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In reply to the discussion: What was your coolest car? Mine: '63 MGB. [View all]OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)My first car was my coolest car: 1968 Pontiac Firebird
Mine had honeycomb wheels off a 78 Trans-Am, air shocks to get the fenders up off the 15x10 G60's in the back. 15x8 in the front. Also, I bought mine at a junk yard and the vinyl roof was in bad shape so I stripped it off and sanded it down and repainted the whole car verdoro green. (no small amount of bondo in there too)
I paid 500 bucks total for the body and a running 350 motor from a Buick LaSabre. My stepfather had to build custom engine mounts of aluminum to get it to fit right. Don't go thinking he did it out of any kind of love for me. He just liked building cars and my mom made him make it run.
I got the car at 15 and worked on it until I was 17. A week after I got my license I totaled it. Got one good date out of it though.
I'm 51 now and my next car will be a new black Camaro and I'm gonna find a company that will print the hood stripes in my clan tartan. I thin it will look cool and if it doesn;t I won't give a shit. lol.