Vintage pics of muscle cars-post yours up here!!

[muscle_collector]

here are a couple of pics I took of my 70 t/a ra4 back in 1980

[bbbentley]

Post #244 on page 25 shows 2 of my 3 69 Camaros. I still have those 2. Here are 2 of the 3 67 Chevelles I had. The blue one is what started it all, you could say. I was 16 in the winter of 77. In the background is the 69 Cutlass 6 cylinder dad bought for me to drive. NO V8, he said. That summer I got a job working in a Firestone tire store. That is where I, to use dad's words, ruined that Cutlass. I bought air shocks, painted the rear end yellow, put a bald set of 60 series and rims that a customer took off their hippie van and didn't want. I cut off the new Midas exhaust because the car was not loud. Too many neutral dumps broke the Super Turbine 300 trans. Some guys down at the corner garage got in a 66 GTO that had been T-boned hard. I was making a deal to buy the 389 tri power and TH400 to put in the Cutlass. Dad found out my plans. He promptly had the trans repaired and sold the car. Not to be discouraged, I said to myself, I'll just buy my own car. At the end of summer, here is what I drug home without consulting my folks. The Robin Egg Blue Cutlass is in the background. I dearly loved that SS 396 4 speed Chevelle. Dad sent me off to military school as payment for my purchase. After graduating Military school, the flamed SS396 Camaro was bought, then, another Chevelle, maroon in color.
Oh, one last thing. My "Hippie Belt" was a real deal left by some hippies in one of dad's rental properties. And the big parking area, we had a 72 acre farm. I was a real backward sheltered country boy.

[bbbentley]

rest of pics. 1st pic is the day I brought the Camaro home. Early fall 79. Yes, I have owned this car 40 years. I also bought a Blue SS 350 Camaro just prior to this and sold it this past summer. I came to the realization, I would never restore another car. Period. So, time to let go of some dreams. Bought the Maroon Chevelle in 81. Nicest Chevelle I had. Sold it in the spring to a buddy in 82 ‘cause I was getting married. And I did, now, 37th year. My buddy still has the Chevelle.

[earntaz]

Originally Posted by bbbentley

rest of pics. 1st pic is the day I brought the Camaro home. Early fall 79. Yes, I have owned this car 40 years. I also bought a Blue SS 350 Camaro just prior to this and sold it this past summer. I came to the realization, I would never restore another car. Period. So, time to let go of some dreams.

Wow -- that maroon 67 SS looks identical as the one we bought at Doc Stewart Chev in Clovis, NM. Had 350 HP 396 & 4 gear. Got orders for return to Vietnam and traded it for a 64 Chevy wagon -- took the wife and baby to Wisconsin to live with my parents. Damn sure wish I had that one back!! Craig

[bbbentley]

Note: if you are reading this, go back a page and read about my Chevelle and, like the late Paul Harvey, you will have the rest of the story. Below-Going to the track

[earntaz]

Originally Posted by bbbentley

rest of pics. 1st pic is the day I brought the Camaro home. Early fall 79. Yes, I have owned this car 40 years. I also bought a Blue SS 350 Camaro just prior to this and sold it this past summer. I came to the realization, I would never restore another car. Period. So, time to let go of some dreams. Bought the Maroon Chevelle in 81. Nicest Chevelle I had. Sold it in the spring to a buddy in 82 ‘cause I was getting married. And I did, now, 37th year. My buddy still has the Chevelle.

That Chevelle looks identical to the one we bought new a Doc Stewart Chev in Clovis, NM ... Sad thing is we had it less then a year ... got orders to return to Vietnam and we sold it. I wasn't going to take it up to Wisconsin where my younger brother lived. So it was gone and we got a 64 Chevy station wagon -- loaded everything including wife and daughter. Dropped them at my parents and I was off to sunny Southeast Asia ...