This was pretty much mine, except I had a gold vinyl top with a bunch of hail damage. 1980 Buick Century. I traded in 1990 for 300 bucks.
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Let's see your college car...
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I don't have pictures of my actual college car, but it was one of these:
1976 K5 Blazer. Same color scheme as well.
I bought it with 175,000 miles on it in and a dead 350.
Dropped a built 327 in it I bought from a buddy and it served me well for years. Good overall vehicle, but the brakes sucked and it took several suspension mods to take the 'mush' out of the rear suspension. The brake issue was common on Chevy trucks back then. Had a '76 3/4 ton Silverado that ate front brakes and didn't stop well.
1976 K5 Blazer. Same color scheme as well.
I bought it with 175,000 miles on it in and a dead 350.
Dropped a built 327 in it I bought from a buddy and it served me well for years. Good overall vehicle, but the brakes sucked and it took several suspension mods to take the 'mush' out of the rear suspension. The brake issue was common on Chevy trucks back then. Had a '76 3/4 ton Silverado that ate front brakes and didn't stop well.
I loved the K5s!
Oh man....color me green....with envy! Lol.
It was a blast to drive, but NOT very comfortable. The seats were reclined so that your head could fit in.
I didn't have an actual pic, but it looked like this. '93 Chevy Beretta. It had 4 cylinders, a tape deck, air conditioning and a driver's side air bag. Transmission went bad around 150,000 miles
Edit; oops, my bad. This is the car that I first leaned to drive.
It was my dad's old work car. A 1954 Chevy Station Wagon, 6 cyl., w/ 3 on the tree. It was this color and pretty much in this condition...
...and the engine looked like this...
...and...it did have an air cleaner on it.
My college car was a 1959 4-door Chevy. It was red but, it sure didn't look this good and it wasn't the Impala. I think it was Chevy's cheapest model at the time.
It was my dad's old work car. A 1954 Chevy Station Wagon, 6 cyl., w/ 3 on the tree. It was this color and pretty much in this condition...
...and the engine looked like this...
...and...it did have an air cleaner on it.
My college car was a 1959 4-door Chevy. It was red but, it sure didn't look this good and it wasn't the Impala. I think it was Chevy's cheapest model at the time.
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Senior year HS and Freshman year college, white 1962 Beetle, even had the luggage rack.
Went to school in central Kansas. With the wind it would do 75, against the wind, it would do 50-55.
Went to school in central Kansas. With the wind it would do 75, against the wind, it would do 50-55.
1984 Buick Skylark. Just a dog. No power at all.
those were sharp though when new. 4 cylinder ?
150K miles out of a beretta ain’t bad. Those were decent looking cars actually.
It was a blast to drive, but NOT very comfortable. The seats were reclined so that your head could fit in.
I wonder what these cars are worth now ?
Yup. Sideways.
