What was your 1st car?

[SS427]

Naw..................can't be true Jacquie. You yourself were barely 11 months old in 1970! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

What a car and what a gearhead you must have been (and still are!)

[Xplantdad]

Nice shot Jacquie!

[Shevelle]

YIKES Rick! Did I say daughter? I meant sister! Yeah, that's it! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

Thanks Bruce. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[Vintageracer]

1963 Rangoon Red/White Interior Ford Galaxie XL 500 R Code 427 Convertible.

My dad bought this car new for my mother in 1963. I &quot;claimed&quot; the car when I started driving in December 1974. I drove the car through high school and college.

I sold the car in 1981 after college graduation to a collector for $10K. I &quot;though&quot; I killed him!

[marxjunk]

65 SS Malibu..Maroon black deluxe interior L79 4 speed 12 bolt..paid 75 bux and took me a month to pay it off...

[Steve Shauger]

Well I finally got around to working on the orange Z I purchased back in 2010. The engine and trans were last removed when I rebuilt them in 1978. I wish I had pictures of that but unfortunately do not. In 1980 I had Radar @ K&amp;G Speed and Machine (Philly/Havertown,Pa) do my machine work. He was really on top of his game. Fast forward to Oct 2012 I removed the engine and trans for a refreshening. I dropped the engine off at a local engine builder and I told him make sure you don't deck the block. I said this to him a couple of times. The last time we spoke we discussed the cam selection and a couple of other things and I reminded him again not to deck the block and he started to chuckle; then he states you'll always know its yours because your name is stamped on the block under the timing cover. I guess Radar at K&amp;G stamped it back in 80.

While waiting for the engine to be completed and dyno'ed, I've repainted the engine compartment,retaped the wiring harnesses,refinished any fasteners that had overspray/corrosion, replaced the carpet, repaired and installed the 8 track(I forgot the fidelity I was missing), installed all new rs actuator hoses and light switch,freshening up the trans with new bearings and syncro's and finished a hundred other things on the car that I've been meaning to fix. The aftermarket exhaust is on so when the engine is finished I should be up and running very quickly.

The most rewarding thing is the satisfaction of working on the same car as I had done 30+ years ago as a youngster.

[elonblock]

Looks like you have been busy. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[bergy]

Very cool Steve!!

[Xplantdad]

Cool!

[Tracker1]

1976 455 Trans Am purchased in 1988 - had a 350 L82 out of a Corvette in it. I later tracked down the numbers matching engine which got dropped in a Buick LeSabre. My family doctor ordered this car brand new in the fall of '75. Here I am at the same Army base runway dragstrip that Canuck referenced in his earlier post - Argentia, Newfoundland about '92.