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Various Non-Bald Discussions => Autos,Toys and Hobbies => Topic started by: warhawk on April 16, 2008, 10:50:29 PM
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hello fellow chrome domes: i just wanted 2 start another topic on "vehicles that give U a big cheesy grin when U see it". 2day i was driving and witnessed a big (1970's) chevy station complete with the wood grain sidings. i immediately had a big "cheesy" grin when i saw it because it reminded me of my childhood & old re-runs of the brady bunch. :D :)
so... what vehicle gives U a "cheesy" grin when U see it with your own eyes? the chevette? T1000? XR4TI? pacer?
gremlin? yugo? or have U recently experienced the 70's station wagon w/ the wood grain sidings? what's your story?
WARHAWK O0
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hello fellow chrome domes: i just wanted 2 start another topic on "vehicles that give U a big cheesy grin when U see it". 2day i was driving and witnessed a big (1970's) chevy station complete with the wood grain sidings. i immediately had a big "cheesy" grin when i saw it because it reminded me of my childhood & old re-runs of the brady bunch. :D :)
so... what vehicle gives U a "cheesy" grin when U see it with your own eyes? the chevette? T1000? XR4TI? pacer?
gremlin? yugo? or have U recently experienced the 70's station wagon w/ the wood grain sidings? what's your story?
WARHAWK O0
Was it one of those with the GLide-Away tailgate ?
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I would say those stretch Hummer limos. Those things are ridiculous
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'57 Chevy Nomad! O0
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The fastback Mustangs from the '60s.
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well mine is a little off ..there is a guy in Cameron La. who drives a nissan sentra jacked up on a four wheel drive Bronco Chassis...it is really funny ....other than that is a 400 dollar crown vic or a Olds Cutllas on 24/27 inch rims looks like crap..smokes when they take off...and they have more money in rims and pawn shop sterieo equipmet..than the car is worth.. :*)) :*)) :*)) ;D ;D
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Ford Pinto BOOM!
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Gremlin
When I was a pizza delivery driver another driver had a Gremlin, small car w/ a V8 was why he loved it. He would take it off-roading constantly and he had about a 8 ft CB antenna on top. He eventually got another one as well. It really was a perfect car for driving pizza at the time, had room in the back and was fast, also very unassuming car that never caught attention from cops.
I never like the Gremlin until I knew him and saw the boundaries he pushed with those things. Now when I see one, I get a smile and remember the good ol days.
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Ford Pinto BOOM!
Quit making fun... I used to have a Ford Pinto! And believe it or not, that thing had a LOT of room in the back for various "activities"! O0
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Ford Pinto BOOM!
Quit making fun... I used to have a Ford Pinto! And believe it or not, that thing had a LOT of room in the back for various "activities"! O0
Not making fun at all, so did I. a 74 "piss yellow" hatchback. And yes, there was plenty of room in the back for various things.
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Ford Pinto BOOM!
Quit making fun... I used to have a Ford Pinto! And believe it or not, that thing had a LOT of room in the back for various "activities"! O0
Not making fun at all, so did I. a 74 "piss yellow" hatchback. And yes, there was plenty of room in the back for various things.
I had a '74 too... but it was brown and Rust!
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Ford Pinto BOOM!
I guess this should be changed to;
Ford Pinto BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!BOOM! :*))
"Why does mom always get that warm smile and distant look in her eyes when she sees a Pinto?"
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Mercedes-Benz C63....451 horsepower....OMG
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when ever I see an old custom van i get that grin. My first vehicle was a 77 dodge custom van with all the captians chairs and a bed in the back, dam that was the party mobile... ahhhhh those were the days O0 ;D O:O
oh ya, it had an old 8-track player for the entertainment O0 O0 O0 O:O
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The fastback Mustangs from the '60s.
Ditto! My particular favorite is the jet black Cobra. It had the same engine as the A/C Cobra designed by Carroll Shelby, a 427 Cobra Jet. I think they were made in '67 and they were a very limited edition. A guy I went to college with had one. Took me for a ride in it one day and got on it going east on Bryn Mawr from Pulaski toward Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago where we went to school. Plastered me against the seat, almost tore off my head. That car was INSANE FAST!
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Gremlin
When I was a pizza delivery driver another driver had a Gremlin, small car w/ a V8 was why he loved it. He would take it off-roading constantly and he had about a 8 ft CB antenna on top. He eventually got another one as well. It really was a perfect car for driving pizza at the time, had room in the back and was fast, also very unassuming car that never caught attention from cops.
I never like the Gremlin until I knew him and saw the boundaries he pushed with those things. Now when I see one, I get a smile and remember the good ol days.
Funny Gremlin story here......... back in the late 80-'s i had a friend named Bob. Bob had an old brown and very rusty Gremlin in very rough shape.... what most guys would call a piece of sh*t. Bob loved that damn car.
We were in our late twenties at the time and Bob had never really had much luck with the ladies. It had been MANY, MANY months since he had a date. Anyway, he decided to take a course at the local community college and he met a girl that he really had the hots for. We kept coaxing him to ask her out and after months of him putting the smoothies on her he finally asked her out...... and she accepted. Well he cleaned that old piece of crap up real nice..... the rust spots never looked so good.
I tried to get him to borrow or rent a car to take this girl out but he insisted on taking the Gremlin.
So they went out and the date went great...... so great in fact that he stopped at a 7-11 late in the evening to get a box of condoms. His date waited in the car while he left the car running and ran into the 7-11. He picked up said box of condoms and as he looked up after paying for the condoms BOOF! flames burst out from under the hood of the Gremlin. We'll the girl freaked and was trying to get out of the car and the door wouldn't open. So Bob ran out and jerked the door open and pulled her out of the car. Then the coup de grace.
He popped open the hood of that beast of a car and of course BOOF!! the flames roared up even higher. He looked at his date, who was holding her sweater, and said,' Quick... give me your sweater!". And yes he proceeded to snuff out the fire with his date's sweater. I'll bet he still has that unopened box of condoms....
And yes this is a true story......I couldn't make this up...........
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Funny Gremlin story here......... back in the late 80-'s i had a friend named Bob. Bob had an old brown and very rusty Gremlin in very rough shape.... what most guys would call a piece of sh*t. Bob loved that damn car.
We were in our late twenties at the time and Bob had never really had much luck with the ladies. It had been MANY, MANY months since he had a date. Anyway, he decided to take a course at the local community college and he met a girl that he really had the hots for. We kept coaxing him to ask her out and after months of him putting the smoothies on her he finally asked her out...... and she accepted. Well he cleaned that old piece of crap up real nice..... the rust spots never looked so good.
I tried to get him to borrow or rent a car to take this girl out but he insisted on taking the Gremlin.
So they went out and the date went great...... so great in fact that he stopped at a 7-11 late in the evening to get a box of condoms. His date waited in the car while he left the car running and ran into the 7-11. He picked up said box of condoms and as he looked up after paying for the condoms BOOF! flames burst out from under the hood of the Gremlin. We'll the girl freaked and was trying to get out of the car and the door wouldn't open. So Bob ran out and jerked the door open and pulled her out of the car. Then the coup de grace.
He popped open the hood of that beast of a car and of course BOOF!! the flames roared up even higher. He looked at his date, who was holding her sweater, and said,' Quick... give me your sweater!". And yes he proceeded to snuff out the fire with his date's sweater. I'll bet he still has that unopened box of condoms....
And yes this is a true story......I couldn't make this up...........
It takes a special kind of guy to own a Gremlin... I think this is proof.
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Funny Gremlin story here......... back in the late 80-'s i had a friend named Bob. Bob had an old brown and very rusty Gremlin in very rough shape.... what most guys would call a piece of sh*t. Bob loved that damn car.
We were in our late twenties at the time and Bob had never really had much luck with the ladies. It had been MANY, MANY months since he had a date. Anyway, he decided to take a course at the local community college and he met a girl that he really had the hots for. We kept coaxing him to ask her out and after months of him putting the smoothies on her he finally asked her out...... and she accepted. Well he cleaned that old piece of crap up real nice..... the rust spots never looked so good.
I tried to get him to borrow or rent a car to take this girl out but he insisted on taking the Gremlin.
So they went out and the date went great...... so great in fact that he stopped at a 7-11 late in the evening to get a box of condoms. His date waited in the car while he left the car running and ran into the 7-11. He picked up said box of condoms and as he looked up after paying for the condoms BOOF! flames burst out from under the hood of the Gremlin. We'll the girl freaked and was trying to get out of the car and the door wouldn't open. So Bob ran out and jerked the door open and pulled her out of the car. Then the coup de grace.
He popped open the hood of that beast of a car and of course BOOF!! the flames roared up even higher. He looked at his date, who was holding her sweater, and said,' Quick... give me your sweater!". And yes he proceeded to snuff out the fire with his date's sweater. I'll bet he still has that unopened box of condoms....
And yes this is a true story......I couldn't make this up...........
It takes a special kind of guy to own a Gremlin... I think this is proof.
Oh Bob was special alright........ I have enough Bob stories to keep you guys rolling for days............
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Hey, I had a Gremlin back in my college dayz. Cool car, but not a chick magnet. Levi's upholstery down to the brass buttons and it would haul my drums.
My Dad had an El Camino. Don't see one very often, but it always makes me smile.
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well mine is a little off ..there is a guy in Cameron La. who drives a nissan sentra jacked up on a four wheel drive Bronco Chassis...it is really funny ....other than that is a 400 dollar crown vic or a Olds Cutllas on 24/27 inch rims looks like crap..smokes when they take off...and they have more money in rims and pawn shop sterieo equipmet..than the car is worth.. :*)) :*)) :*)) ;D ;D
i have seen that car. it is funny as hell.
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I would say those stretch Hummer limos. Those things are ridiculous
There is the usuals that we all think of like "funny" looking vehicles. But I'm with JDog on this one. Vehicles that are over the top make me shake my head. Even just a regular Hummer makes me laugh. Especially when I see the typical guy that's driving it. Sorry for any Hummer owners out there. Just my personal opinion and experience with every person I've seen driving one of these tanks.
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I gotta go with anything built by Chevy or Ford from the sixties through early seventies.
Well, not everything, lol.
Chevy Impala's, Camaro's, Malibu's and Nova's.
Ford Galaxie's, Falcon's.
My Dad was a real wrencher when I was a kid, and I only wish I still had some of the cars he had. My first car was a green four door 72 Caprice, I called it the "green tank".
It was a great car for hanging out, and I could fit at least 7 in there. Lotta good times in that car. :)
Nothing like the cars from those days, solid, built like like tanks, with plenty of chrome(real bumpers), and the trunk and hood just went on forever. Bench seats you could fit 3 across easily, 4 in back, shifter on the floor, etc.
I always think of great times as a kid whenever I see one of these classics.
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It was a great car for hanging out, and I could fit at least 7 in there. Lotta good times in that car. :)
Nothing like the cars from those days, solid, built like like tanks, with plenty of chrome(real bumpers), and the trunk and hood just went on forever. Bench seats you could fit 3 across easily, 4 in back, shifter on the floor, etc.
I always think of great times as a kid whenever I see one of these classics.
The first car I drove was a 1980 Pontiac Catalina! It had a V8 and basically floated all over the road it was so big. My friends and I would all fit 3 across the front and 4 in the back. It went T-Pee-ing, Egging, back roading, etc.. It was the best car ever :) I'm smiling just thinking about it! GOOD TIMES O0