What was your first speed equipment part?

Mallory duel point distributor for sbc from service center in la mesa, ca

 

It was 1969. My first speed equipment purchase was from Duran's Speed Shop, Jefferson Davis Hwy (a.k.a. Route #1 or "Death Alley"), Alexandria, Va. At the same time, I purchased a Fenton 3-spd shifter and a Thunderbolt teardrop-shaped hood blister, which I mounted on a '55 Chevy two door sedan.

 

man this thread is cool thanks for starting it , no bitching , no whining just relating cool memmories

 

This model kit oh yeah!

 

My first was a tach and a blue shifter ball for my pinto. From super shops. I was 14 or so

 

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"I had just turned 16 and had my first car..a 50 ford and my dad and I built a 53 Merc 255 flathead for it. My buddy, Jim had just sold his 50 and kept the offy 4 barrel intake and Rochester 4 barrel carb from a 55 buick. It ran great on his car so I bought it from him for the princely sum of 15 bucks. I was soooooooo excited I had to take a photo of it. This was the summer of 1964.
My dad worked with a guy who gave up a pair of tube headers for my project but I didn't get a photo of them. "
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That's some cool stuff right there Rocky, be proud!

 

I guess it was my cowboy hat & boots 1949 my first roadster

 

Isky cam 292 ford Halls Speed shop and it's still there.

 

Chrome valve covers and chrome open air cleaner.

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Hurst comp shift knob (aluminum T style) for my '66 Simca 1000, Thought I was Ronnie Sox.

 

Edelbrock 2 carb manifold. Paid 7 bucks for it from a friend of mine in 1960. Sold it the next year for 15 bucks.

 

that header/intake

 

You're not Ronnie Sox? Well I guess I won't bad mouth him any more.
Hey I'm sending you a PM.

 

I got a full list of stuff.My first car was a 41 Ford SuperDelux twodoor.In 1955. 0ne of the first things I got was a set of Seat Covers.Saran! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8824qpZJgY I spraydyed the headliner maroon. Removed the parkinglites,trunk handle and leaded smooth. Lincoln tailites.Dual pipes with quad extensions.Droped axel from a sprint car.Skirts had a Flare.I like that. It was a time of Port-o-Walls.(Nasty Buggers) A gallon of Sherwin-Williams Cadillac Coppertone enamel took care of the paint. Naga-hyde door panels, Gray with a maroon factory accent,black kick-panels. Mama sewed them and the armrests.(Front and back). I got pair of used Offenhouser heads but they were pitted. Machine shop guy said probly caused from wellwater used as a coolant.

 

A dual coil distrubitor for a 51 Chrysler hemi. Got it from Honest Charlies speed shop.

 

Whew!! At first I thought it was the youngest car-jacking ever!

 

Flipped the air cleaner lid on dads 1972 ford with a 351 cleveland. Don't know if it added any power but it sounded better.

 

Chrome acorn covers for my 55 Chevy 235....a Cal Custom chrome air filter...Fenton shift star shifter from Giant Discount Auto Parts...LOL .

Later got a used glass pack off a 56 Ford for $1.50 off a buddy....hell...I had the bling I had to have the sound...LMAO.

Damn....the stuff we did when we was young and broke...

 

Edelbrock performer intake with a holley 4bbl carb.

 

A pair of Mickey Thompson valve covers for my 1964 Bel Air.

 

Duelpoint adopter plate and points for my Red Seal Contenel 6 in a Henry J, in 1960

 

An Edelbrock 4-2 manifold with 94's, for my flathead. I had to take the long way around, the guy that owned it, wanted a tarpaulin cover for his pickup box. I found one for $10.00, bought it, and traded straight up, I was 14 at the time.

 

xxxx wooden clothes pins&plastic playing cards running on spokes my tricycle.....

 

This thread has realy got me thinking. Its been so long that I am not sure which was first. Another was maybe the set of long shackles to jack up the rear end of my 63 Dodge.

 

14th birthday, I get an envelope. Taped to the inside flap is the key to the 57 Sedan Delivery that sat in the garage since I was 6. That weekend we went to MOON and I got a barefoot gas pedal and a set of lowering blocks. There it sat, lowered 3 inches with the new pedal, not running. It was the COOLEST!

 

Edelbrok heads for a 59ab in a 38 ford 2 door

 

drag slick from western auto for my purple western flyer with banana seat. it was awsome.

first car part, three spoke steering wheel 10" diameter 5.5" deep. from moons speed shop in chandler in. it was $20, everything i had.

 

A "Spark-o-matic" 3 speed floor shift conversion for my 56 Ford in high school. Dang round shift lever would spin around in the bracket and cause you to hit your knuckles on the dashboard if you tried to speed shift it hard into second gear. But it looked cool..

 

You win the prize. Probably was for most of us... to long ago to think about

 

Holley 750 4 bbl at performance clinic back in the spring of 80,was too big of a carb for the motor I put it on but got my first lesson in rejetting a carb.