What was your first Vehicle?

[DoubleDingo]

What I consider my first car was a 64 Grand Prix and also at the same time, shortly after getting it, had a 62 Chevy PU. I've pretty much always and forever had at least 2 vehicles and always prefered older ones and working on them.

Same here. Even in high school, having 2 vehicles made it fun to mess with the cops. Could cruising the car on one pass, and driving the truck a few minutes later. Today I own 4. 2007 Subaru Forest XT 5 speed, 1991 Cherokee 4x4 with and Old Man Emu suspension kit, 1981 Silverado bone stock except for the vortec heads and intake, and 1965 3/4 ton project truck that I need money to finish.

 

[73jimmy]

dad help me buy 1963 chevy belair for $400 been my main driver for 5 years now..here's a before and where it is now pic

 

[89Suburban]

That's cool man making that your daily.

 

[73jimmy]

That's cool man making that your daily.

yup..shes been good to me...3 biggest issues shes givin me the past 5 years is the carrier barring went out...last year one of my ball joints finally gave out on me...then 3 month ago the 283 in craped out but I had the 350 from my red blazer sittin around so through that in ..now I regret keeping the 283 for so long..lovin the 350

 

[burbdood]

I bought a 1975 chocolate brown Ford Maverick with a 302 V-8 and a C-4 auto for $200 when I was 14 back in 1989. I spent the next couple of years shining it up, painting the wheels and just cleaning it up. I thought I had a rocket ship until I learned the hard way that the 302 was VERY tired when I tried to race a GMC Cyclone.


After the race, the dude in the truck got out, picked my ass up off the street and handed it back to me. I thought that was nice of him to do.


Sadly, I wrapped the poor thing around a tree one dark, stormy night just after my 17th birthday going 35-40 mph.

 

[Driver4r]

yup..shes been good to me...3 biggest issues shes givin me the past 5 years is the carrier barring went out...last year one of my ball joints finally gave out on me...then 3 month ago the 283 in craped out but I had the 350 from my red blazer sittin around so through that in ..now I regret keeping the 283 for so long..lovin the 350

Tell me you kept the 283.... Those are REALLY getting hard to find. Everyone wants the cranks. If you put that crank in a small journal 327, you get a 302.

 

[bucket]

Tell me you kept the 283.... Those are REALLY getting hard to find. Everyone wants the cranks. If you put that crank in a small journal 327, you get a 302.

From what I remember, the 283 cranks were cast and not forged like the actual 302 cranks. I could very well be incorrect.

 

[HotRodPC]

ALL small journal motors had Forged Cranks. 265, 283, 302 and sj 327. If it was small journal, it was Forged.

 

[bobkyle2]

The first vehicle i ever owned was a 77 Malibu Chevelle,Laguna...Whatever you want to call it. Got it when i was 9.... Built the engine and stuff up. It was a 305 .040 over... She was a screamer! lol... Never did anything with it. I ended up pulling the engine out of it when i was 15 for my mud race truck... Like an idiot. And it sat.. Up intill last summer... When i sold it :cry: I'm 27 now lol....

But my first car i got when i was 16 was a 78 Buick Regal Turbo 3.8... Loved that car.

 

[thatcanuckguy]

Tell me you kept the 283.... Those are REALLY getting hard to find. Everyone wants the cranks. If you put that crank in a small journal 327, you get a 302.

that recipie is an absolute antique. nobody builds a small 300hp stroker, for that cost. times are a changing. you can buy a really good stroker pumping 350hp all day long with a warranty for less than the cost of building a 302.

 

[Driver4r]

that recipie is an absolute antique. nobody builds a small 300hp stroker, for that cost. times are a changing. you can buy a really good stroker pumping 350hp all day long with a warranty for less than the cost of building a 302.

Sometimes its the cool factor rather then what makes the most HP. Since i didnt live those times, i try to live them in these times. I admire the people that were in HS in the 70's.

And the 302 was a DESTROKED 327, they were ment to rap hard to around 8500-9000, usually paired with 4.56's-4.88's.

 

[thatcanuckguy]

the 302 was built to compete in the trans am circuit. it was only built for 1 1/2 years. it had to be able to be a contender in the t/a circuit it had to be less than (correct me if i,m wrong) 304 cid? it was a great lil motor, but not great enough to recreate. the 327 put it to bed. its still a great history icon, but just that.

 

[HotRodPC]

Sometimes its the cool factor rather then what makes the most HP. Since i didnt live those times, i try to live them in these times. I admire the people that were in HS in the 70's.

And the 302 was a DESTROKED 327, they were ment to rap hard to around 8500-9000, usually paired with 4.56's-4.88's.

But they still sucked pretty much. Notice they didn't make it into production cars other then the Z28. There was a purpose for the destroking, not they wanted to. That's not a good bore/stroke combo really. But that's how you squeeze every cube out of race that had a limit of 302 Cubes. That's the only reason the 302 came about.

 

[HotRodPC]

Oh, and there you go. canuk got it. And for some reason, I'm wanting to guess 305 was the limit.

 

[thatcanuckguy]

i agree 100% some things are just better and more aprieciated if they,re left as a mark in history.