Whats your vehicle history (aka what have you owned?)

I have owned many over the past 20 years. (I had my first car at 15)

They are as follows (starting with the first):

• 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Convertable (428cid Super Cobra Jet, 4bbl, and a 4 spd)
  
• 1978 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (454cid, 4bbl, 4 spd)
  
• 1975 AMC Gremlin X (304 cid, 4 bbl, 4 spd)
  
• 1971 Opal GT 1900 (1900cc Inline 4, 4 one bbl side-draft carbs, 4 spd)
  
• 1977 Chevrolet El Camino Black Knight (454cid, 4 bbl, 4 spd)
  
• 1969 AMC AMX SS (390 cid, 4bbl, 4 spd)
  
• 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertable ZL1 (427 cid, 2-4bbl crossfire intake, 550 hp, 4 spd)
  
• 1978 Buick Electra 2 door (455 cid, 4 bbl, auto)
  
• 1972 Bradley GT2 (13B-REW Mazda, Magnum 44 4 spd)
  
• 1972 Bradley GT2 Electric (9" duel siamese motor, 4 spd VW Transaxel)
  
• 1983 AMC Eagle Wagon (258 cid, 3 spd auto, 4-wheel drive)
  
• 1963 AM General 2 1/2 Bobbed (Inline 6 cyl multifuel)
  
• 1983 Yamaha XJ-650 Maxim
  
• 1984 Yamaha XVZ-12 Venture (185,000 miles and going strong)
  
• 1969 Pontiac Firebird (250 cid, 4 bbl, 4 spd)
  
• 1966 Sunbeam Alpine Tiger (260 cid, 4bbl, 4 spd)
  
• 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee (258 cid, Fuel injection, 4 spd auto, 4-wheel drive)
  
• 1994 Jeep Cherokee Limited (258 cid, Fuel Injection, 4 spd auto, 4-wheel drive)
  
• etc, etc, etc...
  

Damn, never figured I owned that many vehicles, till I made the list. I have owned more than that, I just can't remember the years/ stats.

I really want to shoot myself for letting some of them go. :bash: :bnghd:

[edit on 8/29/2010 by Ghost of Chewie]

1948 Chevrolet Fleetline used cost $35 sold $35
1957 Ford Fairlane 500 used cost $195 sold $225
1962 Ford Galaxie 500XL used, 406ci, 405HP, tripower cost $995
1956 VW Bug oval window used cost $225 abandoned
1965 Yamaha 55cc new cost $250 traded
1956 Matchless 500 used traded
1966 Suzuki 80cc used cost $350
1967 Suzuki 150cc new cost about $500
1967 Ford Econoline Van used cost $600
1967 Yamaha Big Bear used 305cc
1972 VW Bug used cost $225 sold $225
1972 Datsun 1200 used cost $600 traded
1973 Honda 350cc new cost $930 sold $500
1978 Datsun B210 new cost $4000 traded
1979 Troy-Bilt Roto-Tiller new cost $995 current
1972 Chevrolet Pickup used cost $1900 sold $500
1985 Ford Thunderbird new cost about $15000
1967 Jaguar Mx II used cost $15000 sold $12000
1990 Acura Legend new
1994 Acura RL new leased
1995 Ford Ranger used cost $2000 sold $2100
1992 Acura Integra new
2001 Ford Ranger new cost $19000 sold $11000
1998 Acura TL new cost about $30000
2004 Acura RL (current) new cost $40000
2007 Chevrolet Silverado Duramax (current) new cost $42000

[edit on 8/30/2010 by schuyler]

1. 1989 ford mustang lx with 4cyl and automatic, worst transmission ever built. wrecked it when i was sixteen.

2.1996 chevy S-10. got great mileage and was tought as hell.

3. 1974 chevy nova. primer grey and needing body work, but damn that thing would run.

4. 1992 toyota pickup, 35mpg was nice. bought it for $150, it was white with black racing stripes.

5. 1996 chrysler sebring jxi convertible.

6. 1964 dodge dart 170 4-door. great car, my current driver. slant 6 and pushbuttons, am radio, cigarette lighter and horn all still work, just drove it from seattle to my hometown in oklahoma without a problem.

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"6. 1964 dodge dart 170 4-door. great car, my current driver. slant 6 and pushbuttons, am radio, cigarette lighter and horn all still work, just drove it from seattle to my hometown in oklahoma without a problem. "

My Dad had that exact car! White. I drove it many times. Those things just never die! I remember the pushbutton transmission. Unique and classic. Thanks for the memory.

1977 GMC Jimmy full time 4WD
1982 camaro
1984 firebird
1987 formula
1996 GMC Jimmy (the small one)
2003 Dodge Ram
1995 Jeep wrangler
1995 Jeep wrangler (Yes, two of them)
2001 Volkswagen Beetle
2010 Dodge Ram Laramie
1973 Ford Bronco
1984 Taurus
1975 Honda civic
1982 Ford Lynx LN7
1974 Olds Cutlas

First Car: 1969 VW Bug, yellow with sunroof and seats that were not attached well to the floor due to the rust on the bottom of car I burnt out the engine because the electrical didnt work well and the "need oil" light never came on. Being 17 and naive - I never thought to even check the oil Burnt out engine and killed car on way to my first day of work at The Gap

Second car: Honda Accord (got used). Drove it until I got....

Third: Honda Civic (got new as a gift) Drove it until I traded it in for

Fourth: (new ) Jeep Wrangler Softtop

.....and at same time after Wrangler paid off.....

Fifth: VW GTI

My next vehicle....Hmmmmm....
I love the Toyota FJ (although im not a fan of Toyota) and Porche Carerra GT or BMW Z4....but I think the FJ is probably more in my budget

Maybe a Truck will be the next one...Im a shorty and like to ride high

63 Chevy BelAir
64 1/2 Mustang Convertible
59 Cadillac Coup de Ville
72 Opel GT
74 Opel Rally
72 Honda 750
63 Cadillac Hearse
76 Opel GT
75 Lincoln Continental
76 Honda 750
72 Cadillac Sedan de Ville
75 Lincoln Town Car
96 Jeep Cherokee
10 Jeep Grand Cherokee

1. 57 Chevy 150 tudor sedan. 327, 4speed. bought it in 98. Been in a barn since 99. Trying to sell it no luck.

2. 57 chevy bel air 4 door. sold in 2000

3. 69 Dodge D-100

4. 67 Pontiac Lemans. great driver. had a 350 and 2spd. Took it on a road trip from SC to NE and back. No
problems. still kick myself for selling it.

5. 67 Pontiac GTO rusted out basket case. sold it to buy another project

6. 40 Ford Standard Tudor. (another non running project)

7. 04 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II (fell apart at 50K) sold it to buy a scout

8 74 IH Scout

9 77 IH Scout (current Project and daily driver)

My Better half has
01 PT Cruiser and an 04 Dodge SRT 4

81 fiat 125p 1500
89 fiat 125p 1600
85 vw jetta 1.8
89 merkur xr4 ti
93 jeep grand cherokee laredo I6
88 pontiac sunbird gt turbo
98 pontiac grand prix GTP supercharged
91 lincoln mark VII LSC special edition
02 pontiac trans am ws6
01 bmw 530i
05 dodge ram 1500 hemi sport
10 jeep grand cherokee srt 8

First ride was/is a 78 bronco still have it bought it in 88
then a 94 f150 4x4
to a 98 f150 4x4
then went of the deep end and got a 2000 Ram 2500 4x4
now a 07 nissan titan 4x4 and my beloved bronco.

First car @ 16 years old was a rusted out 1972 Impala

After that over the years I have had many.....

1978 Chevy Caprice - 400 cid.
1969 Chevy El Camino SS 396
1966 Chevy Chevelle SS 396
1967 Chevy Impala - 327cid.
1972 Chevy van - 250 cid. / 3 on the tree
1975 Chevy Monte Carlo - 454 cid.
1966 Impala SS
1986 Pontiac J6000
1975 Plymouth Gran Fury
1989 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
1980 Eagle SX4 - 4x4
1990 Mercury Lynx
1992 Ford Escort
1989 Ford Escort wagon
1971 Chevy 1/2 ton truck - 2WD - 283 cid. - 3 speed
1980 Chevy Suburban 3/4 ton - 2 WD
1978 Chevy Suburban 1/2 ton - 4X4
1983 AMC Eagle station wagon 4x4
1984 AMC Eagle station wagon 4x4
1992 Ford F150 4x4

* currently own *
2005 Dodge Grand Caravan
1992 Nissan D21 pick-up
1983 33' Winnebago
2005 Honda Rincon ATV
2003 Honda Recon ATV

Damn...I can remember all the cars I owned better than I can remember all the girlfriends I had.

My first car which I got when I was 13 or 14 I believe was a

1968 Ford Galaxy 500 2 door Fastback (my all time favorite galaxy model a great looking car) 390 3 speed C6 trans 3.90 gears.
Edelbrock 420hp power pack. The most comfortable cruiser I've been in, had such a nice riding suspension, too much body roll for real handling but soaked up bad California roads like none other. The car was in my family since it had been special ordered. This car was surprisingly quick, it even took down a few SS 396 Chevelles which surprised the hell out of them and earned me a spot in a more than a few cruises and club shows. Sadly my dad used it to commute on Vasco road between Brentwood and Livermore and ended up being rear ended by a guy who was more concerned with reading the newspaper than paying attention. It was totaled but we got it from the insurance company, I had plans to do a resto-mod tub it with mickey's and build up a 428CJ for it but my dad ended up getting rid of it for me since the Neighborhood association was bi$%%ing about it being parked in our driveway. I hated to see her go and did one last big smoky burnout in her before I watched her ride off into the sunset.

When I got my license my parents gave me there old 99 Nissan Quest van, that thing was a great vehicle the only problem it ever had was going through motor mounts which was from my driving habits anyway. The 3.3 was a great motor and made the van pretty quick considering. Me being who I am I cut the muffler and resonator (the thing sounded great after that) and made a custom cold air intake, and put on some Enkei 5 spokes, I also installed a pretty crazy sound system in it. The golden bullet did me great for many years until I let my brother use it for driving to school, he being the horrible driver he is hit a tree in it too (after totaling my GN)

Me being crazy as usual.
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Using the money I was going to use on the Galaxy resto-mod I bought a-

1984 Buick Regal Grand National that had a fresh low mile 87 motor and drive-train swap (so it was no longer a "hot air" car. After some help from my buddies at Kenne Bell I got that car to run like a bat out of hell and installed a 10 point cage in it to show you how extreme I was planning on going with it. Best time for the car was a flat 11 on street tires and pump gas. I swear I went through more back tires on this car than most people would in a lifetime the ratio was something like 10:1 to the front tires, I had lots of friends at tire shops that would save me the proper size 15s for me that had decent tread left so I could afford my burnout habit. After trailering the car out to Arkansas my brother "borrowed it" without asking while I was asleep and totaled it, which ruined the car for me and I lost interest and let him have it.



On my 17th birthday I bought myself a 1977 Chevy K10 "heavy " 1/2ton (with 3/4ton suspension) 4wd stepside with a 6" suspension lift on 37"x12.5 Super Swamper Irok radials. Low miles built 350 balanced, blueprinted, ported and polished heads, Edelbrock aluminum intake, Holly truck Avenger 650 (hated it, never had so many problems with a carb, replaced it with a Edelbrock Thunder AVS 650 and never looked back), Isky torque cam, Full Accel ignition, Hooker long tubes, Flow Master Super 40s turned down and out at the end of the cab. It had the bombproof Muncie SM 465 "granny 1st gear" with Centerforce clutch, don't remember what transfer case it had but it was bombproof too, 4.10 gearing, lockers front and rear. 4 point Roll cage, and Double/Double tube Roll bar/light tube with 4 front facing and 2 rear facing KC's. This truck was made to do one thing and do it very good I never did anything cosmetically because I knew I was going to be at the very least drag the body along rough brush. This truck went to Carneghie MotorSports Park, many a time, I used to save every receipt from entrance and stick them to the headliner (or lack there of) and had to make new room many times. Also pulled out many friends.

"Mighty Whitey" doing what she does best.





I had a lifted 87 (I think can't really remember for sure though) fullsize Bronco with a 302 but it was a turd so I sold it for a little bit of profit after getting it running a little better.

My current obsession is my 99 Mustang Cobra with the 4.6l DOHC 32valve all aluminum motor. It has 145,000 miles but still runs great, I'm sure I will rebuild it pretty soon here.
Here's the mods listed for the Modifications to your car thread.

JLT Ram Air Induction, it's pretty nice I just pop out the passenger side headlight assembly, simple as pulling the retainer bars and disconnecting the headlight connector (all tool-less) and it gets a straight shot ram air effect for the track.

Steeda underdrive pulleys with SFI approved dampened harmonic balancer.

MSD COPs

Custom Diablo Sport tune.

BBK short tube headers (ordering a set of long tubes and selling my friend the short tubes for his 4v motor swap).

Full exhaust with flow master 40 series, no cats.

Maximum Motorsports Aluminum clutch quadrant, firewall adjuster, with stock cable (stock cable is one of the most durable and reliable cables you can go with.

MGW short throw shifter, I love that shifter it's a night and day difference between the stock slosh stick and this shifter, it practically jumps into third and has the perfect throw and a very nice positive engagement.

TR3650 trans swap.

I have a full Derlin IRS bushing kit that I'm waiting until spring to install as it is a pretty big job but they make a massive difference in the handling of the car and get rid of the annoying "Cobra Clunk" from the Ford NVH team going over SVT's head and replacing the bushings with much softer ones to help with noise vibration and harshness. The Derlin bushings are well work a little extra noise though.

Also have H&R race springs ready to be installed when spring roles around too, will be ordering Caster/Camber plates soon too.

SPEC Stage 2 Clutch Kevlar friction material Street/Strip rated at 530ft/lbs of torque and still very mild on the street.

Soon to be ordering Steeda bump-steer kits front and back.

I also have a Maximum Motorsports full length subframe connector set.

Steeda button head IRS subframe bolt kit to allow the use of 315/35R-17 meats in the rear, can't wait to throw a set of these on the back and help remedy my severe traction problem.
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Saving up the money for a Kenne Bell Big Bore 2.1L supercharger.

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My work truck is a 07 Ford F350 King Ranch Edition 4wd 6.0 Turbo Diesel, that I am in love with. I have a straight through 4" exhaust and a custom DJ's Diesel Performance "loony tune" and a cold air intake, it it amazing how much power this truck has and it looks great doing it.

first car
1980 toyota celica supra aka mk1 supra manual. 50k orig miles.
before supra was its own thing. it was basicailly a celica with a longer and wider wheelbase a bigger motor and "luxurious" interior. i saved up all through 11th grade and bought it in the summer before my senior year.
i loved that car but it was not good for a beginner driver. it was lightweight had more than enough power was a manual and had a locker lsd rear end with 4.10 gears. luckily the motor blew up before i had the opportunity to wrap it around a telephone pole.

2nd car
1996 volkswagen gti. porcelean blue manual 2.0. it was beautiful. i was young and dumb and didnt take care of it. i think i ended up selling it for 500 bucks with a blown transmission and blown main oil seal. i regret it to this day

3rd car
1993 honda del sol 5 speed d16 vtec. fun car but too small and made no torque. also a cop magnet if your a teenager. lost my license and sold the car and never looked back.

4th car
1995 volkswagen vr6 gti drivers edition manual. lightweight handled great and was plenty fast with the vr6. made the power of a v8 but got the gas mileage like a 4 cylinder and it made tons of torque. most reliable car i owned. i put over 100k miles on it and traded it to my friend for my next car.

5th car
1991 bmw 325is e30. southern car in pristine condition. it was a really fun car. decently reliable and in good shape but i was afraid to drive it in the winter so i traded it straight up for my next car after driving it for 8 months.
the inline 6 made plenty of power for the light car and it also had a 4.10 lsd rear end thats why it wasn't a good idea for winter. it was also an automatic witch made it dull at times.

6th car
1995 volkswagen vr6 gti manual. not as reliable as the 1st one but was good. got bored with it quick after already owning one and decided to get something newer and more commuter friendly.

7th car
2001 hyundai accent 5 speed base. awesome commuter car. hybrid-esque gas mileage and parts were dirt cheap. front brake pads were 9 dollars. but the car was dangerously underpowerd and just plain boring so i sold it.

8th car (current)
2000 saab 9-5 aero 2.3 turbo
favorite car so far. first turbo car also my first sedan. 235hp 255tq makes plenty of power. 40-70 in 2nd gear is faster than a porsce 911 turbo. i love the nice features. heated and air cooled seats are my favorite features. plenty of trunk room great gas mileage and so far its been really reliable. i enjoy all of the extra room and comfyness since its a sedan i dont think i can ever daily drive another small car.

This seems fun. Here is my list of the last 12 years.

1997 acura integra gs-r
1999 nissan sentra se limited
2001 acura integra gs-r
1992 buick lesabre custom
1993 mitsubishi eclipse gs
1983 chevrolet s10 tahoe
1993 ford explorer eddie bauer
1995 cherolet blazer ls
1987 volkswagen jetta gli
1987 chevrolet celebrity
1989 ford probe gt
1991 chevrolet suburban
1994 ford probe se
1989 ford probe gt

By far I am a ford guy. And my obvious choice of car is the probe. Go figure.

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sold the dart, now i have an 80 firebird formula ws6 that i'm gonna drop a 400 into soon

My first and still have, an
86 Toyota 4runner that's half built for off road. Not bad for a dollar.
I want to make it diesel with a little merc engine and straight axle it since I have to keep it might as well make it nice. Needs prerunner fenders and 33x10's too. All in do time. Any one know where I can get a sun visor for it?

1st. 1979 triumph tr7. 115hp 2 seat sports car. Wasn't that fast of a car but it made up for it in handling.

2nd 1989 Ford Probe GL

Ok, my history is pretty diverse so here goes.

1972 LJ GTR XU1 "mock up" Torana...
1978 Mk 2 Ford Escort 2 door...
1976 Holden Gemini Coupe...
1979 Holden Gemini Sedan...
1976 Holden Gemini Sedan...
1979 Holden Gemini Wagon...
1982 Mitsubishi Sigma Turbo...
1979 Mitsubishi Sigma...
1984 Holden Gemini Sedan...
1985 Mitsubishi Magna Turbo...
1982 Holden Commodore VH SLE...
1979 Holden Commodore VC SL...
1976 LH Torana SLR 5000 "mock up"
1982 Mitsubishi Colt Hatch...
1972 Holden HQ GTS...
1986 Toyota Hi Ace Van...
1976 Toyota Corolla Wagon...
1979 Rx7 Convertable...
1999 Honda HRV...
1979 Rx7 coupe...
1998 Mercedes SLK 230 Kompressor...
1988 Saab 900 Turbo Convertable...
2007 Dodge Nitro Diesel...

Alot of the cars I've owned are now selling for stupid amounts of money......
Makes me wish I hung on to a few of them..