[chopper526]

FatnLow, that is true love, you stuck with her even after she sold your car!!!
Nice cars sure were alot cheaper then weren't they?

[FATnLOW]

Will try to post photos of the old girl....The '57  not the wife,,LOL   yes cars were a lot cheaper if you had the contacts, ,but I remember saving up for a project and it turn out to be the "57

[sixball]

My boys are fighting over which scrap dealer to call when I die.  

[62131]

Watch the scrap dealers as scrap prices have fallen.

[sammons]

Chopper,
That's cool you still have your first car. I still have my second one, picked it up when i was 13 for $369 (money owed on it at Chrysler Credit) from a pissed off grandpa. He ordered it for his grandaughter her jr year of high school. It was in for it's sixth transmission, boyfriends were always smoking the tires.

Yep, I got a dark side also. Big block Mopars
1st pic, me and my '70 R/T conv. @ 13, 1974
2nd what it looks like now.

[chopper526]

That's a mighty nice car, Sammons! If that's your second car and you got it when you were 13, how old were you when you got your first car? How many transmissions have you gone through? You've had yours longer than me and you've kept it in real nice shape. That sure is a a killer car. Tell you what, I'll give you double what you paid for it
Incidentally, my Mustang was my second car too. My first car was a 1969 Dodge Coronet 4dr. The Mustang was the first car I built.

[62131]

Chopper,
That's cool you still have your first car. I still have my second one, picked it up when i was 13 for $369 (money owed on it at Chrysler Credit) from a pissed off grandpa. He ordered it for his grandaughter her jr year of high school. It was in for it's sixth transmission, boyfriends were always smoking the tires.

Yep, I got a dark side also. Big block Mopars
1st pic, me and my '70 R/T conv. @ 13, 1974
2nd what it looks like now.

   Sammon  That's a nice looking 70 R/T not to many of those left around, I'm sure your glad you held on to it, especially after picking it up for $369.00

[sammons]

Chopper,
I was 12yrs old, Dad bought my Uncles old '57 2dr ht Bel Air for $75 (no motor or tranny) for my 12th birthday. Two years later my brother got the same for his 12th, it cost $150. He (brother) bought his '67 RS/SS 350/4spd convert for $350 at 13yrs old and still has his. It's in much better shape than mine. I went through it in 1992 for him.
tranny's, a bunch! My buddy Tom rebuilt mine in '85 and has been super strong ever since.

62131,
Got damn lucky at the time. I think there were just under 300 coverts built. Has every damn opt availible too! (W/out having hemi or 6pak) had just over 18,000 miles when bought, now has just over 34,000. But I will guarantee you, it was never adult driven! Yep they were mighty hard.

[chopper526]

Sammons, ok, it's a toss up whose story I like better, yours or your brother's, but I think I like your car better . I wish I could have hung onto a couple other cars I owned along the way, I'll bet you do too.
I had my trans done 3 times over the years, but it's only a C-4.