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| Previously Owned Rides (and stories) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 Schwinn Predator Qualifier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My first 'ride'. My folks gave it to me for a combined birthday & good report card gift in June of 1986. This bike was my soul mate until I reached age 12 or so. It came with a Sakae neck, MX Dia-Comp brakes, Sugino cranks, the Dyna Viscount seat, and I threw some Mushroom handlebar grips on her. I think that bike has about 300,000 miles on it. I still have it in storage at my parent's house so someday our kids can ride it. Nothing like summer vacation, Big League Chew, and BMX bikes. God, I miss those days. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1978 Buick LeSabre Landau Coupe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This was my first car, purchased by my parents for me to drive when I turned 16. It had a Pontiac-built 301 V8, Kraco cassette player, and lots of problems. After patching rusty floors, repainting the quarter panel & trunk, and replacing the shocks, carpet, and tires...she drove right and looked good. Then after 9 months of ownership it caught fire one summer day. It burned back to the trunk before the firefighters could extinguish the blaze. $161 later what was left of it was towed and turned into scrap. I still like GM B-Bodies, but I'm not sure I'll own another one. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sorry for the poor scan. It was 1995. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 Chevrolet Bel Air Sedan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Months after my flaming LeSabre went away, my dad reminded me that a fellow Vintage Chevrolet Club member had a 64 Chevy for sale. I knew of it, but didn't know enough about it. We met up with him, looked it over, and it came home with us. It featured a 283 and Powerglide, over 90K on the clock, and ran pretty good. My brother Kyle and I washed and cleaned her up that first day, and then cruised over to the local Dog-N-Suds for a cruise-in car show. About 20 of my friends were there to greet me as I pulled in to the lot. Everly Brothers on the radio, a clean old Chevy, and a full tank of gas. It was a night I'll never forget. In the year and a half I owned the old Chevy my dad and I freshened up the motor, detailed the hood & undercarriage, and had the suspension totally rebuilt. It drove so well and was the most reliable car I ever owned. The Bel Air was sold shortly before I went away to attend college. I believe it was one of the cars my mother was sorry to see leave. She looked at me after it was sold and said "That was your car". |
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| 1988 Chevrolet Beretta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I went away to college with a 1988 Chevrolet Beretta. This was a project car that I fixed up, touched up, and then quickly sold. It was a base model Beretta with the 2.0 4cylinder and TH125C automatic. Zippity-do-don't. With the money I made from the sale, I splurged and bought a clean Grand Marquis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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