Happy Tuesday! The Question of the Day has us heading back to our younger days when we were possibly jealous of the cool kid with the cool car.
So dear readers, What did the cool kid in the neighborhood drive?
Give us your take in the comments section. Like my high school history teacher always told me, “There are no wrong answers.”
My Take? 1975 Pontiac Firebird
1957 Thunderbird
1988 Mercedes 300E coupe
I drove a 53 F100, lol
It’s a toss-up. My neighbor and I had the two hottest and coolest cars in the neighborhood!
He was a year behind me in school and had a white ’67 or ’68 Pontiac Firebird. It had a 400 cu. in. engine, but he wrecked it a short time later.
I, on the other hand, owned a Linden green ’67 Pontiac GTO, with white and black interior and a white vinyl top. It was powered by a 400 cu. in. engine, combined with a Turbo Hydramatic 400 transmission, controlled by the infamous Hurst Dual-Gate shifter and, of course, Positraction. I owned it for 20 years, from the Fall of 1975 (my Junior year of high school), until the Fall of 1995. And yes, I still kick myself EVERY day for selling it.
He drove a 73 Mustang Mach 1. This was in 2004. He still has it, I think.
God he has great taste in cars.
68 Boss 302, with slicks and just the drivers seat, you sat on milk crate if ya wanted a ride. Drove it all year long, even in the Snow.
A black ’37 Ford coupe with a late Mercury Flathead motor, and a ’50 Merc Led Sled. Those were cars to remember.
We were all cool… just didn’t know it.
Mike S. (aka “Hippo”) = ’69 Roadrunner 383
Dave S. (aka “Apple Head Fred”) = ’64 IHC Scout with 212 Buick V8
Steve (aka “Sylvester”) = ’67 Chevy Malibu Convertible 351 Cleveland
Jack = ’64 1/2 Mustang Fastback
Pat (aka “Stickman”) = ’67 Ford Falcon Station Wagon with built 289
Dave K. (aka “Owl”) = ’65 Mustang Coupe
Mike K (aka “Littleman”) ’66 GTX 426 Hemi (the fastest)
Ralph (aka “the Old Man”) ’59 F100 with Mopar 440
Me (aka “Pygmy hippo”) = ’72 340 Duster
No 66 GTX. It would have to be 67 and up
My dad had a 1967 Pontiac tempest with a 389 engine,and fat rear racing tires.
A built 440/727 column shift ’70 SuperBee in GoManGo.
1972 Ferrari Dino 246 GT
Euro Version
He traded it in for a 308, I think and thought at the time he should’ve kept the Dino. But of course I didn’t have the kind of money to have either one.
The rest of us drove our parents hand me downs.
72 TR6. British racing green, red line Michelins. Fun car for an 18 yo. 47 yrs later…..2013 Mini Cooper Roadster, still green and still the coolest kid on the block. Some things never change.
He had a 1960 Chrysler 300, on blocks, as he was rebuilding it for too long, but was able to drive it before he went off to Vietnam.
1950 Olds Super 88 coupe, hot rodded, painted gold with a LaSalle trans.