I've only just realised - yesterday was the 30th anniversary of buying my first american car.

If you know Sydney, there used to be a car yard on the site were Tempe Tyres is located.  They had a '68 Firebird in the yard and I had to have it.  My Dad tried to talk me out of it, until he saw it, after that, I think if I didn't buy it he would have.

I wonder how old I'll be when I get tired of owning them??

.. and of course your Dad went on to also buy a Pontiac.. a 64 Bonny.. and not only that he became a valued member of the Pontiac Car Club in those early years.. provided a lot of senior experienced legal for the club via his mates in the Defence Dept.. expert  help and guidance.. and more then anything was 101 % dependable & did not take any sh#t from people... also was for a time the Chairman of the PCCA - NSW Chapter.
 

The guys name that owned that site was Jack Smith he lived up the road from me where I grew up in Monterey on the Grand Parade ( or Brighton before they changed the name) I used to take the # plates off for him at his house. Really nice guy & I got the bug from him for American cars.
  Garry

Now that I think about it, the same yard (a couple of years later) had a '68 Dodge Charger.  
It was a genuine hemi 4 speed (99% sure it was manual from memory) car that was RHD and registered.  
The price...$18,000.  Having said that, 18K was a lot of coin for a used american car back then.  I don't know where that car ended up.  

its funny that 30 years later there a car yards around selling the same era of cars.....not for 18k though lol.

Everything else back then (other than buying, importing and converting a new car) was well under 10K.

Quote from: bonnevista link=topic=4518.msg28313#msg28313Now that I think about it, the same yard (a couple of years later) had a '68 Dodge Charger.  
It was a genuine hemi 4 speed (99% sure it was manual from memory) car that was RHD and registered.  
The price...$18,000.  Having said that, 18K was a lot of coin for a used american car back then.  I don't know where that car ended up.  

I remember that Charger, I think it was B5 blue. Last time I saw it at the Chrysler show at Fairfield about 12 years ago. I believe now it lives in Parkes country NSW.
I also remember around the mid eighties the favourite price tag for everything american was $6000. I bought my 66 GTO for $6000, most of my mates bought similar cars around the same time all paid $6000 for them. Even in 95 I bought a 74 Cutlass coupe, I paid $6000 for it.
I bought my 70 Challenger I own now in 99, paid $7500 for it, I thought I was getting ripped off....

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Quote from: bonnevista link=topic=4518.msg28313#msg28313Now that I think about it, the same yard (a couple of years later) had a '68 Dodge Charger.  
It was a genuine hemi 4 speed (99% sure it was manual from memory) car that was RHD and registered.  
The price...$18,000.  Having said that, 18K was a lot of coin for a used american car back then.  I don't know where that car ended up.  

I remember that Charger, I think it was B5 blue. Last time I saw it at the Chrysler show at Fairfield about 12 years ago. I believe now it lives in Parkes country NSW.
I also remember around the mid eighties the favourite price tag for everything american was $6000. I bought my 66 GTO for $6000, most of my mates bought similar cars around the same time all paid $6000 for them. Even in 95 I bought a 74 Cutlass coupe, I paid $6000 for it.
I bought my 70 Challenger I own now in 99, paid $7500 for it, I thought I was getting ripped off....

'74 Cutlass... Classy.