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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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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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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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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My old GTS383 sold in 1984
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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Road Beater I sold in the 80's
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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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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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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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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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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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.
Rich H.
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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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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.
Rich H.
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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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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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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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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.
Kayse can't keep up at all now. lol
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Re: Blast from the Past circa 1980
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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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