High School Cars
 

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.

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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!

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

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http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...&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

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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

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83 VW GTI. Quite the fun little car!

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

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Here's mine...

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...et-nova-73.jpg

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

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Jeep Cherokee, 2 door.

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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!

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

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

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

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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/e...046_1_full.jpg

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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...

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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.

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

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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!


;)

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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/muscl...s/camaroSS.jpg

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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.

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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. :(

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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

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When we were in Mexico last year I couldn't believe how many of those bugs were on the roads there...I mean it was like everyone had one
:ss

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

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1977 Chevy Camaro

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

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

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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/....jpg&WIDTH=425

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Ah, a discomobile!

Me? I walked everywhere....:tg

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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'.

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A 1987 Pontiac Grand Am - what a POS!

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65 Chevy Impala

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1988 Dodge Ram D50
http://wikicars.org/images/en/thumb/...dge_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.

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1970 Chevelle SS

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Nice.


First was a 72 Camaro then a 56 Willeys Jeep

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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

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2004 Oldsmobile Alero

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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!

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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:

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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.

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1987 Chevy S10 Blazer.

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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.:(