Classic Car Pics. Yours not yours, all things cool or not so cool.

[Ironhippie]

Grandsons Standing in Front of the cars they'll inherit one day. Let the oldest pick the one he wanted when he turned 10.

 

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[Ironhippie]

Had a neighbor that had a red one. It was his daily driver.

Wow Church, you were definitely lucky to be exposed to so many hard-to-find cars. Even back then Boss 9's (around 1400 total produced for 69 & 70) weren't sitting around every neighborhood. HEMI'S, BOSS 9'S and SS427's.... Like I said before........You Win.

 

[churchmouse]

Wow Church, you were definitely lucky to be exposed to so many hard-to-find cars. Even back then Boss 9's (around 1400 total produced for 69 & 70) weren't sitting around every neighborhood. HEMI'S, BOSS 9'S and SS427's.... Like I said before........You Win.

The car culture in my hood ran deep.

 

[thunderchicken]

Done better than this with a Coat hanger and a jumper cable to the battery.

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I believe I've met that guy before or at least have seen his handy work

 

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How cray do you have to be to be willing to ride in the sidecar

 

[churchmouse]

How cray do you have to be to be willing to ride in the sidecar

They call those guys monkeys. Go figure.
I have watched a few of those races and brother they are nucking futz.

 

[churchmouse]

To elaborate on post #788.
I graduated in 1968. Muscle cars roamed the streets freely. Speed shops were in abundance. The quest/challenge to wring every ounce of performance from our cars was a daily thing. It was the main topic of conversation.
No internet. No cell phones. 4 channels on the boob tube so we found far more productive ways to entertain ourselves.
Any showroom/used lot in the city was stacked deep in Mustangs/Chevell's/Camaro's/Nova's/Road runners and GTX's.

Me and 2 friends had a huge garage behind the house I lived in with one of them and we were flipping cars. Nam was a real thing and the draft was in full swing. Guys were buying muscle and getting drafted. Some of these cars were free titled and up for grabs when they got the notice. Police interceptors at auction were all too common if you had the connections. It was a decent revenue stream.
Example, I was in the shop working on my street car when a young lady pulled up in a 68 Z-28. Car was 2 years old but 1st glance it needed attention. Exhaust leak at the header flanges bald rears and so on. Hubby was in the Nam and she did not have to money to own that car. Clutch was smoked and the shifter was a mess. Hubby had ran it very hard.
I found here a decent base model Chevell small block automatic in great shape and worked a good trade for the Z.
She got a nice car and some cash and we got the Z.
A full service. Flange repairs (headers) a new clutch front brakes new tires and bushing kit in the shifter. One of us was a superior detail guy. He cleaned it up and it sold easily but I got to cruise it for a week or so. Really fun car. Made a fair profit and on to the next one.
This rolled along until the insurance/gas crunch. But we always had more than a few cars around that shop.

 

[mom45]

Since we seem to have added motorcycles...grandbaby loves the old Hondamatics.

 

[mom45]

Had to get his mama on the bike too. Just in the yard with all aboard.

 

[MindfulMan]

Me and 2 friends had a huge garage behind the house I lived in with one of them and we were flipping cars. Nam was a real thing and the draft was in full swing. Guys were buying muscle and getting drafted. Some of these cars were free titled and up for grabs when they got the notice. Police interceptors at auction were all too common if you had the connections. It was a decent revenue stream.

You just told the story of why my vette' had to be sold.
Draft #13.... I was not going to escape !

 

[MRockwell]

Take a good hard look at that blower. Cmon Man! Really. Thats Sad.

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I think this is the same idea:

 

[churchmouse]

You just told the story of why my vette' had to be sold.
Draft #13.... I was not going to escape !

A lot of this in those days.

 

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[Denny347]

My future classic. It's 14 years old now. I love how the Silverstone Metallic II has hints of blue depending on the lighting.

 

[Ironhippie]