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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:

Its funny you mention that. I remember a girl who got dropped off at home with a MAJOR case of rug burn on her lower back after a night out with me. Carpeted driveshaft tunnel in between the rear buckets was a MOFO!

One of my prouder moments was taking my girlfriend to a Van Halen concert in my T/A. I mean...talk about APPROPRIATE. It was like 94 or 95, though, and Hagar forgot the words on his solo...

NICE! I hope you smoked up and got a whopper on the way home....

Oh...and just so everyone knows...the "unicorn" was on the water yesterday. We saw it cruise through as we were swinging on anchor just off downtown Chi-town...

My first car was a gift from my uncle. A mint 69 GTO with a 400. After getting about 12 tickets in 2 months it was sold by my parents and the money was put in my college fund, less the money used to buy my replacement guy that was also owned by my uncle....a mint Pacer "X". I went from having the coolest car at school to being the laughing stock at school. My used to put fish stickers all over the windows, and called it the fish bowl

I have pictures of the goat some where, and I know I never took one picture of that disgusting pacer!

I take ownership of possibly owning the worst car. 1976 Dodge Aspen station wagon with the fake wood on the sides. I got a deal on it via work and used it as a dealership new beater for hauling stuff. Factory mono 8 track, special.
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:drink::drink::drink: 79 VW Dasher wagon. Two totals cut and welded across the floor at the B pillar and up top of the A pillar.

Nice! My first car was a 1980 Monte Carlo with the T-top of coarse. It was stock with the 305 but that didn't last long. I had a 406 built along with a turbo 400 trans and Alburn rear w/373 gears. It was a sleeper!

My first was a 1966 chev pickup with a 307, 4 speed, and glasspacks... can you say "redneck"... may the south rise again! oh wait, I live in Wisconsin, never mind...

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It has been a long time since I heard about glasspacks or cherry bombs. :lolhit: funny how we still like loud stuff.

This story is like the ultimate vehicular nut-kick.

LOL,,,,I had a blue 81 Lesabre like yours !!!!

Man I don't want to start thinking about all the cars I have been through !!

So, timely click this afternoon from CNN: http://www.hlntv.com/slideshow/2013/...ress?hpt=hp_t3

obnoxus' Senior pic:

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:D :drink:

The only thing better would have been a white angled stripe.

Come to think of it...

Was the Starsky and Hutch Ford Torino the first 90MPH paint job?!?

Yuck,,,,,hated the 70's MC's,,,,and my mullet was MUCH longer !!!

I agree on the mid to late 70's MC's, but have always liked the 70-72 body..

+1. Nothing like 6' of hood out in front of you.

Love the Black and Red, I had a red 73 Chevelle looked similar...

Mild....you get a Baja?

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...e-anymore.html

Too funny!

Wow

joe joe,,i had this one since i was 15,,

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Sweet! Im a big vinyl top fan. My buddy had a Cherry Red 72 with black vinyl top, and black interior. Had the cragar rally wheels. Just a simple, clean, good lookin car. Had the original 350 2 barrel, and he did the usual cam/intake/carb/headers. One day i'd like to get one, triple black with the original buckets and console, TH400 and 12 bolt, and stick a nice mill in it.

mine is a 72 oe big block car with the buckets and council,,has the buckskin interior..has the factory tach and the small round gauges like the ss did..rear swaybar and boxed control arms and a 12 bolt t400..down fall open rear end and a 2:73 gear lol..one tire fire for miles lol..46000 miles..Car came up from Georgia back in 1979..garage kept out of the chit.

Wow would a simple posi carrier and gear change bring that car to life ! I like it fix . I had a black on black on black 1975 with a 350ci headers and duals , loved that car with the landing strip hood .

I had a neighbor years ago that built a convertible 1970 Monte Carlo, The only place you could tell it wasn't factory was at the base of the top around the trunk lid where he blended a skylark convertible top to the Monte body. Sorry I don't have any pics but it was clean enough to win a couple of local car shows. Randy

Nice rig! Like the E38 too... little hard to be sure in that small pic, but looks like a sport package car. :coolcowboy:

Roomate and I had this as a college beater...

67 ranch wagon, factory 390 4bbl, factory 3.90 trac lock 9" rear. Did good burnouts :drink:

And you could get a big block in there !!

If I could find one like this, I would buy it probably sight unseen:

http://www.classicmotorcarsonline.co...te-Carlo.shtml

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I could care less about the 305. It's the swivel seats and T-Tops I am after.

no sport pkg but i removed all the chrome trim,peeled off the chrome and painted it the same emola red as the car is.the chrome on the doors i painter them flat black to match the door trim.I added the m-sport wheels and all 4 are 18x9..car now has 170k and still drives lie new..one of the best cars i have driven..still gets 26 mpg at 80 mph lol..