Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

Close. I was 17 and our school parking lot was crammed with muscle cars. After school, I owned a 1970 Cutlas 442 and later a '66 Mustang. Almost forgot, had a 64 Catalina with a 4 barrel that could suck premium gas faster than you could pour it in and tear up timing chain gears occasionally. Damn thing was fast but you couldn't afford to put gas in it.

I still remember oil changes every 2,000-2,500 miles, points and plugs every 10,000, maybe wires every 20-30,000 miles, valve adjustments and then valve jobs, brake jobs every 30,000, tires every 30,000, tranny overhauls, radiator repairs, ball joints, shocks every 40k or so. Then, there was body repair and re-paint because they were rust buckets.

Yep, those were great times in the automobile industry.