Cars we owned years ago

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Sun Nov 14, 10 11:03 pm

Can we post piccies of cars we used to own? Just found a load of 'em while I was looking thru some old photos, one of 'em is a 71 Charger

Post by **TyreFryer** » Sun Nov 14, 10 11:06 pm

ABSOLUTELY Adrian.

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Tue Nov 16, 10 8:45 pm

Just found these!
I got this 71 Charger from a mate of mine, swapped a 76 Firebird for it. Was supplied to my mate by Rod Eady, it was about '88 I reckon.
Not a bad car really,a 383 that was very sweet, T/F had a shift kit, it had been a regular at the Pod in its day and was well inti the low 13's as I remember, before it was stripped of its rear gears and wild cam

The only mod I made was to the appearance of the C pillars...........
......somebody had carefully signwritten "......no time for losers!"
I whipped out my favourite black marker and changed it to read
".........time for tossers!" which in all honestly was about my best attempt at any improvements past or present

Look at the plate, is it still alive?

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Tue Nov 16, 10 9:06 pm

crikey Adrian , not see that charger for yonks , last & only time was northweald late 80s could been 88

will look for a picture !! my self & lot of other guys posted loads of old pictures , but all gone now for some mysterious reason

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Tue Nov 16, 10 9:13 pm

,,,,,,,,,and this is the 76 Firebird that got chopped in for that Charger. This was a vey nice car, came from Bletchley, MK in about '86.
The git selling was a very camp musician, who took me for a test drive I am certain only so that he could put his hand on my knee when I was fishing about in the 4 speed box for another gear

I kid you not....now because I look like a long haired hippy orangutan, even then, I was surprised somebody, even a geezer for that matter, fancied me

Anyway, said 'bird sported a 350 smog machine for an engine, which soon turned into a boat anchor while it made way for a very strong RamAir111 400, which had been hibernating in something else coming to a screen near you soon

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Tue Nov 16, 10 9:28 pm

My favourite of all my older cars probably, is this actually pretty crappy 67 Firebird. Can you believe this car came to me as a runner in '85 for just 250 quid!!! Some barst had mistakenly left a Rover SDI motor and 5 speed in it, presumably for a joke

I planted the very friendly 400 and TH400 (that I later used in the 76) and spent 2 very happy years smoking around in it, proper little screamer it was!
Sold it tho' when I got a chance, minus the motor and trans, to a nice person for 4 times what I paid for it

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Tue Nov 16, 10 10:00 pm

Last one, promise.
My very first car, a 73 Pontiac LeMans, bought for £400 and the car that gave me an engine, a 400 RamAir motor from '70 vintage, no idea how, so good it got used in 3 different bidyshells. I passed my test (I even remember driving this on a provisional license) and started my motoring life in this green barge. Got banned from Bedford College, where I was taking my City and Giulds in auto repair, for doing burnouts in the workshop and playground, er, car park, sorry

Once span it in the ice on the way back from Bedford to MK and was travelling so fast that I still managed to pass a Mini on a bend, the car spent its life being driven like an extra from the Blues Bros, how I got away with it I'll never know

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Tue Nov 16, 10 11:39 pm

Adrian Worman wrote:Last one, promise.
My very first car, a 73 Pontiac LeMans, bought for £400 and the car that gave me an engine, a 400 RamAir motor from '70 vintage, no idea how, so good it got used in 3 different bidyshells. I passed my test (I even remember driving this on a provisional license) and started my motoring life in this green barge. Got banned from Bedford College, where I was taking my City and Giulds in auto repair, for doing burnouts in the workshop and playground, er, car park, sorry
Once span it in the ice on the way back from Bedford to MK and was travelling so fast that I still managed to pass a Mini on a bend, the car spent its life being driven like an extra from the Blues Bros, how I got away with it I'll never know

i had the daddy to that car when i was 19 it was a 73 grand am 455/400 bucket seats console was like avin a trans am back then great old car.

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Wed Nov 17, 10 10:37 am

I remember them,my brother Carson had a metallic brown one with a 455 in it, and a mate of mine had a white CanAm, some really cool special edition with T/A style shaker, red graphics and wheels. Think it had a 400 in it tho', actually quite spunky for a late car, Posi rear, decent gears, proper dual exhaust, stiff springs etc, must've been '76.
I loved that Lemans, it was so funny stepping out of it when you visited your mates, and the parents wanted to know why you were'nt driving a Japanese toothbrush and would'nt let you take their little babies out in it in case you murdered 'em with it. A brilliant tool for burnouts tho', even with tall gears,I remember it pulling maybe 90mph in 2nd gear, mental

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Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Nov 17, 10 11:50 am

Adrian Worman wrote:I remember them,my brother Carson had a metallic brown one with a 455 in it, and a mate of mine had a white CanAm, some really cool special edition with T/A style shaker, red graphics and wheels. Think it had a 400 in it tho', actually quite spunky for a late car, Posi rear, decent gears, proper dual exhaust, stiff springs etc, must've been '76.
I loved that Lemans, it was so funny stepping out of it when you visited your mates, and the parents wanted to know why you were'nt driving a Japanese toothbrush and would'nt let you take their little babies out in it in case you murdered 'em with it. A brilliant tool for burnouts tho', even with tall gears,I remember it pulling maybe 90mph in 2nd gear, mental i

yep mine was metallic brown as well with a white top it was a brilliant old cruiser with loads of low down go, i also had a brown/white 73 2 door monte carlo 350/350 now that was a sweet car, also a 72 cutlass 2 door 350/350. same shape as the monte and the best outs that shape was a cutlass salon 1976 350/350 maroon white top buckets console red interior every option you could have felt real posh in that one would buy one now if it was a minter,

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Wed Nov 17, 10 2:02 pm

Love them old early '70's big cruising barges, they still look super cool even by modern standards

I can't believe we had so many similar cars, little brother had a '76 Monte Carlo in two tone blue, light blue and white interior, super clean, followed by a '77 Buick Riviera, stunning condition with a shag pile carpet half way up the doors and 2 inches deep.
Well jealous of your Cutlass mate, '71-'72 are my absolute favourite, still think they are one of the prettiest cars ever made. Missed out on a '72 350 coupe at Dream Cars in London about a year ago, £7k, clean and straight, gutted

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Nov 17, 10 5:00 pm

Adrian Worman wrote:Love them old early '70's big cruising barges, they still look super cool even by modern standards
I can't believe we had so many similar cars, little brother had a '76 Monte Carlo in two tone blue, light blue and white interior, super clean, followed by a '77 Buick Riviera, stunning condition with a shag pile carpet half way up the doors and 2 inches deep.
Well jealous of your Cutlass mate, '71-'72 are my absolute favourite, still think they are one of the prettiest cars ever made. Missed out on a '72 350 coupe at Dream Cars in London about a year ago, £7k, clean and straight, gutted

nice one, another just came to mind a 73 boatail riviera that was a cool car leccy everythin 455 not a single one of them cars cost me above 1k
them was the days

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Wed Nov 17, 10 11:03 pm

Boat tail Riviera? Lucky bloke, my little bro' Ian just absolutely wets his pants over them but you seen what they fetch if in top nick? Big coin!

Just found this pic of a '77 Trans Am I had in about '88, an earlier 400 with an aluminium cased Muncie, it was quite a special car. Motor had been well built, easy late 13's pulling 103/4mph without any trackside prep and still with a Q-jet

This is a bit of a crappy pic, you have to click on it and then magnify but I like it just cos my mate thought his 396 Nova was hot untill I did this to him until he went home

Car had WS6 suspension package, fat brakes and a really grippy 10 bolt Posi, I could'nt believe how well them cars handled
I swapped wifes Capri and a grand for it, she was'nt exactly pleased but it was too late by then..........

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Sat Nov 20, 10 10:25 pm

steveo wrote:crikey Adrian , not see that charger for yonks , last & only time was northweald late 80s could been 88
will look for a picture !! my self & lot of other guys posted loads of old pictures , but all gone now for some mysterious reason

here you go matey !

northweald 1988

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Sat Nov 20, 10 11:57 pm

Thats a brilliant pic mate, my crappy photo's were so bad I almost forgot it was actually a nice car

Green paint was sort of Kawasaki colour, chrome steels remained, as did satin black glass hood, almost makes me feel old

You've made my day with that