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Old 10-01-2009, 07:02 PM
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Painted it black, tinted the windows, sold it to a hispanic young man
You could have probably got a few hundred more out of it, by throwing in a Nightranger album.
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Old 10-01-2009, 07:28 PM
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66 ford pickup with 8" of slop in the non-power steering and all 4 shocks broke through the mounts. 4 speed that it was mostly guessing how to do the 2-3 shift, no synchros in 1st. lifters clattered for years until it dropped a valve and stuck a rod through the block on my brother.



it was a farm truck mostly used for picking rocks. Used a big hammer jammed between the gas pedal and the seat to get it to idle on cold mornings



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Old 10-01-2009, 07:58 PM
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First vehicle I ever drove was an 1987 Mazda b2000. We had a 66 Dodge, my dad bought it and we fixed it up, swapped the motor, did some body work was kind of fun for a 12 year old, you know learning all that ****, although the first motor I rebuilt was 4 years later..... it was out of a ghia and we did it in the living room.
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My first ride was a 91 S-10, I beat on it like it would never break, it broke. I then had a series of ********, a 76 courier pick-up flintstone style, 2 83 FB's, 1 85 FB (should have kept it), 96 powerstroke (boom) it died quick. I've had the 89 FC for 12 years now and the 01 S-10 for 9. The sloppy steering nod cracked me up, for three summers I drove my bosses 72 C-10, auto converted to three on the floor, same shitty shocks and sloppy wheel, loaded with paint and crossing railroad tracks that thing would shimmy down the road for miles
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thats crazy Phins.. my first car was an early 80's Regal that i traded for my 79 CJ7.





There is a 17 kid here in my town that "mommy and daddy" just bought a 2010 SS Camaro.... he also has a pair of $800 sunglasses. (my buddy's daughter is in his HS class)
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that's some bs. in high school i got me the hand me down pos 92 s-10 5 speed and i totalled it within a few months. i had to pay my parents back for it WITH interest lol. after that i got a 76 catalina that was able to survive my driving style through the rest of high school lol. i miss that battleship haha
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No way was I allowed a car in high school. I think I got permission to borrow Mom's car exactly twice my senior year.
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I took the bus my senior year. It's nice catching a few extra Zs on the way to/from school. After marching band practice, I would bum rides from people or walk the 4 miles home. I didn't get my license until after I graduated high school.
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I had an 81 Buick regal, paid $1000 for it with only 36,000 miles on it. Was a pile of ****, but I drove it from sophmore to senior year, then I bought a CJ-7.
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74 Dodge D150 Stepside with a slant six/3 on the tree
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