Gasser 57
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In the interest of getting the ball rolling here, how about posting about the car you drove through high school.
I hope this isn't too long and boring. This was was my daily driver, street racer, go out on dates, and school transportation car. 1970 Dodge Charger. Purchased stone stock with a 318 and steel wheels from a friend of my Dad for $200 and driven home. I swapped out the first 318 almost immediately for a hot rodded 318 with a Holley 650, Edelbrock dual plane intake, M/T valve covers, Direct Connection purple cam & kit and a set of Blackjack headers and turbo mufflers. It made very little power but with a full race B&M shift kit it kept breaking the tiny u joints on the 8 1/4 rearend.
So I bought a wrecked 72 Charger with a 400 big block and 727 and installed them relatively stock along with a 3.23 sure grip rear out of a 69 Road Runner. The 400 developed a rod knock and disintegrated a few months later. This time a warmed up 440 went in along with an Edelbrock Torquer, Holley 780, a small cam, those nice chrome Direct Connection valve covers, and a repop factory dual exhaust. Some where in the mix it got a set of Western 15x10 slots for the rear with Pro Trac N50 15's and some 70's on the front on American slots. I picked up the correct 1970 Go Wing for $35 from a kid in my neighborhood who had just wrecked his 70 Road Runner. The factory R/T emblems came off a junkyard 1970 R/T Charger that somebody shit canned at a local yard. I got the door scoops too but just couldn't bring myself to drill holes in my doors to install them. I drove it like this the majority of the time I had it but more was to come.
I bought a sideswiped 69 Road Runner with a 4 speed that ran pretty good for $400 and used it as a parts donor. The carpet, trans, 4 speed hump, pedals and clutch linkage went into my Charger along with the 11 inch front brakes. I bought a 3.54 Dana out of a 69 GTX from my buddy for $100 and installed that along with the staggered rear leaf springs out of a 68 Charger R/T I parted out along with a new set of Black Jack headers. A kid I knew at school had a 1970 Charger 500 with a factory 4 speed that he totalled out in a drag race next to the school one morning. From him I bought the 4 speed console and the big dog leg pistol grip shifter which pretty much completed the car. I think like paid him like $100. He wanted "all the money"
I had picked up an Edelbrock aluminum 6 pack intake with carbs for $60 from another kid but sadly I never got it on the car and I resold it for the same price to another buddy. It was no show car but was one of the bad boys in the high school lot I can tell you for sure.
I hope this isn't too long and boring. This was was my daily driver, street racer, go out on dates, and school transportation car. 1970 Dodge Charger. Purchased stone stock with a 318 and steel wheels from a friend of my Dad for $200 and driven home. I swapped out the first 318 almost immediately for a hot rodded 318 with a Holley 650, Edelbrock dual plane intake, M/T valve covers, Direct Connection purple cam & kit and a set of Blackjack headers and turbo mufflers. It made very little power but with a full race B&M shift kit it kept breaking the tiny u joints on the 8 1/4 rearend.
So I bought a wrecked 72 Charger with a 400 big block and 727 and installed them relatively stock along with a 3.23 sure grip rear out of a 69 Road Runner. The 400 developed a rod knock and disintegrated a few months later. This time a warmed up 440 went in along with an Edelbrock Torquer, Holley 780, a small cam, those nice chrome Direct Connection valve covers, and a repop factory dual exhaust. Some where in the mix it got a set of Western 15x10 slots for the rear with Pro Trac N50 15's and some 70's on the front on American slots. I picked up the correct 1970 Go Wing for $35 from a kid in my neighborhood who had just wrecked his 70 Road Runner. The factory R/T emblems came off a junkyard 1970 R/T Charger that somebody shit canned at a local yard. I got the door scoops too but just couldn't bring myself to drill holes in my doors to install them. I drove it like this the majority of the time I had it but more was to come.
I bought a sideswiped 69 Road Runner with a 4 speed that ran pretty good for $400 and used it as a parts donor. The carpet, trans, 4 speed hump, pedals and clutch linkage went into my Charger along with the 11 inch front brakes. I bought a 3.54 Dana out of a 69 GTX from my buddy for $100 and installed that along with the staggered rear leaf springs out of a 68 Charger R/T I parted out along with a new set of Black Jack headers. A kid I knew at school had a 1970 Charger 500 with a factory 4 speed that he totalled out in a drag race next to the school one morning. From him I bought the 4 speed console and the big dog leg pistol grip shifter which pretty much completed the car. I think like paid him like $100. He wanted "all the money"
I had picked up an Edelbrock aluminum 6 pack intake with carbs for $60 from another kid but sadly I never got it on the car and I resold it for the same price to another buddy. It was no show car but was one of the bad boys in the high school lot I can tell you for sure.
