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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by vinfab, Dec 7, 2020.

  1. Johnboy34
    Joined: Jul 12, 2011
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    Johnboy34
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    from Seattle,Wa

    Had a 63 1/2 Falcon Sprint i got in my Jr year.(71) Put a K series 289 in it then a buddy bought it & totaled it. In senior year got it back and put that motor in this little 62 Club Wagon I bought front my neighbor. Painted it in the back yard a couple years out of school. Daily driver for over ten years, around 100K miles. It ran the 1/4 in 14.00 @ 100 mph, surprised a lot of folks... 20200501_112248.jpeg 20200501_112256.jpeg 20200501_121857.jpeg

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  2. Class of '71. My car was an OT '70 454/4-speed Vette roadster that I still have. Made enough money shoveling blacktop during the summer months to pay the insurance and car payments all year. Go my first Model A ('30 Deluxe Coupe) during the Summer after graduation and started working on it. Still have it too. With the Covid, shutdown, my hair is about the same length as it was during High School (only slightly more gray now).
     
  3. blowby
    Joined: Dec 27, 2012
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    blowby
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    from Nicasio Ca

  4. I had a 38 La Salle Hearse just like this one, big fun at thr Drive-in and cruising the school. Got it from a Junk Yard for $400.
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  5. My brother and I and some friends built "the first" '49 Coupe..put a '58 Pontiac Tri-Power in it...long gone..(picture taken in 1960)..so I just built another one.."The Judge" that is on my website... SintonCar 49 only-XL.jpg
     
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  6. bowie
    Joined: Jul 27, 2011
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    bowie
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  7. Elcohaulic
    Joined: Dec 27, 2017
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    Elcohaulic

    This is one of my favorites... The color is fantastic!

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  8. knucklenutz
    Joined: Jan 4, 2009
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    Dad ordered this '56 Merc Monterey. He took our family all over North America in it. He gave it to me late in my senior year of high school . Senior Prom. ..... then destruction after 7 months of ownership. A happy ending may finally be in sight. A friend from Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba has a brother Monterey. Hoping to bring it home John & '56Merc Promnight.jpeg l956 Merc l8  copy.jpeg FILE44591.jpeg
     
  9. 57JoeFoMoPar
    Joined: Sep 14, 2004
    Posts: 6,138

    57JoeFoMoPar
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    57 Bel Air 4 door sedan, 283/Turboglide that blew up and swapped to a TH350. Hot shit in 2001, and I drove the hell out of that car for the relatively short time I owned it. My girlfriend at the time was a freshman at the University of Delaware, so every other weekend I was making the trip down the NJ Turnpike to do damage at UD as high school senior. GREAT times.
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    This pic was from the spring of 2002 when I had the car up for sale. Funny story about that. One morning that February I was sitting in a row of traffic outside of my high school when some dope I went to school with plowed into the back of me with his parent's SUV. I wasn't hurt, but (rightly) made a police report since there was quite a bit of damage to my car. The kid's father didn't want to go through insurance since his son had had his license less than a month before rear-ending me, so I got a fair estimate from a decent local collision shop, which was about $4000, and I gave it to him. I guess the guy went to my high school to look at my car, because the next night I got a phone call at home from him screaming at me, "I'm NoT rEsToRiNg YoUr FuCkInG Car! YoU gO tHrOuGh YoUr InSuRaNcE aNd CoLlEcT yOuR $50..." and then he hung up on me. So I went through his insurance, which sent me to another body shop in town. When I brought the car there for an estimate, the owner comes out, looks my car over, and says to me, "Come in the back". We walk in the back room of the shop and he had two 57 Bel Airs; one convertible, one 2 door hardtop. He says to me, "Your car is fucking awesome. I'll take care of you". And he did, he wrote the estimate to basically the highest amount of damage he could have without totaling the car, and the insurance company paid, including my deductible. Realizing I didn't want to keep driving a 4 door, I pocketed the insurance money, sold the car as a running and driving project, took a few parts off it, and bought the 57 Ford custom 300 2 door that I still have 19 years later.
     
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  10. Dusty roads
    Joined: Nov 29, 2016
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  11. ramblin dan
    Joined: Apr 16, 2018
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    ramblin dan

    Bought it and drove it through high school and clean on through till today. 111.jpg
     
  12. Well I never owned a camera until 1980 and graduated high school in '72. I changed cars as often as most kids changed their socks.

    Anyway no pics.
     
  13. Even though I graduated in 2012 I'll still play along. Started in 2009 Drivable 2011.....Never finished.


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  14. 1971BB427
    Joined: Mar 6, 2010
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    1971BB427
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    from Oregon

    Never took pictures of my cars back in the 60's when I was in high school. Just seemed like developing costs took money away from car parts, so I didn't.
    My first ride was a 1947 International panel truck I bought from my uncle before I was old enough to drive. I spent all my money fixing it up so when I turned 16 I could have it ready to drive to school, and work afterwards. Then in '67 I bought my parents '57 Chev Belair, and thought I'd really gotten a true hotrod at last. I immediiately began to change tires and wheels, add speed parts to the 283, and as my mom said, "ruined the car". But my dad said it looked great!
     
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  15. guy1unico
    Joined: Aug 30, 2006
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  16. 28rpu
    Joined: Mar 6, 2001
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    28rpu
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    scan.jpg 1978. 1952 Chevy Pickup. 327 out of a '68 Chevelle, Muncie 4 speed, 3.73 12 bolt rear end. Had a few speeding tickets but also had a lot of fun with it.
     
  17. my second high school hot rod
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    ...and my first in its current condition, looking nicer than it was in 1963, but much the same
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  18. BadgeZ28
    Joined: Oct 28, 2009
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    BadgeZ28
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    from Oregon

    Damn, some of you guys had nice rides. I had to use my parents Rambler station wagon for dates. The only good thing about it was the front seats reclined all the way. The deal was I could have a car when I could pay for it and the insurance. I got my first one a 1956 Plymouth Plaza when I was 18 and working.
     
  19. MARKDTN
    Joined: Feb 16, 2016
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    MARKDTN

    Don't have a photo, but I had a red/red '64 Impala with (later) large journal 327, 600 Holley double-pumper, Muncie 4-sp, 8" steel wheels all around, 2 1/2" pipes with glasspacks that both came out behind the passenger door (NASCAR style is what the seller told me). Miss that car.....
     
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  20. I don't have any pic's but in High School senior year I had a dark Jade Met. 57 Chevy 2 dr with a 348 and Muncie 4 speed, Tri-power, and used to cruise the North side of Milwaukee ( Villard ave. ) and some pretty quick runs down Wisc. Ave downtown Milwaukee. Anyone who was around then and ran the circuit will remember that car. I sold it a couple of days before going to Viet Nam in July of 1967 for $ 550.00:(:(
     
  21. Fisher400
    Joined: Jan 27, 2020
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    Fisher400
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    from East coast

    IMG_1326.JPG IMG_1325.JPG My high school ride in 2004 was a 66 Ford custom short bed. Not sure if that’s hamb friendly but the 390 was out of a 63 Galaxie lol Torino t10 trans with a locker rear. (best pic I had was one with a deer head on the hood ...sorry) Had lots of fun with that truck...daily we would pile 4 of us in there and would come into school and chirp the tires down shifting into the parking lot. As soon as we would leave the parking lot I would nail it and engage the limited slip rear. It was a good looking truck with all the chrome. Definitely a hot rod and not an old man truck...

    Second is my t project I bought in 11th grade...it’s still in the same state today...not much of a “ride” lol but I thought I would throw it in for fun. have everything just need the time...got distracted with college, family etc you know how it goes...


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  22. Sum54ford
    Joined: May 24, 2012
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    Sum54ford
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    from St. Louis

    You definitely should’ve of kept this one! I’m sure you have lots of good memories!
     
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  23. I had a 66 F-100 Custom Cab longbed in high school. Mine had an FE as well. The P/O told me it was a 390 too, but what did I know? Mine was black with red interior. Mom and Dad only let me buy it because they never figured I’d get it running. Oh boy did I show them! That is the truck I wish I had today.


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  24. Fisher400
    Joined: Jan 27, 2020
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    Fisher400
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    from East coast

    Nice! Yea looking back I am not sure why my parents were cool with it. Way to much hp for a 15/16 year old. On mine the p/o said it was a: 427 (really a 390 bored out but with 427 m/t valve covers) a borg and Warner 4 speed (really just a Torino 4 speed) haha! He probably saw me coming. Up until a few years ago I would see him around town still. I got rid of mine because gas was up to 1.75 in ‘05 and it was getting 10-12 mpg... I thought that was unsustainable when I was commuting 30 miles daily to college. Glad I did, I remember being so damn poor paying for gas in pocket change and I was driving a Ford Focus!


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  25. Same car as my avatar, b/w photo taken summer of 77( senior year) , color photo is of her on the way to the body shop for body/paint , took a while.
     

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  26. Senior year, 1961/62
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  27. T&A Flathead
    Joined: Apr 28, 2007
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    Not a hot rod in general terms, but it sounded fast in highschool during the early 90’s. It was 1 of about 5 old cars driven to my highschool.

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    It was my first car, bought in 1990 or 91 and I still have it 30 years later.
     
  28. Joe Troilo
    Joined: Oct 3, 2007
    Posts: 348

    Joe Troilo
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    My first Hot Rod. Drove it my senior year. Bought with money from a summer job and help from loving parents.
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  29. midnightrider78
    Joined: Oct 24, 2006
    Posts: 1,285

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    Mine was a high school "hot rod" project and didn't actually get finished until I was pushing 40. Here is a picture of it shortly after high school.
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  30. 65 chevy van, 6 cylinder, three on the tree-sure was slow. Buddy and I drove it from so cal to Florida, DC and back summer of 1970. No pics but great memories.....think her name was Kathy.
     
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