Red outside – White inside

[SONOSADSACK]

Thanks for the pictures guys, I really appreciate it.

Hugger, any chance yours has red carpet?

VT, your turn the page remark really got me thinking, I even broke out a couple old photo albums. Definitely should have taken more pictures.

[vtblazer]

Originally Posted by SONOSADSACK

VT, your turn the page remark really got me thinking, I even broke out a couple old photo albums. Definitely should have taken more pictures.

Great, now scan em & post em so we can see the before shots.

What stage is it at now?

[SONOSADSACK]

How about WAY before shots??? I really wish I had taken more pictures. So many cars and trucks from my past that I would love to see again even though they weren’t anything special. In fact most of them were junk but they were all a small part of me. If you are a young’n and reading this, take my word for it, take pictures. Lots of pictures. You will enjoy them later. So damn many memories… Anyway here you go…

I believe this one was ’87-’89. My wife (then girlfriend) loved driving the pig. You can also see the my ’79 CJ5 behind my folk’s “new” grand am


This one would have been around ’90. It was a great truck from Missouri that unfortunately became someone else’s before it was finished.


I hauled this Blazer back from Oklahoma about ’98. Soon after it was home my wife became pregnant with our first. I hit the panic button and went on a selling spree.

[SONOSADSACK]

Ok, three more…

1987 Suzuki Samurai 355/th350/np205 and ford 9” eventually also added a little juice too. Silver Lake sand dunes about ‘93


Samurai replacement


Willy – Not much to say about Willy except FUN

[vtblazer]

Really awesome, thanks for taking the time.

Brought back a lot of 'car' memories for me just reading your post.

Good advice to the younger folks on here too.

I still get all choked up when I talk about my first car, I had my 69 RoadRunner all through high school...whew, those where some great times!

If it hasn't been said yet, welcome to the board!

Okay, gotta post a pic of it:

[SONOSADSACK]

Thanks for the welcome. Kinda snuck in the back door I guess.

I owned a few Chryslers in high school too. None of mine were as shiny as yours though. Belvedere II, Barracuda (fast back), Polara, and a Challenger. The first two I never drove. The Polara was in mint condition and a two door. Even though it was a grandma’s car, I loved it. Here are a couple of pictures of the challenger wearing my signature color.



My dad worked at a frame shop that also had a fleet of wreckers. Anything impounded and left for more than (if I remember correctly) 90 days was sold. I picked up several treasures that would later become my drivers. The challenger was one of them. $150 and I owned me a muscle car. It was a Texas car but still had a few rust spots. It also had R/T badges but I never verified. Heck, what did I care, 383, 727 council shift, posi and 160 mph speedo. The owner actually brought keys in and said he didn’t want it because the rear end was junk and he couldn’t afford to fix it. Turned out somebody had set the emergency brakes and they frozen up. A couple of sessions with a can of W-40 and I drove the care home. I also bought my first blazer this way. It was hauled out of a rental garage after the renter skipped town. $75!! It was a ’70, lifted with 38” Gateway Gumbo Monster Mudders (love saying that) with white wagons. It was pretty much a complete truck minus front clip. Ended up putting a ‘67 front end on it and giving it a nice coat or grey primer. Of course, no pictures!!

[bouncytruck]

My first car was a 70 Challenger R/T. I miss that car and can't believe what it would be worth now had I kept it...

[RED72blazer]

Originally Posted by vtblazer

Really awesome, thanks for taking the time.

Brought back a lot of 'car' memories for me just reading your post.

Good advice to the younger folks on here too.

I still get all choked up when I talk about my first car, I had my 69 RoadRunner all through high school...whew, those where some great times!

If it hasn't been said yet, welcome to the board!

Okay, gotta post a pic of it:

Originally Posted by bouncytruck

My first car was a 70 Challenger R/T. I miss that car and can't believe what it would be worth now had I kept it...

well, Luckily I'm a little younger than some of you guys and learned from others regrets not to sell my vehicles.

My 2nd vehicle ever bought....still got it.


3rd vehicle I ever bought and still got it.



I've had both of these since about 2001. They are keepers. I've had about 50 other non-mentionables that I have bought and sold over the years. I've always made money on those. But I just sink it into the other two....

[vtblazer]

Originally Posted by bouncytruck

My first car was a 70 Challenger R/T. I miss that car and can't believe what it would be worth now had I kept it...

Wow Bouncy...who knew.

Sweet ride!

I had a 70 RT/SE with a 440 6-Pack once myself, loved that car too!

No pics of it either and like yours, imagine what it's worth today.

[drunkbus]

Originally Posted by bouncytruck

My first car was a 70 Challenger R/T. I miss that car and can't believe what it would be worth now had I kept it...

Is that Empire Lakes?

[Mr Pops]

Heres my first daily driver when I was 18 years old in 1999..