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.

The '66-67 Chevelle... was an absolute turd with a 396, but the next owner threw down some $$$ and stuffed a much healthier LS-7 (BBC) that pushed it into the 11.3s.

The big-a$$ Chevy Biscayne... very much the sleeper. Had a pretty stout 454 and was capable of going 12.5s. That car made some money because NOBODY thought something that big could be very fast, and this was at a time when a "good" legit street car might be lucky to get into the 12s. Oh, IIRC, that's one of those silly staged pics where they put a bottle jack under the front end to make it look like its pulling the front tires on the street.

Wish I had a pic of another friend's car, '67 Camaro 327 4-speed car. Never knew exactly how fast it was, but I was the guy he was racing when he hit a slick spot on the road while reeling in a 10-car spot on my car... he rolled it at speed and ended up hanging upside down on a telephone pole guide wire. Not too much later they put a police station about rock-throwing distance from where that happened; it was a pretty heavily raced section of road back then.

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.

No harm meant Biscaye's were post cars and those tail lights were caprice only.


Here's my heap from 75 1970 V code supertrac 4 speed cuda.in violet white interior
30 over 13.1 590 solid cam alum. rods 4.88

Very cool !!!!

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.

My old GTS383 sold in 1984

Road Beater I sold in the 80's

The X still has this LS6 454

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!

My Coupe in the early 1980s.... 440 2x4bbl, 727, 4.10 8 3/4
Still own it....

FIXED ! .... that's RIGHT 1880's ... and that horse drawn bUgGy !

Post it rIgHt cRaZy !!

BUT that ride you post is a goody ....wanna sell it ?

My 73 Charger in 1984. Sold it to buy my house after I got out of the U.S. Navy.

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.

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.

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

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.

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!