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[Re: Horn Dog]
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04/23/10 11:35 PM
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Dumpster Dan
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My first car was a 1959 VW Karmen Ghia. It had an 1192cc 36 HP air-cooled engine and a 6 volt electrical system. I parked it on hills and push started it when the battery couldn't crank it. Amazingly, it could eventually get up to over 80 mph on the motorway in England. Cost me $200 in 1969. The Brit gals loved it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> That is so cool. A friend of mine from Scottland had the same car and all he talked about was the babe attration that car had. He also shared how he could easily get it stuck down on the beach...it was better than saying he ran out of gas <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> I got three "birds" in it once and ran into a Rover TC 2000 on a roundabout. My vision was obscured by legs, I think. Chunks of body rust fell from my car, but the Rover was unscathed. So we continued on to the party at pub in Ipswich. Now thats my kind of car, I mean party. I have to say I have never had my vision blocked in that way
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: Walker]
#426139
04/23/10 11:36 PM
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Dumpster Dan
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Sounds like quite a car Dan. Those 327's were sweet motors. Compared to todays engines they were easy to work on and you could get some real numbers with them
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: Private Klink]
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04/23/10 11:36 PM
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skorpyd
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First vehicle, 61 International Pickup, My dad bought it for me for 16th birthday, paid $175, I used it to install water conditioning equipment for my dad's business. He made me buy all my own tools and paid me by the job. What a gift, I learned the value of working for yourself, and being responsible for your own work.
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: Walker]
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04/23/10 11:37 PM
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Walker
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The station wagon wasn't exactly popular with girls so I eventually sold it and picked up a bright yellow 1976 Chevy Camaro. I spent the next few years fixing it up.
JYD #104
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: Dumpster Dan]
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04/23/10 11:38 PM
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Horn Dog
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Hi Guys,
My first car was a 70 Chevy Chevelle station wagon with a 350 engine. It was the family car and had gone across country a few times and would always tow our fishing boat up to northern Ontario. It was a huge car with bench seats, four headlights and an AM radio. Lots of good times traveling in it. As you discribed the car I got that image of Chevy Chase and his station wagon he took on vacation in Summer Vacation My fav car of all time was teh 68 Chevelle. Jerry and I fixed one up that had a 327 and we got more than 450 hourses at the rear end ...it was a screammer Always wanted a Family Truckster. There's this Buick Roadmaster wagon I see lumbering all over the road around here. It has no mufflers, fake wood and sounds like a pulp wood truck. Scares heck out of me. I'd like to have that car for my trips to Atlanta.....get some respect! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: Dumpster Dan]
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04/23/10 11:39 PM
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stjones
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Evening gents,
My first car was '80 Olds Cutlass Supreme Brougham! That's a mouthful! I bought it from my folks in about 97 so it was old when I got it. It was blue and white with some rust. T-roofs and a 305 ci motor. It was my baby! Camped and partied and dated LOTS in that thing. Good times.
JYD #115
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: Dumpster Dan]
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04/23/10 11:39 PM
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sumoj275
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Evening guys, a little late but I got here. My first was a truck, a 1976 Chevy heavy half-ton. The truck was basically a regular half-ton with upgraded shocks, springs, and a few other things. Originally the color was Crimson Red but by the time I bought it for 650 in 1990 it was orange-------------hence the name Orange Blossom Special. I had more fun in that truck. The truck basically saved my life while in a wreck. I was on the way to school and a guy tpboned me doing over 50 miles a hour----------talk about being fired up as soon as I came to. Funny thing about that truck was that I had chipped out over a couple hundred pounds of sement in the bed as it had been owned by a masonry guy.
Men you can't trust, women you can't trust, beasts you can't trust, but Bussekin steel you can trust
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: Dumpster Dan]
#426145
04/23/10 11:39 PM
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Private Klink
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My next car was a 64' Cadillac Sedan deVille that had been broad-sided. It would reach 110 and glide over the road - a sweet ride! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> and how many time did you get over 110? ....LOL MANY!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> And I never got caught either! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Junk Yard Dog #1
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Good night Mrs. B, wherever you are!
Long Live the Brotherhood of the Yard!
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: Private Klink]
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04/23/10 11:40 PM
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myketheknife
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My first was a 77 corola & I beat the crap out of it in the mountains.I took it up every loging road & spur around Blewit Pass.I loved that car because it gave me the freedom to get into the mountains & explore.
SYKCO JYD#112
It's better to have it & not need it, than to need it & not have it.
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: skorpyd]
#426147
04/23/10 11:40 PM
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Dumpster Dan
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First vehicle, 61 International Pickup, My dad bought it for me for 16th birthday, paid $175, I used it to install water conditioning equipment for my dad's business. He made me buy all my own tools and paid me by the job. What a gift, I learned the value of working for yourself, and being responsible for your own work. I think the Internationals used heavy steal like 14 or 16 gage for the body...they were bruts. Your dad did you right...lets toaste the Dad's who made us what we are today...cheers
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: Dumpster Dan]
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04/23/10 11:41 PM
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Private Klink
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I'll drink to that! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
Junk Yard Dog #1
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Good night Mrs. B, wherever you are!
Long Live the Brotherhood of the Yard!
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Re: Sip-N-Talk
[Re: Dumpster Dan]
#426149
04/23/10 11:42 PM
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kuanomar
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