Other than polishing, what do you spend the most time on?

**tldesigner** · 01-24-2002, 10:09 PM

My first car was a 1971 Pontiac Grand Prix with a 455 cubic inch motor... rust bucket from Ohio. I restored & repainted it... then I bought my first "real" car: 1970 Pontiac Formula 400 with the Ram-Air 4 option. The car had 32,000 original miles in 1980, and as I was considering the price he was asking, the owner admitted that the car had seen rain TWICE.... SOLD!!!!!!!!! I later sold the car for College tutition.

From what I have read, a mint 1970 Ram-Air 4 is worth a fortune today.

**Blueberry Hill** · 01-25-2002, 01:29 AM

First car?.....`68 Triumph GT6. I didn`t know much about detailing back then, but it was still a great car.

**Jngrbrdman** · 01-25-2002, 01:59 AM

Datsun 240 Z. Damn I miss that car. Stupid dad traded it for a station wagon. Oh well. The first car I ever bought and paid for myself was a 1994 Ford Probe.

**ultrajim49** · 01-25-2002, 03:46 AM

Ford FiÃƒ«sta 1985:my sister still rides with it!

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**TortoiseAWD** · 01-25-2002, 10:17 AM

`72 Plymouth Fury III. That sucker was BIG; everyone I knew in high school just referred to it as "the Boat". I swear I could have rented out the trunk to a family of four . . .

Tort

**boywonder** · 01-25-2002, 12:22 PM

`77 Cutlass Supreme (260 cid V8) that was originally Gold but I had it repainted to Black Cherry. My parents bought it for my 19th Birthday.

**Lemonxxs** · 01-26-2002, 06:26 PM

A pile of junk Chevette!!!!!! See other thread here started by Scottwax here it has others listed..

**Clean Dean** · 01-26-2002, 08:36 PM

Rusted fenderwells and an 8 track player in 1987. Had a 305 engine and I called her the "Firechicken". She lasted about 6 months of constantly laying rubber.:sosad

**imported_Brad** · 01-27-2002, 08:10 AM

A 1967 VW Beetle. Got it for $50. Towed it home in boxes and rebuilt it from the pan up. I was stylin!

**cahlroach** · 01-27-2002, 08:22 AM

A lovely 1964 baby blue Dodge Dart 4 door with a push button transmission. Oh boy!

**dengelson** · 01-27-2002, 09:27 AM

The year was 1980 and I paid $1000 for a 1970 Chevy Monte Carlo. It was really sedate looking with tan paint and a brown vinyl top. However it had a strong running 454 under the hood making it a great sleeper. Of course it handled like a cement truck but it sure went straight well.

**Steve @ Guru** · 01-27-2002, 07:59 PM

1990 - bought a 1979 Z28 350 4-speed Black on Black leather (vinyl) with 8,302 original miles on it...the guy had a carpeted garage, ordered it new in 1979 and then never drove it. He had waxed it so much that the shine was blinding - no swirls...used Meguiar`s #7 and gave me a case of it when I bought the car. I think I still have some in the garage!

Imagine the look on his face when an 18 year old kid with $6K in his pocket comes to buy his "baby"...he had a whole checklist of things I was supposed to do to it on a regular basis.

Next car was a 1993 Cobra - bought it new, first year at the dealership as a tech. I added 3.73 gears, headers, cat-back exhaust, larger MAF & Throttle body, Crane 1.72:1 roller rockers, MSD 6AL ignition box, K&N filter, sub-frame connectors, and strut brace. Fun car, sold it to an 18 year old kid with $25K in his pocket in 1997 when it had 8,500 miles on it...I gave him a check list too. Funny how things go full circle!

**dsl4evr** · 01-27-2002, 08:21 PM

My first car was a 67 GTO. It had a fiberglass front clip. And the rest was mostly rust held together with red primer. The engine was the only good part of the car, a 400 H.O.