re: Car you drove in high school

1980 Buick Regal. AM radio only (dad too cheap to pop for the FM). Blue velour bench seating. White wall tires. I was the envy of my high school /s

76 pinto wagon... Paid 500 for it.. Drove it sr yr and through college. Drove it to scrap yard and got $320 cash

‘98 f-150 single cab with the 3.6 V8.
Maroon

Eclipse radio that flipped (I think eclipse)

Rockford amp
With Rockford 12s behind the seat.
Tweeters screwed in and door speakers replaced.
All done myself with friend help.

Pipes, duh.
2 inch lift, done with a friend. We were dumb.

I miss being young

Here's what I really wanted in high school - and the car Anita is sitting on isn't too shabby.

‘03 Texas edition Silverado. Grandparents gifted it to me, my biggest regret is letting my mother convince me I needed something better on gas. Great truck, I’d still be driving it if I could turn back time

1968 Pontiac Catalina 4 door Sedan - accurately referred to by my ever humorous dad as being the “Baby $hit Green Beast”. Had belonged to my late uncle. After my uncle croaked - even though the car was 11 yrs. old at the time - Dad convinced me it was the deal of the century, as supposedly my uncle “always took great care of his cars”. So my senior year of high school I sacrificed 900 of my hard earned after school job dollars and bought the car from my aunt (no “freebies”” in my family!). It was not only supposed to be my senior high school year commuter car, but was also expected to take me thru at least 4 upcoming years at LSU, too. Not. Guess my Uncle hadn’t really maintained the car as well as had been touted, because after only 9 months of my driving it the transmission in that beast completely crapped out. Was told it would cost more to fix than it was worth. Had to junk the damned thing - and ended up going thru all 4 years at LSU with nothing but a generic coaster bike?? for transportation. Thanks, Dad. Surprisingly, I actually wasn’t too terribly upset (except for the money I’d shelled out) as it was pretty darned hard to look cool in that ugly-a$$ car anyway. Especially when parked in the driveway next to the new Camaro Z28 and the new Firebird TransAm both my brothers were driving at the time (offshore roustabout work apparently paid pretty well back then). Not my car, but accurately depicts what it looked like in better days - sans the somewhat redeeming hardtop. Mrs. EZVictor:

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biggest regret is letting my mother convince me I needed something better on gas. Great truck, I’d still be driving it if I could turn back time

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Same my parents said I wouldn’t be able to find parking and gas would be shite while I was at LSU. Wish I would have kept it, would love to have it today to cat around in. Fixed it up nice with all my summer working $ in those days.

Dihatsu Station Wagon. Steering on the right. Grant Heights Family Housing Area Tokyo, Japan.

Bought for $50 from a guy headed to Viet Nam.