what was the car that turned you into a car guy?

[E.rodz]

I got to thinking when I stumbled accross this pict. this is where it all began.This is the car that got me into cars in the first place so I thought there were cars that just grabbed your soul and made you think about cars non stop so show us or tell us what car was it for you that turned you into a car nut?????????????????? post them up!

http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu160/erodz/IMAG2326_zps44931f95.jpg
Thats me in the front seat this was my neighbor growing up and I lived over there every time he fired that thing up I was there wanting to go on a ride. I bet not one person even knows what this is.!!!!!!!!!!!

[jy211]

the first hotrod being bought in the family by my brother when he was 17. A 1947 Ford coupe. :D

[Sieg]

Being born in '58 and impressionable by the mid-60's there were many cars that created my addiction. My parents had zero interest in performance oriented motorcycles or cars. A couple cars that really got me was my dentists '71 Trans Am 455 H.O. 4 speed car, a high school buddy's '69 Z/28 Red, and a friends '66 GTO factory tach 4-speed car which worked on a lot and bought in '76.
:G-Dub:

[garymac69]

For me it was a ride in my Uncle's new 1969 Roadrunner w/440 6 pack. It made quite an impression!

[barrrf]

It wasnt a car - it was my dad. He always spoke highly of Corvettes. Corvettes. Corvette this. Corvette that. Corvette is the best. Then he bought an '85 in '86 - I was 6 at the time. Whilst I liked the car I always though there could be something better.

But I knew that I loved the feel of being pushed back into your seat from hard acceleration. Besides being launched off an aircraft carrier via steam, 4 wheels in the only place you can feel that.

So I was hooked at a young age. I appreciate any auto from any manufacturer. They all have a purpose in life.

[Bill Howell]

Like Sieg, I was a 58 baby too and this will date me for sure.
Anyone remember the comic strip Steve Roper?
one character had a new 65ish dodge dart car and dreamed of a Superbird.
Yeah, that would be about the first car I can remember that spun my zizwheel. IN 70 I was 12. I have just never outgrown the car thingy...

[Firebirdsteve]

For me it was a ride in my Uncle's new 1969 Roadrunner w/440 6 pack. It made quite an impression!

My brother had a 69 Roadrunner...he's got 7 years on me. The memories of that raw power!. :thumbsup:

[Firebirdsteve]

I have loved this car since I was old enough to walk!

http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/westcansteve/vette_zpse3e97e2e.png

Neighbor had one when I was young. I would come home after school and drool over it!

[intocarss]

Born in 61, I'd say Hot Wheels & Tonka, plus everyone in our neighborhood had some kind of hod rod or motorcycle. Can't really pinpoint any one type of car that got me hooked.. My parents told me my first words were "truck" Later on I'd guess it was a 69 orange & white Z/28 that really got me

[fleetus macmullitz]

I built a lot of model cars in the 60's. I think it was the glue.

[Ron in SoCal]

I grew up in a post baby boom neighborhood. there was about 20 boys around the same age and we got into some fun (and trouble) on occasion. I remember my neighbor wrenching on his flat black, slot mag 68 Chevelle while I was building a mini bike at around 10 years old. The dude had some nefarious sh*t going on in his house but I didn't care. He was building a SBC in his garage and I couldn't believe how pretty it was. It also amazed me that his empty engine bay was gonna take that monster (prob 325 hp at the time, :lol:) and make his car actually run! I'll never forget how loud the car seemed at the time. What were those mufflers, Thrush? Anyway, he did a 50' burnout for me right in front of my house. I've been a bowtie guy ever since.

Pretty sure Rob will have some snappy Furd come back. :bitchslap:

[GregWeld]

IN 70 I was 12.



I'd graduated high school.... :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Revved]

I fell into it... my family was mechanically declined but my best friend in high school's Dad had a 61 Thunderbird that he was going to "restore." Best of intentions but not the skills and we were more than willing to help out! :idea:

I think it was Senior year in HS we ran across a 69 Camaro and he talked his Dad into buying it. After HS I went into auto tech school and would practice on the Camaro!! That was my first live engine rebuild. First transmission rebuild. First suspension rebuild. Car is still running and driving today on the same hardware so I must have done something right!

Never looked back... This year makes 20 in the biz.

[snappytravis]

My father fixed up a 68 elcamino when I was around 12, I remember grinding dents out with a (corded) drill and 36 grit (stickon) sanding discs. He put a hopped up 350 in it and 4spd. ran good, When I turned 16 I took my drivers license test in it, went home and washed it praying that I would be cruising that night. I also remember being about 8 years old and his buddy had a 63 split window vette, Whenever we went to his house I would have to go look at it, That was the start, buy sell trade, repeat, I am jealous of the baby boomers, I was born in 72 so missed out on the muscle car era, My father passed in 05 at the age of 61 of cancer, His good corvette buddy Sonny passed last year of cancer also, Glad to of had them in my life and influence this wonderful hobby.

[SuperSport]

My buddies 69 Nova it was nothing special. It had a 307 and 2 speed auto. I thought it was so cool.
I ended up buying this car a lil over a year ago because I always liked his car. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b371/huero12/DSC01073_zps646f6729.jpg
My intentions are to build it just as a high school kid might of back in my day. Late 80's.
I know, kinda silly. But, I always liked his car.

[Shmoov69]

My dad. He was a car guy growing up but "outgrew it" when he got married at 20. Always remember hearing him talk about drag racing his 55 & 57 Chevys and only getting beat once. Had a 283 he built with the Duntov cam, worked power pack heads, and a 3x2 intake and a 6x2 intake that he would switch back and forth attached to a Vette 3 speed. Said the only thing that beat him was a 348 mill that was a "freak of nature". Burnt the 55 to the ground at a drive in when the float stuck and dumped gas all over the hot engine. I know those 3g's are bad about that since my 348 does that regularly! LOL!
I'd have to say "he" hooked me! Heck, I remember my first model was a blue 67 or 68 Z28 when I was 5, wasn't even a snap together!:thumbsup:

[glassman]

My dad always said "I was his corvette", so I may have been a car guy in the sperm state....but the one for me, when I was six or seven seeing my first "Carrera..I was drawing cars at three and four.....didn't stick though

[GregWeld]

It's been so long ago -- and I'm old.... what were we talking about???




Mid Year Corvettes.... and my Grandpa. When I was 5 and my Uncle and Grandpa were replacing the engine in my Uncles 57 Chevy (two door hdtp - yellow with black and yellow interior)... I can still see the motor hanging from the garage rafters on a chain hoist... They'd sit me at the bench and dump out a coffee can of nuts and bolts and ask me to "sort 'em".... I just loved hanging out there with them. All that kool stuff -- and tools and that kool quarter midget car in the corner...

Oh yeah..... !!!! :thumbsup:

[John510]

I think your born with it. Like how some people are born artists. Nobody else in my family likes cars as much.

Mine was back in high school. Around 1999 I traded in my Hyundai for a Honda civic coupe. Then I lowered it and added a huge useless exhaust LOL. Then the modification part began..... I fell in love with fixing cars.

Now that Im older I can play with real cars.

[headcase]

This right here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxD0PqVlt5Q

Now I own a 69 mustang and have sold my 68 Charger.:headscratch:

[chevguy]

My old man raced speedway(dirt here in Australia) in the early 80`s in a 69 vette. The lines made me appreciate what a true car is. I actually wanted to buy one but at 6`2 when I sat in one my head is on the roof.

[AMSOILGUY]

My Dad has a 75 nova that I used to really think was cool. What got me was everyday when he came home from work he would do a half doughnut just past our house and park his car infront of the house. I used to think that was the coolest thing when I was like 5. My mom gave me a car near the end of highschool a 1995 neon. My Dad bought me the first aftermarket part for it a hot air intake off ebay lol. Man I wish I had the money I put in that thing for my camaro. http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3668/4781/21669890005_large.jpghttp://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3668/4781/21669890003_large.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3668/4781/21669890002_large.jpghttp://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3668/4781/21669890101_large.jpg

My dad kept telling me to get a real car lol. Young and dumb at least i've got a 69 camaro to work on now!

[barrrf]

My dad kept telling me to get a real car lol. Young and dumb at least i've got a 69 camaro to work on now!

OMG - that Memphis Belle - WANT.

The rest of the car - not quite my style. But I can appreciate all the work that went into it.

Just after HS I bought a 2000 Monte Carlo LS. Lowered it and slapped a huge wing on it. I had that phase too.

[DBasher]

I can't think of any one car that did it. I think it had something to do with the way they felt and the sights and sounds.
Bombing through the woods or desert in a Baja, watching my dad saw at the wheel and the lil 4 cyl screaming. I can also remember cruising in a chopped 46 Merc, the interior with all the pleats and chrome and lil bitty windows, man o man.
My dad had a 37 Buick that I used as a fort/get away car. Chasing bad guys and mowin them down with my tommy gun from the running board, all on the side of the house!

I pulled the boys old playground from the back yard and I'm thinking I may just find an old beater, make it safe for them and plant the seed:)

It's a drug and I'm an addict.:lostmarbles:


:cheers:
Dan

[Rybar]

Couple cars for me, close family friend took me for ice cream in his 78 Camaro scared the crap out of me but I loved it, then later on one of my older brothers buddies in high school had a 78 Camaro also, bright red, 3rd gen camaro wheels, built 350/350 and a posi rear end as his daily driver. We went everywhere in that car rain or shine SIDEWAYS more than straight. Camping, and everything. I loved that car.

Plus the fact I built a ton of plastic models as a kid, and I always modified them. I actually built a pro-touring 69 Camaro when I was like 13 or so years old. Snagged 90's ZR1 seats, Imsa race car wheels and tires. Looked just like my real car, same colour scheme and everything.

Also used to drool over Ferraris in 80's Road and Track magazines. 288 GTO's, Testarossa's and the F40 were my halo cars. F40 still is to this day.

[Bucketlist2012]

Close friend bought a 1970 Z/28 with an L-88 Hood and Fender flares..

Purple with Side pipes...It was 1975....Loud , fast, and the neighbors hated him...Hooked me on Camaros.


Back then it was all Muscle...Mustangs, RAT powered Chevelles, Camaros, 340 and 440 Six Pack and magnum Dart Swingrs and Cuda's...

[barrrf]

Also used to drool over Ferraris in 80's Road and Track magazines. 288 GTO's, Testarossa's and the F40 were my halo cars. F40 still is to this day.

I did a fair amount of drooling over the F40 - however - I lust for an XJ220. I react to images of that car that makes my wife jealous.
http://news.topmotors.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Jaguar-XJ220-3.jpg

[67ragtp]

Born in 61 more than likely on the older side here. Going to high school in the mid to later 70s we got to really see the old iron filling the parking lots and running the streets, it was awesome. For me, I was 15 and my brother had a 69 chevelle ss 396/375 4speed car. In northern jersey and the NY area, street racing was nuts, all the way down sunrise highway in long island home of Baldwin Motion. My first car was a 71 chevelle ss 454/425hp I guess it was an ls5 car, bone stock with 39000 miles on it. Those were the days when you could get a a crane fireball cam, lifters a holley 850 at a swapmeet for 150bucks. Needless to say we beat the snot out of those cars, we were lucky to get through spring and summer with out replacing a muncie gear box. Funny thing is, back then we thought those cars were the fastest things on the planet, probably high 12 to mid 13 second cars always traction deprived. We really had a blast, cops basically gave you a tongue lashing and sent you home, really a different time.

Rich

[Bucketlist2012]

Born in 61 more than likely on the older side here. Going to high school in the mid to later 70s we got to really see the old iron filling the parking lots and running the streets, it was awesome. For me, I was 15 and my brother had a 69 chevelle ss 396/375 4speed car. In northern jersey and the NY area, street racing was nuts, all the way down sunrise highway in long island home of Baldwin Motion. My first car was a 71 chevelle ss 454/425hp I guess it was an ls5 car, bone stock with 39000 miles on it. Those were the days when you could get a a crane fireball cam, lifters a holley 850 at a swapmeet for 150bucks. Needless to say we beat the snot out of those cars, we were lucky to get through spring and summer with out replacing a muncie gear box. Funny thing is, back then we thought those cars were the fastest things on the planet, probably high 12 to mid 13 second cars always traction deprived. We really had a blast, cops basically gave you a tongue lashing and sent you home, really a different time.

Rich

Amen.....Great times....We had a quater mile area in Fremont,Ca in an Industrial area in the mid seventies where the police would come out and just send you home..they would thank you for not racing on the Boulevards..

Good times...Fremont Cruise, Livermore cruise, Santa Rosa cruise..All gone now...

[bret]

Born in 61 more than likely on the older side here. Going to high school in the mid to later 70s we got to really see the old iron filling the parking lots and running the streets, it was awesome. For me, I was 15 and my brother had a 69 chevelle ss 396/375 4speed car. In northern jersey and the NY area, street racing was nuts, all the way down sunrise highway in long island home of Baldwin Motion. My first car was a 71 chevelle ss 454/425hp I guess it was an ls5 car, bone stock with 39000 miles on it. Those were the days when you could get a a crane fireball cam, lifters a holley 850 at a swapmeet for 150bucks. Needless to say we beat the snot out of those cars, we were lucky to get through spring and summer with out replacing a muncie gear box. Funny thing is, back then we thought those cars were the fastest things on the planet, probably high 12 to mid 13 second cars always traction deprived. We really had a blast, cops basically gave you a tongue lashing and sent you home, really a different time.

Rich

Yeah...what he said!

[FETorino]

Pretty sure Rob will have some snappy Furd come back. :bitchslap:

I think I've told this story before on here. My neighbors had a 69 Corvette and better yet their sons friend bought an Orange 71 Pantera brand new (story is it was with inheritance $$ the kid was young). In 71 I as 7 and just stared at those cars every time they were outside. When I was in high school the guy next door had a Tiger when I had an Alpine.

My grandpa was a carpenter and my day an MIT grad and engineer so taking stuff apart or building things has always bee just what you do.

I read all Herb Adams stuff and followed his recipe for building a road race style car instead of a drag car. He developed Ponitacs so I bought a 69 Firebird. My best friend had a 79 Camaro, a slug that handled pretty good from the factory. We raced a lot of guys on a twisty country road. I was never impressed with his Chevy but another pair of brothers in my neighborhood were Ford guys who built engines in their garage. They loved 427 side oilers.

I always wanted an iconic 60s/70s american sports car. A Cobra, a Pantera, a Tiger or the holy grail a GT40 or yea even a Corvette. I just liked Fords hot rod approach to LeMans and SCCA with Shelby and the history behind it.

One day at Tustin Thunder I saw a guy Jim ?? from Texas I think just thrashing on a green and gold GT40. On the straights he was just puling hard on everyone else out there. The inevitable happened and I fell in love with the sound of a sideoiler as it demonstrated it's hp advantage.

And as I have admitted already I bought and still own a 69 Corvette even though it is an inferior brand.

[lilcraigford]

I grew up with my Dad's '60 Cal-Looker - EFI 1776cc, Berg 5-speed, 4-wheel disc (Ghia front, Porsche 914 rear), and too many one-off parts to list (Dad is a fabricator). As a result, I am an air-cooled guy at heart...

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/222077_3788775717540_959613906_n.jpg

[tazzz2_ca]

My first ride through the eyes of an 11 year old in a 70 Lucy Blue Trans Am with a white stripe and a deluxe Bright Blue interior..... My Hockey coach (friend of the family) came to pick me up for a fun team skate as they called it back then.... That car pulled up the driveway with a rumble and when I got in and saw that machined dash, a four speed and that fat steering wheel I was hooked.....

That reminds me that the next time I see him I'll have to mention that little "fun skate" cost me a fortune LOL...

[E.rodz]

Thanks for the memories and the post from everyone!!
I would love to be able to coment on everyones post however time constraint is a factor here .I love hearing the stories that go with this topic.


please keep the posts coming and the memories flowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[68SS2]

This Chevelle was bought new in the spring of 68 by my Dad. The top picture was taken about a month after he got the car. The lower picture is of my wife and I at our wedding. He gave me the car when I turned 16 in rusted pieces and I restored it throughout highschool. You can see my dad in the distance in the lower picture. I still enjoy my first car love today.