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Old 05-18-2010, 11:19 PM
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A burgundy 1966 Ford Cortina GT! Paid $150.00 for it - ran about a year, tried to rebuild the engine - no luck. Sold it to a collector.
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Old 05-18-2010, 11:22 PM
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Cortina GT, Never heard of it. Looks kinda cool.
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Old 05-19-2010, 06:11 AM
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1982 VW Rabbit Diesel 4-speed
0-60 in 5 miles.
I think we got it for $2000
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Old 05-19-2010, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jimpennjr
1982 VW Rabbit Diesel 4-speed
0-60 in 5 miles.
I think we got it for $2000
I had a 78 Rabbit Diesel..great fuel economy I traded it away w 66K miles on it in 83 for a Pontiac 6000SE.. I should have kept the Rabbit.
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Old 05-19-2010, 06:31 PM
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1959 CHEVY IMPALA- 348 with a power glide-paid $35 in 1970 and ran it for a year before buying a 65 Mustang -289 hi-po 271 hp 4 speed for $500.
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Old 05-19-2010, 09:23 PM
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A 2-door blue straight six 1964 Chevy II with SS hubcaps! Brought in 1972.
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Old 05-23-2010, 05:07 PM
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My first car was a 1975 El Camino with a worked Corvette 350.
Huge car that was a land barge on wheels, but I had the glass packs, and the swivel
bucket seats from a Monte Carlo. Purchased from my best friend for $1500 in 1988.

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Old 05-23-2010, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by THE BATMAN
Cortina GT, Never heard of it. Looks kinda cool.


I LOVE the look of that Cortina ... where was it from?

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Old 05-24-2010, 11:36 AM
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'57 Chrysler 300 with a sour motor for $100 in 1963. Rebuilt the engine (392 Hemi w/ factory dual quads rated @ 375 HP) in high school auto shop class, took it to the drag strip and blew the transmission. Yanked the engine and sold it for $100 and a shotgun to my cousin who put it in a speedboat. Junked the car - just the first in a series of bad automotive decisions.
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Originally Posted by Mike B.
'57 Chrysler 300 with a sour motor for $100 in 1963. Rebuilt the engine (392 Hemi w/ factory dual quads rated @ 375 HP) in high school auto shop class, took it to the drag strip and blew the transmission. Yanked the engine and sold it for $100 and a shotgun to my cousin who put it in a speedboat. Junked the car - just the first in a series of bad automotive decisions.
Coulda, woulda, shoulda kept that one. Those are sweeeeet. This is probably one of my favorite on-going threads. Interesting to see how people remember their first cars so vividly.
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