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1966, '55 4 door Pontiac. 1st new car in 1968, '68 383 Road Runner.

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Curt Rees

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[QUOTE=Isaac Zane;250030]Jim, you weren't trying hard enough on the wheelie.. I had an "Orange Krate"! 4 telephone poles lenghts worth of wheelies and stoppies also!

Issac- From what I hear, those old Schwinn "Apple", "Orange" and "Lemon Krates" are worth a decent chunk of change nowadays. If we would have kept them until now, we might have enough money to finance a year's worth or racing.

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First car I owned was a 65 Olds 442. Bought used in 1968. first new car was a 1969 SS 396 Camaro.

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Bought a '40 Ford with a nailhead Buick and stock running gear in 1963, my Dad made me sell it 'cause it wandered all over the road at speed.

Got a Valiant with a slant six and 4 speed next and then in 1965 got a Dodge 440 hdtp with the 426 street wedge which had no problem putting GTO's in their place....put it in my Grandmother's garage when I shipped out to RVN.....there I was lucky enough to get a pair of boots that actually fit!

JimR

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Something like these jim?

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The question was what were you driving in 1966 as a daily driver.....not what was your first car.....


My first car was a 1955 Buick that I got when I was about 15. I figured if I worked on a car it would help me learn to be a mechanic So I got this Buick for about $20. I think the trans was puked......

I started it up all the time and drove it from our front yard to the backyard on the grass leaving a trail of trans oil wherever I went. The battery wasn't charging so the local car expert and general all around cool guy said the generator must be bad. I tried to remove it and broke the end plate. I took it to the car guy and asked him if it could be welded to fix it and he laughed and said you can't weld that...it's pot metal.........So my start as a mechanic didnt go so well......I junked the Buick.......

First car that I drove as a senior in high school was my fathers former car...a 1955 Pontiac....Not much of a car but better than walking....LOL

Re: What was your daily driver in the mid 1960's
 

Vespa 150 GL that my brother left me when he went to college.

Like so>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-8RxoPcNCU

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Whatever I was playing with that day in the living room on that 60's shag carpet, or on that institutional lino in the kitchen.

Allan

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I had a 1967 Chevy II 100 series(2 door post) with a 327/275 motor. Also had a 4-speed, 12 bolt rear(3:55 posi), dual exhaust, heavy duty suspension, and a radio. It was purchased for around 2200 bucks. Car weighed 2860 and was maroon with black interior. Not a girl magnet, but I sure had alot of fun.

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First motorized vehicle was a 150 Vespa that started out blue but I got the local Dodge dealer to paint it 64 Cutlass yellow. I can't believe it's the second one mentioned already!

Then on to a 1959 Nash Metropolitan which I bought for $100 when I was 14 using my grass cuttting money. I learned to drive a stick in a few acres next to the house. It would actually bark off almost a car length going into second and I was young and stupid enough to actually race it at Pacific Dragway (AHRA XF/G)

Then a 62 Corvair Monza Spyder with the turbo - could handle 260 Mustangs but not 289s.

67 Barracuda notchback with 273/235. Hated the styling but I bought it at the end of the year and the only fastbacks I could find were 2 barrels.

68 AMX, gold with Go Package. Beautiful car but was an embarrassing slug with the auto transmission and 2.87? positraction.

That takes me up to 1970 and a 340 Duster. I couldn't afford much, so the only options were a radio, 4 speed, and sure grip.

I had a very good friend who had an unbelievable string of cars. He was an only child of wealthy parents but didn't act like it. They bought him a 66 396/325 Chevelle when he was 15 and he had a neighbor kid drive him around.

In 67 he stepped up to an XKE coupe. I'll never forget the day we all took turns with it at Ste Gen dragway. Poor car had its tongue hanging out.

Dad made him cut back to a 68 Catalina but it was verdoro green which was a very hot color. Somehow he got a guy to swap his 69 Grand Prix SJ for it.

The Grand Prix got traded for a 69 Corvette coupe, Monaco Orange with 427/435 and side exhausts. He traded that for a 69 SS396/375 Chevelle because his girlfriend said the Corvette was too hot (side pipes pumping heat up the door) and rode too rough.

Finishing the decade, he bought the first 70 Z28 I ever saw and it had even had a Turbo 400 in it. That's the car where I found out about the turbo's override into second gear.

Fond memories, but we were just dumb kids working hard and never knew how good we had it.