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That brings back great memories. We used to buy beater cars just to drive in the fields and beat the shit out of them. We'd usually buy a rusted out heap for $25 or $50, change the oil, air up the tires, replace what needed replacing, put cardboard over holes in the floor, and drive the piss out of them until they overheated or blew up. We'd all chip in like $5 to buy them and pool our monies to buy gas and what was needed to fix them. Station wagons were the best because that meant everyone got to ride. We would even take turns holding onto the roof rack laying on top. What a blast.
 
kmakar said:
That brings back great memories. We used to buy beater cars just to drive in the fields and beat the shit out of them. We'd usually buy a rusted out heap for $25 or $50, change the oil, air up the tires, replace what needed replacing, put cardboard over holes in the floor, and drive the piss out of them until they overheated or blew up. We'd all chip in like $5 to buy them and pool our monies to buy gas and what was needed to fix them. Station wagons were the best because that meant everyone got to ride. We would even take turns holding onto the roof rack laying on top. What a blast.
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Change the oil??? 🤣🤣 and dad had lots of washer & dryer back covers made out of metal to lay over floors that were missing 👍👍😁
 
Shovelrick said:
Change the oil??? 🤣🤣 and dad had lots of washer & dryer back covers made out of metal to lay over floors that were missing 👍👍😁
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Sometimes the cars had been sitting years. One time water came out in the oil, so we decided to change the oil as the first order of business. We'd swap the battery between cars and each time we toasted the car the next guy took the battery home and it was his responsibility to keep it charged until we found the next donor.
 
Battery just brought back a memory, my friend was riding with me going S on 275 (275 was only 2-3 yrs old going through St Pete then) when we were driving over 38th ave N and he said “Turn around!” So I took the next exit and went back listening to his directions we pulled up at a house, he knocked on the door and was talking to a lady then waved for me to get out and walk up, we went in the back yard, he had bought a 70-72 (I cant remember the year) LeMans Sport for $20 😳 it had a dead battery so he said start your car and Ill swap batteries and by the time we get to my house this battery should be charged, put my battery in it and it finally started, stopped and put fresh gas in it and it ran great, Lemans blue with a white vinyl top & int, buckets, console, 350 with auto, I remember it was really low miles but dont remember how many this was back in 76, ladies son never made it home from Viet Nam
 
We did all that stuff, but NEVER changed the oil, it was considered legendary to blow up whatever's under the hood. One guy ran his 250 six in a '69 cutlass all senior year with no oil on the dipstick.
Gambler 500, almost took my honda accord on this but it developed a rod knock and lost power just before the run.

 
After the first couple of cars we bought died within an hour of driving, the oil change was important so we could get at least a day or so out of them. We'd only put water in the radiator.
 
That just reminded me of something I did when I was 22-23, changed oil in a Cutlass we had and I didnt check to be sure the old oil filter gasket was still on the filter, 2 Qts were on the ground in no time flat 😆 I dont think Ive Not checked ever since lol
 
I bought a 82 cutlass around 91 or so. ($200) Had a bad radiator ut I decided to try driving it home 25 miles- I made it almost home (3 blocks) and it got so hot it cought the oil soaked wiring harness on fire. I ran to a spigot on a house and filled up an empty soda cup and whilst running back to the burning car my wife says "did you ask them to use their water"

You can't make this shit up.🙄

I did get the fire out after a couple trips and dropped a 350/350 I had 8n it and drove it as a winter beater for 3 years.
 
I did have a brake catch fire on the front pass side of a 91 Chevy 1/2 ton pick up I bought on Fleabay when the rubber line collapsed on the inside and had to run into a gas station conv store and grab a large cup and filled it with water a cpl times
 
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