Back in the early 90's what did YOU have?

[Miller]

This was my 83 in 91.  Sorry for the pic of a pic.  It's poster size behind broken glass way up on the wall of the shop.  This is the rig that started it all for me.  Must have lifted it a dozen different times.  In the end it had 39's with custom 15x14 wheels with 3" backspacing.  It was a Pismo machine / weekend cabin...  Never should have sold it.

[emsvitil]

What I have now...............

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(didn't have the 64 Valiant yet)

[jangelfire]

Thats a badass truck man!! I had a bicycle in the early 90's.lol

[twistedtoy92]

I had a 1950 Dodge 1/2 ton pickup... Actually still have it!

[kneedownnate]

Bicycles, nissan 720 4by, then the one which started it all, this craptastic piece I still have tucked away somewhere...

[Cheesemaker]

In the early 90's, I was rocking the 1978 El Camino.  Yes, laugh it up, but it did things that it shouldn't have.  But I had some great times drifting it in corners!

[helipilot77]

I had a baby blue/white two tone '66 Chevrolet pickup with a worn out 350 in it. Old American trucks have a unique smell in the cab... Like Sweat, dirt and oil mixed together and soaked into the steel panels over the course of 40 years.

[Miller]

I had a baby blue/white two tone '66 Chevrolet pickup with a worn out 350 in it. Old American trucks have a unique smell in the cab... Like Sweat, dirt and oil mixed together and soaked into the steel panels over the course of 40 years.

You just nailed it.  Never been able to describe that smell.

[toyodaaddict]

In the early 90's I had  skateboards.   

[84t0y]

I had a baby blue/white two tone '66 Chevrolet pickup with a worn out 350 in it. Old American trucks have a unique smell in the cab... Like Sweat, dirt and oil mixed together and soaked into the steel panels over the course of 40 years.

wasn't in the 90s(mid 2000s) but my first vehicle was a 1964 chevy short/stepside and I know exactly the smell you speak of, I bought a new seat and that seemed to fix most of the smell.

[Rockcrawlintoy]

I had a sick ten speed. I was only 10 years old

[HogCanyonHopper]

^^^     

[Speed]

1957 GMC half ton-347 V-8/4 speed. I used to pull a 35 foot 5th wheel RV with it. Traded it for my '81 Toyota 4X4 Rollin' Wreck.
Speed

[H8PVMNT]

I had a couple chevies and then in 1994 I bought a new off the lot '94 Toyota 4x4.  I still have it, well, I have the frame, the rear axle housing and the shifters.

[SqWADoosh]

This thread separates the men from the boys... or at least in the 90s. I was a 10 speeder back then too. My first vehicle was an 89 bronco though. I bombed around on that thing like a maniac. 

[Plainview]

Bought this in '86 and still have it.  Needs paint & body work really bad.



That's a scan of a 4x6 film print taken back in '87 or so, right after I added those bitchin fog lights to the grills (I came to my senses eventually and they're gone now.

[Speed]

What's the drivetrain in your 'Bird? A guy I worked with had a '71 TA that I absolutely LUSTED after. Blueprinted RA IV 400,4 speed,3.23 Posi,tricked out suspension,it was OMG!! fast,and LOOKED new,and 100% original.
   Speed

[Plainview]

It originally came with a 400 (Formula 400 model) and TH400 auto trans with 3.08 gears.  Pretty low-optioned car with deluxe interior, exterior trim package, auto trans, AC, and heavy duty suspension being the only options.

I've since added the factory Ram Air aircleaner and associated parts so it breathes through the scoops now.  I haven't had very good luck with the engines in it...  Rebuilt the original 400 then spun 4 of the main bearings.  Built a 455 block with 428 crank (440 cubes) for it with ported heads and a roller cam, added some headers a higher stall converter and 3.23 gears and got it running 12.60s @ 107 on street tires before that engine ate the thrust bearing.  I finally figured out the problem - TH400 was built as a race transmission with full manual valvebody and when done like that they run at full internal pressure all the time.  Fine for a trailered race car, death for a street car as the trans is trying to push the converter into the back of the engine all the time and at low RPMS/idle the oil pressure is too low and it eats the thrust bearings.  Got the trans redone and put back to auto shift and put a junkyard 455 in it and that's how it sits now.  Total career change/starting over at the bottom and a re-focus on things like saving for retirement and buying a house have that project on the back burner and the car is in storage for now.

I started a body-off restoration on it at one point but never got to the body work and paint so other than the engine and paint/body work everything is brand-new mechanically.  Tubular control arms, subframe connectors, big swaybars, Koni shocks, heavier springs, Global West bushings throughout.  Back then 15" performance tires were still available so even had a set of custom 15x10" wheels made for it that look stock and keep the "poverty cap" hubcaps but can fit 265/50s up front and 305/50s out back.  No good 15" tires are made any more so when I get back to working on it again in the next couple of years will step up to modern retro-look 18" wheels.

Here's a picture of it after I got the 440 ci engine in it and was hoping to get to the body & paint work. This was about 14 years ago...



Here's one at the autocross (the import guys hated my big, loud musclecar that ran as good as a lot of them):



And finally, one of it launching at the Bremerton drag strip on it's way to a 12.66 @ 107:

[Cheesemaker]

Plainview, my pants are moist now!!   

[BigMike]

In the early 90s I had such a bad-to-the-bone TECHNIC lego collection. Built a three speed transmission with reverse and a removable 2 speed t/case when I was ten or eleven.

Regards,
BigMike

[helipilot77]

In the early 90s I had such a bad-to-the-bone TECHNIC lego collection. Built a three speed transmission with reverse and a removable 2 speed t/case when I was ten or eleven.

Regards,
BigMike

OFF TOPIC

I still have a bad to the bone LEGO technic collection. I am building a fully functional helicopter out of LEGO right now. I am planning to use it when instructing my students. I would like to actually get it to fly 
June 24th marked the 75th anniversary of Igor Sikorsky's first untethered helicopter flight. 

[SqWADoosh]

OFF TOPIC

I still have a bad to the bone LEGO technic collection. I am building a fully functional helicopter out of LEGO right now. I am planning to use it when instructing my students. I would like to actually get it to fly 
June 24th marked the 75th anniversary of Igor Sikorsky's first untethered helicopter flight.

Still cracks me up when we are leaving the Diamond Knot that day after getting a beer and I ask if you want to go wheeling that weekend.

"No I can't I've got plans....."

     "Oh yeah, what?"

"I'm going to a convention"

     "Cool! What kind?"

"....Lego"



Keep the kid alive in you Nate. I dig it. 

[redneckcustoms13]

In 93 I got a Honda atc70 3wheeler. Then a go-kart that never got ridden once I figured out how to put the plug wite back on the 3wheeler. Pops would take it off so I couldn't ride it whrn he wasn't home lol

[4runner]

In 91 I got a 79 Blazer for my 1st vehicle. In 93 I bought a 78 Cutlass while in trade school. Then in 95 I got my 1st Toyota, a 85 pickup and a 78 Corolla... Then my addiction started.

[twistedtoy92]

In 93 I got a Honda atc70 3wheeler. Then a go-kart that never got ridden once I figured out how to put the plug wite back on the 3wheeler. Pops would take it off so I couldn't ride it whrn he wasn't home lol

That's awesome!!! ^^^

I got an atc 110 back in the late 90's... Its the blue honda which they only made around 1200 of i believe... It finally seized up 14 years ago, just rebuilt the engine, ported the crap out of the head, RV springs, custom exhaust and installed a larger jet earlier this year... i love those little 3 wheelers!

[redneckcustoms13]

I love em as well. I was 3 in 93 but I got a 84 250r last year. It's almost mint. Rise the hell out of it. It's a blast

[twistedtoy92]

YES!!!! I bet that thing is squirrelly as hell!!! Looks clean man, and its got suspension!!! Lol

[redneckcustoms13]

Pretty much, his brother the 86 250r 4 wheeler is much more stable

[OVRAROK]

[OVRAROK]

Bought brand new in Dec of 88, 89 4cyl, 5 speed, 9.5 inches of lift on 39s