"Baby Pictures" of your supercar....

[AnthonyS]

I've also posted this in the thread about my car; but it also seems to fit here too.

So, I was back home this past summer at my childhood home and found this photo of my Dad circa 1971; that's my baby car seat you can see in the back...

Dig the snows still on it!
Anthony

[Crush]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

its carousel red (same as chevy hugger orange)
back in 1989 i decided to put it in long term storage. it sat in the same spot for 32 years until i sold the blue 71 judge next to it to gary riley and had to move it. so gary and his friend norm came down from colorado and we moved it for the first time in 32 years. the next pics are when i was taking it to one of my warehouses and i stopped by my parents house. my dad always took pics and took one of me beside it. 32 years later i decided to move it to another location after we dug it out and i just happen to stop by my moms on the way and realized the last time the car saw daylight i had stopped here and i knew they had a picture of it so i recreated the pose and had my mom take the pic. i stopped by a buddys house after that and took a few pics. the last one is where it sits today.

My heart be still! How many miles on that beauty?

[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

its carousel red (same as chevy hugger orange)
back in 1989 i decided to put it in long term storage. it sat in the same spot for 32 years until i sold the blue 71 judge next to it to gary riley and had to move it. so gary and his friend norm came down from colorado and we moved it for the first time in 32 years. the next pics are when i was taking it to one of my warehouses and i stopped by my parents house. my dad always took pics and took one of me beside it. 32 years later i decided to move it to another location after we dug it out and i just happen to stop by my moms on the way and realized the last time the car saw daylight i had stopped here and i knew they had a picture of it so i recreated the pose and had my mom take the pic. i stopped by a buddys house after that and took a few pics. the last one is where it sits today.

This post is more a general reminder to all not necessarily about this particular car-
While I love this car and have for years I certainly hope you enjoyed it and ripped a lot of gears with it rather than just let her sit. (I’m fairly sure you did and I know you had others to rip gears with also). That’s what these cars were about having fun and enjoying them, fine line between preservation and stagnation.

I’m fairly sure from Pryor posts you did in fact enjoy this car!
I just want others to remember these weren’t meant to be retirement packages they were cars to be driven and enjoyed that’s why we love them so much.

I have a brand new hellcat Durango and while I enjoy it’s so clean and all original parts and currently in perfect shape my father reminds me OFTEN to take it out and run it hard otherwise what good is owning it. He says “ what are you saving it for the next guy to enjoy.” “Go tear it up”. He’s 85 years young. At that point we usually take it for a hard run down the airstrip where I keep it !

What good is having a beautiful woman if you never make love to her!

Sounds like this car was enjoyed from 69 to 89 and is still one of the finest examples.

[DougA]

This pic is from twenty some years ago, my original LS-5, M-22 car, with the normal day two stuff back then. Had Hedman Headers, Edelbrock intake, Holley, camshaft improvment, MSD, rear gear swap, and cheater slicks, used to take it to the track quite regularly. Ran 12.20's@113.
Have since restored it back to completely original, still has it's born with drivetrain. Luckily, I didn't blow anything up, or wreck it.

[GM Powertrain]

First car in 1985. '67 SS. L34/TH 400/3.31 12 bolt. Bucket, console and blinker tach. Had it until some chunky girl I went to high school with hit me with her '55 Chevy and opened the driver quarter. Looked like an opened tuna can. Took the insurance money and sold it as is. Betting it's out there today.

[GM Powertrain]

Chevelle #2. '69 SS from North Carolina. Bucket, 4 speed. Another 12 bolt 3.31 car. Had a factory aluminum square port intake and it said 375 horsepower. Had to be an L78 right? Wrong. Ran the numbers in shop class: '74 police 454. Still ran strong though. That linkage for the Muncie was a pain in the ass street racing on Telegraph.

[GM Powertrain]

Various Buick's after the Chevelle's. '70 Skylark post coupe with a 12.5 to 1 455 Stage motor, TH 400,12 bolt 4.10. That thing was an animal. '73 GS 350 4 speed. Original paint 39,000 mile car. Drove to the GSCA Nats mid 90's on the original Polyglas from Michigan to Bowling Green. First Turbo T. 12.20's @110.5 with a few minor bolt ons. '65 Wildcat daily driver while had the '69 Chevelle.

[Bill Pritchard]

Wow, what a great thread, let's see if I can add a few to it.

Hugger Orange 70 Nova that I bought new in June 1970 shortly prior to my dad taking this picture of me with it. 307, floor mounted 3 speed trans. Within 2 weeks the Rally wheels were gone, replaced by some dark spoked Keystone mags that looked similar to Torq-Thrusts. Another couple weeks and single exhaust was gone, replaced by Midas with duals with glasspacks. Sold it in November 1970 because it wasn't fast enough

[Bill Pritchard]

69 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 that I bought in December 1970 from our local Volkswagen dealer, which was owned by the guy that lived across the street from my folks. 4 speed, 3.55 Sure-Grip. Beat that car mercilessly and it just ran and ran without complaint. Eventually put a 4.56 gear in it, and some huge cam that was a poor match for the otherwise stock engine. Traded it to a friend in June of 72 for his 68 Olds 442, which I kept for all of three weeks. The out-of-focus Polaroid picture is the only color picture I have left of it; the in-focus picture (taken at the same time) I gave to a friend who was doing a series of car-related articles for our local newspaper. Never saw that picture again, but I did scan the newspaper feature that he wrote about it and used the in-focus picture. My friends 69 Super Bee in the background.

[Bill Pritchard]

70 Z28 that I bought in June of 72 after selling the short-lived 68 442. Pulled the heads off it in August 72 and had them redone, adding Appliance headers at the same time. Pulled the whole engine out in late fall of 72 to use in an as-yet unpurchased drag race car. Rebuilt a 210hp 327 from a 67 Camaro to go in the 70 Z28, with the stock Z28 intake, valve covers, and air cleaner, along with a 600 cfm Holley so it appeared all stock underhood. Traded this car in on a new 73 Z28 in March of 73. First picture was soon after purchase; second picture with my then-girlfriend (now wife of 49+ years) in Columbia SC in Sept 72, where we were visiting my friend who was stationed there in the Army.