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I bought my own in 1959 for $50 bucks. It was a white 1951 Ford convertible with a flathead V-8 engine. All of the chrome had been removed (no body work) and it had only second and third gear. No first or reverse. But it had a brand new white top. I sold it to a guy for $90 bucks and he painted it flat black with a sponge because he had no paint brush. Man, those were the days!!!
As a side note, I worked at a full service gas station on Stella Link road in Houston. Regular gas was .19 cents a gallon. Super was .21 cents a gallon. I made .50 cents an hour.
As a side note, I worked at a full service gas station on Stella Link road in Houston. Regular gas was .19 cents a gallon. Super was .21 cents a gallon. I made .50 cents an hour.
So just over 2 gallons per hour. Interestingly, that is consistent with minimum wage right now. Maybe things have not changed so much.
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Mine was a 1977 Chevy Camaro Type LT.
It was bright red with tan interior. Beautiful car for sure , for the time anyway.
But with a 305 V8, 2 barrel carb, 3 speed auto tranny, it was a total slug.
I removed all the emissions stuff, true dual exhaust, added a small 4 barrel carb and manifold.
I also added Z28 spoilers, factory type front and rear, those plastic louvers for the rear window glass.
75 MGB in 1978, which I purchased for $3500. It had 20k miles on it. Sold it after a few months for what I paid for it and bought a beautiful 69 Camaro, 327 auto in Hugger Orange for $1500. Those really were the days!
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