Your First Vehicle

[5.0Flareside]

Very strange Brad... I'm really not sure. Maybe gen 8's and 9's had different rules.

I sure WISH Bertha had dual tanks. I can only get 200 miles on a fillup.

lucky arse!!! i can only get 130 if i run it empty on one tank. dont use the rear as it has a leak.!!!!!!!

 

[Skandocious]

In which truck? What kind of mileage are you getting?!

 

[5.0Flareside]

in my Flareside.

im gettin 10 mpg.

 

[Austin]

in my Flareside.

im gettin 10 mpg.

Lucky. 8 here!

 

[5.0Flareside]

Lucky. 8 here!

well i should rephrase my Mileage. i get 8.5 driving pure city. 10 when its half and half. and thats babying it. unlike usual.

 

[Austin]

well i should rephrase my Mileage. i get 8.5 driving pure city. 10 when its half and half. and thats babying it. unlike usual.

Too many passing lanes down here to get good gas mileage.

 

[5.0Flareside]

Too many passing lanes down here to get good gas mileage.

to many stop lights and passing lanes......



Racing........ hahahahahahaha

 

[Austin]

Racing........ hahahahahahaha

Never!

 

[5.0Flareside]

Never!

not at all.......

 

[Skandocious]

well i should rephrase my Mileage. i get 8.5 driving pure city. 10 when its half and half. and thats babying it. unlike usual.

What the hell? My truck is a lot larger and heavier and I get a constant 11-12 mpg no matter how I drive. I can get upwards of 13 if I really baby it. I think there might be somethin' wrong with your truck... lol

 

[5.0Flareside]

What the hell? My truck is a lot larger and heavier and I get a constant 11-12 mpg no matter how I drive. I can get upwards of 13 if I really baby it. I think there might be somethin' wrong with your truck... lol

EXACTLY!!!!! the engine is gettin on its last legs...

 

[73F100Shortbed]

I get 10mpg

 

[polarbear]

Twin of this with red stripes and interior. '70 Olds 442 W-30.

$4,000 out the door, brand new and fully loaded, in November of 1970.

 

[countryboytn]

and my parents were afraid it would leave me (a 16 year old with no mechanic prowess) stranded.

Anyway, first vehicle.. '50 Chevy 3100, my "project" truck. Haven't touched it in a while...
Then I got my '78 Bronco, and I also have a '72 Chevy Monte Carlo that I use as a DD, when it's not broke.

 

[Fellro]

First one was a 74 Camaro, well used up. I learned a lot from that car, as it needed most everything... I needed quick change mounts for the motor and transmission... Last motor in it was a 64 327, that really got with it until the trans failed 3rd gear, then it wiped out the rod bearings when I drove it home anyway, even though I babied it home...

 

[5.0Flareside]

Twin of this with red stripes and interior. '70 Olds 442 W-30.

$4,000 out the door, brand new and fully loaded, in November of 1970.

$4000 bucks???? HOLY CHIT!!!!!! i knew cars were inexpensive back then compared to now days but dam!!!!!!!!!!!!



I HATE YOU FOR 5 MINUTES!!!

 

[mtflat]

1st? 1964 Ford Country Sedan (station wagon) in a dark plum color 289/auto

1st new? 1972 Plymouth Gold Duster Black with gold snakeskin vinyl half-roof 225 six/ 3 spd on the floor. $2541 out the door.

Ernie's 442 was too expensive for a college kid working part-time making $1.70/hour.

Traded-in the Duster for a new '75 Mustang II Mach 1 Yellow/Black V6 w/ 4 spd. Think the price was around $2875

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

My first truck was the 85 and ive had it since I was 12 or 13. Dad bought it originally and had it painted the color thats on it back in the early 90s it got stripped down to the metal and had to get a few panels replaced. Cost dad 3000 bucks at the time. He drove it around a few years (I remember gettin picked up in it from preschool). Then my grandmas samari blew up so he gave it to her for 8 or 9 years till she said it was gettin too big to handle so we swapped her an escort hatchback and brought it home. We then rebuilt the motor and dad would drive it to work but he said it was mine. I drove it around the field and learned how to drive a stick that way. I also drove it to school when I was 15 and taught myself to parallel park in it. Heres a couple pictures of how it looked a few years ago.

And now.

Note dual tanks. I also got 280 miles out of the last tank of fuel.

 

[5.0Flareside]

oh come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!! you got that dam url on them pics?

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

Yeah I know thats the only way I could get them pictures The old computer aint got internet and Im too dumb to figure out how to get em from that computer to this one.