[MotownMadman]

First transportation? 1969 900 Harley Sportster Hardtail Chopper that broke my ankle starting it. First car? 1970 LS-6 Chevelle SS, Cortez Silver, Black Interior, M-50 tires on rear with gabriel air shocks. Factory 8 track player with two 8 tracks, Led Zeppelin and the Doors. Reason for parting ways, one too many hole shots with the big tires and a car full of people. Busted the turbo 400 trans case all the way around where it bolted to the engine. Now I have to confess, I figured Chevys werent any good, bought a 65 Mustang with a radical engine, on went the 50 series tires. Traction bars? Who needs them. Showed up to pick up the girl I was dating, found out someone else was dating her that showed up the same time in his built 66 GTO. Did we fight? No, we settled it like wanna be men. A drag race. When I dumped the clutch at about 7500 RPM the rear end housing twisted down so hard it busted the whole center section out. Had the car towed to the local hang out and parted it out on the spot. Best part is, the other guy, he was so rattled watching the Madman, we both dumped the girl and are friends to this day. He is a freind of Vern Bower on this site, also restoring a Dusk Blue Glockner COPO right now, so this unbelievable tale can be checked out. Have Vern ask. Moral of this story? The Chevelle made me walk, OK, I sold it for $1500. The Ford? It made me walk also, but it also caused me to not get laid, OK, I sent it to the Junkyard. That one incident made me a Chevy guy forever...Who says that the women dont have the power and control! Somewhere in that first year of having a drivers license there was also a Mopar, 68 Coronet RT, 440 magnum. My fondest memory of that car was not owning it anymore, but one incident does come to mind. I raced and beat a 68 400 Firebird, his reason for losing? He claimed he couldnt see the road cause I jumped him out of the hole and there was so much blue oil smoke coming from my tailpipes he had no vision. Never before or after have I heard THAT one again, but the funny part was I know he was telling the truth as I couldnt see him in the mirror for the smoke, I was pouring 5 quarts of bulk oil a day in that thing. I think the only reason it was fast is because it was so worn out there was no friction. Me and the neighborhood guys once tried to blow up a 283, wedged a board on the gas pedal and stood back to watch. Screamed for twenty minutes till it ran out of gas, didnt blow. Put gas back in it and parked it back in the neighbors driveway where we found it. He drove it another year before it finally went, I bet he still wonders occasionally why that happened. That was all the reasons I needed to stick with Chevrolet, and except for a few momentary lapses of reason along the way, I have never looked back. When you start asking questions of the nature of first cars, all sorts of things come to mind. Many would be best forgot.........
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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