What were you driving 20 years ago?

Well since there seems to be some uncertainty about WHICH 20 years ago you mean, I'll do it this way:

2008 - '87 TBird Turbo Coupe, and my '05 Tundra
1998 - '98 F150 pickup, and my '87 T'Coupe
1988 - '88 Ranger 4x4
1978 - '78 Fairmont wagon (I know, but I had 2 little kiddies...)
1968 - '60 Ford fullsize, and a '56 Fairlane
1958 - not drivin' but ridin' on the seat of Dad's '57 F100

Fords in my past, Fords in my future, must be an addiction!

 

I had to be about 12 so I had a schwinn Predator kinda like this one but in white

 

65 Chevy stepside. 350/TH350, faded black paint. I still have the truck.

 

20 years ago I was driving a '34 Plymouth coupe - it looks pretty much the same today as it did then - minus the intake. Haven't driven it much at all - last few years - I really got to fix that!!

 

POW-POW-POWER WHEELS!!!

 

The daily was an 80 Ford F-150 with a 500ci Cad motor. The toy was a 48 Continental Cabriolet with a 390 Cad motor (common conversion), my other daily was a 70 454 Chevlle SS with N2O.

Then I sold the Continental and bought a 68 GT500KR fastback with a 4spd, sold that for a profit and got a 47 Cad convertible. Hey wait a min...I see a pattern here.

 

the same '59 ford ragtop that i still have today.

 

64 chevy 2 with 4speed 454 and 411 gears man that thing was fast

 

i was flyyin to the overies in moma's stumouch with my little white buddies! i was the only one to make it.

 

20 yrs.ago..my daily rides were my 64 Riviera, which I still have, it was silver, painted it black on black leather interior I had done..it was ordered with all the Gran Sport options before there was a badged GS..I built the 425 30 over with a bunch of Kenne-Bell parts..$600 worth of chrome engine stuff which went a long ways then..It was lowered a bit with a good stereo..also a 57 Nomad with the original 283 warmed up a bit, painted 57 Adobe biege with an original design black and white interior, sold that car at Pate..then I was ridin my smoke silver BMW R90S, still kicking myself for selling that one...

 

Well, 20 years ago I had just sold my 32 five window (stupid mistake) and was down to driving this everyday... but drove home in a 72 Vette or a new S-10.Cruised in my 67 Fairlane my dad bought new.(still have it)

 

Ha-ha, mee too!

 

I had a Santa Cruz Christian Hosoi deck with Tracker Trucks and Bam Bam wheels. It was so sweet I babied it and only thrashed on my Ripsaw. That and I had a Mongoose bmx that I loved. It was surf green. I was 8.

 

I was driving my 57 and my 55. My 57 was driven year around and my 55 was for weekends. Still have both.

 

I was driving a 4x4 76' Vega wagon Ibuilt on a shortened 79' Bronco chasis with 35" ground hawgs man, that car was fun.

 

68 GTO with a 428 and a 70 Nova. Still have the GTO after the wreck, rusting to pieces...

 

20 years ago ... this



And hopefully ... 20 years from now also ...
Have NO plans to ever sell it ...

 

GOOD BOY RANDY!!---------------------Don

 

I took pictures of it. Still have them!!

 

54 chevy coupe...shaved, lakepipes, functioning spots, white tuck and roll, moon discs...sold it to have money for a downpayment for our first house

 

Lessee...1989 I had my trusty ol' 48 Poncho.

 

A hospital bed. I was 11 years old and had just been diagnosed with cancer 20 years ago this month.

 

1965 VW beetle cal custom...
fake porsche alloys, one piece glass, euro mirrors and antennae, chrome engine kit and weber progressive 2 bbl, roller pedal, t handle shifter, TJ diamond pattern door panels, velvet headliner, mini grant steering wheel, man i loved that car...

 

I was driving the same car as I do today

 

72 ,,340 cuda

 

Not sure what the daily go to work car was, I had a batch of them about that time.
The 48 had been apart for about three or four years and the 51 Merc was in the middle of a redo that never got done.
Summer of 89 I did a three week thrash to put the 48 back together to go to the Kustom Kemps run in Centralia that year. So for a hot rod we will have to say the 48.

 

a bitchin' camaro

 

Same car all thru the years!!---Different styles & paint jobs!!
1969----1975-----1985------1995 to present!!--------------Don

 

I was driving a '89 LX like this. LX 5 spd. Sleeper
but the Shelby was a basket case at this point. Finished it in 2004.

A hot rod was always on my mind so I could be in Back to the 50's.
Got it in 2004 after selling the Shelby.

 

I was driving my '50 Chevy Panel Truck. I found it in a field, four flats, no brakes. Fixed it up, put a 235 in it, drove it all over from WA to AZ, NM, MT, CA, never had any trouble with it. Drove it for 18 years and sold it to a friend.

Driving a '65 Austin Mini Woody Wagon now. It's for sale. See "Cars For Sale" on the HAMB. Got the hots for a '55 Popular.

Gord