High School Daily Drive

[-]

TitoBandito5@reddit

I got my DL in spring f ‘83 in a 1978 Olds 88

[-]

Rambling-Holiday1998@reddit

I had the same car in an obnoxious green. But I could pack in all my friends since seat belts were not an actual thing back then

[-]

GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

I took my driver's test in a '78 Buick Estate Wagon in spring of '84.

[-]

tinglingearballs@reddit

I drove to HS in the late 70s in my best friends ‘66 Toronado. Cool car.

[-]

Never got to drive our 67 Toro to school, but I did get it up over 100 once. The plates were removed shortly thereafter, pretty sure I was the last one to drive it. Sitting in a very sad state behind the garage still. But I do have our 66 Toro sitting and waiting for me to get running again…driven for about 10 years and garaged ever since. My dad was a huge Toro fan and I inherited that.

[-]

HopefulTrick3846@reddit

1976 Mercury Monarch.

This photo isn’t it, instead think of this exact body in baby blue. I called her the Big Blue Whale.

[-]

Imaneight@reddit

I had the 75 Monarch from 89-92. It was only 14 years old at the time but it was a tank. Poor man's Cadillac. I felt pride and shame at the time, but I loved it. Drove it to Canada and Mexico before that freaking transmission gave out.

[-]

HopefulTrick3846@reddit

Mine was ridden hard and put away wet. Lost the hood prop so used a broomstick I kept in the backseat because she had a loose wire under the hood and I would have to tie string to the wires, go around the stick holding the hood up, and tug the string and turn the key to start her.

Her cigarette lighter would heat up fine, but it would pop back into the backseat seat red hot. (Found that out driving down the freeway)

And last but not least the radio didn’t work so I had a 1980’s boom box next to me that would only play cassette tapes, so my backseat was filled with dead C batteries.

Poor old car finally blew a rod driving in south Los Angeles.

[-]

MNConcerto@reddit

I drove a 1975 Ford Maverick. Blue with rust so bad you could see the road through the floor in the back seat.

[-]

KyotiKill@reddit

🤣 same (just posted mine) except it was a '74. Lots of exhaust fumes in the cab fr. Mine also had holes above the doors, it would frost/freeze the windshield inside and out... Drove like Ace Ventura some mornings on my way to school.

[-]

KyotiKill@reddit

I had Papa Smurf back in my HS days, circa 1996.

He was definitely a tank, had loads of fun with those \~1' chrome bumpers front and rear.

[-]

93195@reddit

Parents bought this for me to drive, which was an “upgrade” from my mom’s old Ford Pinto.

My friends thought they were trying to kill me. I was just happy to have wheels.

[-]

Redsmoker37@reddit

We all ended up with hand-me-downs, well, most of us did. I ended up with a 1984 Dodge Daytona that was a POS.

[-]

CrazyAlbertan2@reddit

Sheesh, my daily driver in high school was a bicycle.

[-]

TheVampireDuchess@reddit

I'll always remember our 1978 Chevrolet Caprice! That tank lasted until 1989! We could fit at least 10 people inside lol. Good times cruising in that

[-]

WilliePullout@reddit

I think it had a 400 rocket in it. Guy in school had one and it screamed for an 80s shitter

[-]

encrivage@reddit

They were quicker off the line than they looked.

[-]

UnderwhelmingAF@reddit

“Dong, where is my automobile?”

[-]

Randomly_Cromulent@reddit

I had a 77 Buick LeSabre. It made a lot of noise when I floored it but it really didn't go anywhere. I remember pumping the brakes to avoid locking up and I don't miss that.

[-]

GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

We had a '76 Mercury Grand Marquis (described in another comment) with a 460 under the hood. Objectively the only thing it did quickly was burn fuel, but it sounded pretty fantastic while doing that.

[-]

ProBuyer810-3345045@reddit

Nice car, for a while I had an 85 Delta 88 two-door, in a metallic green, the previous owner had taken very good care of it and it was a super nice riding car.

[-]

Oxjrnine@reddit

These were pretty revolutionary when released in 78. My sister had a blue one.

They were smaller than their predecessor but somehow managed to have more trunk and interior room.

And the 3 brick design seems dated now but back then this car was a huge leap forward in clean tasteful lines.

[-]

GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

My family had three GM B-bodies of this era - first a '78 Buick Estate Wagon, then a '81 Buick Electra sedan, and lastly a '89 Chevrolet Caprice Classic (the only one of the three bought new).

[-]

Original-Track-4828@reddit

My dad gave me his '77 Delta 88... which I later gave to my father-in-law.

So "my father's Oldsmobile" became "my father-in-law's Oldsmobile"

(if this doesn't make sense to you, Google the ad for "This is NOT your FATHER's Oldsmobile!" :D

[-]

GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

That ad campaign was active at the time I got my '80 Cutlass Brougham.

[-]

Short_Tailor@reddit

1978 Chevy Monza. That thing was the pussy wagon.

I never dated nor even spoke to a woman for the entirety of my ownership of that car. That car was really amazing, I was just a creepy loser. Get your '80s feed on my opening comment. Never had a wagon.

[-]

Taurusmoon66@reddit

Loved my Monza Spyder with 4 Spd, bought that after my 74 Z-28 got rolled and wrecked (first real car, restoration).

[-]

Short_Tailor@reddit

Had that janky two finger grip thing to hit reverse.

You had a Z28?!? Wow, that's like '80s holy grail! Words like rolled and wrecked not so much.

[-]

Taurusmoon66@reddit

The Monza was like a mini Z-28, that lockout for reverse was life saver teaching my friends how to drive manual!

[-]

Short_Tailor@reddit

You have the louvers on the hatch? I did not.

Met a dude while working at Burger King who had the Monza, the louvers, the mullet. I worked fries, he worked burgers. 86 was a good time.

[-]

texan01@reddit

Class of 94, had a 76 Chevy Malibu Classic sedan.

[-]

hedge36@reddit

'68 Newport Custom. My $50 car. You could have sex in the front seat of this thing.

[-]

Mundane-Plenty6991@reddit

Chevettes. We all had one. For some reason, most of them seemed to be navy blue… and if you had a sunroof or moonroof, you were basically royalty. It’s amazing how many people we could cram into those little cars.

[-]

Low_Wheel_3693@reddit

I had a yellow Delta 88.

[-]

LayerNo3634@reddit

'72 Chevy Impala. South Texas and the AC didn't work. I think that "boat" got 8 mpg.

[-]

antisocialdecay@reddit

I split time between a 78 Ford Fairmont and a 77 Ford Maverick.

[-]

movieator@reddit

Got my DL in 1990. Worked and saved to buy a 1982 White Ford LTD from a neighbor.

[-]

Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit

Thats a nice one I had a boat too big blue Caprice Classic it was an 1981

[-]

Natural_King2704@reddit

* 1950 Dodge Ram. Built like a tank

[-]

FAx32@reddit

Nice ride. I had a 72 Chevy Nova in roughly that same baby shit golden brown color.

[-]

tooslow_moveover@reddit

‘75 Nova here, in baby shit brown, with bench seating in front. I’ll bet it didn’t have headrests, so I’m lucky to have made it without a bad case of whiplash

[-]

RandomObserver13@reddit

It’s gold, dammit! 😉😂

[-]

FAx32@reddit

I LOL'd. If you google 1972 Nova Gold most everything has been repainted so it is a rainbow that looks yellow, green, bronze, light browninsh, to actual sparkling modern gold paint --, but you can find some vintage photos too.

Funny what Ford/GM thought gold looked like in the 70s. Baby shit brown it was called and I drove that ugly ass hunk of junk with the pride of a 16 year old who had been saving lawn mowing and paper route money for the better part of a decade.

[-]

RandomObserver13@reddit

Ha, I hear you. I had several friends that I would joke around with about this. It was definitely an interesting interpretation of gold (probably closer to burnt sienna). I actually had some body/paintwork done on it at one point and the guy painted it actual gold, and I just facepalmed and said dude, you’re killing me. But that’s what it said on the registration and I’m sticking with it!

[-]

Tazs4248@reddit

Made took you to school 🤯

[-]

LeveragedPittsburgh@reddit

Isn’t that the Donger automobile?

[-]

HarveyMushman72@reddit

Lake!

[-]

Jillredhanded@reddit

1972 Buick Electra 225. My Dad made me rotate the tires before I could go out on my own.

[-]

thomasbeagle@reddit

We went to the US in 2001 and bought a 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 in Austin, Texas. Camped all through the US south-west and up to Vancouver Island with it.

Great car. Gutless but cruisy V8. Could fit all our food and camping gear in the trunk.

[-]

BillyBobT22@reddit

1973 AMC Javelin. Pickle green.

[-]

Agent564@reddit

Had a 77 Lincoln town car. Such a smooth ride a beast of an engine. I remember my grandfather could hear what was wrong with an engine by pressing a huge screw driver on the block and listening to the engine. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[-]

rmhoman@reddit

Mine was a 1979 Buick Electra, nicknamed the carrier. Got 9 miles to the gallon on a good day.

[-]

sammysafari2680@reddit

I am feel the fabric falling off the roof from here.

[-]

Tough_Arm_2454@reddit

My high school science teacher had an orange 2 door.

[-]

Some-Ad926@reddit

The guy down the street used to give me a ride to school in one of those.

[-]

davster99@reddit

My best friend drove us to school in a car that looked remarkably like this… only this one looks like all the doors open and the fabric isn’t separating from the inside roof.

[-]

sauvandrew@reddit

1978 oldsmobile delta 88, propane, same exact colour as the one pictured.

[-]

DogsAreOurFriends@reddit

Mine was a damn school bus. At least it was full length.

[-]

renegade7717@reddit

77 Plymouth Fury - my grandmother passed - this was my new car. It was a tank. When u stepped on the gas u cud count to 5 has the fuel flooded the carb and the rocket launcher fired up.

[-]

Independent-Dark-955@reddit

Basically a Volvo just like this was the car I drove in HS, about 1983-85.

[-]

greatlakesseakayaker@reddit

I had a 1977 in 86-88

[-]

btubandit@reddit

this was my Mom's car, even the color

[-]

RandomObserver13@reddit

LOL, for a second there I thought you were me, except mine was a 78 LeSabre with a soft top, and that‘s an Olds.

[-]

PlumbCrazyRefer@reddit

I had the same car same color! It was perfect condition when I bought off of one my moms friends. 1 year later blasting it down dirt roads like the Dukes of Hazard and a ton of cigarette burns in the back seat good memories!

[-]

integrator74@reddit

A lot more rust and paint fade. Pull choke like a lawnmower, with a broken knob so I had to start it with pliers.

[-]

acreekofsoap@reddit

It probably still runs

[-]

Dry_Photograph_3559@reddit

81 Buick Century. It weirdly had banging stock speakers and NWA sounded awesome in it.

[-]

paintingdusk13@reddit

In 1990 I drove a 1977 Plymouth Volare station wagon that might dad out Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines stickers all over it when he had it. I slapped cycling and surfing stickers all over it. People called it the Battle Wagon. It had faded faux wood paneling.

[-]

FAx32@reddit

Any self respecting Plymouth of the era had to have the faux wood paneling. My grandfather had a Volare sedan. Parents had a Ford LTD station wagon long after station wagons were OK (like late 80s) with that same sweet, sweet, fake wood sticker paneling.

[-]