First car I bought was during freshman year of college, 1971-72. It was a BMW 1600, 2 door white with black interior, 4 speed manual with 64K on it. Paid $950. Sold it 3 years later with 128K for $1,100. Not so well known when I bought it, but that model later morphed into the 2002 series and my 1600 went up in value. Tons of problems with it but when it was good there was no better handling car out there.

When I was 14 I bought a 69 mustang that had a 390 dropped into it bored cammed etc.. could pull the frt tires off the ground, a few times until the ujoints would bust. Repainted it, and painted fish scales down the sides. Was pretty cool.

uhhhh, sounds like me and my 77 Malibu Classic, only I went end over 1st, then rolled a few times, only thing looked good about it was the only area that wasn't crushed, the driver's section! (Had those cool swivel captain's bucket seats, passenger side was crushed down to chest level, I lost track of how many rolls, after the flip, just trying not to get thrown out)

Got hit by a semi (he rolled over the front quarter panel) and it bounced a bit. a few scratches. Those things were built.

Only paid 150 for it, and less than a month later, the guy I bought it from wanted it back. I kept it.

http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/1968-Plymouth-Fury-Overview-c9184 

very similar to this - just slightly lighter blue.

I bought the same exact car used in about 1974 (not yours with the blown rod, another one just like it). I hafta say it was a smooth ride and that 350 actually got decent gas mileage for it's day.

In 83' I bought a 72' Pontiac Gran Prix with a 455, quadrajet. No emission controls, heh, That mofo could flat burn it. A guy in a Toyota rear ended me at a stop light one day and I got out and looked at his destroyed grill and my infinitesimally scratched pointy rear bumper and said, "no problem. I won't report this".

I still wish I had it.

Dammit.

Got it in 84, finally sold it in 2005 for a nice profit.

Now, would rather have the truck back, and Gpa too.