Any owners of classic cars on here? Muscle cars or anything vintage? I have ALWAYS been a classic car guy with a fairly good luck on finding amazing deals at the worst possible financial moments. Cars that i had to skip out on in the past for lack of funds where; 74 Ford Gran Torino(2 owners $300), 72 Chevy Chevelle(questionable 454 swap $1500),67 Plymouth Barracuda (6 cylinder car $1700),72 Dodge Demon(unknown engine but title $300, 68 Dodge Coronet(More door 440 $300) and just last week a 65 Ford Fairlane 500 ($500 with a title). My Accord holds alot of memories that i do not want to let go of but its hard to fight off the bug everytime i fing one of this animals, i just pointed a co-worker in the direction of a very good condition 73 Olds Omega which is priced at 3k with a missing grille. I know most of us here are old timers now 30 plus so what do you guys got? what did you guys have?
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When I was 19, I bought a 75 Grand Am. Never got to drive it, sadly, other than the time I drove it home. I knew nothing about cars at the time, so I don’t know what engine it had.
I bought it for $1000. Well, $500 up front, and $500 when the seller found the title. He never did. His house got foreclosed. He disappeared. A few months later, so did my car. And my $500. I was a naive kid.
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When I was a kid my dad owned a 1965 fastback. The only major thing wrong with it was the paint. We got into some financial issues and he had to sell it for $1000 to keep the lights n. I still remember the day he sold it to a neighbor who painted the car a candy purple and gave it to his 16 year old grand daughter for her birthday. Needless to say it was probably mistreated and totaled. My dream car is a 32 tri window coupe or a 57 bel air. I’ve been looking but I just don’t have time to do that kind of restoration nor do I have the funding.~Nick~
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Originally posted by deevergote View PostWhen I was 19, I bought a 75 Grand Am. Never got to drive it, sadly, other than the time I drove it home. I knew nothing about cars at the time, so I don’t know what engine it had.
I bought it for $1000. Well, $500 up front, and $500 when the seller found the title. He never did. His house got foreclosed. He disappeared. A few months later, so did my car. And my $500. I was a naive kid.
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Originally posted by Grumpys93 View PostWhen I was a kid my dad owned a 1965 fastback. The only major thing wrong with it was the paint. We got into some financial issues and he had to sell it for $1000 to keep the lights n. I still remember the day he sold it to a neighbor who painted the car a candy purple and gave it to his 16 year old grand daughter for her birthday. Needless to say it was probably mistreated and totaled. My dream car is a 32 tri window coupe or a 57 bel air. I’ve been looking but I just don’t have time to do that kind of restoration nor do I have the funding.
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Originally posted by Crankshaft View Post65 Fastback what? You can buy the car and work on it slowly over time, money spent will be the same but you can generally fund it cutting back on weekly personal expenses such as beer or cigarretes if you have those tastes. Personally i found out that i was spending $3 a day on coffee which amounts to $780 dollars a year given i only consume during the week and not on weekends. A customer of mine has a 32 ford, black with a SBC on it running Hoosier slicks, those things are not as expensive to build since there is really no interior and you dont actually replace the panels.~Nick~
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Originally posted by Grumpys93 View PostMustang. The hardest part about the 32 Ford is finding a body in decent condition. The problem isn’t cutting back on things like that. It’s convincing my wife. She is not into classic cars by any means. She doesn’t care for the accord but she understands why I pour money into it.
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I bought a 1965 Cadillac DeVille convertible in 1982 for $600. Put it in a friend's basement garage to work on it; bought a second parts car for $300. Friend starts a fire working on his car - his car, my car, and his house all go up in smoke. Sold parts car. Bought 1963 Thunderbird convertible for $800; week later had to pass on a 1966 Cadillac DeVille convertible (should have sold the Tbird and bought this). Complete disassembly of the Tbird revealed it to be a basket case (I was naive). Bought 1969 Olds 98 (455 Rocket) from my father; eventually totaled it. Sold the Tbird in parts to a guy who hauled it all the way to Tulsa, OK. Wound up working on my dad's 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham for him, but got bogged down with having children, then first wife's leukemia and passing, remarried, more kids. He eventually sent me the title and I hung on to it for a while, but couldn't justify the work/$ it needed, so it was sold. My current wife owned Ruby, so that's when I switched from "classics" to Accords. I would still like to have a big old convertible.90 LX 4dr 5 spd 396,014 (sold 1/1/2022) - MRT: http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=201450
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67 firebird, 455 HO swap
Its been in storage for almost 30 years. 38k on the clock. Inherrited from my pops. Car needs a thorough rebuild. No rust, but, as i mentioned has sat in non climate controlled midwest garage forever.
Some day when im ready, itll be fun.Originally posted by wed3kim a douchebag to people and i don't even own a lambo. whats your point? we, douchbags, come in all sorts of shapes and colours.
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Originally posted by toycar View Post67 firebird, 455 HO swap
Its been in storage for almost 30 years. 38k on the clock. Inherrited from my pops. Car needs a thorough rebuild. No rust, but, as i mentioned has sat in non climate controlled midwest garage forever.
Some day when im ready, itll be fun.
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Originally posted by fleetw00d View PostI bought a 1965 Cadillac DeVille convertible in 1982 for $600. Put it in a friend's basement garage to work on it; bought a second parts car for $300. Friend starts a fire working on his car - his car, my car, and his house all go up in smoke. Sold parts car. Bought 1963 Thunderbird convertible for $800; week later had to pass on a 1966 Cadillac DeVille convertible (should have sold the Tbird and bought this). Complete disassembly of the Tbird revealed it to be a basket case (I was naive). Bought 1969 Olds 98 (455 Rocket) from my father; eventually totaled it. Sold the Tbird in parts to a guy who hauled it all the way to Tulsa, OK. Wound up working on my dad's 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham for him, but got bogged down with having children, then first wife's leukemia and passing, remarried, more kids. He eventually sent me the title and I hung on to it for a while, but couldn't justify the work/$ it needed, so it was sold. My current wife owned Ruby, so that's when I switched from "classics" to Accords. I would still like to have a big old convertible.
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If I remember correctly, all the Caddies would have had a 429. The Tbird had a 390. My mom had a 1975 Eldorado with the 500.90 LX 4dr 5 spd 396,014 (sold 1/1/2022) - MRT: http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=201450
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Originally posted by Crankshaft View PostThose 396 are damn good engines, i guess that is where all your those parts are going to huh? I will say that i would rather have a car turn into a money pit than for it to go thru my liver or lungs. I don't know if you have kids, but if you do im sure that they would rather remember you as the guy working on cars than smoking, drinking or even worse; i come from an alcoholic family so believe me when i tell you that.
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