|
Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
storage
This topic has been archived - replies are not allowed.
|
Replies: 78
| visibility 1
|
All-TigerNet [11021]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4979
Joined: 10/31/03
|
Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 1:40 PM
|
|
Admit it.
AMC Gremlin ?
Ford Pinto ? (if you survived)
Chevy Vega ?
Mine was a '72 Vega with an aluminum block. All of my neighbors knew what time I came home because it sounded like a motorboat. One tank of gas and one quart of oil.
|
|
|
|
 |
Orange Blooded [4884]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4949
Joined: 1/4/06
|
none of the above 1978 cj5 renegade.***
Sep 8, 2021, 1:42 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [38592]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5841
Joined: 12/8/20
|
Re: none of the above 1978 cj5 renegade.***
Sep 8, 2021, 2:32 PM
|
|
I drive a 2013 Sahara and really like it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [38121]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 9360
Joined: 6/13/19
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 1:44 PM
|
|
1971 candy-apple red VW Super Beatle. I absolutely loved that car, and we went through a lot together. I bought it on my 15th birthday for $1300.00 and ran 2 morning paper routes until we both went to Clemson in 1980.
So many memories and stories with that car...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commissioner [930]
TigerPulse: 94%
Posts: 739
Joined: 9/3/03
|
1967....
Sep 8, 2021, 1:49 PM
|
|
Mustang. 351 Windsor,heads milled 20 thou....Offenhauser intake,Holley carb,Hooker headers and a 10 bolt toploader 4 speed. Ran low 14's in the quarter .
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [38592]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5841
Joined: 12/8/20
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 5:04 PM
[ in reply to Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past? ] |
|
I bought a new Beatle in 1963 working as a soda jerk. My payments were $48 a month. Few kids had a car back then. I quickly learned that girls would rather go out with "even me" than sit home on Saturday night.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3311]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1973
Joined: 7/23/11
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 11, 2021, 3:46 AM
[ in reply to Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past? ] |
|
I bought the same car from the showroom at Frank Myers in Anderson. It had the white stripe, hood scoop with full chrome and a white interior. I still think fondly about that car.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [61842]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 39643
Joined: 12/16/01
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 1:50 PM
|
|
1974 Mercury Capri, manual
1982 Dodge Omni hatchback
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [82063]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 17309
Joined: 1/14/17
|
German Capri, or Fox Body?
Sep 8, 2021, 1:54 PM
|
|
I still have my 85' from the high school days BTW.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [61842]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 39643
Joined: 12/16/01
|
German, of course, since I am 'somewhat' German.
Sep 8, 2021, 3:16 PM
|
|
Sad note - I was driving a cheerleader home one day from high school when the universal joint dropped while I was at a STOP sign. And, thus, began the problems and why no woman will marry me.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [82063]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 17309
Joined: 1/14/17
|
I had one of those too. Orange 76'.
Sep 8, 2021, 3:33 PM
|
|
2.8 V6 you could absolutely turn the balls off of it to 95mph in 3rd.
Fun fact : The fenders were welded (not bolted) on from the factory.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [61842]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 39643
Joined: 12/16/01
|
Mine was orange, also.
Sep 8, 2021, 3:55 PM
|
|
However, it was before I was a complete Clemson Tiger convert. (I was living in Alabama at the time.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [82063]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 17309
Joined: 1/14/17
|
Those things must have been popular in CA. (hollyweird)
Sep 8, 2021, 5:47 PM
|
|
Watch almost any movie or tv show from the late 70's or early 80's with street scenes, and you're almost guaranteed to see juan.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-TigerNet [11021]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4979
Joined: 10/31/03
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 2:27 PM
[ in reply to Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past? ] |
|
I had worked it out to purchase a Capri from my sister at a cheap price. That was THE car! The day before I was to pick it up, it caught fire and almost burned her house!
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [61842]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 39643
Joined: 12/16/01
|
Yikes!***
Sep 8, 2021, 3:17 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-TigerNet [10782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6140
Joined: 1/28/04
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 1:50 PM
|
|
'66 Triumph TR4A.best 4 speed i've ever driven.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [38592]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5841
Joined: 12/8/20
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 2:35 PM
|
|
I had a GT6, loved that car, but it was in the shop more than in my garage.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-TigerNet [10782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6140
Joined: 1/28/04
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 8:52 PM
|
|
the 4a was actually pretty reliable,although i had a coil issue the 1st year i had it and after that always kept a spare in the trunk.took it to geoff's near school for any repairs which were minimal.red looks good on the GT6.4a was BRG.same wheels.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [65467]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 33257
Joined: 12/3/03
|
LOL. Anyone who ever has had any dealings with a British
Sep 10, 2021, 6:17 PM
|
|
car from that era (or a LOT of eras) knows that LUCAS is really a 4 letter word, is alternatively short for LUCIFER. 
I had a 1968 English Ford Cortina, I know whereof I speaketh. It seemed to be a weekly ritual, finding and fixing corroded electrical connections on that thing. White porcelain pointy ended fuses, anyone?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [16507]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 11655
Joined: 9/1/01
|
Super Beetle
Sep 8, 2021, 1:58 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [38592]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5841
Joined: 12/8/20
|
Re: Super Beetle
Sep 8, 2021, 2:28 PM
|
|
Loved my Super Beetle and all my Beatles. Bought my first one new in 1963 for $1850.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [16507]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 11655
Joined: 9/1/01
|
Mine was a '72 I believe. Semi-automatic 3-speed. Had to
Sep 8, 2021, 5:31 PM
|
|
be careful not to touch the shifter or it would engage the clutch!
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-TigerNet [10492]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 7759
Joined: 12/5/15
|
Re: Mine was a '72 I believe. Semi-automatic 3-speed. Had to
Sep 11, 2021, 7:28 AM
|
|
3 speed-semi, that is what I learned to drive in. First car I bought was a 78 rabbit. I believe that car must have spent time at the bottom of a lake….electrical system was complete trash.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1795]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1113
Joined: 4/6/18
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 2:04 PM
|
|
'74 Vega. Every time I backed out of the driveway, I could see the pile of rust that had fallen on the pavement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [5711]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 3351
Joined: 9/1/03
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 2:07 PM
|
|
3 speed 1974 Gremlin. other than no AC I loved it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-TigerNet [11021]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4979
Joined: 10/31/03
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
Sep 8, 2021, 2:28 PM
|
|
We called them "High-Topped Tennis Shoes"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [16037]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6058
Joined: 12/11/12
|
Re: Powl for the over-55 crowd: Which car is in your past?
|
| |
|
|
50
