IHADAV8.com - Turbo Buick Tech, and Nonsense
General => IHADAV8 Playground => Topic started by: TSM Girl on September 18 2008, 10:42:53 AM
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What was everyone's first car?
Sad to say, mine was 1990 (graduation present) it was a Geo Storm. Biggest piece of crap I ever bought. To this day my father reminds me what a piece of shit it was.
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My first was a 1966 Plymouth Belvedere II 383 four speed. Damn I wish I still had that car.
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1981 Chevy El Camino, used to be my dad's. He forgot how many times the odometer rolled over, it's had 4 engines and 2 transmissions in it so far. Last was my built SBC with a turbo 400 behind it.
Anyway, the driver's door was stuck shut, and the window was gone. All shocks were blown, front coil spring was cracked. Radio speakers disintegrated, it was AM only anyway. Bad, bad times.
I'll find a picture of this gem when I got it.
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1978??? Chevette :redfaced;
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My first vehicle (that never made it on the road) 1976 Ford F-250 360cid 4 spd
My first vehicle (that made it on the road) was a 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix
231 Buick V6 ! :supz:
(Cool idea for a thread !) :atbeer:
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My first vehicle (that never made it on the road) 1976 Ford F-250 360cid 4 spd
My first vehicle (that made it on the road) was a 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix
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My first not to hit the road was an 1971 Opel GT.
The first on the road was a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird, 2.5 4 cyl with a 4-speed. It was fun to drive but not real fast.
Was the Sunbird an oil leaker like they were notorious for. I had an '84 Chevy Celebrity for a while that would loose about half of whatever you put it it.
However the floorpan never rotted out either... I did a buch of stuff to that car
that probably started the whole "ricer" trend back in the day. It had a scoop from
a Dyer 6-71 blower (leftover parts from a monster truck that my brother used to work on) I used a bicycle brake cable attached to the throttle body that would
open the butterflies whenevah you whacked the throttle. It had a Camaro wing on the trunklid, a chain steering wheel, and then I painted it with blue spray bombs.
A fey days later my buddies dad helped me tape it and paint 2 gold rally stripes on it. Then we covered it with a bunch of racing stickahs. Ohh yeah, it had a load sound system too. SuCka can attest to that. We used to stop at a Dunkin' Donuts before work. Our boss knew when we were almost there because he'd hear us turn down
the sound system to order our coffee...(about a half mile away :rofl; ) Good times...
I'll have to find some pics...
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My first not to hit the road was an 1971 Opel GT.
The first on the road was a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird, 2.5 4 cyl with a 4-speed. It was fun to drive but not real fast.
Was the Sunbird an oil leaker like they were notorious for. I had an '84 Chevy Celebrity for a while that would loose about half of whatever you put it it.
However the floorpan never rotted out either... I did a buch of stuff to that car
that probably started the whole "ricer" trend back in the day. It had a scoop from
a Dyer 6-71 blower (leftover parts from a monster truck that my brother used to work on) I used a bicycle brake cable attached to the throttle body that would
open the butterflies whenevah you whacked the throttle. It had a Camaro wing on the trunklid, a chain steering wheel, and then I painted it with blue spray bombs.
A fey days later my buddies dad helped me tape it and paint 2 gold rally stripes on it. Then we covered it with a bunch of racing stickahs. Ohh yeah, it had a load sound system too. SuCka can attest to that. We used to stop at a Dunkin' Donuts before work. Our boss knew when we were almost there because he'd hear us turn down
the sound system to order our coffee...(about a half mile away
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My first car was a '53 Ford with Fordamatic. I sold it to Zap and told him it was the prototype for the Chevette and had been test driven by Thomas Dewey.
He bought it instantly when I showed him how to rev it up in neutral and drop it into gear and it would make this cool whining noise without going anywhere.
Told me it would work really well in his front yard as it was not in danger of jumping off the concrete blocks.
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My first car was a
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My first car was a
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My first car was a
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How bro-mantic.
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Zap just sent me this pic of Strawdawg's first Buick.
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My first car was a
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How bro-mantic.
I would not be tossing out those breauxmatic innuendos if I were you. Sylvan does not like competition. :supz:
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Mine was a 197x Fiat 124 Sport Coupe. Pretty cool little car. 4 wheel disc, factory headers, 2x Weber side draft, DOHC. Bitch popped clutch cables like they were going out of style (which they were), then the synchros went out in the tranny. Oh well.
Chop to top, and put a Buick TR motor in it. :smt033
Pics (not mine, but the same color/year)
(http://www.ihadav8.com/fiat/6a_3.jpg)
(http://www.ihadav8.com/fiat/c9_3.jpg)
(http://www.ihadav8.com/fiat/72_3.jpg)
(http://www.ihadav8.com/fiat/3a_3.jpg)
(http://www.ihadav8.com/fiat/bb_3.jpg)
(http://www.ihadav8.com/fiat/e7_3.jpg)
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1987 Buick Grand National. If I'm lyin' I'm dyin'.
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My first car was a hand-me-down from my mom. It had tinted windows and was a Maroon G-Body, but that was as cool as it got.
1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham
260 CI V-8..........DIESEL! :mad:
90 hp
It was a total dog but looked pretty good. I ended up totaling it out by failing to yield the right of way to a half-ton pickup truck, during a left hand turn.
My next car was much better as it was a Gold 1978 Trans AM with the "good" 220HP Pontiac motor. I had that car for 4 years until I traded it and some cash for my 1986 T-Type which I still own today.
:psix;
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If I didn't get my GN, I was looking at a 1971 Charger 440 (NOT the Dukes of Hazzard body) and a late 70's Firebird, 6.6 with the shaker hood.