JimH wrote:
So what rides did you have in your teens? How did you fix them up.

In high school I originally had to share a car with 2 of my sisters (OMG).
I think it was an early 1960's Rambler.

I finally got my own ride Junior year...........a 1964 Chevelle Malibu with
an Earl Sheib paint job, a Thrush muffler and moonie caps on the wheels.

I eventually sold that and bought a 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible (bought it
from the owner of the gas station I worked part time for).

That car lasted me till it was stolen and I replaced it with a '64 Ford
Galaxy I got for a steal from a neighbor.

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

1963 Rambler Classic 770 *Station Wagon*! Had been in the family since
new, and the folks sold it to me for $200 when I was old enough to
drive. Took a lot of kidding from my pals until I showed them the neat
way that by pulling the headrests and dropping the reclining seat backs
you wound up with a nice, flat playpen that extended all the way back
to the cargo area. We'd jam that thing full with a Fender Bandmaster
amp, a Fender Bassman, Farfisa Compact-Duo, and a Bogen PA amp, two
horns (!) and stands- and all of that and 4 guys would fit in there
(with one guy sort of curled up with the gear and three across the
front bench seat. Was like stuffing circus clowns into a VW bug.. Still
took two trips unless the drummer could borrow his parents car. (Real
big time we were, yeah right). Made a little (very little) spending
money and impressed a few (very easily impressed) girls playing music
back then.......sure were good old days.

But, since this is a boating NG and not the "neat old cars" discussion
forum, how about your first ever boat?

Mine was an old lapstrake rowboat on a freshwater lake. My folks had a
little cabin there, and I would row around the lake for hours at a
time. Sometimes fishing, sometimes just rowing around for the pure joy
of being on the water. Then when I was just a bit older my grandfather
bought a new fiberglass hull and built his own interior and deck for
about a 24' sloop. Some of the best ever times as a kid was sailing
with my grandfather.

JimH wrote:


1962 Mini Traveller:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=38 72

Oops, link for the '62 corrected. ;-)


That's it...except mine had the wood trim on the back half of the car.
Actually had 8 teenagers in it and busted the rear spring mounts.
On a long downhill highway run I had it up to 89 mph. Pretty crazy on
those 12" 'lifesaver sized' tires.
Bittersweet memories on that car. Paid $400.00 for it, learned to drive
by tooling around without a drivers license or insurance and eventually
broke the accelerator in a stuck on position doing major motor damage.
Another $400.00 for an engine re-build and I was in hock up to my eyes
(making $1.35 per hour working weekends at a grocery store)
Oh yeah...due to bad brakes I rear ended the Volkswahen doing $80.00
damage to it's bumper and the authorities make me surrender my plates
until I paid for the Bug's repairs and showed proof of insurance.
That was a major downer that affected me through most of high school.

JohnH wrote:
On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:27:33 GMT, Don White wrote:


JimH wrote:

So what rides did you have in your teens? How did you fix them up.

In high school I originally had to share a car with 2 of my sisters (OMG).
I think it was an early 1960's Rambler.

I finally got my own ride Junior year...........a 1964 Chevelle Malibu with
an Earl Sheib paint job, a Thrush muffler and moonie caps on the wheels.

I eventually sold that and bought a 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible (bought it
from the owner of the gas station I worked part time for).

That car lasted me till it was stolen and I replaced it with a '64 Ford
Galaxy I got for a steal from a neighbor.

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?



1962 Morris Minor 850 Station Wagon at age 16.
Went out and ran it into the rear end of a Volkswagen Bug. That screwed
me up for a year or two.
Then I bought a 1967 Honda CB160 motorcycle.
Last car in my teens was a 1963 Pontiac Parisienne 4 door sedan.


Who was just whining about OT posts? I have no problem with the post, since
it's not inflammatory, but doesn't the previous whining about a post with a
chili recipe seem somewhat ludicrous?
--
John H


Anybody ever notice that we all just seem to go round & round in circles
here?

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:56:44 -0400, " JimH"
jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote:


End of teenage cars.

So how about you?


Ah - well, my very first "ride" was a '53 Hudson Hornet Super Six (308
CUI) that I drove around a 1/4 mile dirt track when I was 13 - say,
1960 or thereabouts. The track was surrounded by a junk/reclamation
yard which had a ton of trucks/cars/tractors, etc., and belonged to
one of my school buddies. His Dad ran the yard and he would let us
fix up old beat up autos, then wreck 'em on the track or on wild ass
rides through the woods/hay fields. The Hornet finally succumbed when
I ran my very first Demo Derby at the junk yard - it was totally
trashed and eventually crushed. I hate to think how much that car
would be worth today.

Eventually, we moved East and when we landed on the North Shore of MA,
I bought a '56 Chevy Bel Air Coupe for $50 with, get this, Powerglide
tranny. I wanted to customize this car, but one of my friends got the
bug and offered my $150 for it, so I sold it to him.

The second car I had was a '54 Oldsmobile 88 two door hardtop with the
"Rocket V8 (324 CUI)" and Hydra-Matic which was immediately put into a
garage and "renovated" - out with the Hydra-Matic and in with a manual
transmission, Hurst shifter, new rear end, drive shaft, three plate
clutch - yada, yada, yada. Changed to two barrel over to a Holley
four barrel (I think it was a Holley - long time ago), put in a high
aspect ratio cam shaft and that became the ride for about six months
until the cops got sick and tired of pulling me over. My Dad made me
sell it. Had about $450 in it, sold it for $600 to some drag racer
who did some body stuff to it. I'm told by some of my high school
friends that the fellow still has it and lives in Peabody, MA.

The third was a '57 Plymouth Fury two door that a friend's Grandpa was
selling. My Dad approved of this car because it was a "old guy's car".
With a 290 horse 318, four barrel- heh, heh, heh. It had the push
button tranny on the dash. That car was a screamer, I'll tell you
what. I kept that car until I graduated high school because - well, I
had a need for speed and my parents were adamant that I couldn't buy
another car, or modify another car, until I graduated high school In
retrospect, it was very wise of them.

So, that's my high school years.

You let a '56 Chevy get away? I think '55 & '56 were my favorite
years...except for the '57 Nomad.

wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
So what rides did you have in your teens? How did you fix them up.

In high school I originally had to share a car with 2 of my sisters
(OMG).
I think it was an early 1960's Rambler.

I finally got my own ride Junior year...........a 1964 Chevelle Malibu
with
an Earl Sheib paint job, a Thrush muffler and moonie caps on the wheels.

I eventually sold that and bought a 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible (bought
it
from the owner of the gas station I worked part time for).

That car lasted me till it was stolen and I replaced it with a '64 Ford
Galaxy I got for a steal from a neighbor.

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

1963 Rambler Classic 770 *Station Wagon*! Had been in the family since
new, and the folks sold it to me for $200 when I was old enough to
drive. Took a lot of kidding from my pals until I showed them the neat
way that by pulling the headrests and dropping the reclining seat backs
you wound up with a nice, flat playpen that extended all the way back
to the cargo area. We'd jam that thing full with a Fender Bandmaster
amp, a Fender Bassman, Farfisa Compact-Duo, and a Bogen PA amp, two
horns (!) and stands- and all of that and 4 guys would fit in there
(with one guy sort of curled up with the gear and three across the
front bench seat. Was like stuffing circus clowns into a VW bug.. Still
took two trips unless the drummer could borrow his parents car. (Real
big time we were, yeah right). Made a little (very little) spending
money and impressed a few (very easily impressed) girls playing music
back then.......sure were good old days.

But, since this is a boating NG and not the "neat old cars" discussion
forum, how about your first ever boat?

Mine was an old lapstrake rowboat on a freshwater lake. My folks had a
little cabin there, and I would row around the lake for hours at a
time. Sometimes fishing, sometimes just rowing around for the pure joy
of being on the water. Then when I was just a bit older my grandfather
bought a new fiberglass hull and built his own interior and deck for
about a 24' sloop. Some of the best ever times as a kid was sailing
with my grandfather.


My first real boat was a 16 foot trihull with a 50 HP OB. Not a great boat
for Lake Erie so it was mainly an inland lake boat. Prior to that was a
series of rowboats and canoes. ;-)

wrote:

But, since this is a boating NG and not the "neat old cars" discussion
forum, how about your first ever boat?

Mine was an old lapstrake rowboat on a freshwater lake. My folks had a
little cabin there, and I would row around the lake for hours at a
time. Sometimes fishing, sometimes just rowing around for the pure joy
of being on the water. Then when I was just a bit older my grandfather
bought a new fiberglass hull and built his own interior and deck for
about a 24' sloop. Some of the best ever times as a kid was sailing
with my grandfather.


Not counting my 1/4 share in a 20 man liferaft and my little 2 man
inflatable liferaft, my first boat was a new 1983 Siren 17 sailboat.
Light (750 lbs) and easy to trailer, two people could overnight in it.
A 3hp British Seagull provided backup power.

1971 Ford Maverick Grabber 302 V-8 4V 5.11 gears C-4 A/T Very Fast!! 14.6
sec. E.T. 98 mph 1/4 mile times. Top Speed was only 116 though. I went
through 4 sets of tires in 12,000 miles and Guarantee Auto replaced them for
free until the last time when they found great big gobs of rubber in the
rear wheelwells from all my burnouts. ( they used to have tread wearout
warranties in those days.

Traded that in on a Brand New 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 455 with W-30
package Midnight Blue With White swivel bucket seats(Remember those?). Man
those were the days, 19 years old, new job in a machine shop, just married,
and I got credit for a Brand New Car with only 1500 dollars down. Of course
the whole car only cost 5154.00 US.

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..
So what rides did you have in your teens? How did you fix them up.

In high school I originally had to share a car with 2 of my sisters (OMG).
I think it was an early 1960's Rambler.

I finally got my own ride Junior year...........a 1964 Chevelle Malibu
with an Earl Sheib paint job, a Thrush muffler and moonie caps on the
wheels.

I eventually sold that and bought a 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible (bought
it from the owner of the gas station I worked part time for).

That car lasted me till it was stolen and I replaced it with a '64 Ford
Galaxy I got for a steal from a neighbor.

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

Here's a pic of an Olds.

http://www.hubcapcafe.com/ocs/pages01/olds7401.htm

Here's a pic of a Ford Maverick.

http://home.comcast.net/~petebre/mav...ears/1971.html

"FREDO" wrote in message
news
1971 Ford Maverick Grabber 302 V-8 4V 5.11 gears C-4 A/T Very Fast!! 14.6
sec. E.T. 98 mph 1/4 mile times. Top Speed was only 116 though. I went
through 4 sets of tires in 12,000 miles and Guarantee Auto replaced them
for free until the last time when they found great big gobs of rubber in
the rear wheelwells from all my burnouts. ( they used to have tread
wearout warranties in those days.

Traded that in on a Brand New 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 455 with W-30
package Midnight Blue With White swivel bucket seats(Remember those?). Man
those were the days, 19 years old, new job in a machine shop, just
married, and I got credit for a Brand New Car with only 1500 dollars down.
Of course the whole car only cost 5154.00 US.

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..
So what rides did you have in your teens? How did you fix them up.

In high school I originally had to share a car with 2 of my sisters
(OMG). I think it was an early 1960's Rambler.

I finally got my own ride Junior year...........a 1964 Chevelle Malibu
with an Earl Sheib paint job, a Thrush muffler and moonie caps on the
wheels.

I eventually sold that and bought a 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible (bought
it from the owner of the gas station I worked part time for).

That car lasted me till it was stolen and I replaced it with a '64 Ford
Galaxy I got for a steal from a neighbor.

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

1965 Starcraft "Miss Daisy". Still got her. ;-)

Fredo


" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
So what rides did you have in your teens? How did you fix them up.

In high school I originally had to share a car with 2 of my sisters
(OMG).
I think it was an early 1960's Rambler.

I finally got my own ride Junior year...........a 1964 Chevelle Malibu
with
an Earl Sheib paint job, a Thrush muffler and moonie caps on the wheels.

I eventually sold that and bought a 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible
(bought it
from the owner of the gas station I worked part time for).

That car lasted me till it was stolen and I replaced it with a '64 Ford
Galaxy I got for a steal from a neighbor.

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

1963 Rambler Classic 770 *Station Wagon*! Had been in the family since
new, and the folks sold it to me for $200 when I was old enough to
drive. Took a lot of kidding from my pals until I showed them the neat
way that by pulling the headrests and dropping the reclining seat backs
you wound up with a nice, flat playpen that extended all the way back
to the cargo area. We'd jam that thing full with a Fender Bandmaster
amp, a Fender Bassman, Farfisa Compact-Duo, and a Bogen PA amp, two
horns (!) and stands- and all of that and 4 guys would fit in there
(with one guy sort of curled up with the gear and three across the
front bench seat. Was like stuffing circus clowns into a VW bug.. Still
took two trips unless the drummer could borrow his parents car. (Real
big time we were, yeah right). Made a little (very little) spending
money and impressed a few (very easily impressed) girls playing music
back then.......sure were good old days.

But, since this is a boating NG and not the "neat old cars" discussion
forum, how about your first ever boat?

Mine was an old lapstrake rowboat on a freshwater lake. My folks had a
little cabin there, and I would row around the lake for hours at a
time. Sometimes fishing, sometimes just rowing around for the pure joy
of being on the water. Then when I was just a bit older my grandfather
bought a new fiberglass hull and built his own interior and deck for
about a 24' sloop. Some of the best ever times as a kid was sailing
with my grandfather.


My first real boat was a 16 foot trihull with a 50 HP OB. Not a great
boat
for Lake Erie so it was mainly an inland lake boat. Prior to that was a
series of rowboats and canoes. ;-)

FREDO wrote:

1965 Starcraft "Miss Daisy". Still got her. ;-)

Fredo


" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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JimH wrote:

So what rides did you have in your teens? How did you fix them up.

In high school I originally had to share a car with 2 of my sisters
(OMG).
I think it was an early 1960's Rambler.

I finally got my own ride Junior year...........a 1964 Chevelle Malibu
with
an Earl Sheib paint job, a Thrush muffler and moonie caps on the wheels.

I eventually sold that and bought a 1965 Chevy Impala Convertible
(bought it
from the owner of the gas station I worked part time for).

That car lasted me till it was stolen and I replaced it with a '64 Ford
Galaxy I got for a steal from a neighbor.

End of teenage cars.

So how about you?

1963 Rambler Classic 770 *Station Wagon*! Had been in the family since
new, and the folks sold it to me for $200 when I was old enough to
drive. Took a lot of kidding from my pals until I showed them the neat
way that by pulling the headrests and dropping the reclining seat backs
you wound up with a nice, flat playpen that extended all the way back
to the cargo area. We'd jam that thing full with a Fender Bandmaster
amp, a Fender Bassman, Farfisa Compact-Duo, and a Bogen PA amp, two
horns (!) and stands- and all of that and 4 guys would fit in there
(with one guy sort of curled up with the gear and three across the
front bench seat. Was like stuffing circus clowns into a VW bug.. Still
took two trips unless the drummer could borrow his parents car. (Real
big time we were, yeah right). Made a little (very little) spending
money and impressed a few (very easily impressed) girls playing music
back then.......sure were good old days.

But, since this is a boating NG and not the "neat old cars" discussion
forum, how about your first ever boat?

Mine was an old lapstrake rowboat on a freshwater lake. My folks had a
little cabin there, and I would row around the lake for hours at a
time. Sometimes fishing, sometimes just rowing around for the pure joy
of being on the water. Then when I was just a bit older my grandfather
bought a new fiberglass hull and built his own interior and deck for
about a 24' sloop. Some of the best ever times as a kid was sailing
with my grandfather.


My first real boat was a 16 foot trihull with a 50 HP OB. Not a great
boat
for Lake Erie so it was mainly an inland lake boat. Prior to that was a
series of rowboats and canoes. ;-)




I had some small rowboats with 5 hp or 9.9 HP motors, but my first real
boat was a VIP Vision with an OMC I/O.

Dan