What was the first addition/modification to your car?

[Son of Marty]

The good old western electric phone you could tie that sucker to the bumper of your car and drive 60 miles down the freeway plug it in and make a call indestructible.

[PaulTWinterton]

In 1990, when I went to view my car for the first time it was under a cover.  I lifted the corner to reveal orange paint .  "Oh oh!  I'm not sure I can be seen in an orange car",  I mumbled to myself.  Orange was not a big car color at the time.  I was really looking for a Ceylon or Polaris car.  But because it had gold/silver Exim wheels I didn't hate it.

 

 

Next, I lifted the hood. "This isn't a tii", I said to the owner.  His reply was that his friend, the 1st owner, got  the car for graduating high school and he always wanted to replace the engine with one that he could modify. "Ultimately to be like a ti".  At 50K miles his father (what a great Dad!) bought him a replacement carburated engine that was shipped from Germany, with a certificate that I still have. 

 

The 2nd owner also said "No problem, I have the original 50K engine on a pallet as part of the sale".  The car had 70K on the odometer when I bought it.

 

The first thing I did after purchasing was to put the original engine back in the car. 

 

The odometer now reads 113K.  I like to think I have a few extra miles left in the 93K engine.  

 

 

Edited January 27, 2020 by PaulTWinterton