My first car was supposed to be a used 57 belair. I had finished my first summer working up North for Lands and Forests and had $800.00 burning a hole in my pocket, but my Dad came home from work one day in Sept 1971 and told me I just bought myself a new SP500. I had to wait until 1973, and two more stints with L&F to get my Datsun 1200. Good on gas, not pepy at all, and because it would sit for months at a time when i wne tout of town, rusted and seezed brakes a lot. 1978 say my 1979 GMC Jimmy with 3 on the tree, then a 1987 Chevy 1/2 ton 4x4, a 1994 GMC 1/2 ton extend cab 4x4 and now my 2003 extend 4x4. This one has the Vortex engine, and i get the best mileage ever with this one. I can make it to Marks in Pittsburg on 3/4 tank. I never would have made it with the others.
Dave On Jan 5, 2008 9:00 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Question for automobile enthusiasts on the list > > > > The first car I lusted after was a 57 Old Starfire convertible. That was > > in the early sixties, and it had a whopping price tag of $450. Far more > > than I could pay. > > > > A year later I bought a 34 Ford Tudor. It didn't have a drivetrain, but it > > came with a 1960 Poniac Nascar engine and dual range hydramatic.They were > > laying on the floor of the car where the seats should have been. I was > > only fifteen years old. i rounded up three or four of my buddies and we > > pushed it two miles from the garage where it was stored to may dad's > > garage. Took me two years to put it all together and get it running, but > > it eventually went112 mph in a quarter mile in 12.56 seconds. The front > > end lifted a bit at more than 100 mph, but I aligned the rear axle well > > enough (on its buggy spring) that I could keep the hammer down even when I > > couldn't steer. Lots of fun. Teenagers don't know fear. > > Har!! > My first car was much more recently built than yours. A 72 Mercury Capri > (built in Germany). Sadly, while it had a very peppy little 2 liter engine, > the darned thing had a 3 speed automatic. If I pushed it really hard, I > could coax 105mph out of it. After that, I had back to back Mada RX-2s. The > first had the 12AR engine, which put out 60hp more than the standard 12A > engine. I recall it was close to 180hp, not bad for an 1100cc engine. Odd > little 4 door sedan, but it stayed on the ground unless pushed really hard. > The next one was a 2 door fastback which bore an uncanny resemblance to an > airfoil. It was pretty light on the ground at any speed over 100mph. > I was coming down a long grade one day, going very fast. I actually lifted > all 4 wheels off the road for a couple of hundred feet. > No Fear!! > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
