1979 Turd Brown Pontiac Grand Prix, with the 301 2bbl V8. The shaft in the 2bbl let go and contined to dump fuel down the intake until the bearings were wiped out.
Dad picked up a 1974 Grand Prix with the 400 4bbl V8, and we swapped that into the car. Putting an engine into a car at the age of 16, how could I not get hooked on that? Boy, was high school fun with that car. Popped alot of cherries in that back seat. Some in the front seat, too. Luckily, gas was only $0.89/gallon so the 13mpg that it got on the highway didn't make much difference.
Went off to college out of state and dad sold that car the week after I left. I was devistated, especially because he sold it to some putz that crashed it into several pieces before my first semester break. I never got to see that car again.