The '68 was worn completely out blowing blue smoke outta Both exhausts......18,000 miles.
The '68 was worn completely out blowing blue smoke outta Both exhausts......18,000 miles.
Ha! My stepbrother had one of those in high school I was in college, the stereo he put it it was worth more than the car LOL! Literally pounded the car apart with bass.View attachment 243595 This chick magnet is a Ford EXP. last American made car I had. Have this crazy idea that cars should last longer then 85,000 miles.
Black vinyl top, two door, gold paint job, huge trunk, black interior but no a/c.Loved mine, except for the white vinyl top.....
Yes SIR!!! Depending on the week end gearing that was 18k 1/4 of a mile at the time or 1 mile at the time.
The poor man’s ‘vette! I had a friend with one.1970 Opel Kadett.
My BIL told me that if I could get it started, I could have it. I drove it home that day.
And immediately began working on the brakes, lol.
Once during an Ohio winter we got several inches of snow- I had to put several cinder blocks in the trunk in order to have any traction. Car was so light, I could back up to the wheel well, pick up and slide the bottle jack under the rocker panel because it had no jack and I got the bottle jack from my dad's truck.
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Not the 'vette one, the sedan, lol. Real chick magnet.The poor man’s ‘vette! I had a friend with one.
Mine had 4 doors, electric seats, and cool little lights on the massive hood. I had no heat for a long time, and eventually the gas gauge didn't work. No AC that I remember, but I had those little side triangular windows, so no biggie. Loved that car, it's in the yard, probably not fixable. The headlights would stay on till I got to the front door and got in the door.Black vinyl top, two door, gold paint job, huge trunk, black interior but no a/c.
Jimmy Campbell had a new black 68 or 69 on my street in Charlotte.
Yes, liked the amber turn signal lamps on the top of the front fenders. We have a lot in common, Pioneer SX-750 and Plymouth Fury, .22 pistols, 9mm, 45's etc.Mine had 4 doors, electric seats, and cool little lights on the massive hood. I had no heat for a long time, and eventually the gas gauge didn't work. No AC that I remember, but I had those little side triangular windows, so no biggie. Loved that car, it's in the yard, probably not fixable. The headlights would stay on till I got to the front door and got in the door.
I once read a review that said "electricals by Lucas, Prince of Darkness". Okay, so it was a motorcycle review, but I thought it was a good line.21 years old, thats when I got married.. The first time..
Stable at that time included,
1968 MGB,, what an electrical nightmare.
Not my picture, 83 VW Gti, owned 4 different ones over the years. Road raced one for a few years, wish I still had a least one of them.View attachment 243900
I once read a review that said "electricals by Lucas, Prince of Darkness". Okay, so it was a motorcycle review, but I thought it was a good line.
My old man had one of those that probably looked more like yours than the one on the photo. He and a buddy took a road trip from WI to TX with it. They tied a spare tire to the hood and it had no top. Somewhere along the way they picked up a turtle that was in the road, put it in the trunk with the intention of relocating it in a field or pond the next time they stopped for gas. 200 miles later it was forgotten. Two weeks later it was soup served in the shell from the trunk of the car. He gave the car to his little brother after that.I had a Racing Green MGB like the one below. Except mine had rust on all the chrome, faded and peeling paint, smoked like crazy from using a quart of oil every 500 miles, rag-top that leaked like a sieve, and the floorboard on the driver's side was so rusty you could see the road below if you took out the floor mat. But other than that it was just like this one! I paid $800 for it in 1977 or so. About once every few months I have a very specific dream that I still have it, plates and registration out of date by 3-4 years, but I crank it up and drive it around worrying about getting stopped or it breaking down on the road.
When I worked for Ernst, one of the Big Eight accounting firms at the time, in 1980 a female supervisor asked me if I wanted to drive to a job in Kinston from Raleigh. (Lots of these folks were no-nonsense, professional types.) I reminded her I drove an old MG, and she said it was ok she liked "sports cars." Well that day we drove down 70 East through heavy rain and she was huddled into the 6 inch space on the passenger seat that didn't have rain dripping on it. Good times.
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