Topic: What Kinda Car You Own? (or previously owned?)

[ieism]

No cars for me, cars are evil.

[Rocking-M]

Right now,

1980 Fiat Spider (Autocross and TT)
1981 Lancia Beta (Rally)
1989 BMW 325i (the wife's but I'm the mechanic)
1972 4x4 Chevy converted to ton truck
1974 Chevy Crew cab 454
1993 4700 International

in the driveway
1999 Corvette C5 (the oldest son's)
1987 325 BMW (the youngest son's)

In the past, International Scouts (2) and I'd still have one if the tin worms would leave them alone.
Fiat x 1/9
Chevy Vega (75 GT)
54 Ford Pickup
72 Ford Pickup
56 Chevy Pickup (wish I'd kept it)
71 Chevy 4x4 (wish I'd kept it)
Renault Le Car (glad to see it go)
67 Buick Special (the tank)
a few others I'd don't want to remember

[slarty-bart-farst]

did own
Jaguar XJR Supercharged 400bhp lowered sports suspension
Triumph V8 Stag 20 years old no rust, holly carb, free flow headers.

own now
Jeep 4l Cherokee now LPG powered ( converted it myself ) what a machine, 110,000 miles no trouble, use it off road.
Ford 130 bhp 2 l diesal estate. handles sooo well.
Citroen Xantia Hydro suspension 10 years old runs on cooking oil/diesal mix! ( my faverite) this thing goes round corner like a go cart.

want
Chrysler 300c sorry but you americans do the best cars, V8 is the daddy but for UK that dieasl is amazing.

Graham

[ElCheapo]

Cheapo- I'd love to see a picture of that '71 MGA !

My first was an MGA Coupe-
Ford Falcon Van
51 Dodge I bought because the trunk was full of walnuts
Morris Minor Traveler
TR3
54 Chevy Belaire
54 Citroen
TR3 again
66 Volvo station wagon; sanitised, painted Didge truck grey, small blue/purple/pink ghost flames, burgundy interior, full
    Moons, and a sprinkle of fairy dust under the hood.
Another Morris Minor Traveller with front disk conversion and 1275 engine, among other mods.
Now it's a basic MGB- I mean Miata

I guess I did typo on that, so many cars it is hard to recall. Actually I think it was a MGB or A and not super sure on the year (so many cars, so many years). The rest of the cars were had when you could get them for next to nothing. 70 Chevelle in high school was bought for a meager $600! Same for the GSX. Wish I still had that car.

As for the rotary bug: We got some kit adapter plate (now totally unavailable) and ran the plumbing for the cooling like a fiero up to a ?? radiator. Then set up some 4 squirrel cage fans that took thier air from louvres in the hood. I worked in a Import junk yard/repair shop at the time so there is no telling about what was used for what on the details. I was robbing parts from all over. It never made it to being to awful pretty. It was given a BS white paint job.

Wish I had thought to have a camera back in the day  Just wasnt important then, figured they would last .....

[heffay]

No cars for me, cars are evil.

want
Chrysler 300c sorry but you americans do the best cars, V8 is the daddy but for UK that dieasl is amazing.

Graham

too bad only a small portion of us see it that way... huh, ieism?

[CaféElite]

Volvo 745(I think)... sister destroyed it so I made her buy the next beast in the list
82 Trans Am 302 turbo.. man the one american car i loved..
91 Honda Civic hatchback.. my first go at modifying cars back in 98. Fun little car and got me into auto-x.
91 Nissan 240sx hatch,  got in 99\00 and to this day the best car I have owned and I will own another. Had some great times wrenching on this and flogging it at the local auto-x course. What we will do for a girl... 
04 Subaru WRX wagon... should have never got rid of this car.. Want a great car? Get a subaru.
06 Jeep wrangler - I freakin hate this thing.. Will be the last new car I buy ever and as soon is the time is right it will be sold.

Dream car...
Audi S4 avant(with out any issues  )
Land Rover Defender 90

[heffay]

06 Jeep wrangler - I freakin hate this thing.. Will be the last new car I buy ever and as soon is the time is right it will be sold.

you seem like a knowledgeable chap... buy why an '06?  everyone knows real jeeps only come from the vint age. 
at least you learned your lesson  and won't go out and buy another one!

[CaféElite]

you seem like a knowledgeable chap... buy why an '06?  everyone knows real jeeps only come from the vint age. 
at least you learned your lesson  and won't go out and buy another one!

Can we call it a growing pain  ? Just one of those life leasons I guess...

[Rushoid]

1965 Mustang 2+2 (Actually my Dad's (bought new in Sept. '64), but I've put more miles on it than he has in the last 20 years. Restoration in progress.)
1969 Torino GT (Owned for 17 years. Sold when I moved in 2004  )
1985 Mustang GT (Owned 10 years. 75% of it had been replaced by the time I sold it.  To be fair, I put over 100,000 miles on it and I never babied it.)
1969 Firebird (Never drove it. Bought it to fix up but the '85 GT got in the way. Sold it when I left the Navy. Looked cool though.  )
1978 F-250 (beat-up POS but tough as nails!)
1985 Chevy C-10 (Pretty, reliable, completely gutless. Hated that truck.)
1984 Thunderbird (Couldn't kill this car. I tried.)
1995 Crown Vic Police (Best car I ever owned. Wish I still had it.)
2000 F-150 4X4 (Current. Love this truck!  )
2001 Taurus (Wife's. Great car.)

I'll post more pics if I can rustle some up. The '65 is in my gallery. Here's the Torino:

[Uncle Ernie]

That Chrysler 300 looks good...
I worked 3 years at a place that sold used and reman engines and transmissions.  I have to say that I do not get how Chrysler stays in business.  Their headlight lenses alone last an average of 4 years and then need replacement to pass inspection here.

[Stevien1]

'83 Plymouth Horizon 2.2
'85 Plymouth Reliant 2.2
'86 Dodge Shelby Charger 2.2 Turbo
'90 Plymouth Voyager 2.5 Turbo intercooled (yes, a turbo minivan!)
'95 Dodge Neon (2.0 SOHC turbo in progress)

What can I say?  I'm a Chrysler-Jeep tech and a turbo junkie! 

[techy5025]

OK...let me think back.

1931 Chevy two door...forget the model.  (My dad taught me to drive in this one) Remember the starter button
  on the floor next to the gas petal....I think it had a crank, too! He had this car until the mid 50's.

1949 Chevy four door...starter button moved to dash! First high school car.

1957 Chevy four door 210....if it were a BelAir, it would be worth a.... ton now! Came with a clock. When I gave it to
  my Dad, it had AC, PS, PB, PW, auto head light dimmer...remember those! I was never into the hot rod stuff, but for
  some reason gadgets turned me on.

1966 Chevy Caprice....college car.

1972 Chevy Caprice....what can I say...was into gadget cars!

1976 Corvette...only four speed I've owned.

1985 Corvette...lots of problems but drove well.

1995 Lexus GS300....my current car but it is getting long in the tooth...no problem car!

2007 Lexus GS300....soon I hope.

I tend to drive cars till the wheels fall off.  All the recent cars had over 150K when I got rid of them.

Jim

[Drewery]

'69' GT6 plus

[SD750F]

1970 Mercury Cougar... With the large block and a Holley four!. Did about 6MPG...

1977 VW Rabbit... Did a couple mods to the engine and suspension. Could out turn local Mach1s... Drove it from Phoenix to San Diego under 3 hours a couple of times!!!

1984 Isuzu Impulse SE... What can you say. I thought is was a good looking car. Metallic Gray, leather, 5 speed, sunroof and gold accents...

1988 Audi Quattro 5000... A great car! Loved the way it handled and drove. Have a great story about the car, myself, the dessert, and two girls in a BMW...

1994 Ford Explorer... I needed a car for hauling the hot air balloon... Damn, and I had to get rid of the Audi.

1998 Ford Expedition... Bigger balloon hauler. People, balloons, and big dogs. That is what my life has come down to. But now I have a trailer that I can haul my 78 CB750F3 in...

Scott

[ElCheapo]

Only bikes count 

I guess with all the cars I have owned, only the bikes count or is it the other way??

06 Suzuki Hayabusa
92 Ninja
93 Suzuki 750/1100 race 7/11

[ledbetter]

1966 ford mustang with the in-line sprint 6 cylinder(I miss that car)
1973 & 1977 cadies (land yacht,watch the speedometer go one way and the gas gauge go the other)
1979 Audi fox(piece o'crap)
1986 Buick skylark(first manual transmission for me)
1983 Chevy pickup with a 308 engine
1987 acura legand
1989 full size Chevy silverodo
2001 Toyota Carola(best car I have ever had ,has almost 200,000 miles on it and runs like brand new)
1986 ninja 250
1973 CB350
1975 CB750 super sport &1976 CB 750

[dagersh]

'03 Allroad - Daily Driver, Bulldog and motorcycle hauler

'68 Buick GS 400 convertible





Gersh

[ElCheapo]

'68 Buick GS 400 convertible





Gersh

DAMIT DAMIT DAMIT Mine was white with baby blue top,. 

[DJT96]

 1981 Ford pinto station wagon (first car and it was free lol)

 currently own
1994 Ford Ranger
1984 Jeep CJ7

[HondaMan]

My wife calls me "FordOMatic".   

I currently have: 1967 LTD 2-door fastback (very powerful FE engine, very sexy!) to go with my 1967 Airstream 24' trailer, a 1979 Fairmont wagon, about to get its 3rd engine rebuild (surprisingly good car!), a 1979 ThunderBird with new engine, trans, brakes, shocks, interior, carpet and a FOR SALE sign on it ($1500 OBO, nice car), because after I rebuilt everything she drove the 1990 Lincoln, and the T-Bird just wasn't fancy enough...    So, I have the Lincoln crowding my bike parking spot out until I can sell the T-Bird.