High school beaters
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From: S/C Texas
2wd 1972 metallic green chevy truck, 250 staight 6, 3 on the tree....babymoon hub cabs.
Seat belt mountsd were rusted thru to point of seing daylight. Single exhaust with a glasspack........ My girlfriend at the time cried the day I sold it and got my 1972 Ventura II.
Seat belt mountsd were rusted thru to point of seing daylight. Single exhaust with a glasspack........ My girlfriend at the time cried the day I sold it and got my 1972 Ventura II.
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The first car I owned was a 1978 Chevy Caprice. This thing was pretty rusty, it was off the road more than it was on.. but I sure loved it.. because it was 100% all mine. That car was a ticket to adolescent freedom. I still miss that old car to this day.. many fond memories (and some not so fond - usually involved a tow truck, repair bill, etc).
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I know what you mean, my version of that was 1973 Dodge Dart
Peeling paint, worn out V8, rust everywhere, things always breaking down on it.... little space inside, tiny trunk, AM only radio, terrible gas mileage, front end always wearing out. It was my first car and I was awfully proud of it. Loved it in fact.
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I know what you mean, my version of that was 1973 Dodge Dart
Peeling paint, worn out V8, rust everywhere, things always breaking down on it.... little space inside, tiny trunk, AM only radio, terrible gas mileage, front end always wearing out. It was my first car and I was awfully proud of it. Loved it in fact.
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From: Charleston, SC
I still have my '78 Olds Delta 88. It looks about like what everybody else is describing but with less rust and it's going into storage soon. In a few years it'll be able to start working on it and when I'm done it'll look good as new!
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From: Brampton Canada
1963 Pontiac Acadian - all steel dash - no seatbelts - good thing the inline 6 wasn't fast enough to get into trouble - I might have banged my head 
That was kind of a cool car - not many people - even the GM people - had even heard of a 63 Acadian - it was a Canadian model only I think - sister to the Chevy II I belive. It was given to me by an uncle of mine - sometimes I wish I still had it.
Anyone else ever heard of it or did I have a REALLY rare car when I was a kid and not know it
Glenn
That was kind of a cool car - not many people - even the GM people - had even heard of a 63 Acadian - it was a Canadian model only I think - sister to the Chevy II I belive. It was given to me by an uncle of mine - sometimes I wish I still had it.
Anyone else ever heard of it or did I have a REALLY rare car when I was a kid and not know it
Glenn
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From: Augusta Kansas
1963 4 door Ford Falcon (Futura?)- Light blue. Rusty, sagged in the back end. The crankcase vent poured black smoke. If you stopped at a light you could barely see through the smoke.
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From: Pocahontas, AR
Im the one with the beater when i was in HS, lol. While all of my friends were driving 96 and up brand new Z71's. I was driving a 1980 two tone brown, long wheel base chevy truck, lol. It had a 305, brown vinyl interior, and here is the funny part. The bed leaned (was warped) to the left, the cab leaned (was warped as well) to the right, and they both leaned into the middle, lol. It had straight pipes, with 32 inch glass packs, and 18" x 4" tips. That when i had them welded on (in shop class), they stuck out about 6 inches past the bumper, lol. I bought it for 800 dollars at the auction, when i was 15, so i would have something to drive when i turned 16 lol. I finally stacked the bearings in the motor, lol. Then about 4 months before i graduated, i went and bought a 1961 ford unibody truck (that needed restoring badly) with the 223 straight six with the three on the tree. 
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From: central TX
'78 T-Bird 351m fmx. Heavy, slow, ill handleing, and complete w/ peeling vinyl hard top/stuck open headlight covers. Had a bigger back seat than most 4 doors and was very comfortable though. I was getting a truck and decided to try and kill it, after a month I gave up and gave her to a friend. It had 220K then (8 years ago-all original save for rebuilt carb/vacuum lines)and my dad says he still sees it driving around town. It is the car that won't die.
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From: CA
First Thing I Drove Was Moms 82' Cutless Supreme W/3.8 V6. What A Terd!!! Then I Graduated To A 83' Merc Capri W/ Turbo 4cyc...fry The Tires But Overall Another Crapper. Then On To A 66' El Camino W/327..more Fun And Girls Liked It Too. I Know It Was A Chev But I Was Young And Dumb, Full Of......
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From: South Dakota
My high school beater was a 72 F100 red with the typical rear fender rust other wise it was a solid truck stock 302 with duals on it c-4 man it would smoke the tires not sure if it was a trac loc rear but both tires fried all the time, best part I got it from a retired farmer for 50 bucks.
It was so cool because my brother who was a year younger got his first truck a 68 F250 with a 390 4-speed which he got for a 100 dollars., yeah the teachers loved it when we left the parking lot he had full length headers with 3 inch exhaust, ha ha two old fords peelin rubber, while them poor Z-71's were doin the one wheel peel.
It was so cool because my brother who was a year younger got his first truck a 68 F250 with a 390 4-speed which he got for a 100 dollars., yeah the teachers loved it when we left the parking lot he had full length headers with 3 inch exhaust, ha ha two old fords peelin rubber, while them poor Z-71's were doin the one wheel peel.
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From: Where Critters Are Free
Originally Posted by fordbeast_80
My high school beater was a 72 F100 red with the typical rear fender rust other wise it was a solid truck stock 302 with duals on it c-4 man it would smoke the tires not sure if it was a trac loc rear but both tires fried all the time, best part I got it from a retired farmer for 50 bucks.
It was so cool because my brother who was a year younger got his first truck a 68 F250 with a 390 4-speed which he got for a 100 dollars., yeah the teachers loved it when we left the parking lot he had full length headers with 3 inch exhaust, ha ha two old fords peelin rubber, while them poor Z-71's were doin the one wheel peel.
It was so cool because my brother who was a year younger got his first truck a 68 F250 with a 390 4-speed which he got for a 100 dollars., yeah the teachers loved it when we left the parking lot he had full length headers with 3 inch exhaust, ha ha two old fords peelin rubber, while them poor Z-71's were doin the one wheel peel.
