Comments | jim_lane: Writer's Block: My First Car

jim_lane

Writer's Block: My First Car

May 07, 2008 10:03

Comments 9

so you modded it out?....(laugh)... mammallamadevil May 7 2008, 14:33:40 UTC

you do know that GMLD's ride from 70-81 was a '67 bug...no speeding tickets but that chick can pop start almost ANYTHING...

MLD

Re: so you modded it out?....(laugh)... jim_lane May 7 2008, 14:45:04 UTC

Absolutely box-stock Bug. I was "bracket racing", and knew better how to drive than my opponents. };-)

The Bug would eat them alive off the line; digging in and going while they sat there spinning and showboating (like fools!).

Bugs (back then) were nothing if not consistant. (They certainly weren't fast---) }|-/

Some early Bug owners even outfitted their overgrown lawn mower-engined rides with rope pull-starters, just to freak out the non-Bug folks--- *hehehe!!!*

Re: so you modded it out?....(laugh)... c_eagle May 8 2008, 06:30:15 UTC

allllllllllllllllllmost got a bug, but it bugged me how close one's face was to the windshield :D

Re: so you modded it out?....(laugh)... jim_lane May 8 2008, 11:26:03 UTC

The other bad thing about original Bugs was that you were sitting directly behind (with your legs under) the gas tank...

the_mcp May 7 2008, 18:04:17 UTC

1969 Ford Gran Torino GT, with the 4-barrel carb and 351 Cleveland V8. :)

thepita May 7 2008, 20:11:37 UTC

641/2 mustang,8 cylinders bored out to a 302,3/4 racing cam,lift kit and big ole' fat rear tires...and i knew how to smoke em too....quite the car for a 16 yr old girl....
the boys hated me,wanted to race me, and date me for my car...LOL...
a few got the privilege....and more than a few got beat off the line...

silverjames May 7 2008, 20:24:38 UTC

1969 Chevy Impala convertible, black top over yellow with black interior. You only forgot to put a beach towel in the seat once, if you left the top down in the summer. ;D

My second car was a 1971 VW bug convertible - baby blue. With an air conditioner.

Both cars were picked out by my mother. Luckily, the following year (after I blew the engine in the bug - slow oil leak that never got found and fixed despite numerous attempts), I got to pick out my '72 LTD, two-door. Ol' Blue was sweet!

anthony_lion May 7 2008, 21:54:09 UTC

My aunt used to be an Rally-driver, and raced her bug internationally...