what was the first ever car that got you hooked on cars in general -

"mr_gofast" (jake_berenshteyn) 07/14/2014 at 08:43 • Filed to: QOTD, LAMBORGHINI

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so just for fun - what was the first car that got you feeling all hot and bothered and then resulted in a unhealthy lust for autos?

for me it was the 1988 Lamborghini countache quattro valvole (more on this car in a diff post). This car was my first ever poster on my wall and my first ever case of going weak kneed when i first saw it. In person this car did make me lose my train of thought. Unbelievable - put it next to a aventador and it looks almost edgy enough to be created in this decade and not 25 yrs earlier.

so what about you Oppo?

f86sabre > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 08:47

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Probably this. I still remember the toy I got when we visited the Speedway Museum in 1980.

Camry-Into-Canyon > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 08:48

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When I was two, my neighbour had a Fiero. It was sleek, low, bright red and unlike anything I had ever seen before. I used to go out on the driveway and stare at it. I now know that it isn't a great car, but that doesn't matter. I still want one.

mr_gofast > f86sabre 07/14/2014 at 08:49

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nice...i never ever watched racing as a kid..cars looked like spaceships which was cool lol

OPPOsaurus WRX > Camry-Into-Canyon 07/14/2014 at 08:51

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I dont see anything wrong with them. I dunno much about them but I look at it like a Miata or an MR2.

mr_gofast > Camry-Into-Canyon 07/14/2014 at 08:51

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and then drop a sbc in it..:)

functionoverfashion > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 08:54

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Not very exciting, but this: 1985 535is 5 speed. Because I'd driven other interesting cars before, but this car had a soul, and was genuinely satisfying to drive, unlike anything I'd driven prior. Except maybe a 1995 911. But I was so scared driving the 911 at age 16 that it wasn't the same feeling of connection. The 535 really opened my eyes to the world of truly "good" cars. I still want one.

Zerofret > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 08:54

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This.

Krieger (@FSKrieger22) > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 08:56

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So yeah, I got hooked on Porsches first. Then I started diversifying...

Brian Silvestro > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 08:56

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Bandit > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 08:58

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Two cars. When I was 4 I helped my dad pull his bone stock (I believe the color was gold) 1964 Impala SS Convertible out of a barn where he had stored it for years. He got it running and sold it cheaply to pay for my younger brothers diapers and other childhood things. Little did he know a year or two later the value of that car skyrocketed to the point he can't afford one. That car was one of many 64 Impala SSs he has owned. He still regrets selling it to this day.

The other was my grandfathers 1946 International that I was amazed by when I saw it packed away in his barn back when I was a little kid. I convinced him to pull it out several years ago and drive it about once a week.

When I was 11 I saw a trashed Trans Am at my home towns only restaurant. I fell in love with the burble of exhaust and the bird on the hood.

Camry-Into-Canyon > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:00

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FWD SBCs are hard to come by, so i'm thinking 3800 S/C

Tony Montana > Camry-Into-Canyon 07/14/2014 at 09:04

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There's always Cadillac Northstars. Very easy to get FWD Northstars.

I Do It For Miatas, NC Owner > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:06

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I had an unhealthy interest in cars when I was in elementary school, in fact my dream job was to become a car customizer (I LOVED Monster Garage.) in middle school I started becoming interested in computers and how they function, and largely became ambivalent to cars (I wanted to buy a Camry.) Then, my sophomore year, my friend got a WRX. I felt the feeling of speed, and talking to him about it brought back why I loved cars so much. Soon after I read Jalopnik and here I am now! Here, have a blob-eye

KnowsAboutCars > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:07

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None of these resulted my enthusiasm as I already was into cars but I'll try to list some cars I thought were really cool as a kid.

I remember seeing a dark purple (or matte black I'm not really sure) '70 or '71 Duster and a bright blue beach buggy with exposed chromed out engine frequently around the neighborhood. From TV and videos I remember a customized Porsche 930 from Knight Rider and a black Can-am race car from Flåklypa Grand Prix

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Camry-Into-Canyon 07/14/2014 at 09:08

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For me it was a Fiero too.

Tony Montana > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:09

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This. Being young, I didn't really know much about a car from 2005. Then one day, playing GT5, I came across it and was just overwhelmed by how fantastic it was in every way - looks, speed, handling. I will always want this car, and thanks to it, I love a lot of other cars as well.

TheRallyStache > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:10

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I was raised in car culture since birth. My dad took me to car shows and drag races and truck pulls since before I can remember, so I've been a gearhead my whole life. That being said, a major turning point in my life was when I sold my first car, a gold 1999 Chrysler 300M and bought a black 1995 Eclipse GSX.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:10

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Since I was a little child I had always loved the beetle but the first car that really sucked me in was a black Fiero GT I thought it was an affordable Ferrari and I needed one.

Camry-Into-Canyon > Tony Montana 07/14/2014 at 09:11

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that too.

mr_gofast > I Do It For Miatas, NC Owner 07/14/2014 at 09:12

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awesome...time to invest in a scoobie then :)

mr_gofast > TheRallyStache 07/14/2014 at 09:12

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could it be ff came out around the time of the gsx?

yamahog > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:13

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Someone in my town had a purple 1969 Corvette Stingray like this:

And later, I also lusted over Pagani Zondas, stemming from a purple one in a car calendar I had (see a pattern?):

And then my dad started buying Mustangs again and it was all over!

mr_gofast > KnowsAboutCars 07/14/2014 at 09:13

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nice spectrum..beach buggy is a nice touch :D

mr_gofast > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 07/14/2014 at 09:13

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nice - except now if you see a fiero in a ferrrari kit you scream inside?

mr_gofast > Tony Montana 07/14/2014 at 09:14

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$kaybait 2.0

MAXIMUMVRM > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:14

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Born in the 70's it's was the countache. Friends older brother had a car and driver with one in it. I went home and begged mom for a subscription. Still get it to this day. BONUS my dads neighbor few houses down bought a quattro valvole S. I got dropped off at a high school dance in it. You know what happened that night.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:16

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Yes I know it is weird if it looked like a Ferrari originally it is cool but if some one made it that way NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mr_gofast > Zerofret 07/14/2014 at 09:16

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approves.

McMike > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:16

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My dad had cool cars while growing up, but I didn't really take notice of anything on my own until sitting in the theater with dad, watching the intro to Cannonball run.

I was probably 10 years old.

As soon as I picked my jaw up off the floor, I asked him what kind of car that was. "Lamborghini" he said. And that's the day I started paying attention to his R&T magazines and trying to figure out what terms like "dohc," "ft/lbs," "mild understeer," and "brake fade" meant.

All it took was a batshit car with an batshit exhaust note.

I believe this is the day that all fathers hope for with their sons. One day they will wake up and start asking 1,000 questions a day about this stuff. This is the reason I can't really criticize anything out there that will get kids excited about cars. (things like Aventadors, Veyrons, or Ken Block). I'm sure my Dad thought the Countach was just as silly as I think a Veyron is today - but it planted that seed.

Vicente Esteve > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:16

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The car that made me a Pertolhead:

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:18

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It was 1995, and i was impressionable.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:19

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My dad's Ford Torino Drag Car.

He put me inside it when I was 3 and started it up, it was game over. Full drag spec, roll cage, gutted interior etc. 351 Cleveland, headers/straight pipes. GAME. OVER.

505Turbeaux > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:19

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take your pic. And add any here that you dont see... http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/show-me-your-8…

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > functionoverfashion 07/14/2014 at 09:19

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A very attainable dream, take it from me!

mr_gofast > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 07/14/2014 at 09:21

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cause they are like 3 feet shorter then a real one and look smooshed

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:22

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That and it is a dirty lie.

mr_gofast > McMike 07/14/2014 at 09:22

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awesome.

mr_gofast > yamahog 07/14/2014 at 09:23

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you like purple? check out a plymouth hemi cuda in purple...wow...

I Do It For Miatas, NC Owner > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:23

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Is the Volvo I plan on buying today enough?

mr_gofast > MAXIMUMVRM 07/14/2014 at 09:24

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nice...very nice...highschool must of been pretty fun with that car.

mr_gofast > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 07/14/2014 at 09:24

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any videos?

mr_gofast > Vicente Esteve 07/14/2014 at 09:24

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what is it? i have never seen one

mr_gofast > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic 07/14/2014 at 09:25

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but bro..Fauxrarri!!

mr_gofast > I Do It For Miatas, NC Owner 07/14/2014 at 09:26

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absolutely..nice choice..is that the exact car?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:27

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NO No no more Fakerarri kit cars.

I Do It For Miatas, NC Owner > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:27

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Yes it is!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:29

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I wish, I only have 2 pictures. He was forced to sell it when I was about 5-6 for financial reasons. I actually retouched/restored these images quite a bit from their original state. I got them printed at a much larger format then the original 3x5 photo from the 80s lol. Framed them and gave them to my dad for his shop. He didn't even think there were any pictures of it left in existence. He also had his 86 Chevy Pickup painted the exact same color and it said "Short Stuff" on the car (reference to my ridiculously short mother - she's 4'11 and he's 6'3) So he had a bug shield air brushed to say Short Stuff on the Pickup too. Also, the Truck, Trailer, and Car all had matching wheels. It was all really well done.

yamahog > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:30

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Yesss. There's a purple Cuda convertible that frequents the Woodward car meets and it is gorgeous.

Vicente Esteve > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:30

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Its called a Kettler Ketcar, I drove around this in my youth and man did it make me get into cars. Like REALLY into them.

MAXIMUMVRM > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:33

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He had Ferrari jaguar and caddies (40-50's) I was always bothering him. When he died his son sold everything.

mr_gofast > MAXIMUMVRM 07/14/2014 at 09:36

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shame :(

quarterlifecrisis > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:36

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No pictures, and I'm sure this will get buried, but I'll answer.

Dad still has his 68 Hemi Charger that he bought in 1972. When I was a kid (like 4 and up) I had a fascination with this car, even though it'd been parked since I was 2. (Plates last expired in 1988). I always wanted to see the stripe (black car, red bumble bee stripes). It was a treat that I would get after spending the day at the garage while he was servicing trucks.

Dad also has been in the transportation industry in some capacity since the late 70s, and at one point he owned several semis, and did all the maintenance himself on the weekends. So, during that period, not only did I get the treat of seeing the stripe on the car, but I also got to crawl around semis. That partially explains how I have a desk job, in health care, yet can rattle off facts about Freightliners and Kenworths, and why our old project trucks interest me.

When I was a wee lad, Dad had a friend that ran pro-stock cars, so I also spent time in the pits at the drags frequently on weekends.

And finally, when I was growing up, I had a neighbor that was meticulous about his cars. Always had a ratty beater, but in the garage always lurked an RX-7. A red RX-7. First it was an FC, and then when the FDs came out for 93, he had his in October of 92. He always let me crawl around and sit in the car, no matter how annoying I was.

So to answer the question, a combination of a 68 Charger, some early 90s Freightliners, and an FD RX-7.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:36

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What can I say.

mr_gofast > yamahog 07/14/2014 at 09:37

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mr_gofast > quarterlifecrisis 07/14/2014 at 09:38

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nice story...i wont bury it :)

mr_gofast > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 07/14/2014 at 09:39

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is that the stock gts?: or a tuned one..wheels look off.

functionoverfashion > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken 07/14/2014 at 09:40

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Well, yes and no: I could just go and buy one, financially. But living in the Northeast, with wife and two kids... by the time I can actually justify owning an old BMW they will be MUCH harder to come by in good condition, for reasonable money.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:42

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Yeah wheels aren't stock but I didn't care, I just took a random pic from the Internets. And it was actually the RT/10 that made me interested, it's just that when the GTS came out it topped my desire.

RazoE > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:44

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Dryer ducting. Nothing but quality back in the 80's for Lambo.

Cherry_man1 > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 09:51

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this car right here my uncles 1966 Mustang Fastback.

then I found exotics like Lamborghini Murcilago and then I got the addiction badly

extraspecialbitter > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 10:03

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mr_gofast > Cherry_man1 07/14/2014 at 10:05

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niiice...i even like the stripe.

mr_gofast > RazoE 07/14/2014 at 10:06

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haha i didnt even notice..wow.

mr_gofast > extraspecialbitter 07/14/2014 at 10:06

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ss or pacecar?

will_kern > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 10:13

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Euro Dan > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 10:14

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Does this count? My brothers and mine when we were tiny people. Was when it all started

mr_gofast > Euro Dan 07/14/2014 at 10:20

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thats awesome..matching porsches

mr_gofast > will_kern 07/14/2014 at 10:20

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daytona..niiiice

extraspecialbitter > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 10:20

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Not the pace car, but my uncle's black SS, specifically. It looked evil. The young, wide-eyed me never stood a chance.

mr_gofast > extraspecialbitter 07/14/2014 at 10:26

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can only imagine if you had seen the all black GNX first lol

ly2v8-Brian > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 10:28

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I was hooked from the very beginning. One of my earliest memories (I was 2) is of riding in my grandpa's 86 C10 Silverado. I remember it filled me with joy. That's why I have a pickup truck of my own. I don't need it but I always wanted one. For the most part it is my Grandpa that got me into all things mechanized, he also took me to where he worked and gave me tractor rides. My dad also helped, while not a car guy, he was all about military hardware. So when we lived on base he would show me around the various old machines on display. In short I'm not a car guy, exclusively, I am interested in just about all machinery.

extraspecialbitter > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 10:48

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Yup. Total goner. Definitely a bucket list item if I ever get a garage.

B_dol > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 11:44

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If I am going to be honest, this car and Mr. Memphis Raines

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 12:10

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Corvette, specifically C5 generation. Dad's friend had a C5 Z06. Long, low, and loud. I loved it.

Well, and I thought the pop-up lights were cool.

scoob > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 12:27

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I was only 5 the time this came out!

eddy_a > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 12:30

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When I was a kid (younger than 4) my neighbor had a yellow C4 Corvette which is probably where it started. Around the same time Knight Rider was in reruns and my mom was a fan of the Hoff so we watched it all the time. I know that it's probably a bad car but I still want to own an 80s Trans Am.

And last winter I bought one of the other cars I have been lusting after for a while, a 2005 wagon in WR Blue and I love it!

mr_gofast > scoob 07/14/2014 at 12:30

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did you watch the shoe viper???? that so got me too!

mr_gofast > eddy_a 07/14/2014 at 12:31

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awesome, i like the blue shade very much...much wow..much want.

therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now) > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 12:35

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I know it sound weird, but my dad's very slighty modified MK3 Golf. I remember him forgetting to put on snow tires and snow drifted down a hill.

scoob > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 12:39

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I just had to Google it, since I never heard of it, so no. :(

mr_gofast > scoob 07/14/2014 at 12:40

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will_kern > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 13:41

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...and coincidentally enough, this is the article that seeded my Jalopnik addiction http://jalopnik.com/281644/shelby-…

revrseat70 > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 13:41

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This poster was on my wall from 5th grade through finishing college. It's back at my parents house now. But my uncle gave it to me as a kid. (I think I had a Pirelli poster with a yellowbird 911 too but must have lost it in one of our moves) Between that poster and stories from my dad about his two GTO's and Chevelle he had as a young adult pretty much hooked me. I originally only liked exotics and american muscle. But now I have an extremely diverse love for just about anything.

revrseat70 > Euro Dan 07/14/2014 at 13:53

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That's so cool! I rocked the Cozy Coupe. This makes my automotive childhood look deprived! As a hopeful dad someday, I get chills looking at that last one.

eddy_a > mr_gofast 07/14/2014 at 20:05

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Haha originally I was looking for a silver wagon because it's subtle but when I saw the blue I was just like "...that one!"

4age20vsilvertop > mr_gofast 07/15/2014 at 17:32

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Interestingly enough, this:

Bleu Mauritius, 1.9 Turbo Diesel, 5MT, pretty Jalop actually.