Cool thread... you guys had some cool stuff..
My dad gave me a POS '77 olds Omega 4-door. I sold it for, I think, $800 the first week I had it. I added a little to that and bought an abused '76 Camaro LT with a 305ci motor and 120k miles. Blew it up in a month or two, then had a 355ci/TH350 built by an old local hot rodder stuffed in it.
Same guy did the motor, trans, and rear end on the 84 Z28 as well (2nd car) almost a year later. The 700r4 trans was converted to a TH400 with a 2800 stall and the crap 3.07 rear was converted to a 4:11 posi. I was 18 or 19 and worked at a speed shop and was quickly becoming very addicted. Every dime went into the car, bet some of you can relate.
3rd car was a '73 Firebird with a 400, I attempted to rebuild that one myself. Don't know where those pics are. Anyway, that one didn't work out too well! The crank somehow was 7 degrees off and it spun like an orbital buffer!
Then my brother and I had a '67 Camaro all OEM that we drove to hell and back before it burned to the ground. Then I switched to 5.0 Mustangs and Corvette's and that's when all the real need-4-speed trouble began.
Currently trying to convince my wife it is time to get another toy car to play with... miss wrenching on them.