First Car?
I am sure this has been gone over a few times but I am having some troubles finding the threads.. What was your first car? Do you still have it? Mine was a 1970 AMC Ambassador, it had a 360 2bbl on it. Wish I didn't sell it..
Cool car!!!
Mine was a 65 Dart 4 Door (big suprise here right) slanty auto.
Got it from mom (borrow all the time), she got it from my grandpa.
When it was time to sell it she traded my grand pa for a 6 cyl Nova.
The 65 Dart then went from my grand pa to a neighbor behind his house, my house now. When they got it from him it had well over 250,000 miles and still running like a race car.
A couple years after I heard the parking brake went out, it rolled down a pretty good hill down their driveway cross the street on the other side of my corner lot, and down a 12' embankment into Stoney Lonesome Creek. On the way down it careened off a phone poll. At 375,000 miles and laying in the bottom of the creek, and pass side wipedoff with a phone pole, it was pulled from creek and continued to be used until 425,000 miles and was then sold to a local high school boy where we lost track of it. I know it's not in any of the junk yards round here, not even the ones Yard Dawg has his parts cars in!
At the time I despised having to drive that car. Would go into school late so as not be seen driving it!
The Nova?
Basically stole it out from under Mom. Tore the 6 cylinder out of it and dropped in a 327 with camel hump heads. First time I really ever built a non lawnmower engine. Spun a bearing a month later and had to sell to the mechanic for repair bills. Parents were kinda pissed at that teardown! There have been many more sense but have turned out better!LOL!!
Looking back I guess I really don't wonder where all our 4 door Darts are comming from. It's a sublimital thing about being able to fix my own car on the cheap, no payments, cheap tags and insurance, and the unbeleivable milage that first Dart had when we lost track of her.8)
Don't quote me on mileages, grand pa liked to spin a good yarn! Ohhh Thats where I got it! The only one I was sure about was the 250K+ when it went back to him!
