1964f-85

I thought I would share a photo of my first car, (that"s me in the peddle car) and that is my 64 F-85 (330, 2bbl, three on the tree) in the garage. My parents purchased it used in 65 and I was born a year later. I came home form the hospital, after I was born, in the Olds, street raced it with my father during my early teens and learned everything mechanical as a kid, wrenching on her next to my Pop. The 64 is mine now, I still spend every weekend with my father wrenching, cruising, occasionally breaking a few traffic laws (and a lot of parts), 43 years later. FYI she now has a 68 Toronado 455, cam, intake, 750 Demon, 4 speed and a 3:42 Type O posi out back.

Eric Anderson

Cool Thats alot of history right there.

Yellowstatue

Nice peddle car, if that thing looks like an Olds then my buddy has one right now that his kids used to ride in...You're wearing a hoodie...so you grew up to be a hoodlum

citcapp

Nice history on your can and its great that you still wrench with your dad

Bluevista

That's cool.
Looks like a Murray pedal car, they looked a lot like '59 Pontiacs. The older ones looked sort of like early 50's Oldsmobiles. I have a hand cranked siren for the fire chief variant.

1964f-85

I loved the peddle car, it seems to me that form day one I was always a gearhead. Tonka, Hot Wheels, Eldon 1/24 slot cars, Matchbox City, *** powered vans, go carts, dirt bikes and alot of muscle cars once I turned 15! People say the the muscle car hayday was in the 60's, I say it was the 80's, where else could an 18year old buy an all original but clapped-out RAIII 1969 GTO for 1500.00 or a 72 W-30 daily driver for $350.00?
My Pop is 72, walks 5 miles a day and currently is converting his 35' ford from a Muncie 4 speed to a T-5 5 speed so he can get better "gas mileage".

citcapp

Gazooks your Dad has the right idea must be fun working with him

1964f-85

He's a master machinest, worked in the prototype department at Diebold making ATM parts. I found anothe photo of my olds, I would guess around 1967, check out the Reese hitch for pulling a camper.

442_Mustang

That's a sharp car, I had a neighbor with one of those. You can't beat sentimental value. I'd like to find a 69 Pont. GP someday cuz I grew up in one of those. First I gotta get my rig painted and revived. Take care of that one.

74Cutlass S

Great looking car, just curious, what type and size of wheels you got on there?

1964f-85

Those wheels are vintage Torq-Thrust knock offs from the mid 1970's, I think Appliance, not sure, they say "made in Japan" in the castings. They are 14x7's, same wheel on all 4 corners. I got 2 at a swap meet for $80.00 and the other 2 on e bay for @100.00. I polishd them and painted the spokes with a dark grey engine paint. I couldn't run them without the "narrow track" disc break conversion from ECI, them move the front wheels in 1" on each side over the stock 68-72 disc's and half an inch over the stock drum set up. Thes are a must have for a 64 to 67 A body.