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pontorquer wrote:

 Thanks Ray ! Fred, I love that 70 Firebird, can I have one for Christmas ?
Pascal

-- Edited by pontorquer at 20:18, 2008-12-22


that car got stolen in oshawa in the mid seventies and used in a robbery,when we got it back it had gunshot in the quarters


-- Edited by 68sd at 20:22, 2008-12-22

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 Ole, quite the history, how long did you guys keep it after, did you get the hole patched ?

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i dont remember it being around after 1980?

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The Strato Chief baby! Here's me and my sister and this is likely summer of 71:
Notice the half moon chrome headlight covers!
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-- Edited by 69Laurentian at 20:48, 2008-12-22

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1964Canso wrote:

I was only 5 then wow!I remember the mega snowfall we had is surrey that year.Was a shiot load.
I think the family vehicle was a 61-2 belair wagon.Dave/Doug,may correct me on that one though.


actually it was a '60 pontiac wagon, after that was a blue '61 pontiac wagon, then the corvair wagon and then the '61 chev wagon...

great pictures fred! wink


-- Edited by 69 belair at 20:52, 2008-12-22

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69 belair wrote:

1964Canso wrote:

I was only 5 then wow!I remember the mega snowfall we had is surrey that year.Was a shiot load.
I think the family vehicle was a 61-2 belair wagon.Dave/Doug,may correct me on that one though.


actually it was a '60 pontiac wagon, after that was a blue '61 pontiac wagon, then the corvair wagon and then the '61 chev wagon...

great pictures fred! wink


-- Edited by 69 belair at 20:52, 2008-12-22
This one looks familar...

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it was rose color with a white roof, with a 283 'cdn pontiac' engine.

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69 belair wrote:

1964Canso wrote:

I was only 5 then wow!I remember the mega snowfall we had is surrey that year.Was a shiot load.
I think the family vehicle was a 61-2 belair wagon.Dave/Doug,may correct me on that one though.


actually it was a '60 pontiac wagon, after that was a blue '61 pontiac wagon, then the corvair wagon and then the '61 chev wagon...

great pictures fred! wink


-- Edited by 69 belair at 20:52, 2008-12-22
I only remember the last three.the last one for sure.
Hey,dont you owe me a bike............nevermind was to tramatic,I'm blocking it out.



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wasn't me that backed over it. no

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Xmas 71, i was conceived.... i guess it was a cold one 'outside' in the 'peg...

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1970 TORINO COBRA 429 (Custom).jpg1970 TORINO COBRA 429 004.jpg1970 TORINO COBRA 429 W-BARB CARRYING ROBYN DEC 1971.jpg     Here is Barbara,  age 23 carrying first child ..This was Dec '71  Robyn was born Dec 30-71  We celebrated Christmas and New Years in Victoria Hosptial London... 1970 Ford Torino Cobra 428 Tan interior bucket seat column shift  14,000 miles...

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69 belair wrote:

it was rose color with a white roof, with a 283 'cdn pontiac' engine.


don't recall the '60 Pontiac at all. Must have blinked



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I was 14 then. We had the only nearly new car we ever owned, a 68 Chevrolet Bel-Air 4 dr sedan with a 307 V8. My father sold it in the summer of 71, and replaced it with a $100.00 64 Parisienne 4 dr ht, 283, auto that my mother drove; and he also put our old 62 Meteor back on the road for himself (the Meteor was a sturdy car but terribly underpowered with a 170 cid 6 and 3 spd standard trans).

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65deluxe wrote:

69 belair wrote:

it was rose color with a white roof, with a 283 'cdn pontiac' engine.


don't recall the '60 Pontiac at all. Must have blinked


and i thought my memory was gettin bad.



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427carl wrote:

1970 TORINO COBRA 429 (Custom).jpg1970 TORINO COBRA 429 004.jpg1970 TORINO COBRA 429 W-BARB CARRYING ROBYN DEC 1971.jpg     Here is Barbara,  age 23 carrying first child ..This was Dec '71  Robyn was born Dec 30-71  We celebrated Christmas and New Years in Victoria Hosptial London... 1970 Ford Torino Cobra 428 Tan interior bucket seat column shift  14,000 miles...

-- Edited by 427carl at 22:39, 2008-12-22


OK Carl, tell me it ain't so-Did this car go to the Hamilton area ? I used to date a girl in the 1980's her older brother had the same car,color,options-he was from Welland but moved to Hamilton for work after he split with his first wife-any chance I know of yet another of your old rides ?



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Christmas 1971 I was three years old-Dad drove a 1962 Biscayne two door 283 powerglide, saddle tan on tan with rubber floor mats ! I remember the rubber floor mats storey because that spring Dad bought a 1966 Malibu SS and it had carpets ! marina blue with a black vinyl roof, blue bucket seats, console, 283 powerglide-that was my ride the first day of school !

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Easy to recall. I bet we had the newest car of all of you!

My dad had died 3 years before and my mom picked up her 72 Malibu about 10 days before Christmas. I was 14. I wanted her to buy at least a Heavy Chevy, but no, we had to buy a Malibu 4 door sedan, 307 powerglide, no ps, no pb, no radio, bowtie baby moon factory hubcaps, HD suspension, forced air rear defog, remote mirror and a block heater. That was it for options. I think I still have the bill of sale for it somewhere here. Somewhere around $3300 I think.

She sold that car in 1985 with 67,000 miles on it, still original paint. We'd had the bottoms of both front fenders fixed because they had very minor bubbles. The rest of the car was still solid.

Boy I tortured that poor old 307 when I flipped the air cleaner lid over on it.....

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Christmas 1971 I was three years old-Dad drove a 1962 Biscayne two door 283 powerglide, saddle tan on tan with rubber floor mats !

I bet you'd love to have it again....

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Carl Stevenson wrote:

Easy to recall. I bet we had the newest car of all of you!

My mom picked up her 72 Malibu about 10 days before Christmas. I was 14.

Is this close?

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gparis7 wrote:

I was 14 then. We had the only nearly new car we ever owned, a 68 Chevrolet Bel-Air 4 dr sedan with a 307 V8.

Here is one....


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73SC wrote:

 

Carl Stevenson wrote:

Easy to recall. I bet we had the newest car of all of you!

My mom picked up her 72 Malibu about 10 days before Christmas. I was 14.

Is this close?

chevrolet-malibu-17.jpg

 


Yup, just that one is a hardtop. I forgot, we had bumper guards too.

 



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73SC wrote:

For Hillar,

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Ray, you are amazing, even though I didn't mention it, you even got the colours right, one problem though, the Olds pictured is a 69, but close enough!wink



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Astro Jet wrote:

Ray, you are amazing, even though I didn't mention it, you even got the colours right.

Yes it is true, I am Amazing, even though you told me the colour before.



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Looks like the vast majority of us grew up with GM vehicles in the households and stayed true to the brand.  What a co-incidence!wink

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1971, metallic blue, Dodge Dart, 4 dr., slant six, bare bones. I used to like to fool around by hiding stuff in the fresh air vent "closets" ... by memory, it seemed like you could hide quite a few beer in each one!
I learnt how to drive (underage) in this car, and a baby-blue, Ford F-150 pick-up.

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