I miss this car every single sunny summer day. [ATTACH=CONFIG]502709[/ATTACH]

1981 Turbo Trans Am. No, it wasn't fast. Yes, I loved it.

I currently own this bike jersey as well...

Had 81, 83, 84, 85, and 87 !!

87 was an SS,,,, miss those cars !!!

I beat one in my 4.3 S-10,,,,, what a waste

I do a cursory search at least once a week on the car sites for my former 83 (non-SS) with T-Tops; or one similar. I got it when I was 15, rebuilt the motor after a rod started knocking as a 327 with a cam, and bigger carb. I had it repainted when I went into boot camp. I let it go with a girl I thought I was going to marry; BIG mistake. I was 19 and I wish to hell my Father would have beat my ass to keep me from doing such.

Got the 78 when I turned 16. Bought it with around 55k orig miles. Was bone stock, 400 Pontiac engine, TH350 Auto, 2:56 posi. Didn't take long for me to get the heads ported, bigger cam, carb, intake, 3.73 rear, 11'' converter, headers, etc. Then it was halfway respectable. At the track it ran mid 13's after those mods. Then when I turned 21 I bought the 2001 Ram Air T/A. It was cool having that and the old one in the garage next to each other. Wish I had more pic's of the 78. This pic was before I had it repainted (same orig color), and all new decals including the correct Screamin Chicken on the hood. It looked much better after that.

I knew it, you are officially cool.

Did you wear your AC/DC cutoff shirt and jam out with the t-tops off?

I also had one of each of these.

1975 Pontiac Grandville. Top of the line Pontiac in 1975. 400CI TH400. Bought with 49k orig Was Dark Green with white interior and white vinyl top. Had more fun in that car than any other.

1976 Coupe Deville 500CI Triple black, bought with 47k orig. Car was a gem.

1975 Delta 88 Convertible. 350CI Bought with 39k orig miles. Same exact car as pic

1981 Buick Lesabre (was my daily driver for a while). Black with maroon velour. Had low miles and was nice until my buddy smashed it drunk one night.....

Not hot rods at all. Just clean cruisers. Still had the T/A's for hot rodding during that time. I owned these cars from mid 90s to 2000ish.

I was never a big ac/dc fan. I was more of a Metallica fan in that time...

My car collection may have seemed odd for a young guy. But you must realize I grew up in a Italian neighborhood in Chicago. The kind of neighborhood where we didn't go swimming, we turned the fire hydrant on and drank while washing the cars on a hot Saturday, with Frankie Valli and the 4 seasons playing on the stereo. You were cooler if you had a Cadillac, than you were if you had a Camaro. When someone came by who wanted a rinse off, you simply "lifted" the pump, like in this pic. Miss those good times.....

You gotta have T-Tops so chicks have somewhere to put there legs :evilb: