High School Cars

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]

1987 Chevy S10 Blazer.

[icurrie]

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.

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

[icehog3]

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

[Lucky_Hippo]

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]

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

Originally Posted by rizzle

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

excellent line, excellent sir.

[RGD.]

Originally Posted by icehog3

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

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

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...

[mugwump]

'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.

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

[theonlybear4CORT]

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

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

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.

[Texan in Mexico]

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.

Same 91 civic that I still have and drive
Just a lot closer to a 91 civic then it is now lol.