I had a 67 GTO; What was your teenage musclecar?

[Borisbbadd]

67 Impala SS (wife bounced it off a telephone pole)
69 Mustang

 

[planenut]

73 Nova with a 307 2 barrel.

Upgraded in about a year to a 68 Camaro RS/SS hideaway headlights and power convertible. Removed 327 and built an LT1 350.

MAN I WISH I HAD THAT CAR BACK!

 

[srm775]

'89 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra.

Turd Brown, busted turn signal, more rust than metal, ceiling upholstry falling down, broken cassette deck.

oh yeah.... you know you wanted one.

at least it got me around town till i took it on an unplanned deer hunting expedition at 75 mph...

78 Olds Cutlass Supreme

Oxidized pea-soup green, only snow tires, ceiling upholstry falling down, after market cruise control, no A/C and enough body rust to notice.

It had a 289 V8 and surprisingly could move.

 

[jpowers1]

I had a stick 03 and 1/2 Kia Spectra. My sister used to sell em so I got a deal on it. I flipped it into a ditch on a straightaway. Rode the hood till i hit a field access.I crawled out the window and the EMTs told me I was in shock and strapped me down and blocked my head. The first trooper on scene told me if I were going about 10 mph faster the sluice than stopped me would have decapitated me. I went for a high five, but she left me hanging; I didn't know how to respond to that. I had a couple little cuts from the windshield but other than that I was fine.

 

[Dadrick]

68 Dodge Coronet Stationwagon - real chick magnet

(^not mine^)

318, 2bbl, 3sp manual on the column. The beast was geared for all torque for pulling a trailer. It could beat anything off the line, but no top end. When I'd challenge someone at the traffic light, I'd get 100yds out from the light and hit the brakes, pretending that it wasn't worth racing.

If anyone knows where one can be found I'd pay a finder's fee You know that mid-life crisis retro regressive thing.

 

[jmulligan]

'86 ford ranger! no power brakes, no power steering, no power locks, no power windows, no power from the engine.

Me too! I learned to drive on a beat-up, rusted out black 1986 manual Ford Ranger. This isn't mine, but that's what it looked like.

Now I drive a 1993 Dodge Intrepid. At this rate, by the time I hit 30, I might be driving something from the late 90s or even 2000s! Woo!

 

[CBBaron]

Closest thing i had to a muscle car was a '78 Buick Electra with a 350. Not exactly fast but it was RWD and a V-8. Plus it was a plush ride on long trips.
When my sister wrecked it (not her fault) I replaced it with a Hyundai Excel for college. Then I had a Geo Metro for grad school and a couple years afterwards. I actually like driving the tiny econobox. The metro got 50MPG and had surprising acceleration for a 3 cylinder 1liter engine with maybe 55horse. I guess the 1600# curb weight really helped.

Craig

 

[Joe C]

My "muscle" car was a '98 dodge neon R/T on the bottle. Made over 200whp and was good fun. I'm not lucky enough to have a real mopar, but someday....

 

[blacklab]

Oh hell yeah. This one was a bit slow off the line, but the ladies liked it:

 

[brewt00l]

'68 Olds 442

 

[akamatt]

89<----not sure, dodge power 50
76 camaro Z28
1991 camaro RS
1992 Blazer S-10 2 door
1976 Full size Chevy truck 6" lift 350 holly high rise and holly 650 dbl pumper with a 8' snow plow (this truck rocked)
then I started in the car business and haven’t drove the same car for over a month for the last 10 years in that time have had some sweet cars
now I am restoring a
1972 Jaguar XKE This is my all time dream car

 

[TerapinChef]

My first baby...
Got her on my 16th birthday (it was 1995, just to date myself)
A 1969 Pontiac Lemans
250 OHC
166 HP
about 15,000# curb weight.
I miss the hell out of that car.

 

[Brewmando]

71' El Camino. It did not like winter. Some special features kept me from getting busted (hops cuz) though

 

[Bourdon]

Oh hell yeah. This one was a bit slow off the line, but the ladies liked it:

F**K yeah! Ladies love that 100 HP

I have a 1997 VW jetta daily.....


And a 1967 Fire-engine red ford mustang with a 289 with 36xxx original miles on it parked in the garage. I'll post pics when I get home. Mint interior, fresh paint, not a nic, dent, or scratch on her!:rockin:

 

[leftyguitarjoe]

..... I had a 1990 Toyota Camry

 

[CBBaron]

'86 ford ranger! no power brakes, no power steering, no power locks, no power windows, no power from the engine.

That sounds like my Metro. The nice thing about this list is there was very little to go wrong and little to crowd the engine bay. That 1.0l looked small even in the engine bay of a Metro.

Craig

 

[Damonic]

..... I had a 1990 Toyota Camry

'82 Corolla here.

 

[GearBeer]

First muscle car, second car (the first one was a 1992 Grand Am hand-me-down POS).
1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible, 429 (0.060 over), C6, 9" (3.00 gears). The color is Arrival Blue Metallic (2003 Silverado SS color), notice the black Le Mans stripes (my own design, executed by someone who knows what the hell they're doing in a paint booth).

I was 18 when I bought it, and it looked more like this.

The Torino (still looking like crap) was followed by the one on the left (pony cars are close enough, right?), to replace the 1992 Grand Am which had become too unreliable to ferry me home from college. It was replaced by the one on the right when I graduated.

I also have the 1963 Fairlane 2-door hardtop below, purchased ~1 month after I started my job. It's a 200 cid 6 banger but it's impressively original with just over 7500 miles! I've also got a similar car (pillarless sedan) in black. However, there's no engine in that one, just a roll cage, tube frame, and ladder bars...

 

[Chriso]

So uh.... you're a Chevy fan then? (I Kid, I kid!)

A Fairlane is on my short list of cars-I'd-start-renovating. Always loved the things, they're just so purdy! That's a frickin' nice Torino - you did good!

 

[Willy Boner]

69 El Camino(14 moving violations in less than a year)
78 Formula Firebird( Ex-wife took in divorce)
74 Pontiac LeMans(bought 69 Camero)
69 Camero SS( Got married again and needed truck)
I have a 2001 Camero now along with my wife.

 

[G-E-R-M-A-N]

1997 Z28 Camaro. Had it since 97. It is under the knife right now. Im slapping in a forged 383 with nice port polished heads and matched cam. Its going to sound like a pop corn machine!