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« on: January 25, 2008, 05:07:17 am »
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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2008, 06:11:18 am »
I drove a 70 ghia with a hot 42 DCNF'd 1776, a 67 squareback, a 67 bug with a 1600 or my Dad's 68 bay window with a hot 1641.
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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2008, 06:23:34 am »
A pile of crap 1969 bug i bought for $800, at night in the rain, man I was STOKED!  Dark Green, then I proceeded to "modify" it. header, primer, lowered it by pulled leaves, beauty rings. I actually stole a round wood door pull off one of the kitchen cabinets and stained it and put it on my shifter,...Dad was PISSED to say the least. That was about 1983.

a bunch of years later, built the green M&M out of that pile of turd,..and that was the beginning of the end.
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« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2008, 06:36:14 am »
Damn... I remember that Squarebak!

Ok my first car was a '67 Mustang notchback V-8 2bbl. I followed that with a '71 Fiat 124 spyder. Then I bought my '67.
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« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2008, 06:42:35 am »
'71 nova 307 2brl. peg leg.   
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« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2008, 07:28:08 am »
Same car as now but it looked like this:
Had a POS 1641 with dual baby Dells, then 36 DRLA's, then 40 IDF's, Then 40 DRLA's and finally 45 DRLA's.  I guess I really liked tinkering with carburetors back then.  Towards the end of high school the motor was a Buggy House built 1776 with 1000 miles on it (which blew up 2 months before graduation)  Angry



The end of my Junior through my senior year I rolled to school in this while the Bug was being semi-restored and/or out of commission.  This was my 1971 Jaguar XJ6 with Chevy 454 big block conversion. 






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« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2008, 07:39:44 am »
Same Beetle I drive today.
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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2008, 07:53:06 am »
A '52 split with gold anadized center lines. Entered in the RG Canning car show indoor .Had a 2110cc , Berg crank, Lonnie Reed heads from THE HEAD SHOP, JET rods and one of the first Berg 5 out of the batch. At 17 I was HELL ON WHEELS! Used to race Taco's Chevy LUV truck with a small block V8. While he was still smoking his hides I was goonne! Ended up wraping the car around a telephone pole on a rainy day. Cry Cry
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2008, 07:55:04 am »
Quote from: John Rayburn on January 25, 2008, 07:39:44 am
Same Beetle I drive today.

Reminds me of the guy who married his High School sweetheart!  Wink
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2008, 08:32:23 am »
my bike.
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« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2008, 10:26:29 am »
Quote from: John Rayburn on January 25, 2008, 07:39:44 am
Same Beetle I drive today.

Likewise! It's changed a lot (well, only the roof, dash and rear quarters are the original car!) and my brother owned it for a while, but it's mine again now! Wink
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« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2008, 10:30:57 am »
1969 Boss 429 Mustang
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« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2008, 11:59:59 am »
Quote from: John Rayburn on January 25, 2008, 07:39:44 am
Same Beetle I drive today.

Now that is cool!
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« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2008, 14:14:25 pm »
'63 Corvair Monza, 4-speed.
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« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2008, 14:44:56 pm »
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« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2008, 16:36:17 pm »
MG Midget, when it actually ran.  Roll Eyes

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« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2008, 16:41:07 pm »
nothing because the driver license was at 18  Undecided
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« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2008, 16:48:43 pm »
Quote from: danny gabbard on January 25, 2008, 05:07:17 am
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danny watch you were at the scs showdown in 81 just behind dumper, you weren't yet in the dkk Huh
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« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2008, 18:19:16 pm »
1964 Yellow Baja Bug - Stock 1600   Grin
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« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2008, 18:28:24 pm »
My same 1967 Bug, was zenith blue though, had 5.5" chrome wheels, non-crested hubcaps, 1641cc, dual 36mm Dellortos...etc. Stock height for most of the time.
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« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2008, 18:43:48 pm »
In high school I drove a '99 Aprillia SR, 70cc tuned, everything from Malossi. Crank, iginition, vario, clutch, exhaust and gears. Made about 19 hp on the rear wheel.  Top speed I reached 142km/u with it. If you sat normal on it you got an automatic wheelie till 60km/u. Had great fun with it, was chased down by the cops a couple of times.  Picture below was before it was painted. Can't find photos of it when it was painted on my pc.
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« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2008, 18:58:00 pm »
Quote from: Richard Roth on January 25, 2008, 10:30:57 am
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 Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Nice!
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« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2008, 20:04:06 pm »
'72 1200A



Junked loads of the 'chrome' crap, painted the wheels so they were all silver. Had a 1700 'big bore' piece of crap fromBig Boys Toys (I was young and didn't know any better  Angry). Went like a raped ape with the 1200 box (well quickest thing at college anyway  Wink).

Had loads of fun in it, stripped it for a resto nd then realised it was a) botched and a death trap and b) I couldn't weld, not know how the hell to put it back together  Grin
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« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2008, 21:59:51 pm »
This,  Had great fun it it for a few years...
Built my own 1835 with stock heads a engle tsc10 and 44IDF webers for it.
Had one off my greatest road trips in it to the south off France (1500kms).
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« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2008, 02:33:23 am »
My '70 Beetle "in-Process".   Cheesy
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« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2008, 04:53:37 am »
I also came home from the hospital as a new born in that same car.
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« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2008, 18:04:52 pm »
62' Beryl green bug on centerlines.
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« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2008, 21:09:31 pm »
My '67 Bug that I still have. Saved up $1200 as a sack monkey at the grocery store, and bought it August 8th right before my senior year started.
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« Reply #28 on: January 26, 2008, 21:17:16 pm »
Quote from: John Rayburn on January 25, 2008, 07:39:44 am
Same Beetle I drive today.

Excellent!!!

Frank
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« Reply #29 on: January 27, 2008, 00:26:55 am »
Here is how my car looked upon arrival:



Massive tires, and a cool center arm rest!

Kevan
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