Didn't start playing golf till 2004, so I did not use many of the old "gems"'you guys have noted.
For me, it was the Titleist 975D. Still hangs in my garage like it is bat that belongs in the baseball hall of fame. It was quite a legendary stick for me.
Your first "good" driver
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Bingo baby. Couldn't believe it, scrolled down and bingo. Got back into golf after a 20 year break in 2000 and the Cobra SS350 offset got me hooked on Cobra. I think my first driver back in 2000 was a blue headed Adams, but the Cobra SS350 offset came out shortly after that if I remember correctly and I've been a Cobra driver guy ever since.
Sneakylong
It was a winner.... my current gamer is an S3 Max and an Amp Cell offset.
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I can tell he is good with the trade from the video. And thank him for allowing me to get a little whipping line from him and the home made tool for threading.
Another one around here with more than 40 years of experience was talking of retiring but he might be delayed by popular demand from all his clients. This is after one other retired from the biz. with more than 50 years of experience due to health issue.
Wish him well.
Bought a second hand low lofted Tri-Metal when I was just starting golf seriously. I hit it long and got lots of roll but was erratic. I bought an Integra SV3 square driver with an iDrive shaft and it was money until the head cracked. I've been searching for the best one since then.
"For me, it was the Titleist 975D"
This was my second "good driver" and was replaced by the SMT 370 Nemesis.
First good driver was my Taylor Made Burner Plus, bought as a set with the 3+5 woods when they first came out.
I broke all the cheap persimmon heads (Jerry Pate Autograph) that I had previous to that.
Probably the Black Box from GS back in the day....still have it!
Probably around 1975 or 76, a Powerbilt Citation. First time I could afford a decent set of woods.
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I guess it was sometime in the early 70's, I bought a set of Powerbuilt metal woods and irons from a bargain bin.
Before that I was borrowing my fathers spare set.
Can't remember the model name but it was one of the earlier metal woods they had had. They were new but strangely did not packaged as a set of golf club. Had to find the individual club with the same flex of shaft in them.
The reason why this set is probably because of the ease of maintenance. My father's set had to be refinished each year in the post seasons ( persimmon woods ). It was costly and none of us knew how to do the striping, refinishing and the whipping. Back in those days the smith always asked us to leave the golf clubs and never do any work in front of us. I played it for several years.
Maltby CT250FC on a Limey.
Loved the 975D, until the 975J came out. Played both of those drivers very well. Felt great, and were fairly forgiving (unlike the modern day Titleist drivers).
They were the only two Titleist drivers I ever owned.
Titleist maintains the traditional look, for sure, from wedges all the way to their driver. And a lot of people appreciate the traditional appearance, as do I. But not more than the forgiveness factor. 
Here she is compared to my F6. Almost be afraid to whiff it. It's smaller than my fwys. I LOVED this thing! My boss, at the time (1st golf course job), played one and he was a top local Amatuer at the time (still is, in his late 50's), found a new one for my Dad to surprise me with because they both saw me hit my bosses'. Talk about a surprise. I was heavy into softball and basketball then and rarely played golf except for hitting balls on our range and our 9 hole executive course and $80 was a YUUUGE chunk of change for 1 golf club back then and even bigger because of our families' financial situation at the time. I was the only one working and helping Mom and Pop out even though they never asked for a dime. Damn.....old memories flooding back in. Times were "tough" by some/today's standards, but we didn't know any better. It didn't take much to make me/us happy. I had a younger Bro and Sis still at their house at the time too.
Sorry for the ramble.
I had this conversation with a club pro the other day, as we were discussing the USGA's past reluctance/but sudden openness about a reduced-distance competition ball.
I know most of those guys on tour can find the sweet spot of just about every club, but (imo) you'd see the distance factor reeled back automatically if they'd simply regulate a competition driver head to be no bigger than 200-250 cc.
I'm obviously not nowhere near that level of proficiency, but comparatively speaking - my swing speed would be considerably slower if I had to put the ball somewhere in the middle of a club face about 1/3 the size as it is now. Landon's picture comparing driver head sizes hammers that point home in a hurry.
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Bull is right.
early 1980's Grand Slam with grey finishing. I think my brother might still has it in the back of his garage somewhere. I hope he still has the "green killer" putter also from the bargain bin .
Quote "TaylorMade Pittsburgh Persimmon Metal woods existed long before 1978, but they were barely used novelties. Then came Gary Adams, a brilliant club designer. In the late 1970s Adams created his first metal wood, a 12-degree cast stainless-steel driver, and he called it "Taylor Made." Adams also founded a company with the same name. He convinced a few Tour players to use the driver, also known as the Pittsburgh Persimmon, in 1979, and the first pro to win with it was Ron Streck in 1981 in Houston. It wasn't long before persimmon woods were gone and metal woods were ubiquitous. "
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My Cobra SZ 440! I played nothing but second-hand up till that point. Actually, used to hit the shit out of a Dunlop 3 wood before I even gamed a driver. Would set up and consistently hit a nice draw with carry to 230 yards. That's when I started to get greedy. Well, that and I busted my matching Dunlop 5 wood on a submerged rock on the third hole at Locust Valley Country Club. So, being a budding ho back in the late 90's I had to 'upgrade'. And, I did for a few years with hand me downs until I wanted that Cobra driver. If I remember correct, a golfing buddy of mine; name was Lefty9155 had a Cobra SZ. I wanted that club as bad as that kid in "A Christmas Story" wanted a Daisy BB gun. I even hung a full page ad from Golf Magazine on the fridge, with a note that basically said 'go to see Glen at the golf store and get this for me for Christmas or I won't love you anymore'.
Well, I gamed and put that driver back in my back this past season and have never been better off the tee! LMAO! That old 440SZ has put 2 Ping G5 drivers and 2 Taylormade drivers into hibernation.