Only car I know of with a rim blow horn. Basically, you blew the horn by squeezing the steering wheel with either thumb anywhere on the steering wheel. You did not have to move your hand to blow the horn. I loved that feature. Never saw it again.
a 1967 Olds 4 door olds cutlass supreme, aptly named "The Whore" The year I got it was 1977-it was originally maroon but was decidedly more of a monkey-shit brown by the time I owned it. It's previous owner had installed a hurst 3 speed with faulty linkage that used to pop out. I used to have to crawl under the car to pop the linkage in place when I needed to go in reverse.
The floorboards were rotted under the drivers side. Once, the padding from the carpet contacted the exhaust pipes and flames started shooting up between my legs as I was driving.
My idiot dad took my $ without my permission and bought a car under my name in the summer of 2004. I think I got my license way too early and used the money I was spending on insurance, I worked that summer and could've gotten a better car.
Lol, I sold it to my neighbor in 2008 and it got flooded in Sandy. Too bad my dad didn't.
Wasn't that the Pinto that often burst into flame if rear-ended? I think the gas tank was literally in front of the rear bumper or something if I recall correctly.
Note: pic is not of my actual car but it was this same color pattern. Of course, by the time my neighbor sold it to me in 1986, there were significantly more rust "highlights". I think it got about 4 gallons to the mile. Kick-ass AC Delco radio. We called the old girl the USS Nimitz.
British cars may not be the best engineered, but those MGA"s were beauties.
Beautiful, yes, but constant work. Had to synchronize the carbs once a week, and It had the worst transmission ever. The "lever=type" shocks simulated the ride of a buckboard, and the side curtains were England's nod to trying to keep out NE PA winters.
In the Spring, Summer, and Fall however, one of the best pussy-mobiles ever!
My "Old 55." Good old American iron. Two-door hardtop. baby blue and white. About 8 mpg and sometimes I had to prop open the carb cover with a screw driver to get it to start. Loved that car.
Red exterior, black interior. Manual EVERYTHING; no A/C, no nothing. I replaced the radio and speakers, put mud flaps on it and thought it was the coolest thing on the road.
It was a former police car. High miles. I had put a new sun-roof and a new radio but the car ran like poop. I sold it and the new owners had to put a new transmission in it.
Doesn't get the best MPG, but does have some nice accessories
it was a bomb. I could see the road though the floorboard. But it let me work through school and pay a good portion of my college costs before I graduated.
1960 Catalina From Mom Junked
1965 VW From Dad Junked
1967 Fury III From Dad Junked
1969 Mustang From Brother Junked
1968 Satellite wagon Bought Used Junked
1969 Buick Riviera From Brother Junked
1967 Camaro Bought Used Sold
1979 Volare Bought New Sold
1988 Reliant Bought New Junked
1997 Miata Bought New Stolen
1998 Miata Bought New Still Own
2005 PT Cruiser Bought New Still Own
was my dad's commuting car until my sister got her license and then i got it when i got my license... 1989 volkswagen jetta carat that i got in 1998. the cloth on the roof was already coming out, the sunroof was a hand crank that you had to actually turn farther than you needed to to close the roof, and while it did have electric windows, they only decided to work intermittently. no idea how many miles it ended up with because the odometer would only work when it wanted to post- 120k miles or so. only fun about this car was that it did actually have some zip and it was a stick. its life ended sometime in 2001 when i was home on break from college when the engine decided to start smoking and we donated to charity. i'm sure that was a big tax writeoff... end sarcasm.
This car was the envy of all... Italians and non-Italians alike.
Bahaha! Mine too. Mine was an '81 and yellow. Transmission went out on me after a year.
They see me rollin...they hatin
British cars may not be the best engineered, but those MGA"s were beauties.
It was no where near as good a condition as this example, but the color and vinyl top are right. Plus, mine had a crappy slant-6, and not a 340ci V8.
Not mine but looks exactly the same.
a 1967 Olds 4 door olds cutlass supreme, aptly named "The Whore" The year I got it was 1977-it was originally maroon but was decidedly more of a monkey-shit brown by the time I owned it. It's previous owner had installed a hurst 3 speed with faulty linkage that used to pop out. I used to have to crawl under the car to pop the linkage in place when I needed to go in reverse.
The floorboards were rotted under the drivers side. Once, the padding from the carpet contacted the exhaust pipes and flames started shooting up between my legs as I was driving.
Good times.
Lol, I sold it to my neighbor in 2008 and it got flooded in Sandy. Too bad my dad didn't.
Grandma had a 1982 (I think) Cutlass Supreme.
My other grandfather had a classic Grandpamobile, the Caprice Classic
It eventually sported a 302. Pic is similar:
455 cubic inch engine
My great Aunt had a '72 Oldsmobile 442. A beast in black and gold. She loved to see jaws drop when they saw her driving a muscle car.
"Aw, fuck. He made it"
-point B
Quote:
...Everytime I smell ether, I think of this car.
You'd put the victims in the trunk?
They wouldn't fit in the trunk. I stored them in the crawl space until they got ripe enough.
A Guido-mobile! Excellent!
Quote:
...Everytime I smell ether, I think of this car.
British cars may not be the best engineered, but those MGA"s were beauties.
Beautiful, yes, but constant work. Had to synchronize the carbs once a week, and It had the worst transmission ever. The "lever=type" shocks simulated the ride of a buckboard, and the side curtains were England's nod to trying to keep out NE PA winters.
In the Spring, Summer, and Fall however, one of the best pussy-mobiles ever!
Good times in that car.
Heresheis - ( New Window )
Owned 6 of them the first few tears of my driving life - 3 to drive, 3 for spare parts since you couldn't find them anywhere.
Unfortunately the same parts always went bad - Exhaust manifold, tail light sockets, floorboards, etc.
And God Forbid you needed to find someone to work on them.
But they were fun as Hell to drive - as long as you didn't asphyxiate from the heater fumes.
But at its heart was the classic 283cc V-8, one of the last great engines before the Feds started intervening with their dumb air emission controls.
And don't forget the 2 speed automatic transmission.
That's an absolute beauty!
My best friend had "Dolly Dart" with push buttons for start and for the gears (instead of the automatic stick shifter).
smooth ride til the tranny fell out.
1960 Catalina From Mom Junked
1965 VW From Dad Junked
1967 Fury III From Dad Junked
1969 Mustang From Brother Junked
1968 Satellite wagon Bought Used Junked
1969 Buick Riviera From Brother Junked
1967 Camaro Bought Used Sold
1979 Volare Bought New Sold
1988 Reliant Bought New Junked
1997 Miata Bought New Stolen
1998 Miata Bought New Still Own
2005 PT Cruiser Bought New Still Own
Loved every car I ever owned.
My only regret is not getting laid in it. Although it wasn't for lack of trying...