'86 Isuzu I-Mark 4 door sedan. 50hp 4 banger with a 3 speed automatic. I clocked 0-60mph with a stopwatch. 19.8 seconds. No kidding. Flat out, slightly downhill it would hit between 80-85mph.
1972 Olds Cutlass 442 455 c.i., Turbo 400,
It was a welcome home present to my dad from his when he returned from Vietnam. By the time i got it, ac was useless and so were the brakes. I couldn't see shit out of it, either. I used "the force" to fit it through tight spots. It was a gas toilet, and liked to eat batteries too. But it was the easiest thing to drive and it was built like a tank.
I got offers daily to sell it. I totaled it when I was 19 on a double date when some asshat in an f-body ran a red light in downtown Dallas and t-boned it. All four of us walked away, he was in the hospital for two weeks.
I lost my v-badge in the back seat. Anytime I smell old vinyl I think of it. I'd trade my left nut to have it again, though.
(notice the nice emerald green hatch? My first mustang)
1972 Fiat Spider convertible. Top was in pieces, 2nd and 3rd gears were out. Had to shift 1st to fourth until I replaced tranny. I got rid of it and got a 1980 Monza coupe with a 4 banger and auto, then dropped a 69 Vette 350 in it. Didn't handle worth a shit and brakes sucked, but sure was fun to drive. I'll pass on the Monza, the Fiat maybe.
1981 Chevy LUV pickup - damned thing was indestructible. Bought it for $500, sold it for $600 2 years later. I'd love to find one again to fuck around in.
When I was 16 I got a 1985 Chevrolet Celebrity that I inherited from my deceased Grandma. Let me tell you I did not feel like a Celebrity. Got a job at Wal-Mart, sold it, and got a 1988 Iroc Z.
86 Svo was my first car, had it for 6 years then finally traded it for a coupe! Missed it so much I bought another one same color and year, but sold it after having it only a month! I'll stay away from them from now on lol
78 C10 heavy half. Had a blown power valve, bad plug wires, what must have been 4.10 gears, glass packs and a bad metering valve (rear brakes didn't work at all).
I'd boil the tires like crazy when it started, hit a bump though and one of the plug wires would fall off. It also literally had gas dripping out of the carburetor all the time. It was good for 4 mpg but it'd drop down to 2 with the a/c on. I also had to add a quart of oil every day.
Loaned it to my brother and of course he didn't add any oil and locked the engine up. Put a used engine in it with a 2 barrel and it was a slug but got 8 mpg. Drove it for a while, my brother borrowed it again and blew the engine up again. Put a reman engine in it from Gateway Auto Supply and sold it to my brother in law.
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