He He .. I had a 66 Sunbeam Alpine that still had a hand crank to stick in under the front bumper for use in those situations.RPB wrote: each morning I'd push it so he could start it to get to school.
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- Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:50 am
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- Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:41 am
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74novaman wrote:AEA, I'm more of a pontiac/chevy guy but that is a beautiful Mustang!
Unusual for my family....this is going to be a long post
Unusual probably goes to me: I have a 1984 Pontiac Fiero.
These were RWD, midengine cars that were only made for a few years in the 80s. A lot of people have taken to swapping the supercharged 3.8L motor out of the pontiac gran prix of the 97-03 variety into these. 30 mpg, sub 12 sec 1/4 cars easy. Just so light, it takes nothing to make them FLY. My current DD is a 98 Grand Prix GTP, so I've considered doing the swap myself.
I didn't consider them unusual.
I've had 13 of them, still have 2 of my own plus my daughter's is sitting in my driveway. Both of mine now are 86s. A DD 4cyl coupe plus my garage queen Black 86 GT with 39K. (barn find). I usually make the meet at Pappa's BBQ on NW Hwy in Dallas the 4th Sat of every month. We have few of the 3800SC conversions that attend.
On the unusual side I completely forgot about having a 76 AMC Pacer X. Loved everything about that car except for the gas mileage.
- Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:45 pm
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Re: What was the most unusual car you or your father owned
1949 Nash Ambassador. UUUUhhhhggggly. Had the instruments mounted in a large bullet shaped pod mounted on the steering column. Did have a button on the floor (just like the dimmer switch) with which you could change radio presets. Starter button was on the floor. You pushed the clutch all the way to the floor to push the starter switch. There was enough room inside to fit 8 of us without too much crowding. It was a tank. And did I say UUUUhhhhggggly :D