First Cars and Musclecars

[miket1]

In 1989 when my son Chad turned 15 I got him a 1970 Chevelle Malibu in original weathered condition, $1500,, 350-2bbl.,350 turbo, the car was in very good cond, no rust, just ugly., we worked together for a year ,installed a new black interior , sanded and painted in our shop a bright Viper Red ,and a new set of rally wheels, so when he turned 16 he had a beautiful 70 Chevelle, I believe he got a date the first weekend he drove it.

The next year we got another 70 Chevelle Malibu, $1500, 350/2bbl/350 turbo,, no rust but again ugly, installed a spare engine I had , an L79 327, 3000 stall converter, headers only, no exhaust, M&H street wrinkle wall tires so we could go drag racing street stock class on Saturday nights,I always let Chad race it and he loved it, he was very good with wrenches at age 14 from helping me over the years, my goal was to teach him mechanical stuff and how figure out how to fix things while building himself a car to be proud of, and to keep him off the street away from the bad guys in life.

[JohnZ]

Many of you weren't born yet when this all came down (1958), but my first attempt at modifying a car was my '51 Ford 2-door; I bought it as a clapped-out stocker, pulled the flathead, and installed a '56 Cadillac and Hydra-matic, set back ten inches - my Woodward &quot;sleeper&quot;. Note the custom metalwork that formed the new firewall and tunnel. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/[/img]