bikers motioned, he wants to "go." I waved him off, he gave me the finger. So I cranked it into 3rd and away we went. That ***** would do 140 no problem, G60 x 15's and 3.54 gear. I would have liked to have been a mouse around THAT campfire that night to hear the "I lost" excuses.
And it was all downhill from there
The car in 73/74 at the back door of then Mom and Dad's house This was "in the midst" of the 70's gas "crunch" and had a 340 swapped in by then. This was after some girls in a Datsun had rear ended the car doing serious damage. I had them leave the RR trim off the car for some reason. It originally had the "dust trails" along the sides
Me, myself, I somewhere around 72-73
I've never owned a new car. My all-time favorite was my 70 440-6. A good friend bought it new, and had it a bit over a year. I was at NAS Miramar, San Diego, he was first down in Long Beach, then later at a communications station up near Davis CA. (EDIT must be Dixon CA)
George, the original owner still alive last I knew. This was soon after it was new, we had been to Lions
I called him one day, then owning a 69 383 RR 4 speed, about mid summer? 71. "Just to say hi." I was going to repaint and rework the 69, new brakes, etc
He says "don't put all that money into your car, BUY MINE!!!
So I "got it together," financing, plans, "the trip." The car had big rear tires, so I robbed the spare from my 69 temporarily. Flew up from San Diego to Sac, my "luggage" was an overnight bag "with a change of underwear" and A SPARE TIRE WRAPPED IN STRING AND CARDBOARD LOL
So I get to Sac, he picks me up, and we spend the day together. He was selling because he was getting Married AND BOUGHT a Microbus!! The VW dealer wanted the RR for "deposit" until I showed up with the check. The idiot lot kids had left the hazards on and the battery was stone dead. it was SO dead we had to leave the jumper on for a few minutes so the alternator could catch up.
Hit the road S to San Diego. WHAT A DIFFERENCE between the 383!! Had "hang on" aftermarket AC, 4 speed, Dana. Six-pack in the trunk it now wore an 800 DP Holley, headers. Buncha bikers came driving by, I had the windows up, A/C running, happy on a hot day. One of the bikers motioned, he wants to "go." I waved him off, he gave me the finger. So I cranked it into 3rd and away we went. That ***** would do 140 no problem, G60 x 15's and 3.54 gear. I would have liked to have been a mouse around THAT campfire that night to hear the "I lost" excuses.
And it was all downhill from there
The car in 73/74 at the back door of then Mom and Dad's house This was "in the midst" of the 70's gas "crunch" and had a 340 swapped in by then. This was after some girls in a Datsun had rear ended the car doing serious damage. I had them leave the RR trim off the car for some reason. It originally had the "dust trails" along the sides
Me, myself, I somewhere around 72-73
