Anyone Want a Classic Car?

Look at all those pristine early Thunderbirds and Corvettes!

I know some of you could realistically try for these. If you do, I hope you get one.

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Holy moley. Most of those looked fresh off the line!

I’ll take the 'Stang or Camaro please.

Yeah they look nice. I hope you’re not talking about that '87 Mustang. That car is a pile of horse dung. Worse car I have ever owned. Built poorly, overpriced, and not as fast as some people think it was.

No, I think I see a 69ish Mustang. I wouldn’t touch any Ford car built after the mid 70’s or so with a ten foot pole.

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Ok, that makes a lot more sense.

My girlfriend back in 1985, she was a bit older than me. She tried to buy a Mustang GT. It was 8600 base price, 14.7 fully loaded. They were so popular that they marked them up 3k. You couldn’t buy it unless you paid 17.7. Several years later you could buy one for sticker price.

Worse car I ever bought. Ended up selling it at half price and buying a 1987 Grand National in 1988. That was nice car for the low price. Not the GNX, just the regular version.

67,68,69,770,71 Mustangs each had something very cool and different about them.

They really did. I was too young to ever own one, so for me it’s all just “cool factor”, and the ability to work on 'em in the driveway.

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I took in on trade a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette 427 tri-power a few years ago. I drove it when I appraised it and concluded…what…a…turd…compared to today’s Corvettes. The newer ones will outrun, out handle, stop quicker, all while you’re jamming out to a Bose sound system, on a hot day with your airconditioned seat on and getting over 30 mpg. :sunglasses: :tumbler_glass: :+1:

My first car was a used 1968 390 GT Mustang fastback with a stick. It was identical to Steve McQueen’s from the movie Bullit except it was white, not dark green. I then replaced the engine with a 428 Cobra Jet and replaced the intake, carb and exhaust from a totaled Michigan State Police 428 police interceptor. She was baaaaaaaaaad to the bone. Bababababa baaad. Bad to the bone. :sunglasses: :tumbler_glass:

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I love the red 1963 Galaxie! I had one back when.

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I love the old cars. Even older, like those from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.

Especially Convertibles from USA and England

1947 Cadillac

1947 green cadillac

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I almost don’t dare ask. What happened to it?

I like a fox body with a 302 and t-5 tranny. The classics were nice, but that was a hot little buildable ride in it’s day.

That is an absolutely amazing car. I’m surprised no one today tries to mimic some of the older models.

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First car I ever “owned” was a 1970 AMC Hornet when I was 16. I lived in a roach motel in Springfield MO and traded a couple of video game systems and a few dozens games for it. Had some random Nebraska plates on it, never registered or insured it, and didn’t have a license at the time. I got pulled over in Texas and it was promptly towed away from my possession.

Mine was the same color, but not nearly as nice looking. It had this handy little Flinstones hole in the floor board that made littering really easy and stealthy.

Funny times, those 90’s. lol

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I sold it when I went off to school in 1977 for the huge amount of $1,450.00 :thinking:… :cry:

Did it feel like a lot at the time?

Yes. I paid $500, which was a lot for the car.

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I knew the answer would make me sad

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