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Glenn McCullough

Glenn McCullough

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Mine was a 63 Dodge Dart with a push buttin transmission. I loved that car, wish I still had it.
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Drove this to get my DL - 1963 Ford Galaxy 500 4 door - what a tank it was!
 

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I had a 1980 Chevy Chevette. The following brochure is that of the 1979 model, but I can't see any differences!

I loved that car. Especially how easy it was to fix, and how resilient it was. I broke the clutch cable and drove it home seven some-odd miles without it! Another time the timing belt broke - and I fixed it right on the side of the road. Just line up the dots and put the new belt on. Off we go!

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63 red with black interior CORVAIR.. i love that car!!
traded for 65 mustang
traded for 68 fairlane 500, (windsor )
traded for 70 coronet( wit glasspak)
then i got married.......
dart,,
 
62 Caddy convertible. Top wouldn't work when the sun was up and wouldn't go back up when it started to rain, but boy I loved that drivable couch.

A friend ran it out of gas one day and it was stranded on the side of the road. He walked to my house to get my dad's gas can and all of a sudden we heard this loud crash. A woman in a brand new 1972 Cutlass has plowed into the Caddy. Her car was totaled, and the Cady had a small dent in the rear fender. Boy they built those cars solid...

Mike B
 
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y'all posting those cool cars with so much pride... My Mom was trading in her Chevette for a Citation...they offered her $150 for it...I said...shoot, I'll give you $160! Drove it til it died...got about two years of serious newspaper hauling out of it then bought another!

Top verified speed...82 MPH (and it felt every single one of them). Took it airborne a couple of times (oops, was that a RR crossing?) and it always bounced right back up... 4 speed stick, slow, kinda slow, moving now, and are you sure you're in 4th?...
 
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y'all posting those cool cars with so much pride... My Mom was trading in her Chevette for a Citation...they offered her $150 for it...I said...shoot, I'll give you $160! Drove it til it died...got about two years of serious newspaper hauling out of it then bought another!

Top verified speed...82 MPH (and it felt every single one of them). Took it airborne a couple of times (oops, was that a RR crossing?) and it always bounced right back up... 4 speed stick, slow, kinda slow, moving now, and are you sure you're in 4th?...
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Yeah, I loved my Chevette, too. You could beat the hell out of them and they'd still come up running. DAMHIKT

The rear suspension used to squeak to beat the band - my father said it sounded like I was carrying gerbils in the back! When I bought my next car, there was no squeaking. I kinda missed the company. :wink:
 
51' Ford Vicky,a real land yacht flathead V8 std on the tree but I could get most of my
friends in it at the same time! party party party.................
 
1972 green Chevy Nova with 4 doors and no passenger side floor board. 3 different size tires. I use the emergency brake once while I'd park on a hill the brake didn't release. So I drove it home anyways. POS
 
1974 Chevy Cheyenne camper special. Three speed auto with a 454 and 16" split rims. It was a little difficult to get any tire shop in town to repair a tire. Originally white with a wood grain middle section. By the time I got it the wood grain was painted black and the body was more bondo than metal. Loved that truck and when I have my midlife crisis I'm going to find another one. There easy to find, just be real quiet and listen for the sound of a vehicle rusting.
 
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1980 Toyota 4WD. I was the third owner. I could not kill it. Sold it back to the original owner. I should not have done that. It took me everywhere I wanted to go. The body was so flimsy that if I got a dent I could just punch it out with my fist.

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I got mine used in 1970, had the floor rusted out under the pedels but the previous onwer had put a bent stop sign under there, had a three on the tree. I drove the heck out of that car, had my first date in that car. When I went to college my brother sold it to a junk yard (and kept the money). LOL


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I had a 1953 Willy's Jeep, wish I did have a picture of it.The one thing that sticks in my mind is I carried a case of oil with me,at less than 100 miles per quart I had to.Luckily on sale it was .19 per quart.
 
This is what I drove in high school in south Florida. I didn't find a brochure (in English). It has a 2 cylinder, horizontally opposed engine that sounded just like a sewing machine... Citroen Mehari, 1969
 
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1972 Fiat 124 Spider

Any guesses where the username "Spiderman" comes from?
 

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1948 Chrysler Imperial (bought used in '55). What a "tank"! But had the lazy man's Fluid Drive ( manual shift or automatic ). Even had a cruise control (throttle adjustmen knob). Sold it with 112,000 miles. Only paid $225 for it and sold it for $300 two years later.



I do miss that old car......:crying:
gordon
 
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