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Old 12-22-2012, 02:31 AM
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Default Re: What was your 1st car?

I still have my first car, a 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. Originally equipped with a 307/4BBL, THM200 trans, and a 2.14 open ended 7.5" 10 bolt. I used it as a daily driver for 10 years logging over 100,000 miles on it in addition to the original 65,000 it had when I got it. It has been through quite a few changes over the years also. It is on it's 3rd engine, 7th transmission, 3rd rear. Currently it has a pretty healthy 1969 LT1 350 that I built with headers and a true dual exhaust system, a 2004R OD trans from a Monte Carlo, and a 3.73 8.5" posi from a wrecked 87 442. I also upgraded the rear suspension with Hotchkis pieces as well as added the much larger 442 sway bars. I removed ALL of the computer controlled when I installed the 350 in it. I repainted it in 2005 from the original white to a gray/silver combo as well as installed a pair of factory power bucket seats I found in a junkyard.

Here it is in 1998 after I changed the wheels...



and right after I painted it...



I took it off the road 4.5 years ago when it would no longer pass NJ State inspection. Now that it is over 25 years old, I don't have to worry about that anymore. I need to drag it in the shop and do some work on it to make it road worthy again. I love this car and I really miss driving it.
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