What were you driving 20 years ago?

Powell Peralta Tony Hawk (bones brigade anyone?) and a Mongoose Expert I believe by 1989. I had an epiphany with a car buddy friend of mine I've been running with for 23 years: our BMX bikes were our first hotrods. We tore them down and rebuilt them, adding high performance aftermarket parts or better (perceived) OE parts off of different bikes to make them better suited to the task of cruising our neighborhood and bunnyhopping every curbcut in sight. We removed reflectors and chain guards, front breaks... anything to make them lighter.

 

a '70 dodge pick-em-up truck,,,LONG BED,,,

 

oh yeah, sometime back then my shoes were Vans Half Cabs. As in Steve Caballero or Coupe De Cab on the HAMB. not sure if that was '89 or a little later

 

One of these, not this one though!

Nick.

 

I was driving either a '73 Triumph TR-6 or a '71 Beetle, when then triumph didn't run which was always

 

20" Huffy. Jumpin' cars and anything else in the way. Red and rad.

 

1984 Capri RS and a 1967 390 FE Ranchero

 

Crap that makes me sick to think about.... 20 years ago I had a 69 GS400 convert, a 66 impala ss convert (crappy 283 2 barrel that ran great) and 81 vette...i think... I've always had more cars than I can count....its a freakin' habbit lol...

 

I was driving this, sorry the pictures so dark.

 

so cool

 

1988... prolly driving my 65 falcon. maybe my 70,000 original mile 66 Nova.

 

Me 20 years ago, graduation picture.

 

20 years ago it was pretty much the same toys I am driving today. My 86 Mustang, the 34 Ford 5 window, a 58 Willy wagon with a chevy in it and a Harley Sportster. the last two are down the road but I have a few more treasures to finish. I better get to work.

 

I didn't exist 20 years ago....

 

No photos.
1966 Impalla, beige over Met. Tan, 327ci, A great car. It was mint when my brother sold it to me for $400.00 but it had a bad habbit of attracting large dents while setting
innocently in parking lots. It made the trip to California, fully loaded, with a patched up frame where the left control arm bracket rusted through and broke free while I was driving it to my mechanic for a final once over before the trip.
BIG THUD!
Car stopped!
Okay, mint from the floor boards up.
The '82 Champ was my wife's car; our first joint purchase. Talk about a great little car.
The duel mode shifter was a blast. 38 mpg makes me wish I'd kept it around.

 

Daily driver -56 Opel Kapitän http://public.fotki.com/RPW/1/previously-owned-cars-1/previously-owned-cars/dsc8557.html , summer-time I drove my -54 Ford Customline http://public.fotki.com/RPW/1/previ...eviously-owned-cars/1954_ford_customline.html

 

In 1989 I was driving a '64 Chevelle station wagon that my Mom bought new. My son was so embarrased of the car I had to pick him up 2 blocks away from High School. He told a kid who saw in it it was my "fishing car" his friend said "that's allright, my Moms car is the city bus". I put 250,000 miles on that car before I sold it to pay for the engine for my 40 Ford.

 

Cool rides. The Opel is really different.

 

1968 Galaxie XL Convertible (Still Have)
1971 Cuda 340 (Sold)
1971 Challenger 318 (Sold)
1987 Thunderbird TurboCoupe (Still Have)
1988 Thunderbird LX (Sold)

And dad had the 1931 Roadster that we still have today

 

Twenty years ago I was driving something similar to this.

 

Hell, 20 minutes ago I was still playing with my Hotwheels!

But 20 years ago I was driving a 1969 El Camino that nobody liked because I didn't do the "muscle car" thing with it. It had shaved door handles, a frenched antenna, MOON discs and all the switches were removed from the dash and put into a custom center console. The dash was smoothed, upholstered and had a black plexi-glass panel to cover the instruments.

And I was starting to build my chopped 1974 Datsun pickup.

 

VERY cool in the winter, Minors have SHIT heaters!
I'd like another one, but the Wife says NO!!!!

 

Heater or Minor?
It is a great looking little go kart. I see a few of them around here.
I wonder if they have upgraded heaters?

 

They see me rollin. They hatin.

 

My daily was a `79 F100 w/ a 300 six & 3-on-the-tree. My cruiser/project was a `60 chevy, sedan delivery. I bought it from a "Cholo" it was way lowered, spokes, primer, 235, 3spd, w/ a genuine mexican blanket seat cover. I sold the 13's and put a set of alum slots w/ white letter tires. I had big plans w/ a high-po 427+ M-22 (which I still have). I painted the dash & doorjambs plumcrazy & fridge white and bought a bunch of impala chrome & stainless.
Unfortunately, I moved to a resort area and had no place to store it! No problem my buddy George had a empty cement pad next to his garage. I parked it and about a month later his wife starts giving him shit about it and wants it gone. It weas on a busy street and people would stop by all of the time and leave their #'s wanting to buy it. Everytime I saw her she was on my ass to sell it and few months later they got seperated. She gave me a week to move it so I called and sold it to the guy w/ the most cash, which wasn't a lot, but more than I had into it. One of the two "that got away", I should have paid to store it until I had my own place for it...Oh well.

 

'65 Pontiac Parisianne

 

My daily these days has Air-con!!!!!

Nick.

 

Had 4 .. at any given parts of the week 2 years ago.. and then some.... they were a 1967 Plymouth GTX , 1954 Ford Crestline 2 dr hdtp, 1953 Henry j 327 , 1973 Ford Pantera ( which I still have ).




Jigger,, Super NICE ART WORK..

 

Probably a hot wheels car...