What was your first tire burner?

[zz4vetteguy]

Originally Posted by Munch

<sigh>
Awesome louvers on the back!

Yeah, I thought they were pretty cool looking, and different then the standard louvers most people had on their Camaros & Firebirds.

These were nice because the side openings were large enough to squeeze smaller hands in to clean the rear window, and the back section was hinged so it flipped up to be able to clean the window

[Bucwheat]

Back in high school 1970 I had a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner 383 that was a holy terror on the Mustangs and Camaros.

[polarbear]

Originally Posted by Firevette

1990 Camaro RS. Picked it up in 97. Sold it in 01. Wish I had kept it, loved that car.

I bought the twin of that car brand new. 5.0 with a 5 spd and t-tops. Loved it too- never should have sold it.

[JMS32935]

Originally Posted by zz4vetteguy

1983 Z28 Camaro

I had a 1983 Firebird in those same colors.

That was the year Firebirds had body-colored bowling-ball wheel covers. I discovered it was advisable to silicone glue those onto the wheel, and mine actually survived the life of the car. I think those were removed and/or fell off every other such car I knew about that year.

My car was no tire-burner, but it kept-up OK.

edit... sorta like this...

[Turk]

Wow, lots of F-Bodies! My first car was an '86 Cavalier 2.0L 4 speed stick. It was my dad's beater and I bought it from him pretty cheap. It was piss yellow with NO options. After I fixed it up, I quickly grew bored with how slow it was.

I found an 86 IROC in great shape except the people I bought it from thought it needed a motor. Long story short, it didn't but by the time I realized that I already had a worked 350 ready to go in. Still too slow, so I got a different cam, headers and 3" to the back with a cut-out and 3:73s. Had to have a custom stereo too, so after that I was pretty much out of money. At 17, that car got me in trouble! It was worth it in the end though.

[polarbear]

First car. Mine was white.

Originally Posted by The_Dude

'68 Charger R/T

Had a '69 SE with a 383 4 bbl. Stomp on the pedal at about 50-55 mph, it'd downshift and go sideways on I-5. Can't imagine what a 440 would have been like in that car. Power drum brakes, btw. Stopping was an adventure.

Originally Posted by 99 pewtercoupe

Never had a tire burner before the Vette but the most fun car I had previously was a 1973 BMW 2002. Wish I still had that one

Had one too. Fun (but fragile) car.

This one was unique. '70 Olds Toronado GT. Ram Air 455 with front wheel drive. I nicknamed the car "snowplow." Was my ski bus for one season. Could light up the front tires if you sneezed though.

[pappytinker]

Mine was a 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda 340/275 that I picked up new ($3800 cash) when I returned from Vietnam. The picture shows a black one with a shaker hood and a spoiler which mine did not have and the color was medium autumn bronze instead of black.

[Torqaholic]

Not my video but this was the first car I bought -

1972 buick gs 455 burnout.mp4 - YouTube

1972 buick gs 455 burnout.mp4 - YouTube

[mike100]

Went from a 100 hp ford ranger 2.3l to a 69 Camaro with a 350 4bbl with headers.

wrecked the truck, but hardly a scratch on the muscle car.

[Oh-yaa]

My first was a 1963 Chevy Stepside pick-up. Had a 350 with a Muncie 4 speed.

[Firevette]

Came across this pic...seemed appropriate.