Cool Cars We've Owned...
 

the motorhead thread brought back memories. what have you had for cool cars, past and/or present? had a '69 roadrunner convertible, ya a real one, '58 '66 '72 corvettes, couple of sunbeam tigers, a '70 mach one.

Cool AH... was that 69 a hemi? :drool:

70 MACH 1... had a friend with one of those, real neck snapper.

My first, 64 Tempest, 326, crane 3/4 race cam, Edelbrock intake, Holley 650 dual feed double pumper, Heddman Headers, Thrush pipes, bored .30 over, over size intakes and exhausts, Accel coil and dual point distrubutor, M22 4 gear out of a wrecked W30 olds, 411 posi rear gear, homegrown custom paint, Cragar slotted chrome rims.
waaay too much take home pay and time for a 17 year old... kept me busy :hihi: had a few others, and a lot of cool beach buggys, but ya never forget your first.

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1972 Jeep CJ5 w/ a '1985 350
3 speed stick, full roll cage, 33"-12.5" if you didn't blow the U joint you could stand it up in a wheely for about 10'....Some of the best days in my life were spent in that Jeep :hee:

someday, I will do one all over again:musc:

a 1973 babyblue mustang convert, brought her when i returned home from VietNam

no hemi just a 383 four barrel, high rise, headers.

My cars were the polar opposite of cool :rollem:

70 Chevy Malibu w/ a 307 :yak6:

74 Fix-It-Again-Tony 128 :yak6: :yak6:

74 Buick Apollo w/ a 350

74 AMC Hornet w/ a 232 straight 6. Probably the best of the lot.

78 Dodge Aspen with a slant 6. Not the original, but a "Super Slant"

96 Chevy Lumina, 3.1 V-6

Trucks, on the other hand, were more interesting

72 Kaiser Waggy, w/ the AMC 360, TH 400 tranny and a Dana 20 T-case. My all-time favorite beach ride.

78 K-5 Blazer. Had a 350 w/ headers, but it had been beat to crap towing.

89 Isuzu Trooper. Nothing cool about it, but it lasted 10 years, 215,000 miles and went thru almost anything.

99 Cherokee Sport. I never should have let my ex talk me into turning it back in at the end of the lease :wall: :doh:

02 Grand Cherokee Laredo Sport, w/ the 4.0 straight 6. Current ride. Only good thing about it is the engine. Tranny has been a major headache :af:

'69 Road Runner w/440 Magnum, 4 speed, 6 pack. Was my first car. I bought it as a totaled wreck at the auto auctions. My best friends uncle had a body shop and he did the work to the car as well as a '70 Chevelle that my friend picked up at the same time. $1800 initial cost, then another $800 or so in work and I was ripping up the streets. God my father hated that car. He swore I was going to kill myself in it. I almost did!
'67 Chevelle SS w/396, 4 speed. Close to 430hp. Got the front end off the ground without a problem. This one was a total resto, frame up. All original.
A couple of Harley's including one custom built from scratch by me. 1980 Shovel head Big Twin. Paugho hardtail frame, wide glide front end, fatbob tanks, and jockey shift. Sweet.

1974 Land Rover; short body
Had it for a few years in High School; sold it in 98' b/c it broke down too much!

coolest rig i ever owned was a 1979 VW Camper. 2000 CC's of air cooled fury :D Man i miss that bus.

I once drove it to the soft side of quonny :hihi:

Right now i am slowly restoring a 1971 super beetle. The plan is to sell it when i am done and buy a nice little center console I can fit in my garage..

58 cadillac with giant tail fins, 68 charger (383 4 bbl/headers), 67 mustang convertable, 71 fiat 850 sport spyder, 61 rambler wagon, 66 catalina (389 4 bbl)

The camper in particular is a speed demon, with water tanks, pop-top, and the kitchen.

Those were great engines, a lot more fun in a tiny Porsche with big carbs though.

The camper was a speed demon. lower thames to spring street in 20 seconds :hihi:
I called it my rolling condo
i had it when i first started surfcasting and would camp out all over the state.... ohhhh if i had it now :(

First car 63 bonnieville
63 buick riveria (had for 15 years)
64 falcon ragtop
55 chevy nomad
57 chevy pick-up
and ton after that
vb

I had a s hit load of cars & trucks / but either blew them up of smashed them up :rocketem:

my two best

1963 Split window Corvette /327-300

My sleeper was 1958 impala ;; Most thought it had a 348/3 duces // but actually has a mean 396/440 hp /posi..

This sucker just sat & smoked tires in 1st & 2nd gear ============ actually caught rubber in all four gears .. As crazy as I was ???? I never had it flat out / but i can remember down shifting into 3rd & I was already going over 100MPH ..
MEMORIES :bc:

1966 Mustang 2+2. Man I wish I still had that car.

P/M We all wish we still had our cars ><>><<>

73 Eldorado ....that thing was a rocket ship!.
1957 dump truck.

I want a unimog :cool:

Cool cars
 

1969 convertable vette 429 390 hp with two tops.

Man did that ride chew up my bank account.

Clammer I have a friend who owns a red 63 red split window vette that llooks like it rolled off the line yesterday. Takes your breath away when you see it go by.

Coolest was a 46 Ford Coupe, with a 48 Ford truck flat head full house
Edelbrock heads 11to 1 comp
Jahn racing pistons
Dual holly carbs
Bored, stroked, ported, relieved
Winfield SU1R full cam- optimum performance 90-120mph
Hollywood pipes
Lowered
Painted American racing colors---primer grey

2nd was a 55 Pontiac Star Chief with a 59 Bonneviile engine

3rd was a 57 Triumpfh TR-3 convert with true wire wheels

4th was 64 Chevy C-20 truck straight 6
raised 6in with 20in wheels, panted Mitsubishi Red

5th was a 96 Mitsubishi GT--SL British racing green,
Top 165mph

Now 96 Ford F-150 4x4 Eddie Bauer
Dual Flowmaster 50's --- THANK YOU KARL. :)

69 Mustang

I want to see some of Hunans cars:shocked:

he sold them all:doh:

69 Camaro

1967 SS Impalla covertable... 327...
Man I loved that car, smashed it up twice:whackin:

SWIMMER tell me where he parks it :uhuh:

'63 Corvair 6 auto. 36 mpg and quick
'52 Ford flathead 8 w/ overdrive , quicker
'65 International Travelall from Art's Dune Tours, Sandsled #1
'66 Toronado Providence to Bolton in 30 min flat. Stopped Mid-Cape 115 mph on Friday night. quickest.
'68 Chevy Van. Rolling Hotel
'71 Ventura w/ '58 283
'80 Citation, first new car ever
'88 Beretta last new car ever
'87 Park Ave. Poshest car ever
'84 F-150 XLT
'89 F-250 frillless Waiting in the driveway
'94 Caprice 9C1 Interceptor I miss that car the most
'96 Jimmy SE just what I really need

'69 Camaro Z28
427, Muncie M-22, 456 gears, Ladder bars, Nitrous Oxide, Edlerbrock Hi rise/Holley carb thru the hood. Built it when I was 16. Fast!!:scatter:
Sold it to a friend when I was done with it and he wrapped it around a pole 2nd day he had it...:crying:

85 Grand National......:crying:

Thanks for bringing up the pain and memories.....

Loved them.
I once pulled the drivetrain out of a wrecked one and put it in a POS Regal. What a sleeper....:hidin: