i bought a car and im only 14...

[TheDooWopKid13]

going on 15. well its not completely mine, i have half ownership with my bro. its a 1963 pontiac catilina 2 door hard top. damn this sucks, because now i have to wait to get my permit.

[TheDooWopKid13]

heres antoher pic

[Smokin Joe]

Fix the tail light while you're waiting. Nice starter there.

[TheDooWopKid13]

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Fix the tail light while you're waiting. Nice starter there.

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i already did

[Shoeboxer]

Definitely a nice starter...time to match the rest of the body to the front end and get some red paint on those rims. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

-Taylor

[Smokin Joe]

Hehe, Damned if you didn't! Salute! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[TheDooWopKid13]

well its getting there with the primer, just need to do the passengers door and rear fender, and then the roof. after that do the body work, fill in the holes, shoot a another coat of primer, then give it the final paint job and clear. but i dont think ill paint the wheels red.

[TheDooWopKid13]

thanks for the compliments for the nice starter. all the time put together striping the paint probably took me a month or 2. it was harpoons and the wolfmans, and now its mine and the wolfmans. just telling you guys so you be confused bout the time striping it.

[2tall2beahotrodder]

FRESHMAN!!!!



wheres the paddle??

[TheDooWopKid13]

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FRESHMAN!!!!



wheres the paddle??

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yea i am freshamn, it sucks cause all the other freshman are stupid so they make me look stpuid. paddle?

[Smokin Joe]

Since you can't drive it yet. I'd do a check of all the mechanicals so nothing goes wrong when you can drive it.
Check belts and hoses, grease wheelbearings. Change the fluids. Grease the fittings. Check U-Joints. Compression check it and tune it up. All the little stuff you never get around to once it's your driver. Used cars always have issues. Better to find that rotten brake hose or burned wheelbearing in your driveway. Make it safe and reliable first. Then make it purdy. Nothing sucks more than riding the bus to school because your new stereo works but your brakes don't. Looks like you're already headed in the right direction. Have a ball...

[wayfarer]

If you need any parts let me know. My dad just bought a 36,000 mi. '63 bonneville 4dr hardtop that we're pulling parts off for his convertible. We'll have lots of stuff we don't need.

[TheDooWopKid13]

thanks for the tips. me and my pops already did the breaks and seals. its a wonder it stopped, becuase the rear brakes were full of axle grease, and the front master cylinders were full of sawdust. and pretty soon we will have to pull the motor out to replace the rear rope seal, because it leaks, and that would take care of the fluid change. then i will have to change the carbrator, since its a carter and they dont make chokes for em since they folded long time go.

[TheDooWopKid13]

ill let you know if i need any. thanks.

[GRADY]

60s ponchos are beautiful
good luck and keep up posted:)

[GRADY]

if you need any ideas, check out the 64 Bonne in the calssifieds

[poncho]

excellent way to start off!!!i used to have a '63 parisienne 2 dr hard top...sweet mother of a car...good luck!!! and start on her now so she is ready to cruise...you rock dude.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[old beet]

Cool car kid!!!! Bet it will good when you start drivin. Looks good now..............OLDBEET

[TheDooWopKid13]

thanks guys for the compliments.
my ideas for it right now would be a heavy semi dark blue metalic with pearl white roof, a pearl white fade down the middle of the hood and trunk where the rib is white pin-stripe-ing keep the whitewalls the same size, lower the front and back a little, for the interior a dark blue tuck-in-roll, white 1 inch white borders and pipeing, with probably a black carpet floor. and for the exhaust straight duals all the way back. how does that sound so far?

[34Fordtk]

Nice start,DONT put ANY wheel over 15" on it or you will get reamed out on here (See the low 31 post on the main page).

[Toqwik]

Nice start, make sure you take pics of it and all the other ones you will have. Kinda kool a few years later to look back at what you had..Toqwik

[burndup]

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im only 14...

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Well alrighty then, that explains a lot of your assinine comments you've made in the past...

Congrats on the car, Have fun waiting another TWO YEARS before YOU can drive it... you got a lot of lawns to mow... the jardineros may prove to be FIERCE competition with their leaf-blowers and machetes...

Doesnt matter how cool your BROTHER is, bit of advice:
(oh and yeah, we have high expectaions of you and this car cause of him!)

Keep your ears open at least 90% of the time, your mouth open less than 10%... Trust me, had I taken my own advice at your age, I'd have been less familiar with the taste of my own blood...

[randy]

Very cool.

Now, put a small block in it... Oh wait you, "hate small block chevys".

What'd a small block ever do to you; steal your date to 7th grade?
Cool Poncho. Cooler because it's your first car.

-r

[SIXOCAD]

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damn this sucks, because now i have to wait to get my permit.

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I have the same problem...kind of scares me with the shape my cars in... someone help me fix it!

[Steve]

carter folded a long time ago??? I just bought an electronic choke for mine ont to long ago from P.A.W what carter you got?

[Dat Dirty Rat]

congrats lil homie! I was in the same situation,,my 1st ride was a 62 Chevy II and it sat almost 2yrs before i was able to drive it myself,,but your in a better situation. Its alot kooler rollin' with your brother!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

You have a killer start for a really slick kustom...Tell your bro he can drive and you'll take care of the chics!!

Dirty

[SamIyam]

I bought my first car at 14... a '55 Chevy for $550... in 1984. (here I am pictured with it... on the first day I got it to my house)

I agree with burndupcrx... listen and learn... there is a wealth of knowledge on the HAMB for you to tap... ya just have to put your ear to the tracks!

Sam.

[Humboldt Cat]

Think of the head start that you have (hard as it is to WAIT). I had a few project cars that I tried to revive to life, in high school, didn't have anything in running condition 'til college age. At least yer being practical about your project- when I was 14 and 15 I was searching junkyards in Pomona and wherever in L.A. County for a '34 Ford (but then you've also had a roadster or coupe project by now- do you still have that?). But see, YOUR start seems more doable. Just think of what a sweet ride it'll be by the time you have a permit. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Hey, keep us posted! What's under the hood?

[CURIOUS RASH]

<font color="green"> AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH,

There IS hope for the future.

Nice sled there man!!!!

Don't let that acre of back seat get you in trouble. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

CONGRATS,

RASHY </font>

[robber grin]

Congratulations on the Poncho's purchase. Looks pretty straight too. It will be fun to fix up until you are rolling on your own.

Metalflake... some kind of sick green color maybe
CRAGAR SS cause they are cool and cheap too .02

I love small block chevys.

Because they are cheap and plentiful. Just like early T and A bodies used to be for young would-be hotrodders back in the day.

I want to go very fast all the time... in a very loud hotrod.

[marq]

Theres an old rock n roll song that goes"yeah i'm only 14 and i commin on 15 but i wanna be 16 so i can get me a hotrod" those are some way cool lyrics from a kid back in the 50's and yes i think there is hope yet,keep up the good work kid and maybe someone may donate an old T or A body they dont want.Stranger things have happened..............Marq

[Flexicoker]

My advice to you is if by the time you turn 16 you haven't got this car running, buy something cheap that you could not possibly put much money into. For example, I my dad gave me my '48 chev when i was 14, I planned to get it working so i could drive it to highschool, well that never happened so I bought a cheap jeep after i turned 16. soon after I realized that stock jeeps looked gay, so I put a good 3K into it. now I'm 18 and I realized i could have just driven the stock jeep and put that 3K into the chevy which is what I really wanted.

don't get sidetracked by projects you are only halfway interested in. Its a great way to waste time and money.

[Smokin Joe]

You guys had to wait till 16 for a driver's license?
I worked on a farm.

[4t64rd]

I bought 2 cars before I was 16, a '64 Impala 2dr HT ($175), and a '53 New Yorker ($350), 1979 prices. Both ran, until I got hold of them. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[bornwithatail]

PLEASE not flat black with red rims and whitewalls...


i like the plans you got for it.... sounds like you got a good head on your shoulders.... style-wise at least http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

good luck and keep us posted on the progress....

[TheDooWopKid13]

thanks for the compliments guys.
cool buy samiyam. you still got that 55?

steve i guess i was wrong unless they just have them in stock.

under the hood its got a 389.

and it wont be flat balck, and red rims. as soon as all the primer and body work is done it shouldnt be too long after that till the paint is done,hopefully...

[Crease]

Way to go man!

When I was your age I was workin on crappy Brittich cars. Your way ahead.

[Peter Pan of Chicago]

As an old "widetrack" poncho fan, congraulations on your first ride. Sounds like your gonna have a winner there!

Keep us posted on your progress.

Joel http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[IntrstlarOvrdrve]

Hey man, really nice start there! I got my 55 chevy when I was only 11 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif Worked all summer mowin lawns for the PO's and they let me have it at the end!! It still dont run though, lots of work to be done, but I know its mine http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif Hey and no worries, I JUST now turned 16, so I JUST NOW got my license, and I still dont drive my 55. Nice car ya got there http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif and have fun with it!

[IntrstlarOvrdrve]

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My advice to you is if by the time you turn 16 you haven't got this car running, buy something cheap that you could not possibly put much money into. For example, I my dad gave me my '48 chev when i was 14, I planned to get it working so i could drive it to highschool, well that never happened so I bought a cheap jeep after i turned 16. soon after I realized that stock jeeps looked gay, so I put a good 3K into it. now I'm 18 and I realized i could have just driven the stock jeep and put that 3K into the chevy which is what I really wanted.

don't get sidetracked by projects you are only halfway interested in. Its a great way to waste time and money.

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Hey, and I can't tell you how true this is! Mine wasnt running yet either, so I bought a little VW...seemed pretty harmless but I have just as much in it as I do my chevy at this point...doh!

[G V Gordon]

Welcome from another Poncho driver. That car has tons of potential, It'll be fun to watch your progress.
George

[burndup]

Yeah, you know, you can score like an 84 honda CIVIC CRX reeeeeal cheap... plenty dependable, excellent gas mileage, easy enough to work on to keep running if you get over your predjudice against metric tools... meanwhile you can fix that pontiac up CHERRY!

Then go back and do a VTEC swap on the CRX!!!


HAHAHAHAAAAH! You punkass import/SBC hater!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[TheDooWopKid13]

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Yeah, you know, you can score like an 84 honda CIVIC CRX reeeeeal cheap... plenty dependable, excellent gas mileage, easy enough to work on to keep running if you get over your predjudice against metric tools... meanwhile you can fix that pontiac up CHERRY!

Then go back and do a VTEC swap on the CRX!!!


HAHAHAHAAAAH! You punkass import/SBC hater!

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why spend the extra money on a PIECE OF SHIT ? i cant drive yet so that would be even stupider.