Blast from the Past circa 1980
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A long-time friend has been texting me pics of cars we owned or new of from around 1979 or 1980. I had no idea these pics were still around, although some of them aren't very good.
The '69 Super Bee was mine, and my first Mopar. It was a 383 4-speed car I bought in my Senior year of High School. Was originally silver w/ red interior, but I had it repainted after it got hit & run in front of my parents house. That's the car that made me come to HATE 383s, since it was pretty much an underperformer in my mind. On those $hitty Firestone Super Sport tires, the best I could get was a 14.0 at 101 with a restrictive factory-type exhaust after a set of cheap headers.
The '69 Dart was an original 383 4-speed car... looked better than it ran, as I recall. Still, a factory BB A-body was/is pretty cool.
The red early Chevy II... actually, there were two around that looked virtually identical. This one was an auto that ran in the 12s and was really street driven. It's "twin", although owned by someone else, was a 4-speed car that I never saw without slicks and a nearby trailer, and was known to have gotten into the high 10s. That was pretty freakin' quick in the pre-N20 era, as I recall. That car never came out if there wasn't $$$ on the race.
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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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The bottom picture is a 66 Caprice. Works for me; I just know it was a freakin' 454 boat that took a lot of people's money. I flagged a few races w/ that car and it never failed to leave some people shaking their heads, even if it didn't win.
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Love it and the stories, keep them coming. If posting pics wasn't such a chore for me to figure out, I could add a bunch of quality vintage pics of my dads stuff. The vintage good car pics are so neat.
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My old GTS383 sold in 1984
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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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Road Beater I sold in the 80's
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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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The X still has this LS6 454
1968 Charger COLD A/C Hilborn EFI 512ci 9.7 compression, Stealth heads, 4.10 gear A518 ODtrans 4100lb,10.93 full street car trim 2020 T/A 392 Stock 11.79 @ 114.5
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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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My 1st Mopar, a 48 Plymouth that I bought on September 17, 1977 when I was a senior in high school. One with me in my graduation outfit, the other with my girlfriend in 1980 on a trip out west. BTW, I still have the Plymouth, but not the girl!
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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My Coupe in the early 1980s.... 440 2x4bbl, 727, 4.10 8 3/4 Still own it....
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My Coupe in the early 1880s.... .440 horsepower Still own it.... FIXED ! .... that's RIGHT 1880's ... and that horse drawn bUgGy ! Post it rIgHt cRaZy !!
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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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My 73 Charger in 1984. Sold it to buy my house after I got out of the U.S. Navy.
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Dig the old pictures.
This was my daily driver for awhile in the mid/late 80s, then I got the GTX after that in the late 80s.
I still have it and it still runs, but it doesn't look anywhere near as nice. Big plans for it, hope to get around to it.
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This was a failed joint venture, legit 440-6 pack, 4 speed 4.10 dana had one paint job in the orig. Bahama yellow color.
It ran and drove, but was missing a few important parts.
Worst part? The inner fenders were butchered really, really badly. It looked like total junk underhood.
We had no business buying this car at that time but thought we'd either sell it or fix it. Ended up selling it for peanuts. Really regret that but could not hang on to it at the time.
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Bought this one in 77. Started with wheels, then headers, then cam, then gear, then a 340 with a blower. My wife and I went on our first date in it. Dizuster and his brother both had their first ride home from the hospital when they were born. Though it's been parked a few years we still have it.First time out with the blower it went 13.99. Eventually bolted on a set of slicks and uncorked it, 11.88. Still same engine package except cam and converter. Currently been 11.0@123, 3875# in street trim. Doug
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This was my nice weather daily driver back in about 1982/1983. Factory B5, 383 auto, bucket seat console car. In 1986. Factory E5 Rally Red V-Code, auto, shaker hood was added. Obviously the T/A spoiler was an add on. I was a whole lot skinnier back then and had hair.
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AHHH yes!Had few back the wish I didn't sell.........
63 Max Wedge Polara with the 4:56 GEAR 71 440/6 65 440 4 speed Satelite 85 GS 1150,,,was a 1300cc with hidden nitrous Great memories!
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AHHH yes!Had few back the wish I didn't sell......... Yes I think most of us have at least one car they wish they could have back.
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I hope this qualifies for the thread, my first car. '74 Challenger circa 1989.
318 2brl with an auto. Single exhaust.
In a way I did not like the car because what I really wanted was a '70 big block Challenger, or anything Mopar with a big block. I didn't have the tools or knowledge to do anything to change it.
I paid $1400 for it. Which was probably about $300 too much at the time, but who is really a good negotiator when they are 18? I wasn't, and my parents were not either. It came to me with a serious rod knock. Pretty reliable car though.
When it was time to sell it, I didn't really know what to do because I had never sold a car before. I pretty much knew where the local mopar cars were in my small town, and there was a house a few miles away with a '70 Challenger parked in the driveway. So, I drove up to the house down a long dirt driveway, with a bunch of wild dogs there to great me. I got out of the car, knocked on the house and asked if they wanted to buy my car. I didn't know him, he didn't know me. He said sure, how much. I told him $1100. He gave me a couple hundred dollars cash and the rest in a check. The check cleared.
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From 1975. My first hemicuda. Vitamin C, 4 speed, super track pak, original paint, interior, engine, trans, build sheet, fender tag. A very nice car.
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Bought this one in 77. Started with wheels, then headers, then cam, then gear, then a 340 with a blower. My wife and I went on our first date in it. Dizuster and his brother both had their first ride home from the hospital when they were born. Though it's been parked a few years we still have it.First time out with the blower it went 13.99. Eventually bolted on a set of slicks and uncorked it, 11.88. Still same engine package except cam and converter. Currently been 11.0@123, 3875# in street trim. Doug Love the car and story. We have had ours for 34 years now
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I love old pictures like these. Reminds me of when we were kids & riding up & down the street on our bikes & everyone's driveways were full of old cool classic cars. The first one is My Charger R/T S.E. from 1988-89 out at Milan Dragway. Still have today, still unrestored. Last one is from this summer.
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1963 Belvedere 440 Max Wedge Tribute 1970 Charger R/T S.E. 440 Six Pack 1970 Challenger R/T, 528 Hemi 1970 Charger 500 S.E. 440 4 BBL 1970 Plymouth Road Runner 383 1974 Chrysler New Yorker 440 1996 2500 RAM 488 V-10 4X4 2004 3500 Dually Cummins 4x4 2012 Challenger R/T Classic.
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september 7, 1983. last day of NU-BE existence. the demise of the dancing bear. R.I.P. to both.
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september 7, 1983. last day of NU-BE existence. the demise of the dancing bear. R.I.P. to both. Gotta love Nu Be. Great times.
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Took the engine out of this one. Sold the car just before the muscle car cost escalation in the 80s. 5 years later he bought the numbers matching engine and trans from me for 3times the cost of the car.
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My 69 swinger 340 4 speed with 3.91 rear. I bought it at 16 in 1987, was a fun car in high school. I had the original hood but thought I needed a scoop.
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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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This is one thread I wish would keep going. Love the old pics.
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My Buddies Road Runner that we raced in High School
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My friends 440+6 that got wrecked
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I had one of each, Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth and Dodge Truck
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This is from the 60's 70's sold in 1980, friend of mine 426 Hemi powered Vett, called the Mongoose .
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This is my old white GTS 383 car that I posted earlier in this thread, recently found still alive in Texas.
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My friends T/A Challenger that we blew up. Not me in this picture
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My old Monza Spyder sold in the 80's
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My old Chevelle again & friends I worked with, Mustang & Big block Camaro.
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Bought my 79 monza spider in 84 and had same wheels as yours. Did yours have a v6? 305
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