What you had at 21

I couldn't find an actual picture of mine. But it was a blue 94 Sonoma. Plain as could be. Manual windows, locks & trans.
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At 21, I was driving a '94 Mustang GT and a '96 F150. I've yet to sell a vehicle, so I still got 'em.
 
I had a 58 Ford pickup with a 292 V8 that had been mildly built. The truck had originally been a 6 cyl. and was geared 4.11. It sucked gas but out of the hole it would stick it to the mustangs and camaros for a short distance. It did not have loud mufflers or fancy wheels. I surprised a lot of dudes stoplight to stoplight.

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1964 Impala Sport Coupe, 327/250 engine with a powerglide 2-speed trans.

I was born 1970

Bought in 1984 for $300....worked on it ALOT. Pic is from around 1988/1989.

Drove it until my early 20’s, kept it until my early 30’s.


Few years ago I ran across an SS within reach, better late than never I guess...

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1977 Ford F-150. Like this but 2wd, with 351 Windsor. Drank gas and burned rubber
Guy I was in Auto Mechanics in high school with had a 351W in his Mustang II hatchback. :eek:
 
I was 21 in 1991 and received, from a friend's grandma, a 1970 Olds Delta 88 sedan with the Olds Rocket 350 with a Rochester 2bbl carb and a th400 trans. It only had 32k miles and the previous 10 years had only been driven in the winter and as we were in Chicago it had lots of salt damage underneath. I ended up replacing all the brake lines, riveting in several panels of sheet metal to patch up rusted out sections of floorboard. It wasn't pretty but I had lots of fun in that car and if I had the garage space and the disposable $ I might seriously look at finding one.

This isn't the one I had but it's the same color just imagine more surface rust.
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'67 Galaxie w/ FE 390
bought it from dad in ’74 when I was 18. pic is from 1977-78

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1979 Cheyenne. 305. My dad and I bought it together. This ain't it, but it looked like it:
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Prior to that, I was driving this babe-magnet - 1968 Rambler Rebel. Had one more tough 232 c.i. straight six. It took a licking and kept on ticking.
As I remember it:
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As it REALLY was: (again, not mine, but close. Mine was brown. *sigh*)
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sold it with 276k miles on it.
 
#555 How it lived through my early 20s I will never know. I need to get it out of the back of the garage and clean it up.
I used to hang at an SVT performance forum when I had an ’04 Terminator, and Cobras of the vintage you posted are highly revered.
 
I had a Land Yacht, powered by 429ci of V8 goodness, and even with a steering wheel that swung to the side for ease of entry and exit.

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bought a camera when i was 24.
no pictures of my cars before then.
 
I had a Land Yacht, powered by 429ci of V8 goodness, and even with a steering wheel that swung to the side for ease of entry and exit.

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That thing could probably pass anything but a gas station! 😀
 
That thing could probably pass anything but a gas station! 😀
The Thunderbird wasn't as bad on gas as my previous Buick Electra 225 Limited with a 455ci V8. I put the Buick's pedal all the way down once and I swear I saw the gas needle begin moving to the left.

I didn't keep any of the fancy cars more than a few months back then. During that period, I made a few bucks by reselling cars after finding a good buy (bought the Electra at a sealed-bid city auction) or fixing a minor problem (had to replace the dual points system on the Thunderbird).
 
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The Thunderbird wasn't as bad on gas as my previous Buick Electra 225 Limited with a 455ci V8. I put the Buick's pedal all the way down once and I swear I saw the gas needle begin moving to the left.
My best friend’s dad had a deuce and a quarter that was seven or eight years old back in the day. Late 60’s model. We’d double date in that beast. His dad once said, “If they’ll make a living room on wheels, I’ll buy it!” 😀
 
I turned 21 in 2003... I had a 2000 Chevy S10 extended cab. It looked just like the one in the pic below...

Man, I made some great memories in that truck...

It had a 2.2 liter Vortec 4 Cylinder engine and an automatic transmission. At 40,000 miles the transmission failed. I paid about $2000 to have it rebuilt at a transmission shop. The transmission failed again at about 90,000 miles. I took it to a chevy dealer to get a quote to fix the transmission and found out that the head was also warped.

I ended up trading it in on another truck.

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I had pretty much this exact car. Same color and everything.

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It belonged to a buddy of mine. His dad bought it as a toy for his mother. His dad had been a motocross racer in the 60's and 70's and liked tinkering. It was in immaculate shape when he bought it. But he drove it home, immediately removed the fuel system and threw it in the trash. He replaced it with a dual Weber carb setup. It always started up first turn, and ran like a sewing machine. But the electrical system was a constant battle. Contrary to popular belief, the Lucas electrical system was mostly reliable. By that I mean that on average, the headlights, brake lights, signals, wipers and radio all worked worked at least 51% of the time, though never all at the same time. But the best Lucas joke I remember was that "they once diversified their product line and manufactured a vacuum cleaner. It was the only thing they ever made that didn't suck..."

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Lucas, The Prince of Darkness. I love those old Bs.

I test drove a friend's ’72 MGB for sale in about 1978, also the same color ^^^, and it burned a wire while I was test driving it. :p
 
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Ahh British Leyland. I bought a Triumph GT6 when I was 15 years old for $350. It had third, fourth and reverse. I got pushed off the back-lot of a seedy car-joint and drove it home, had the transmission out and the J.C. Whitney catalog open a couple hours later. Trans fixed, new paint, carpet and eight-track stereo and I was GTG. Looked cool, ran hot. :cool: As in overheating. But I loved it and sold it for $1200 and a Benjamin pump BB gun two years later. It was white and just like this one:


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Ahh British Leyland. I bought a Triumph GT6 when I was 15 years old for $350. It had third, fourth and reverse. I got pushed off the back-lot of a seedy car-joint and drove it home, had the transmission out and the J.C. Whitney catalog open a couple hours later. Trans fixed, new paint, carpet and eight-track stereo and I was GTG. Looked cool, ran hot. :cool: As in overheating. But I loved it and sold it for a $1200 and a Benjamin pump BB gun. It was white and just like this one:


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Love those slotted aluminum wheels. Look familiar? I was older than 21 when I owned this by a couple of years, but not any smarter. :p

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I always wanted a GT6. Still do, at least in the fantasy sense. But nice ones are scarce and expensive. A buddy of mine now has an MGB as a weekend driver. He took me for a ride a few months ago, and I am not sure I could handle getting into and out of one of these very often. At 21, it was no problem. At 50+, it is no longer an easy task.
 
Well. I give up. It looks sorta like an Austin Healey Sprite. Or an MG Midget. But then again not.
The years before Datsun introduced the 240Z in 1970, they had the Fairladies. 1600, 2000, and 2000 with a performance package. Mine was the latter in '69. 2 litre, factory performance cam, factory 44mm Mikuni Solex carbs with side-draft velocity stacks. It hauled ass for a fourbanger, and had a screaming factory megaphone exhaust.
 
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