66 Olds.442 400cu.in. Bought it in 75 for $900.00 from a friend who had to many points on his license to drive it. The speedo went to 140mph and it could and did get buried many times. Outran the Ft. Thomas police twice and on the way home from Ft. Knox outran the State Police on I-71. The speedo was buried when he clocked me so he didn't stand a chance. Wrecked it the same night while in a Wiedeman induced drag race. Totalled it and lucky to be alive. Oh, I almost forgot about the big back seat for entertaining the ladies!

 

What color was that car and did you buy it from someone in Ft. Thomas?

What color was that car and did you buy it from someone in Ft. Thomas?

It was gold with a white top and I did buy it in Ft. Thomas. It would have been a great moonshine runner. Fastest car I ever drove.

79 Dodge pickup. We got it in 91 I believe. My mom and dad bought it for me and my brother to share so no idea what they paid for it but if it was more then $10 it was too much.

My first car was a 1965 Dodge Coronet, it wasn’t pretty but it ran well. It had holes in the floorboard on the passenger side and a big hole in the trunk where the jack fell through. The car had power breaks that were as touchy as they come. You could press the break peddle almost to the floor and you’d get nothing, push just a hair further and the breaks would lock up. I took it to many mechanics, none of them could figure out what was wrong. It took some getting used to but after a while I could apply the breaks as easy as on any other car. It was always a treat to let someone else try to dive it though. :lol:

The worst part of driving the car was when it rained if you had your hands on the steering wheel and you applied the breaks you would get one heck of a shock, I soon learned how to apply the breaks with my hands off the steering wheel whenever it was raining. I drove that beauty for more than two years. :ohbrother:

I had the opportunity to have a brown '79 Ford F100 with a wooden bed. I could not get used to the brakes. So, I bought an '84 Firebird. :ohbrother: I went to buy an '84 Camaro Z28, but the guy sold it right before I got there. The lady across the street had the Firebird for sale, so stupid me bought it. I drove it until my sister got her licensed, and she got the car while I got a Tacoma. I should've bought a Toyota pickup truck to begin with.

It was gold with a white top and I did buy it in Ft. Thomas. It would have been a great moonshine runner. Fastest car I ever drove.

 

I think it was me that sold it to you. Seriously. That was a great car and you are right, faster than heck. Got me in a bit of trouble with the folks for speeding. Hurst T handle shifter?

74 Cutlass salon. Rust on every quarter panel and the drivers door did not open due to a wreck from the prior owner--my older brother. It did had the 350 with a 4 barrel. It could smoke the tires!

1966 Mustang GT Fastback. Red with white stripes on the bottom. Engine was a 289 and had the Hurst 4-speed. Bought it in 1975 for $1200. Wow! If I just had that car today. Worth a fortune.

1983 Tan S-10 pickup, handed down from my dad.

 

If it's first vehicle bought, then a 2001 navy blue Mazda Protege, bought used for $4,000.

The first car I ever OWNED, was a 71 Chevy Nova. I was lucky enough to get it a few years ago and have been slowing restoring it every sense. I had a couple of vehicles before that, but they were bought buy my parents, and to me there was just something about owning the vehicle myself that made it my first true vehicle.

1978 Ford Thunderbird. 351 Cleveland. Would run 145 and took 2 1/2 miles to stop when you reached that speed. Totalled it going 30 mph when I hit an ice patch from where some moron who lived in a curve decided to wash his car in January when it got up to 38 degrees one afternoon, of course water covered the road in the curve, was 25 degrees and ice when I wrecked it in that curve and hit an AMC Concord head on.

1977 Datsun (Nissan wasn't even a gleam in his daddy's eye) B-210 hatchback, new. Like the pic, but dark blue.

 

 

My best friend in high school drove the exact same car...except it was turquoise. It was too much fun! :lol:

1987 Buick Skyhawk 4-cylinder, a faded red color. It was ugly, but I thought it was great at the time (1994).

1978 Ford Thunderbird. 351 Cleveland. Would run 145 and took 2 1/2 miles to stop when you reached that speed. Totalled it going 30 mph when I hit an ice patch from where some moron who lived in a curve decided to wash his car in January when it got up to 38 degrees one afternoon, of course water covered the road in the curve, was 25 degrees and ice when I wrecked it in that curve and hit an AMC Concord head on.

 

My wife had a 76 Grand Prix when we started dating, but it had a 454. Big old boat that would fly. I really liked that old car and others cut from the same mold, like your Tbird.

1970 T-Bird with a 429 Thuder-Jet engine...paid $750 in 1980

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