My first car was a 1975 Chevelle or Malibu Classic, it actually said both. I got the car in December of 1985 but couldn't drive till I turned 16 in 1986. It wasn't called "rice" back then, but heres what I did to it:
-installed N50 series tires on the back w/ 8" Vette rallies
-installed 235/60 tires on the front w/ 7" Monte Carlo rims
-blackened out the front grill
-blackened out the rear section next to the tailights
-added SS emblems, grill and side fenders
-headers with thrush mufflers bolted directly on to them!
-flipped the air cleaner lid (had a 2 barrel
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-painted the frame, rear-end and gas tank white
This cars rear quarters were very rusty, so I sprayed rubberized undercoating on it to "slow down" the process. I also added these little trailer lights to the bottom of th shocks (early neons) Ofcoarse I had stickers on the car, what "DUDE" didn't and the one I really remember was this big Goodyear one on the back window and in true "rice" spirit, I didn't have Goodyears
One cool thing the car had was a fuel economy gauge, it would go down to minimum when you hit it, very funny.
