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I have a coworker that drives one of those. His is blue. My 12 y/o son wants one of the old VW Beetles.Well, I was dying to drive and started looking at vehicles when I was 13 because I knew I'd have to save up my own money in order to get anything.
So, after making my list, and checking it twice, it's clear that I didn't know anything about vehicles (then) and my options were "limited".
Here is the list of vehicles I was dying to get:
- Yamaha Motorcycle (new)
- Mitsubishi 3000GT (used)
- Toyota Celica Supra (used)
- Nissan 300ZX Turbo (used)
- Datsun 280Z (used)
- Nissan Sentra (knowing this was all I could probably afford, I already had the rims and tires picked out and a shop to tint the windows)
This is what I ended up getting (same color even):
Keg hose reach. I miss the old way of measuring a cars worth.In hindsight, I absolutely loved that car. I learned how to do all engine and transmission work and, growing up in St. Augustine, I could bog the rear tires a little bit and that thing would crawl ALL OVER the beaches. A pony keg would fit in the back and its hose could reach all the way to the front.
My father has an SS350.This was a spitting image of the car I had in high school (1969 Camaro... even the white interior), although I didn't go to high school in the late 60's :)
And mine was a fairly anemic 3-speed manual 230 cu in engine... but I had fun with it until I had to sell it for UF money.
68-72 i fuchsing LOVE them.
wanted the original heavychevy, unfortunately it was only good for towing the boat the 1/8 mile to the ramp in 4L at 5000rmp at 6 mph. he sold it during El Niño 98-99 ish?? thought the lake wouldn’t ever go down and he was WRONG!!
they just put out the production concept a week or so ago. it’s an Escalade/navigator fighter. way out of my price rangeWhen will this ever be re-released? They’ve been claiming it will be out for the past two years maybe.
Yep, ours was a 72, same blue color. My cousins and I used can spray paint to make a white ish color for some reason. at that point most of the floors and lower quarter panels were rusted through so it didn’t matter too much.68-72 i fuchsing LOVE them.
You are a tad too young.This is what I dreamed of driving when I was 16.
Alex.