reo78rally
24th-July-2006, 03:09 AM
Hi guys,
Well, as promised, here are some pictures of my high school sweetheart. Well the one that didn't break my heart. :)
Plenty of good memories in this car. Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, these are over 20 years old.
Got this car shopping with my dad 2 months before my 16th birthday 1983. $1350
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272701_o.jpg
Notice that the grille is missing. It was that way when we bought it, replaced it from the dealer, I remember so clearly that it was $150, BRAND NEW! those were the days...:) At least my dad was a mechanic, and I got it for dealer price.
After the grille replaced, same paint, not much but a good cleaning to this point.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272690_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272691_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272692_o.jpg
Then, because I knew everything, like every other 17 year old, I decided that it would look better BLACK. summer 1984
It did a little, but now I wish i had kept it blue. hindsight 20/20
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272695_o.jpg
High School Drags, at the then Bonneville Raceway, now Rocky Mountain Raceway RMR, SLC UT. Anyone know where I could find another one of those "HiJacker" Rabbit Window stickers.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272698_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272700_o.jpg
It wasn't the fastest thing out there, I think my best run was just under 14, still not bad for a 305 with a modest cam upgrade, intake, carb, headers, and exhaust. I did replace the 3spd with a rockcrusher 4spd, hurst shifter.
The only interior picture I ever took of this car. Check out the custom dash cover, and air freshener. Don't be too harsh, it was 1984 remember.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272703_o.jpg
Then the sadest day in my life at the time. Sell day. 1987 :( Never did get around to putting the Red stripes and SS badges back on.
I forgot to mention before, that I sold this car to pay for a WEDDING RING!!!
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272704_o.jpg
Well, I got divorced 6 years ago, and I remarried a wonderful girl that helped me find my vindication.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16011690_o.jpg
Thanks Babe. :)
Footnote:
The 76 SS went through 2 owners after me, and I found it at a pawn shop a few years after, broken down and looking rather sad. My heart broke.
Still married and broke, I couldn't afford to get it from the pawn broker right then.
I kept my eye on it trying to raise the money to get her out of hock and get her right again.
Finally, when i had the money, I went back and she was gone.
Thats when the story finishes with the scrap yard.
The scrap dealer was such an ***, an extra couple of hundred wasn't worth his time to get her from where she sat, and so she ended up crushed.........:(
Well, as promised, here are some pictures of my high school sweetheart. Well the one that didn't break my heart. :)
Plenty of good memories in this car. Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, these are over 20 years old.
Got this car shopping with my dad 2 months before my 16th birthday 1983. $1350
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272701_o.jpg
Notice that the grille is missing. It was that way when we bought it, replaced it from the dealer, I remember so clearly that it was $150, BRAND NEW! those were the days...:) At least my dad was a mechanic, and I got it for dealer price.
After the grille replaced, same paint, not much but a good cleaning to this point.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272690_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272691_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272692_o.jpg
Then, because I knew everything, like every other 17 year old, I decided that it would look better BLACK. summer 1984
It did a little, but now I wish i had kept it blue. hindsight 20/20
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272695_o.jpg
High School Drags, at the then Bonneville Raceway, now Rocky Mountain Raceway RMR, SLC UT. Anyone know where I could find another one of those "HiJacker" Rabbit Window stickers.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272698_o.jpg
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272700_o.jpg
It wasn't the fastest thing out there, I think my best run was just under 14, still not bad for a 305 with a modest cam upgrade, intake, carb, headers, and exhaust. I did replace the 3spd with a rockcrusher 4spd, hurst shifter.
The only interior picture I ever took of this car. Check out the custom dash cover, and air freshener. Don't be too harsh, it was 1984 remember.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272703_o.jpg
Then the sadest day in my life at the time. Sell day. 1987 :( Never did get around to putting the Red stripes and SS badges back on.
I forgot to mention before, that I sold this car to pay for a WEDDING RING!!!
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16272704_o.jpg
Well, I got divorced 6 years ago, and I remarried a wonderful girl that helped me find my vindication.
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/4/5/3/0/webimg/16011690_o.jpg
Thanks Babe. :)
Footnote:
The 76 SS went through 2 owners after me, and I found it at a pawn shop a few years after, broken down and looking rather sad. My heart broke.
Still married and broke, I couldn't afford to get it from the pawn broker right then.
I kept my eye on it trying to raise the money to get her out of hock and get her right again.
Finally, when i had the money, I went back and she was gone.
Thats when the story finishes with the scrap yard.
The scrap dealer was such an ***, an extra couple of hundred wasn't worth his time to get her from where she sat, and so she ended up crushed.........:(