[Gulliver]

This was taken in 1979, I was 16. 1971 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 convertible, 1 of 81. Sold it in the late 80's, oops!

[69 DAYTONA]

Originally Posted by Gulliver

This was taken in 1979, I was 16. 1971 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 convertible, 1 of 81. Sold it in the late 80's, oops!

...that Stage I is a beauty

[Singleton]

At 16, my first car in 1982, 76 Formula, 400/auto



Sold it one year later to buy a Tripower 66 GTO. Somehow convinced the bank to loan a 17 yr old $2600 for an old car, and paid it off over a two year period working after school. 29 years later, and through two divorces, I still have the same Goat.
Check out the Cutlass wheels. Pic taken as I bought it in 1983

[imstillagto65]

This was taken in 1968 at Ft. Riley Kansas. Bought the car in Feb 68 when I got back to the states. Not a good pic, but the old polaroids weren't all that great.

Iris Mist, white interior, 4sp Tri-power(originally 4 bbl car.), Isky cam---404mag. if I remember correctly, , Hooker headers. Sold it in 71 for $850. Damn!

[ry57pont]

i turned 40 today, so here are some pics of me and my first GTO 22 years ago, Im sure Cobrabill or PonchoV8 will end up using the pics sometime in the clubhouse. lol

1st motor i ever rebuilt, never took the cam out and washed the block in a partswasher, put it in a 67 4spd and beat up on many cars in the minneapolis area. car was so rusty it had a stopsign pole mounted above the framerails to attach the gas tank straps to.

on dates i had to lift the front pass side fender by the headlamp to get the door open, and no one could step on the floor in the back without going through.

many a good time was had in that car.... miss it - Ryan

[Mister Pontiac]

My 67 GTO Post in October 1992. I still have this one. 20th anniversary of ownership this year, and the longest relationship I've ever had!

Also, me and the parents 74 Cat, circa 1975. Then me and my 74 Bonne, circa 2011.

[68bird400HO]

Originally Posted by Gulliver

This was taken in 1979, I was 16. 1971 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 convertible, 1 of 81. Sold it in the late 80's, oops!

Holy cow!!! I thought that was my car at first. I also had a Cortez Gold 71 Stage1 Convertible that I bought in 1984 and sold in 1989. Mine had a white interior and top.

[Gulliver]

Originally Posted by 68bird400HO

Holy cow!!! I thought that was my car at first. I also had a Cortez Gold 71 Stage1 Convertible that I bought in 1984 and sold in 1989. Mine had a white interior and top.

Lol, looks like we've both had our share of Buick muscle. Funny that we both had really similar cars, with only 81 built in '71. I got mine from the original owner, and kept up with it until about 5 years ago. It went to NC, and I lost track. I could buy a truckload of T/A's for what that car would cost today, given it sold for almost $60k back in '98.

My dad drag raced Buicks in the late 50's. He is a lifetime BCA member, and we always had a bunch of Buicks around when I was growing up. I started out in a '57 Century hardtop, but we had a zillion GS cars, a couple early Rivieras with 2x4's, all the way up through the T-type and turbo Regals. At some point I went through a bunch of Camaros but have stuck with mostly Trans Ams ever since. I think it was the '74 Super Duty I got, when I sold the car in the picture- that 455 SD car really did it for me.

[68bird400HO]

Originally Posted by Gulliver

Lol, looks like we've both had our share of Buick muscle. Funny that we both had really similar cars, with only 81 built in '71. I got mine from the original owner, and kept up with it until about 5 years ago. It went to NC, and I lost track. I could buy a truckload of T/A's for what that car would cost today, given it sold for almost $60k back in '98.

My dad drag raced Buicks in the late 50's. He is a lifetime BCA member, and we always had a bunch of Buicks around when I was growing up. I started out in a '57 Century hardtop, but we had a zillion GS cars, a couple early Rivieras with 2x4's, all the way up through the T-type and turbo Regals. At some point I went through a bunch of Camaros but have stuck with mostly Trans Ams ever since. I think it was the '74 Super Duty I got, when I sold the car in the picture- that 455 SD car really did it for me.

Yeah, I was a big Buick GS guy back then. My dad was always a Buick guy and I always had a taste for the unusual and liked being different. I was in the GSCA from 1984-92 and still have all of my GSX-tras (monthly publications). I still love these cars but enjoy the Pontiac crowd and the variety of really cool performance cars that Pontiac built through the years. However, those 2x4 Rivs are really cool too.

I was at least the 4th or 5th owner of mine. I paid $3,900 for it in 1984 as you see it, ahhh those were the days. It had 66k original miles and was pretty much original except for the wheels and a repaint. Sold it way too cheap in 1989. That owner still has it but it is in somewhat worse shape now thanks to a garage fire a number of years ago.

BTW, did you see the white Stage1 go through Mecum yesterday. I love that car in its bare bones flavor. I bet that thing would absolutely haul arse. I thought the bidding was way high on it though and it still didn't meet reserve.

[TMAC396]

The cute girl is Jan Smithers who played Bailey on "WKRP in Cincinnati" in the "70's.