My first car was a 70 Chevelle SS 396 that I bought for $250 in the spring of 1987 minus the motor and trans. Ended up buying a 69 Caprice with a 265HP 2 barrel 396 and a TH400 tranny for it for $275 for the Chevelle, but in between those two cars my Dad found me a silver 1977 Chevette in Pulaski, IA for another $250. Drove it for 6 months and it ended up spinning a rod bearing when it kicked down into passing gear going up a hill on the way to my buddies house. That car was a total POS, wouldn't go over 75MPH down a hill and got terrible mileage for what it was but I wish I could go back and beat the crap out of it again and fill the spare tire well with ice and beer again. My fondest memory of it was hearing that Mike Tyson had beat Michael Spinks in 91 seconds in the summer of 88. I still like to say my first driver was a Vette!
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