On Jan 14, 8:32 pm, "Deke" <no s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Ed" <nob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
> news:78c45246be0349703e9631e2ba5efc65@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "They were
the first generation to come of age with their own cars, and
> > now they want them back. Across the country, middle-aged men are going
> > to extraordinary lengths to locate the actual vehicles they drove
> > decades ago..."
>
> > Wall Street Journal article:http://xrl.us/OldCars
>
> Can I have one of my sister's boyfriends car?
> White 59 Chevy Impala convertible, with A/C, ice blue interior. My
folks
> were driving a 56 Chevy at the time, and it impressed them so much they
> bought a "cats-eye" 59 Chevy too, but it wasn't a convertible. Thats
the
> car I learned how to drive in, 6 years later.
My first car was a '66 Corvette, burgundy w/black interior, 4-spd,
factory side pipes, and a big block hood and the telltale stress
cracks on the front fenders, which together suggest it was an original
big block car. (No way to tell for sure, without paperwork, on mid-
year Vettes.) It had a '70 402 (aka "SS 396") when I bought it, $1700
in 1973. I did my best to total it, but I sold it to a guy who
indicated he wanted to bring it back. If it was a factory big block
car, particularly a 427/425 hp L72, a resto would be worth some major
bucks today, like north of $100,000.
Sorry I hurt you, old Vette. I was young and so were you.
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