[The Boss]

All of the pictures that have been popping up recently have been great and had me thinking about what some of you may have been driving back in the day.

I graduated High School in 1981 and although I had tried to buy a 69 Judge in the summer of 1980, my father wisely said no. I totaled my Mom's brand new 1980 Pontiac Phoenix in October and ended up taking her new Grand Prix to the Senior Prom.

I did however, get to spend a lot of time riding in THIS car in High School and it's a real surprise I didn't end up collecting Mopars. Owned by the older brother of one of my best friends, I got picked up each morning in this.

Triple black, Hemi 4spd 71 Cuda (this may not be the actual car, I don't remember it having billboards.)

[salem1912]

In 1973 my best friend had a cousin that would check himself into a hospital and ask us to drive his corvette while he was away. 1969 350/350 4spd. We blew the engine up,replace it with a old 283. When he came back he traded it in for a '70 Formula 400 4sd that he let us use. We took care of that one though.

[flyingn]

Graduated in 79 and drove a frame off restored 65 El Camino and an CR 69 ra III 4 speed ac Judge

[threefidee]

My dad and I built a 1972 Grand Prix SJ. Orange with white top. 455 with air. I was 12 when we got it, learned a lot in a rented garage in one of the coldest winters of all time, no heat and gravel floor. Dad drove it for a couple years till I turned 16. Took my driver's test in it and drove her to school every day. Not actual picture but dead nuts identical.

Jody

[Half-Inch Stud]

1968 LeMans installed Timing Gear & lifters to get it running.
Then swapped-in a TH400. Then the Endura Nose & GTO Hood. Stereo, HEI, Int Reg Alternator, Rally cluster, Rally IIs etc
My school & work driver & Prom limo.

Then in 1983 swapped in a 428, Then Disc Brakes

Oh my brothers has to get their GTOs on: 70 Atoll Blue GTO HT & 68 LeMans convertible
70 GTO Blue Convertible. Oh they upgraded: 70 OO Judge & 70 GTO Convertible.

Oh I upgraded to a 68 GTO, found another 428. and the story goes on.

[Hunter98TA]

I bought a 327 out of a wrecked 65(?) Vette when I was 13-14. I worked that with some HP stuff and it put out about 400HP, based on the guy that assembled it for me. I found a 64 Impala SS convertible for $300 (the cost of the powerGlide rebuild, customer never came back for it). I drove that for about 9 months but always had issues with the pressed on harmonic balancer coming off. It turned out not to be reliable. My Dad helped me buy a brand new 1976 Yamaha 250 Enduro which I rode for about 30k miles over 2 years. In my Senior year I found a 1952 Chevy 1 ton Panel truck that I used until I graduated. Cool party truck.
I wish I had at least one pic of the Impala and Bike. I only have one pic of the truck.

[highway star]

Ahh the good ole days, class of 1980 & driving a
'62 nova with a 350 & Muncie 4 spd. & 4:10's.
Speeding tickets were cheap back then.

[tinindian68]

I graduated in 1998, and drove my 68 Firebird. I got it at 14, and had it road worthy by 16. I didn't drive it to high school much. Those duties were relegated to my buddy's Dodge Omni...

[67drake]

The bus.

[67drake]

JK.
I graduated in '83. My first driver was my parents hand me down '73 Olds 88. The first cat I bought,in '82, was a '66 GTO.

[RocktimusPryme]

I turned 16 in 2000. My first car was a 1989 beretta I payed $700 for. My senior year I upgraded in style if not reliability to a 3rd gen IROC. I loved that car but it hated my guts, failed me at every turn.

[Old Goat Racer]

A '55 Olds. My step dad was an "Olds" guy. I graduated high school in '63. My step dad took me car hunting. We found a '59 Olds, white with a red top and a '59 Pontiac, red with a white top. Guess which one I bought.

[TheSilverBuick]

Fresh from Grandma in 1996.




Still driving it today.

[george kujanski]

1963 Dodge Dart 4 door hand me down from my sister. 170 cu in of raw power Push button trans..(that was cool), Upgraded it to a 225 cu.in, kept the 170 cyl head for more compression and put on a Holley 2 barrel carb and manifold. Ran really well.

Upgraded to a '67 Lemans Sprint in my college years.

George

[Verdoro 68]

Same Goat I have now

[bird72]

I actually mooched rides off girlfriends a lot

finally my parents bought me a pristine, exactly like this, for $400.



Never, EVER, buy your child a station wagon or multi passenger van. EVER.

This wagon was "The Party Wagon" notorious in NE El Paso 73-74. when transportation was needed to a party, be it a commandeered parents house, in the desert, or at the levee. I was "On Call" as transport. 9 or 10 kids could be stuffed in that thing. Car died a sad death of stupid move youth action. It actually was a great car, 289. Not very cool. Thanks a lot Boss, I feel like a real bad dude now

[Old Man Taylor]

Got this in 1957, replaced it in 1958 after I got out of high school. It's a '47 Dodge 4-door with a Fluid Drive 3-speed. - - - - - YUCK.

I'm on the left side of the picture.

[The Boss]

We need more pictures!

[Johnny406]

I started with a 66 Falcon with a 170 in-line. After thoroughly tearing up that car I moved to a 79 Renault LeCar, then my 69 Rustang coupe (crap was always falling out the trunk via the left quarter panel) with the worn out 302 and nylon covered timing gears. I then picked up a 72 Duster with a 225 slant six. I had that car till I joined the Army. A couple of years later while I was in Desert Storm, my dad sold it to a friend of his. I'm still disgruntled about that...

[ponchjoe]

Graduated in '83, 71 Cutlass S then a 69 GTO. My older Brother was pissed because dad wouldn't let him have a GTO. Pictures lost in a flooded storage unit.