The mast head was an image I found during one my webszurf. Some of you emailed me so I did a little google-fu and found a bunch of pictures of these beautiful time pieces. It seems the Germans like American Muscle as well.
I hired into a foundry right out of high school. I bought a 1971 Ford Galaxy 500. A few months later, my uncle sold me his Ford Gran Torino, a 1973, in Baby Blue, with all of the records for oil changes, belt inspections,and every single thing that he had done by the dealership, right on time. This was in early 1979. I loved that car. It had a 351 engine,with a Cleveland block,and an automatic transmission. It was scary fast off the line. The only time I ever got beat was by a Corvette, we took off from a stop light,and he shifted into 2nd gear,and he was gone. I suspect that if I had that car today,in the same shape as it was when I got it,it would be worth a lot of money. I think that everyone my age,60, had owned a car or two like that,at least once in our lives. They don't make cars like that anymore. Now,they all look alike.
My. First car was a 72 Torino. Also with the 351 Cleveland. Nice shape. Same green paint as Eastwood's in the movie, but not quite as nice. She died young in 1983 upside down in a ditch in icy Minnestota. Danged shame.
The only "six pack" on the page is the Tri-Power on the GTO. That GTO is a a969, and Tri-Power went away after 1966 when GM declared that only the Corvette could have multiple carburetion.
'69 came with a QuadraJet, but retro-fitting the Tri-Power on them was popular.
Putting dual quads on CHevy big blocks was popular back then. I ruined a SMALL block by converting to dual quads, washed the cylinder walls down - it was only a (street stock) 327. Served me right.
I'm 74 years old. I lived though an age where all the muscle cars of the '50's, '60's and '70's were worthless at their time. My first car was a '55 Chevy 2 door post, I bought it in '63 for $200. 8 years old and didn't have a parking lot ding in it. I bought a '57 Chevy Convertible in '64 for $700. While in the Navy,in '68, I bought a '65 Corvette with the removable hard top, 300hp and a 4 speed with knock off wheels for $2500. In '69 I bought one of the first '70 Cuda's in my area. 440 sixpack. 4 speed and 4:10 rear. took delivery the day before Thanksgiving in '69. Car was junk. In '72, I remember stopping outside of a diner in Harrison NJ and in the parking lot next door was a '69 Pontiac trans-am for $2000. If I only had a garage to keep them all in over the years. Probably over a million in today's money.
I hired into a foundry right out of high school. I bought a 1971 Ford Galaxy 500. A few months later, my uncle sold me his Ford Gran Torino, a 1973, in Baby Blue, with all of the records for oil changes, belt inspections,and every single thing that he had done by the dealership, right on time. This was in early 1979.
ReplyDeleteI loved that car. It had a 351 engine,with a Cleveland block,and an automatic transmission. It was scary fast off the line. The only time I ever got beat was by a Corvette, we took off from a stop light,and he shifted into 2nd gear,and he was gone. I suspect that if I had that car today,in the same shape as it was when I got it,it would be worth a lot of money. I think that everyone my age,60, had owned a car or two like that,at least once in our lives. They don't make cars like that anymore. Now,they all look alike.
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My. First car was a 72 Torino. Also with the 351 Cleveland. Nice shape. Same green paint as Eastwood's in the movie, but not quite as nice. She died young in 1983 upside down in a ditch in icy Minnestota. Danged shame.
DeleteLOVE the six-pack under the hood of that blue ??
ReplyDeleteThe only "six pack" on the page is the Tri-Power on the GTO. That GTO is a a969, and Tri-Power went away after 1966 when GM declared that only the Corvette could have multiple carburetion.
ReplyDelete'69 came with a QuadraJet, but retro-fitting the Tri-Power on them was popular.
Putting dual quads on CHevy big blocks was popular back then. I ruined a SMALL block by converting to dual quads, washed the cylinder walls down - it was only a (street stock) 327. Served me right.
DeleteI'm 74 years old. I lived though an age where all the muscle cars of the '50's, '60's and '70's were worthless at their time. My first car was a '55 Chevy 2 door post, I bought it in '63 for $200. 8 years old and didn't have a parking lot ding in it. I bought a '57 Chevy Convertible in '64 for $700. While in the Navy,in '68, I bought a '65 Corvette with the removable hard top, 300hp and a 4 speed with knock off wheels for $2500. In '69 I bought one of the first '70 Cuda's in my area. 440 sixpack. 4 speed and 4:10 rear. took delivery the day before Thanksgiving in '69. Car was junk. In '72, I remember stopping outside of a diner in Harrison NJ and in the parking lot next door was a
ReplyDelete'69 Pontiac trans-am for $2000. If I only had a garage to keep them all in over the years. Probably over a million in today's money.
Yeah, my 2020 hindsight doesn't work so well, either. AAMOF, it NEVER worked...
DeleteHeh, that console 8 track reminded me of the one in the old man's '71 T-Top Vette.
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