kyle, i could only dream of something like that. that was the dream, here
was my reality:
dad purchased a 62 rambler for 60 dollars. we welded tim in the rusted
bottom where i could have fell thru. i could see the road thru the
floorboard. that was a real clasic, schupured in blue and bundo. only one
door would open from the inside. i had to be polite and open doors for my
passengers. the reclining seats did it in one move. all the way down or all
the way up.
i loved to get dates into that car. of course it was rare to find a girl
that wanted to ride in it.
actually it ran good. i rememberd times that new cars sitting next to it not
starting and it would start.
   when i reach 40 it would begin to shake (rusted frame) and would smooth
out at about 55-60. i'd wait until i was going down hill to  accelerate up
to speed limit.
   i drove it 8 years and sold it for , yes, 60 dollars.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kyle E Cleveland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 11:41 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Working @ home
>
> My first car was a '64 1/2 Mustang Hardtop with the 289 and the dinky
> little 2 Bbl Stromberg carb.  My dad's boss' (spoiled) son had a Lotus
> that he'd totaled, but the engine was still good, so I bought it from
> his insurance co. for $400. The insurance company threw in the tranny,
> gated shifter and all!  My new powerplant was a 351 Cleveland bored 80
> over with a Holley 1200 cfm.  Man, that carb looked like a washtub!
> Anyway, the 351 was way too big to fit, so we had to cut out the wheel
> wells and rebuild the shock towers.  We also had to cut a hole in the
> hood because it would not shut with that big Holley stuck on top.  I
> wanted to put a blower on the thing, but I'd done run out of $$$ by that
> time.
>
> The 351 was so heavy I had to put in oversize coil springs so the shocks
> wouldn't bottom out.  It came with the Lotus headers and made this
> wonderful bubbly sound at idle.  I ran it through a pair of Cherry Bombs
> for around town (or when the state police were out), but on the open
> road I had cutouts for straight pipes.  God, it's no wonder I can't hear
> squat these days.
>
> At first I left the stock rear-end in, but I kept burning the right rear
> tire (L50s were expensive), so I found a Muncie 411 limited-slip at a
> junkyard.  That car was quick out of the hole, but if you really got
> into it, the thing would wheel hop something awful (couldn't afford
> traction bars).
>
> Man, I wish I still had that car, but it did pay for my freshman and
> sophomore years at school.
>
> The guy I sold it to burned the motor up by running regular (unleaded)
> gas in it without a lead-additive.  Idiot.  I heard the he spooled it up
> and blew big holes in the pistons.  Broke my heart.
>
> -Kyle
> Barber, Kenneth L. wrote:
> >
> > oh, i struck a cord. i  liked and dreamed of the shelby mustang. they
> had
> > that little 289 motor reved up to 350 horse power and it could really
> get to
> > peak quickly. i also liked the "GTO" OH, THOSE WERE THE DAYS, WERE THEY
> NOT.
> > ?
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kyle E Cleveland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Friday, January 08, 1999 8:04 AM
> > > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject:      Re: Working @ home
> > >
> > > Martin and Karen Logan wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > > The last big car I remember was my parents 1978 Chrysler Cordoba.
> It
> > > > had a 380 ci V8.  It was a lovely brown with a cream (shag)
> interrior.
> > >
> > > Yes, with that "rich, Corinthian leather".  (BTW, there is no such
> > > thing.  Just some marketing phrase Chrysler cooked up.)
> > >
> > > > The other car I remember was my uncle's 1968/9 Dodge Charger with a
> 440
> > > > ci V8 and six barrel carb.
> > >
> > > Wow! A 440 with a six-pack.  If I remember correctly from my
> muscle-car
> > > days, didn't that carb run something like 1000-1200 cfm?  I suppose it
> > > had the posi-trac rear end too, huh?  SCHWA-A-A-A-NG!!!!