Reading drmayf's post on cars owned Wow you oldies (which means older
than me) on the list had some pretty radical cars when you were younger,
lets see if I can compare? my first car was a 84 mazda glc (which I
rolled the first day i had it), then I escaped the economy car and got
my self a 71 Mustang Mach 1 351C (guy ran red light and hit me and
totaled it), then went to a 1973 Mustang Grande I wrecked that one into
a wood pile way too long of a story, then turned poor (then again was I
ever rich?), got a hand me down 77 toyota corolla we named it the icebox
because I drove it all winter with no heat, then a 90 pontiac sunbird
2.0 couldnt keep a good head on that damn thing kept cracking between
exhaust valves so after 2 heads we sold it, then we got a 96 Mustang
base model couldnt stand it so 1 month later we got a 97 Mustang GT by
far the best car I have had besides the 71, finally traded it in this
year and got my first pickup a 01 Ford Ranger 4dr extended cab, and my
wife Keilani got the slowest car in the world a 2.0L KIA Sportage (if we
raced a 3 cyl geo it would be a close race) (can anybody fix me up a
turbo or something for that, she wont let me put the bottle on it)
anyways she named her vehicle KIA-lani . Did I mention that we drove a
late 70's chrysler station wagen while we were in college with a big ole
318 automatic boy did my wife hate that when I made her drive it to
college campus while I drove the 97 GT Mustang, but did I mention that
it had no first gear, burned like a quart of oil each start up,
regularly stalled at stop signs, and only 1 winshield wiper worked -- on
the passenger side --
Jonathan
DrMayf wrote:
>The rest of the story....
>As ya'll are aware, I am a bit of a Maverick. I went to high school 1956 -
>1969 at Oxnard Union High School in well Oxnard, Calif. Most of my buds had
>spiffy cars, but boys and girls, I came from the other side of the tracks
>and was poor most of my life. So My very first car was a 1053 Henry J. Yep,
>flathead six banger. Drove it nearly to death. The I spotted a 1954 Kaiser
>Manhattan Deluxe on the car lot. Iffn you havent seen one of these, it
>is/was sorta spacey looking. Big thing. 3750 pounds or so. 231 cubic inches
>of SUPERCHARGED flathead Contenential 6. Wow, all of 140 hp or so. GM
>hydramatic three speed. 2.88 to 1 rear end (same as my tiger, Dana 44). That
>car was not quick by any stretch of the imagination but could get to a
>fairly righteous top speed and was safe and comfortable. However, my friends
>all had cool hot rods (50 Olds with Lasalle tranny, 3 carbs plus the inside
>stuff, a 40 Ford with a hemi and the stock tranny (wow, I made a million
>trips to ford obsolete in LA for parts - cluster gears), a 46 ford coupe
>with Columbia 2 speed rear end and hotted up motor) so I needed something. I
>keep looking at that engine bay and imagining a hemi in there. So one day I
>decided to do it. Went to the "yarde" and got a hemi. From then on, pain and
>agony. I had to make a bell housing, throw out system for the clutch, and
>any number of odd things to make it go. And go it did. Had fun with it till
>it broke. It was about this time I started thinking of science related
>things and even thought up a rail gun of all things ( I think of weird
>things at odd times). Then I reversed all the engineering and reinstalled
>the original motor and tranny. Drove the car for a long while after that.
>Finally sold it. Bought a 59 Ford four door sedan. I bought a second Kaiser
>with blower just after I got married, used it as my tow car for my Tiger
>when I moved to Seattle in '75. Whole 'nother story here! Rebuilt that one
>and then sold it when we headed to Oak Ridge, Tn. I will not own another
>Kaiser...
>
>mayf
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