High School Cars [Archive] - Cigar Asylum Cigar Forum

kayak_rat

11-23-2008, 05:04 PM

A buddy and I were talking aboutt he cars we drove throughout high school. It was funny the odd cars that we remembered. This was triggered by driving by the high school and seeing beemers and hummers.....kinda sad. So lets here about or see what you drove through high school(or for you old guys, the name of the mule you rode). :r

I drove a 1972 Chrylser New Yorker. Yes, it was f'in huge. We fit 10 people in there comfortably.......and two in the back VERY comfortably. It had a 440ci v-3 with a 3 speed auto tranny. For weighing the size of a third world country, it would getup and go. Sadly, I am selling it due to no time to work on it.

hotreds

11-23-2008, 05:09 PM

Growing up in Europe, I didn't have my first car until I was out of college! In fact, I didn't have a DL until I was out of college- and only got it then because my job was as a traveling salesman! Boy, having a car sure gives you freedom! That's probably why all the leftists want to make it so difficult to own/drive one!

tsolomon

11-23-2008, 05:13 PM

A 69 Chevy Nova and a 450 Ducati Desmo motorcycle were my means of getting around in high school. :D

Rockestone

11-23-2008, 05:16 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=64&pictureid=563

Mine, however, was not nearly this nice. Baby Crap Brown with a rainbow stripe down the side.

I did love that car.:D

loki

11-23-2008, 05:20 PM

91 mercury sable got me to and from highschool for most of my 4 years....then I kicked it up to a 99 mustang gt which i still have

MTB996

11-23-2008, 05:31 PM

83 VW GTI. Quite the fun little car!

Rockestone

11-23-2008, 05:33 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=64&pictureid=563

Mine, however, was not nearly this nice. Baby Crap Brown with a rainbow stripe down the side.

I did love that car.:D

Oh year, for those who don't know, that's an 80 Pontiac Sunbird.

SmokeyJoe

11-23-2008, 05:44 PM

Here's mine...

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb28/Revtiger/chevrolet-nova-73.jpg

1973 Chevy Nova Hatchback. It was beat up and the doors closed with straps... but I loved that car. :D

cvm4

11-23-2008, 05:55 PM

Jeep Cherokee, 2 door.

hotreds

11-23-2008, 06:18 PM

Here's mine...
1973 Chevy Nova Hatchback. It was beat up and the doors closed with straps... but I loved that car. :D

I'll never forget in economics class in college how they said that when they tried to sell this in Mexico the name precluded success!

Cigarcop

11-23-2008, 06:19 PM

I had a 1970 GTO, wish I still had that car..

TRicker

11-23-2008, 06:20 PM

People drove in High school? My parents told me that what a vicious rumor!

Rabidsquirrel

11-23-2008, 06:23 PM

A 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. All the ladies loved it.

Bruzee

11-23-2008, 06:39 PM

I drove a 1977 Datsun 280Z, that I had to push start to get off campus at lunch time. Here is a pic of one similar. It had an in-line 6 cylinder engine, and rear wheel drive. This car was a blast! Mine was the same color, but not as nice...

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee250/dbruzee/2996046_1_full.jpg

RBOrrell

11-23-2008, 06:44 PM

1971 Plymouth Duster....

originally Forest Green, I repainted it "Metro Toronto Police Yellow" with a black pin stripe.

This picture isn't it.... but a reasonable facsimile...

BORIStheBLADE

11-23-2008, 06:48 PM

I had a 1968 Camaro in High school. I had so much fun in that car with 6 heads in it.
Still have it in my parents garage.

huero71

11-23-2008, 06:54 PM

I had a '77 Buick LeSabre 2 door... haven't thought about that car in years.... :)

tobii3

11-23-2008, 06:57 PM

Back in CA, in those days, I was driving a '72 Maverick......

Come by the house here in NC, and I will take you for a spin around the neighborhood....Yes, I STILL have it, and yes, I STILL drive it!

;)

jjirons69

11-23-2008, 06:58 PM

1969 RS Camaro

350 ci, 3 speed automatic transmission, 3:31 rearend
Grey/silver in color with black houndstooth cloth interior.

My dad kept it for me when he bought it in 1974. I was born in 69 so it always had a special link to me. I drove it from 15 years old to 19, when I finally gave it up during college. The 8 mpg was hard ot afford. It still sits under the barn at my parents. It needs some work. For a cool $8-10K, I could have a dream car. One day!

Oh the good times in that ride!

http://www.musclepricecars.com/muscleCarImages/camaroSS.jpg

markem

11-23-2008, 07:03 PM

I started college with a '70 Chevy Impala with a bored out engine. Later, I bought a '76 Ford Maverick that I kept until 1993.

kayak_rat

11-23-2008, 07:12 PM

I started college with a '70 Chevy Impala with a bored out engine. Later, I bought a '76 Ford Maverick that I kept until 1993.

My dad and I had a 72 Impala drop top. Was a blast to rebuild. Blew the engine at a drag strip when I was 10. We did some research and found a 454 out of an old trooper car. Put it in drove it for a month.......two tickets later my dad sold it. :(

Sailchaser

11-23-2008, 07:13 PM

My first car was a brown 67 VW bug that I bought for $75.00 bucks from the neighbor accross the street. It came with a second engine and I could change that sucker out in about 3 hours.I ran that car home from school one day about 12 miles on 3 spark plugs no problem at all except for not being able to drive over 40 mph. I kept that car for 2 years and sold it for $250.00 bucks to a guy from school. He drove it for another 3 years and sold it again. Best darn car I ever owned

Cigarcop

11-23-2008, 07:20 PM

stevefrench

11-23-2008, 07:29 PM

My high school cars were a 67 Malibu and a 71 Impala.

acruce

11-23-2008, 07:38 PM

1977 Chevy Camaro

jaycarla

11-23-2008, 07:39 PM

The best car ever made, a 78 El Camino SS Black Knight.

smitdavi

11-23-2008, 07:46 PM

77 Chevy short bed Pick-up with a 3 on the tree that we later converted to the floor

Snake Hips

11-23-2008, 07:49 PM

My high school ride was a silver 1994 Mazda B4000. Rear wheel drive with 4x4 and a 6-cylinder on a 4-cylinder platform. Thing rocks in the snow.

My college ride is the same sturdy little truck.

This, but silver and minus the man-cab and the chrome on the front bumper:
http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/1229/v134/imageonthefly.autodatadirect.com/images/?IMG=U6MAGEB1.jpg&WIDTH=425

jjirons69

11-23-2008, 07:54 PM

The best car ever made, a 78 El Camino SS Black Knight.

Sweet!! My dad got a 79 Royal Knight brand new off the lot. It had the smallest V8 Chevy made, a 257 ci. That little light car would flat out haul ass! It's still parked in the edge of the field with probably 800 spiders growing under it.

sofaman

11-23-2008, 08:19 PM

Mine was a 83 Chevette and it ran forever an a tank of gas:tu

cricky101

11-23-2008, 08:34 PM

I drove some real beauties during high school.

First was a 1976 Dodge Aspen my Grandma had bought new. I got my driver's license in 1996. The head liner sagged down and had some funky stains where my grandma's cat crawled in and had babies. The chicks loved it. :hn I drove it for about six months without reverse gear, too, which made parking a pain.

Next was a 1978 Chrysler Newport, green.
Then, a 1984 Chrysler New Yorker.
Finally, a 1980 Ford LTD, green. Drove that through my first two years of college until it crapped out.

SmokeyJoe

11-23-2008, 08:38 PM

I'll never forget in economics class in college how they said that when they tried to sell this in Mexico the name precluded success!

Yeah... NOVA or No va. (Translated... "It does not go.") :r

M1903A1

11-23-2008, 09:07 PM

Kiss079

11-23-2008, 09:21 PM

Mine was a 79 GMC Jimmy, Incredible Hulk Green, and had glass packs on it. This thing was a gutless wonder, I got it stuck all the time. It sure was fun while it was alive.

funnymantrip

11-23-2008, 09:40 PM

1985 Chevy Celebrity...Came silver but I 99.95 painted it dark grey, and very quickly it became silver and grey. Though it did have and 18 inch bass tube wedged in the trunk... And the tailights had to be duct taped on because they would rattle themselves off.

BC-Axeman

11-23-2008, 09:42 PM

I had a no-name 10-speed bike I made from misc. parts in high school. My first car was when I finally saved up enough money at my first real job. A '69 Triumph Spitfire. Little go-cart car that got 35 MPG but couldn't get out of it's own way. I then got a '78 full sized Ford Bronco. Lots of good times in that one.

the3cs

11-23-2008, 10:53 PM

A '67 Mustang coupe, which I still have, with the fancy turn signal lights in the hood and a not so stock 289.

I still get a laugh when I think about the time a buddy of mine and I were dragging stop light to stop light and we get polled over by his dad. The first question out of his mouth was "have ya been drinking" and we replied with an emphatic 'not yet'.

silentjon

11-24-2008, 03:48 AM

A 1987 Pontiac Grand Am - what a POS!

acarr

11-24-2008, 06:19 AM

65 Chevy Impala

theycallmedan'lboone

11-24-2008, 07:11 AM

1988 Dodge Ram D50
http://wikicars.org/images/en/thumb/6/66/Dodge_Ram_50.jpg/300px-Dodge_Ram_50.jpg

bench seat for all the good times. 2.8L 4 cylinder 5 speed. pretty quick on the get up for a little truck. my dad bought it new off the lot in 1988, I was playing in the sandbox in the yard when he brought it home. it had 270K miles on it when I got it in 2001, and had 320K miles when I left for Italy. My brother drove it to 350K and my dad just sold it for 1 thousand dollars at 360K miles on it. The valves were starting to leak and the suspension needed an overhaul but it was a damn good truck. My dad really regrets selling it. The guy who bought it, dropped a new 4 banger in it and still drives it around our little town. Dad said he's thought about going and buying it back... lot of good memories of that truck.

poker

11-24-2008, 07:24 AM

1970 Chevelle SS

ahc4353

11-24-2008, 07:29 AM

1970 Chevelle SS

Nice.

First was a 72 Camaro then a 56 Willeys Jeep

poker

11-24-2008, 07:43 AM

Nice.

Hah! You must not have ever seen mine. It was butt ugly with 3 different colors of primer on it. The junkyards helped me keep it running though :r

Skywalker

11-24-2008, 07:43 AM

A 1965 Ford Falcon!!! Piece O Crap!!!

gettysburgfreak

11-24-2008, 07:59 AM

2004 Oldsmobile Alero

Flatsix

11-24-2008, 08:24 AM

My Senior year, I bought a 55 Chevy 210 Delray very similar in color and look to the one in the picture. Mine had a front bumper. I wish I had it back!

borndead1

11-24-2008, 08:24 AM

I had a 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis, nicknamed "The Beast" (of course).

It was turd brown and gigantic. Had some power though, thanks to the 460 under the hood. I got voted "junkiest car" in my senior class. :D

Once my friends stole my car out of my driveway (I always left the keys in it). They took it to a garage and went nuts with paint. They painted one of the doors orange and put a black "01" on it like the Dukes of Hazard car, taped off the hood and painted it 2 different colors, stenciled "THE BEAST" in huge letters on the trunk, wrote MISFITS on the driver's side door and GARTH BROOKS SUCKS on the passenger's side door...

For some reason I got pulled over by the cops way more after that. :confused:

rhdad42

11-24-2008, 09:39 AM

Puke green 1978 Pontiac LeMans, two door with the Landau vinyl top. It looked like something your grandpa would drive, but there were lots of good times in that car.

Thanks for this thread. Brings some great memories back and a smile to my face.

rack04

11-24-2008, 09:42 AM

1987 Chevy S10 Blazer.

icurrie

11-24-2008, 09:51 AM

I had a 1979 Ford F150 Ranger, regular cab, short box, 351. Loud as H#ll, blue botle exhaust and a 15" sub. Man I loved that truck. I sold it in 1993 when I went to college, tried to find it last tyear to buy it back but found out some kid bought it and wrote it off on the drag strip. What a bummer.:(

SonsofClubDeck

11-24-2008, 10:12 AM

99 Toyota Camry. Took a hit by a Mack dump truck and still whipped ass.

icehog3

11-24-2008, 11:23 AM

1971 Ford LTD with the 351 Cleveland engine.....a true ghetto cruiser. :r

Screwbag

11-24-2008, 11:47 AM

I had a '76 chevy 3/4 ton truck...bought used from the foresty department. got all of like 10 miles per gallon...
I saved up and then bought an old '67 porsche 912... that got me through okay...

Lucky_Hippo

11-24-2008, 11:54 AM

1981 Ford Thunderbird

Two tone, black on top and silver on bottom.

Had the pop on wheel covers. Everytime you slammed the breaks, four hubcabs would go rolling past you down the street.

Wish I still owned this one. After I sold it I saw it a year later and the guy had absolutly destroyed it. Wrecked on both sides, broken stering wheel, and huge rips up and down the back seat. I would have been happier if I never saw it again.

What a shame.

rizzle

11-24-2008, 12:15 PM

Had a red 1978 Camaro. It was like a lot of my dates, not real pretty but effective.
:r

mugwump

11-24-2008, 12:32 PM

'70 Ford Maverick. Puke green with black vinyl seats. Man could that thing fly! It had so much torque that the front of the car would yaw whenever you floored it. The heater was busted (which sucked in Michigan), there was no AC (which sucked in Michigan), there was no radio, and the battery drained every time it rained but I don't think I ever lost in a street race in that beast. Sadly it was lost in a flood only to be replaced by, ta-da!, a '72 Maverick.

And, yes, it's strange to see all the shiny new cars kids drive these days. I don't think I've ever seen a teenager working on a car in my neighborhood whereas when I was a kid that's all anybody did.

Silound

11-24-2008, 12:33 PM

I wish I still had pictures of mine. I drove a 1977 Chevrolet C/K 10 pickup with the Bonanza package. It was one of the very limited released numbers (less than 10,000 made) that included a four bolt main 350ci V8 and an oversized heavy duty automatic transmission (these were standard on a basic 1-ton truck, and nearly unheard of for a mere 1/2 ton). Factory A/C, cruise control, manual locks and windows, and upright rectangular towing mirrors (the tall kind that attatched at three points on the door side). Two-tone rust and tan (color rust, not actual rust :)) with the gold stripe trim and oversized bumper fenders. Aluminum hubcaps, whitewalls to the outside. Disc/drum (front/rear) brakes, and

The only things that we changed were new upholstery and carpet (old was pretty ratty) in 2004, an AM/FM/Cassette and back corner speakers that were from the '79 model, and shoulder seat belts, also from the '79 model which were all added in '80.

In 2004, with 600K miles, the engine finally gave out. After some cracked seals led to oil leakage, the number 1 & 2 rods stripped the camshaft and threw, causing the piston heads to sink and collect oil in the chamber above. Amazingly there was NO lip formed on the cylinder walls, so to fix it we only had to do a standard 30/1000ths re-bore. The hard part was a new camshaft which had to be custom ordered for the heavier engine.

Was a helluva good truck too.

awsmith4

11-24-2008, 12:40 PM

My first car/truck was a 1992 Ford F-150 Flareside

Cigary

11-24-2008, 01:03 PM

1968 Javelin AMC 290 4BBL 4 speed posi,,,,,,chick magnet for the time.

theycallmedan'lboone

11-24-2008, 02:54 PM

Had a red 1978 Camaro. It was like a lot of my dates, not real pretty but effective.
:r

:r:r:r excellent line, excellent sir.

theonlybear4CORT

11-24-2008, 03:04 PM

i had a 1972 dodge charger with a 446 ci engine that got me 9mpg

EvanS

11-24-2008, 03:39 PM

1st car at 14 was a 1960 Rambler Ambassador.....push button auto and full fold down seats. Soph year finished 1st build on '69 Charger R/T. Hit 10.95 sec on street tires once, then racing for pinks hit a deer at 110....so much for that.

RGD.

11-24-2008, 04:58 PM

1971 Ford LTD with the 351 Cleveland engine.....a true ghetto cruiser. :r

Hey! I had one of those - 3rd car I bought, used of course, in dark green. Bought it right after college when I enlisted in the Army.

High School car was a 65 Rambler 660 Classic Station Wagon - see below (not actual car).

After High School - starting college I got a 65 Chevy Impala, black lacquer finish - real ghetto cruiser! Again, picture not of actual car.

Ron

Texan in Mexico

11-24-2008, 05:09 PM

My first high school car was a VW Sciroco - it was nasty fast honestly. It never ran for more than a week without something major going wrong but it was fun for a few days each month.

bigswol2

11-24-2008, 05:32 PM

My first car was a 78 fiat spyder. Red on tan top with tan interior. Man I loved that little 5 speed.

emelbee

11-24-2008, 07:48 PM

1) 1965 Chevy Impala
2) 1968 Opel Kadett
3) 1973 AMC Javelin (bought new - I graduated in 1973)

I also had a Fiat 124 Sport Coupe I tried to restore, but I didn't get far with that.

spincycle

11-24-2008, 09:35 PM

You rich kids. ;) This is what I rode to school:

http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ttc_bus.jpg

groogs

11-24-2008, 09:44 PM

I started my Softmore year with a 95 F-150, then I went to a 97 F-150. After my junior year I crashed my mothers car and my Dad took my truck away. I then saved up some money and finished my Senior year driving a jacked up 4X4 94 F-150. What can I say, I like Ford Trucks.

theonlybear4CORT

11-24-2008, 10:41 PM