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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:28:47 AM EDT
[#1]
Class of '83
All my buddys had the best cars. 67 barracuda, 68 gto, 69 I think firebird. I had a '71 cutlass supreme lol |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:30:13 AM EDT
[#2]
Original bronco
Blue and white paint Great stereo |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:30:45 AM EDT
[#3]
Class of '72.
1967 Shelby Mustang. I was in band with the guy. His parents bought it for him. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:37:21 AM EDT
[#4]
Class of 87
I guess it would depend on your definition of cool. I had a 68 Mustang. 289 with a 3-speed on the floor. All original in fantastic condition. My best friend had a 79 Bronco. 351 with a 4 inch lift. Another friend had a restored 69 Boss. 2 incredibly pampered little rich girls had Ferraris from daddy. Johnny Miller’s(the pro golfer) son drove a Conquest TSI. I think we had the most fun in the Bronco. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:38:37 AM EDT
[#5]
Goth kid's dad bought him an old hearse senior year after he got into the college he wanted.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:40:07 AM EDT
[#6]
1969 Corvette convertible with a 427 and a four speed.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:40:29 AM EDT
[#7]
'69 Jag E type series II.
https://www.supercars.net/blog/1969-jaguar-e-type-series-ii-roadster/ A magical beginning with a unfathomably and unforgettably tragic ending. RIP. Joe Byres Jr. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:41:54 AM EDT
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Quoted: I still get a little irritated when I think about this one. One kid was kind of a spoiled prick. Dad bought him a real 60's Shelby GT350. White with the blue stripe, knock off hub wheels, etc.. Absolutely gorgeous car. This was high school in the mid 90's too and the GT350 was not cheap. A few months later I walk by it in the parking lot. Dirty, dents, McDonalds and other fast food wrappers all over the floor, like fries on the floor and passenger seat, stains on the seats, etc... And worst of all, he had cut the vertical shelf behind the rear seats to stuff in 2 10" subwoofers. Looked like he used a hacksaw to cut the holes too. A bunch of gaps and off center. Broke my heart. I couldn't care less he was given the car, it was just the fact he had zero respect for it. 1986 Lotus esprit, Ferrari 308, Lamborghini countach. These were the same one that was used in the GM/Chevy commercials at the time. Father of the girl was a bigwig at GM. Father was |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:47:32 AM EDT
[#9]
Partial to my friends 69 sport coupe camaro. Blue with white vinyl top and slotted mags. Had a 70 LT1, Muncie M22 and a 12 bolt posi.
Other one was a 75 Trans am. Kid wrecked it and dad bought him another just like it. Wrecked that one too |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:54:20 AM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I lived in Europe. Literally not a single person in my high school had a car. Even after all that money we spent on The Marshall Plan?  |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:55:51 AM EDT
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Class of 74.
I had a 64 Impala SS. It had a 283 2bbl and was probably the slowest car in the lot. It looked cool though. A 1969 428 Cobra Jet Torino. The guy who owned it street raced it in four counties and made his car and insurance payments every month. His bit was to put a $100 bill on the dash and tell the passenger he could have it if he could snatch it off the dash when he came off the line. No one ever collected. Right after graduation he got married and sold the car. We were all sad.  A 1971 Mustang 429 Cobra Jet. The car was fast but the guy who owned it was scared to death of it. He sold it right before graduation and bought a 1973 gold Super Beatle VW with a sunroof. We dogged him unmercifully. A 1969 Fastback 390 Mustang. Another brutally fast car but he got married before school was out and sold it. A 1963 GMC pickup with a three on the tree and a six-cylinder. The guy that owned it would always keep a set of worn-out mud grips on it and that sumbitch would lay rubber for as long as he kept his foot in it. One girl drove a 1971 Jeep Commando wagon. It was her Dad's farm 4-wheel drive. She hated it and we all wanted to drive it as bad as we wanted to get into her pants. ( a story for another day) She ended up with a 71 Thunderbird. A 69 Road Runner, a 70 AMC Ambassador, a 71 Maverick, a 68 Impala, a couple of early 70s Monte Carlos, and a couple of random Pintos. Pretty standard for any school in the area at the time. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:58:05 AM EDT
[#12]
Class of 99.
My 67 Cutlass Supreme with the 330 and 2 speed power glide. It was clean as Fuck. Bitches wanted to ride in it and drive it. Hell nah girl you can ride shotgun though. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 12:59:29 AM EDT
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I recall it was a '76 Ford Capri (the German one), with a 302 stuffed in it.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 1:03:54 AM EDT
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A full size Pontiac 2 door hardtop with a 421 tri power engine.
This was before the Pontiac GTO and the Mustang came out. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 1:10:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In Western Washington, they were too numerous to list, lots of Z28s, classic cars etc. New Mexico, lol shit box central! Probably the most impractical was the cab over semi one kid drove every day. Yes about WW, and the first personalized license plates on the pricks cars too. Need to make sure everyone knows you have rich parents. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 1:24:33 AM EDT
[#16]
Most of the school had beaters. A couple of nice cars and trucks but nothing outrageous.
I couldn't afford my own car.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 1:34:12 AM EDT
[#17]
One of the auto shop guys had a 57 Chevy Nomad with tilt front end. Pretty bad ass in 1978
also had a d bag, you know that one daddy has money, He had a 1976 Grand Torino with the Starsky and Hutch paint scheme. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 1:36:38 AM EDT
[#18]
80s
My buddy had a 1960s Mini Cooper RH drive 4sp with a Union Jack painted on the roof. He got it after someone crashed into his Porsche 914. A guy that I detested had a 1956 Mercedes 190 SL convertible. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 1:37:16 AM EDT
[#19]
We all drove pieces of shit. I remember one guy I sort of knew had a busted up unreliable black Camaro, but it was pretty fucking cool.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 1:47:23 AM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Mine was the coolest, in my opinion. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/416483/IMG_20230515_003058_jpg-2831598.JPG The other coolest car was a fairly new red mustang GT. Class of 2005, small town in east TN. I love FC's. Friend had a few, such a fun car to drive. Was obsessed with the RE Amemiya FC2000 back in the day.  |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 2:06:30 AM EDT
[#21]
Class of '81
Blue 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 
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Posted: 5/28/2023 3:00:05 AM EDT
[#22]
Of course it was my ride! A 1984 chevy S-10 blazer 4X4 with a four banger. That thing would almost go 70! I trashed that thing and it kept on going for a lot longer than it should have. It was a party mobile.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 3:21:07 AM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 1969 Corvette convertible with a 427 and a four speed. 
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Posted: 5/28/2023 3:29:25 AM EDT
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Class of 93. There was a 70 Chevelle SS 396. It was mine. Senior year I also had an 87 GN that I bought at an IRS auction of one of my dad’s friends. It had 12,000mi and I took the dealer plastic off the seats to take it to prom.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 4:47:24 AM EDT
[#25]
A Trans Am, like the one in Smoky and the Bandit.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 5:48:09 AM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Can't really remember too many cool cars that stood out other then the brand new 78 Trans Am the stuck up little cheerleaders daddy bought her. I ran into her about 15 years after highschool, she was flipping burgers at Hardee's and right there in the parking lot was a beat to shit rusted out 78 Trans Am. It made me laugh. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 6:02:14 AM EDT
[#27]
 Mine of course Stock photo |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 6:03:04 AM EDT
[#28]
Grand National.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 6:08:28 AM EDT
[#29]
3000GT driven by a girl that almost no one knew until she got the car.
Demonstrating the shallowness of high school, that car radically changed her HS experience for the better. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 6:11:10 AM EDT
[#30]
Class of '82. My car, while nice, did not make the cut... It was a '74 Lincoln Continental.
1978 Trans Am. Burt Reynolds Black Vega panel delivery wagon with a 350 and a 4 speed. Buick Electra convertible. Gold with a gold interior. But the winner was a girl I ran around with who had a Shelby GT 500KR convertible. Red. She sold it to pay for law school. I've had a couple of nice motorcycles but have yet to own a car that is a real winner. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 6:12:34 AM EDT
[#31]
When I started high school (10th grade) somebody in grade 12 drove an old Corvair with a SBC residing where the back seat was supposed to be.
Turned out his father was an avid drag racer and the Corvair was a father/son project. That was the coolest drive to school car I ever saw. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 6:16:41 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryGirl I had a crush on, her first car was a Plymouth laser turbo, then another girl had the same generation Mitsubishi eclipse. Then a girl a grade or two behind me had a '71 Cadillac Eldorado with the 502 in it, guy a grade ahead of me had an 87 Buick regal, sadly not the Grand National or GNX. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 6:34:56 AM EDT
[#33]
1965 Ford Mustang. Burgundy exterior and brown interior. Convertible. Belonged to my buddy in 1965. Yes, 1965. His dad was a car salesman.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 6:51:38 AM EDT
[#34]
 1935 Chevrolet Master De Luxe 4 door sedan 206 cubic inch in-line 6 cylinder engine with a single barrel downdraft carburetor, cooling via a brass radiator and belt driven water pump that had a packing nut to tighten periodically to prevent cooling system leaks. Knee action shock absorber suspension, mechanical brakes: no hydraulics here just leverage and cables, 3 speed transmission with a 3 foot long shift lever. Manual choke and a throttle cable, too. Foot actuated starter button or if you had extra time remove the cover from the access point in the grill and put your crank through it to connect with the crankshaft and turn it over manually by hand. The six volt battery was located under the wooden floor on the if front of the front passenger seat. Suicide doors created the easiest car to get into ever devised. Radio antennas were mounted under the running boards, mohair seat covers had you constantly itching. Metal body nailed on a wooden body frame and large rolling fenders, 6 bolt 16" artillery wheels and tires that held air thanks to inner tubes. Speedometer was marked to 100 MPH, I never had the car going that fast, although I did take it up to 75 MPH once. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 7:07:59 AM EDT
[#35]
Class of 87. My 68 GTO on days it wasn’t snowing
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Posted: 5/28/2023 7:20:26 AM EDT
[#36]
One kid's mom died our senior year and he got a Viper.
He didn't have it very long but I always think of that one. The more realistic, less "unique situation" answer is a Mitsubishi Eclipse. 2000/2001 I'm guessing, in that burnt orange color. He had a subwoofer enclosure that took up the whole back. The import/tuner thing was just taking off in this area, the original Fast and the Furious movie was just about to come out. So yeah that car was peak "17 year old kid in 2000". |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 7:37:23 AM EDT
[#37]
One classmate had a 64 Comet, his Dad owned the local auto salvage yard. Candy apple red with white interior.
Another had a Candy Apple red 68 z28. Class of '85. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 7:59:56 AM EDT
[#38]
Class of 87
I had 1969 firebird 400 auto. And 1979 blazer with 12 inches of lift and 1st set of 38.5 super swampers sent to VA. Will upload pics later, arf member actually posted my truck years ago in another random thread 
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Posted: 5/28/2023 8:32:15 AM EDT
[#39]
Class of 78
Rural school. Old pick-up truck of all sorts. One of the students had a father that was a Jeep guy. He had a original Willys jeep that was straight out of 1944 that got driven to school now and then. It even had the shovel and axe bolted on the side. White star. The works. Might not of been the fastest thing but I thought it was cool as hell. Still do. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 8:43:27 AM EDT
[#40]
There was a kid who had a new, bright red 1998 Camaro. It was a V6 but it was still a really nice car. He wrecked it too, I don't remember the exact story.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 8:48:10 AM EDT
[#41]
68 I think charger 440.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 9:09:03 AM EDT
[#42]
Small school, many years ago, an upperclassman had a 1969 Shelby Mustang. I rode in it once or twice. {We went to the same church}
He still has it, last I heard, but I recall hearing there has been some controversy over it being a "real" Shelby car. Something about the provenance or paperwork...... I'm not sure of the details. Anyway, it's supposedly a sore point with him, and since I don't live there anymore, I have kind of lost track. It was a cool car, no matter what it was. Pic of similar car from the web.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 9:28:25 AM EDT
[#43]
Mint condition 68 Cougar.
79 Buick Regal. Solid black with dark tint with a 350 Rocket in it with a TON of motor and transmission work. Tires would expand like a Top Fuel dragster. A kid transferred and had a brand new red early 90’s Toyota MR2. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 9:41:49 AM EDT
[#44]
Class of 73. One friend had a 1969 Corvette another had a 1970 Pontiac GTO.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 9:46:38 AM EDT
[#45]
One kid had a gremlin with the v8......it was the burn out king. Last day of school, seniors would throw a couple gallons of bleach out in parking lot and just ruin tires. Usually put shitty tires on just to burn em up.
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Posted: 5/28/2023 9:48:56 AM EDT
[#46]
I was in highschool the late 90’s early 2000’s.
One kid had a cobra R (1998ish) and another kid had a saleen mustang. There was a girl with a 328 convertible bmw also. I drove a 1993 Nissan maxima |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 9:54:49 AM EDT
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C/O 97; my senior year my buddy and I had the two most unique cars in a lot full of Camrys and Accords. I had 1966 Mercedes 200D, sky blue, bright stainless steel bumpers and headlights...all original and my buddy had a black 944 Porsche.
Not mine for reference but pretty close:  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 10:01:09 AM EDT
[#48]
Redondo Union High School 1985-1987, Pat's 68 ruled the parking lots. No other car could come close in a race and most never tried.
I got the car in 1991 as Pat was my friend, he died in 2003 and I made a thread in around 2004 on what color to paint the almost restored beast. Arfcom overwhelmingly chose Brittany Blue so that's what I painted it.   
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Posted: 5/28/2023 10:06:37 AM EDT
[#49]
Class of '69.
Ronnie's '69 Charger RT,440 Magnum. |
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Posted: 5/28/2023 10:12:34 AM EDT
[#50]
Class of 94
Amidst the sea of Volvos in the student parking lots, the aspirant rich bought their kids Fox body Mustang GTs, and there were a lot of them. A few Mercedes and a Porche here and there. Surprisingly few Camaros or Trans Ams, which were thought of as the vehicle of choice for the rednecks, grits, and Vo-Tech kids at lesser schools. One girl had a beautiful 66 Mustang, and though she was rather homely, the car certainly helped her social life. I was a candidate for the least coolest car at my high-school, with a turd-brown 79 Datsun Sentra that my father used to refer to from time to time as 'birth control' because it definitely wasn't going to help me with the ladies. |
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