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My first car in high school in the mid 60's, Dad gave me his '54 Belair 9 pass station wagon, I couldn't be too picky back then since it was free. It originally was a medium green with a cream colored roof......ugh.
Threw on a (literally) $29.95 Earl Schieb paint job, found some chrome wheels, took out the middle seat, left the rear seat in.....and my senior year party wagon was born, had some fun in that.......
The year was 1968...my wife purchased the 61 for $1100.00 and the 66 Big Block Coupe for $1800.00 YEAR IS 1968....WIFE PURCHASED 61 FOR $1100.00 AND THE 66 BIG BLOCK FOR $1800.00 SAME CARS 61 INTERIOR
........by the way....both these cars were driven year round in the Ohio winter
bgp - I never saw deals like these on Corvettes when I was shopping for my first car in 1976! Seems like nice used Corvettes were always $3500.00 or more.
This photo was taken yesterday on a run up to Idyllwild, CA. For non-locals, it's a quaint little town in the mountains south of Palm Springs at 5500 feet elevation.
Something about the color and tone of this photo makes it look like a old photo, so I thought I'd share it here.
My first car in 1966 was a 1962 Impala Super Sport.....then in 1969 was a 65 Corvette.....Great times back then. First car...15 yrs old...$775.00 Second car 65 Vette...$1800.00 Glass City Corvette Club Pennant...Toledo Ohio Those were the good old days purchase in 1965 when I was 15 yrs old 1969..had it stripped and painted for $500.00 back then Glass City Corvette Club Toledo Ohio Removed the front bumper...fill 2 holes with "Road Runner" side marker lights
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Shelby-ized '66 Mustang, Born-with 289. I flogged this car unmercifully on the street and at weekend auto-cross events in the early 80s. In the mid-90s, I drove it between Leonardtown, MD and Chesapeak, Va every weekend to my job in Maryland for two years; never once let me down. Snow, sleet, rain, oppressive heat, etc. 3-1/2 hour trip one way.
So much for reliability !
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First Vette, in 1968. 300hp, 4 spd, radio, that's all. Had just returned from working most of a year on an oil rig in offshore Alaska, saved $7,000, saw this on a fly-by-night lot with a bunch of unsellable Shelby Mustangs, overpaid at $4,000 but was happy as a clam in Hollywood CA.
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