I'm only 46 years old (about half the age of the average Hamber). So,,in 1981 I bought a '68 Chevy pick up. Lowered it and painted it in Autobody Class,,worked on it a year,,sprayed it a pearl white with med blue along the lower body line. Cut out the center divider in the grille and made a tube grill. Later I moved to a '66 Nova SS,,,did some street racing. I ended up addicted to the little Novas and had about 11 through the years.
I had several but these are the two that I wish I had kept. 1957 4-door Belair, 283 with Powerpack heads and powerglide. 1976 Monte Carlo with buckets and floorshift auto. Bought both when I was 15 (1989)the Monte used to be my Grandmothers. Sold them both to pay for college. It was a good investment but I still hated to see the blue one go. I said when I sold it "I would have another old vehicle." And I have done that but it has taken some time.
'55 2-door post 265 powerglide, '64 Chevelle Malibu (first one drag raced) and bringing up the rear '61 VW ragtop (fun doin' donuts) Mark
78 pinto station wagon with woodgrain on the side.........then when i got a job i bought a 69 chevelle
How about a 61 Tempest wagon in sky blue with white walls,skirts and a 389 sliced in half ? But I had to have that chrome tailpipe extension, the Cal Custom 1 bl air cleaner and a chrome valve cover none the less.
1950 Olds 88 club coupe looked like my latest but had all side trim - 3 on the tree & rochester four barrel
my first car was a 57 Ford 4 door sedan that cost a whopping 60.00 second was a 59 ford custom coupe that i bought for 50.00 then put the 57 engine in it . then i built my first hotrod when i was 16 and 17 a 49 ford club coupe that was given to me . i bought a parts car with a rebuilt 53 255 merc for 50.00 and used it in the 49 along with a 64 ford 3 speed and a set of 4.10 gears it ran pretty good . next was a 63 Galaxie 500 XL convertible with a 406 tri power and 4 speed , dam I wish i had that one now . I sold it when I was a senior in 72 and bought a 56 F100 and still have it today its amazing how cheap we could put together a car back then lol
First car was a 55 town sedan ford with 272 and an automatic. Bought it at 15, drove it and a 66 f100 through high scool.
my dad gave me an old ugly 50 studebaker pick up, think he paid $100, i would give my left arm to have it back, good looking cool ride "now"
64 chevy moor-door, 6 banger with a three on the tree, bought it from my neighbor for a 100 bucks. drove it for a year before he finally gave in and sold me his 70 monte carlo!
Living in northen Maine on Loring AFB, I went to Limestone High. My first car was a 62 Buick Special 4 door. The car was pretty rusty but ran good. Bought it for $125. Had a nice little 215 V8. Later, my Dad came across a 65 Impala SS with a 283. The car was pretty clean and had only been in Maine 2 years. I got it for $350, drove it to California when we moved back in 1975. That was a sweet car!
1962 Nova convert. Paid $35.00 for it .straight 6 with a 3 on the tree. My dad helped me put a new J.C. Whitney top on it,One Continental glass pack muffler, and new ball joints. A set of used corvair monza hubcaps and a perforated vinyl steering wheel wrap finished her up. The top never fit quite right and it was a little breezy in the winter but my buddies and I did'nt ride the bus to school anymore.
'57 Ford Fairlane 2dr HT. Nosed, decked, shaved, black on black with chrome reverses and baldies, tube grill, '58 Ford back bumper, Cad-LaSalle crashbox. Always wanted something older during high school, but it beat walking.
I got started in 1956: 1. 42 Ford cp. 2. 41 Cad convert. 3. 40 Merc cp. 4. 35 Ford 5window 6. 50 Ford convert. 7. 46 Ford bus. cp. 8. 50 Merc convert. and a few more by the time I graduated in '59. .............Jack
A green 70 GTO, I paid $ 3600 bucks for it, beat the holy shit out of the ol girl for three years, and was so proud of myself for getting $ 5300 for it when I left for the service in 1989...the guy I sold it to rolled it about a year later. That car would be worth big bucks today. Later
Yup! Had a P.O.S. '64 Malibu i bought for $125, but by the time I payed for it & the insurance I couldn't hardly afford gas for it, so the big yellow hauler got use a lot!
This was mine, 71 Z28 clone,was a wreck,spent my junior year rebuilding and painted over the summer,black laquer with metalflakes flipflop blue pearl stripes,finished the weekend before the start of my senior year. wish I still had it ......
'30 model A roadster with a little red ram hemi. Looked cool but wasn't fast. Then I started my love affair with '40 fords, and 43 years later I'm still driving '40's. A good cross thread will beat a lock washer any day!
im 17 and still in high school and have a '64 f100 shortbed w/ a 292 y block/ 4spd w/ granny 1st gear and a 3.25 gear 9 inch rearend . I drive it to school and feels pretty cool to have the oldest truck in the parking lot. have owned it since i was 15
don't know I never made it that far but when I was thirteen and working in a gas station, I had a 59 buick lesabre, looked bad but ran great,
I graduated in 1968 and my first car was a 1952 Chevy Belair. I paid $200 for it and it came with vinyl fake roll and pleated seats. I paid $75 for the custom green paint job that everyone hated but me. I drove it for 3 years until the seats were split and falling apart and it had the 2nd closed rear end under it. The car I am building, 42 years later is almost its twin and once finished I'm going to go looking for my high school sweetheart and a drive in movie (major sigh......)
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