What was your first car &why did you get rid of it. - Beyond Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Sat, Jan 17, 2004 6:26 PM When I was 16 I got a 1973 Ford Ranchero GT with a 4 barrel 429. Gearheads might be thinking that even a 429 sucked in '73 because of pollution controls but the Ranchero was classified as a truck and thus was not encumbered by those horsepower sapping devices. Trucks didn't have to have the controls until, I believe, 1975. Most horsepower I've ever had in my life (at 16 no less) and in a sleeper package. I don't think I ever lost a street drag (out of maybe a dozen or so). I don't know what made me decide to sell it. I kept it about a year and then sold it and bought a Mach I which was slower but prettier and the girls liked it much better. Maybe that's why I sold it, to get a chick magnet car. The Mach I was with me for 2-3 years then I wrapped it around a tree and totaled it. :(

When I was 16 I got a 1973 Ford Ranchero GT with a 4 barrel 429. Gearheads might be thinking that even a 429 sucked in '73 because of pollution controls but the Ranchero was classified as a truck and thus was not encumbered by those horsepower sapping devices. Trucks didn't have to have the controls until, I believe, 1975. Most horsepower I've ever had in my life (at 16 no less) and in a sleeper package. I don't think I ever lost a street drag (out of maybe a dozen or so).

I don't know what made me decide to sell it. I kept it about a year and then sold it and bought a Mach I which was slower but prettier and the girls liked it much better. Maybe that's why I sold it, to get a chick magnet car. The Mach I was with me for 2-3 years then I wrapped it around a tree and totaled it. :(

Post #70596 by Kono on Sat, Jan 17, 2004 6:26 PM