Vehicles you wish you would have kept

[SnoKing]

1960 Debadged El Cameo that I bought from my brother in the summer on 1967 when I returned from SE Asia. Warmed over 283 with T-10 4 speed. It had 3:36 gears that I swapped for 4:11's.

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1967 debadged SS350 Camaro. Muncie 4 speed with 3:31 gears and Bose 8 track sound system. Got it a year old some time in 1968. Keep it until around 1972.

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SnoKing

 

[jgillott]

Wow....great topic!!!

 

[RBeard]

1970 Plymouth Roadrunner, 383 Highway Patrol special w/oversized Carter 4-bbl, 4-speed w/pistol grip shifter,4.56(I think) posi-trac. bought in 75' for $1250 and sold in 77' for $2k(thought I was making a mint). Next time I saw it was in 80' at Houston Car show. I sold it because I wanted a 77' Pontiac Grand Prix.

 

[Larry Willard]

The '60 El Camino looks good. Me, wish I had the '69 Dart I bought after graduating high school. 340, 4 speed 391 posi. It just was never right after an encounter with a guard rail too late at night.
Larry

 

[Deleted member 995608]

I kick myself everyday for selling my Power Wagon. Searched for years looking for the right one that was in my budget. I kept it in my shop, so every time I needed the space, I had to move it out. That got old, so I foolishly got rid of it.

 

[Killer223]

i miss my RX8 Shinka.
my 83 CJ7. cant find pics.

 

[JR]

69 Chevelle in Glacier Blue with a built 350/350 turbo. Wasn't anything special, originally a 307 car but my right foot made short work of it. Very clean car otherwise.
I also had a 74 240z that I wish I hung on to. One of the funner cars to drive I ever owned. Ran it at the road course at the Ledges a few years.

I did recently "inherit" a bit of a project from the old man last month, a 67 Land Cruiser. She looks rough but surprisingly the frame and tub are both solid. He's had this for at least 25 years, probably sat for close to 10. Needs lots of TLC but it's a fun little cruiser to beat around on back roads and trails. I'll tinker with it until the kids are gone and she'll get a frame off.
I learned how to drive on this rig, a loose as a goose 3 on the tree :-laf. Lots of good memories with this ol girl.

 

[SnoKing]

So to add another dimension to this. Here is a list of vehicles in order that I have owned.
#1 car was a 1941 Plymouth 4 door that grandfather gave me when I turn 16 in 1960.
#2 47 or 48 A40 Austin two door sedan
#3 1954 Plymouth 2 door 230 cu in. Twin chrome Stromberg 97 carbs, Fenton headers, 4:10 gears, made my own floor shifter
#4 Half owner on 1956 Ford while gong to USCG electronic school for 6 month in Groton, Ct summer/fall of 1965
#5 1960 El Cameo
#6 1967 Camaro SS350
#7 1963 Suburban
#8 1972 Vega (bought new)
#9 1974 Chevy K10 short narrow box 350 4 speed manual. (bought new)
#10 1948 flat fender Jeep 283 Warn OD
#11 1978 Honda Civic 2 dr (bought new)
#12 1977 Honda Accord 2 dr hatch back.
#13 1967 2 wheel drive Chevy 3/4T
#14 198x Toyota Tercel 4 wheel drive station wagon (bought new)
#15 1984 Honda Prelude(with ten miles of vacuum lines on the dual carbs) (bought new)
#16 1976 K20 Chevy pickup
#17 1987 Honda Accord 4 door manual 5 sp (one of the best cars I have owned -14 yrs) (bought new)
#18 1993 W250 RAM
#19 2001 Accord 4 dr V6 (bought new)
#20 2001.5 RAM 4x4 SRW (bought new)
#21 2004 Buick Rainier AWD (still have) (bought new)
#22 1991 Honda Prelude
#23 2015 Ram 3500 SRW SB Aisin (still have) (bought new)

 

[The patriot]

73 'cuda 340 4 speed pistol grip shifter 3.55's.
68 big block sattelite
74 duster 360 4 speed (factory original)
more recently....87 Grand National. (bought it new)
{sigh{.......

 

[SnoKing]

73 'cuda 340 4 speed pistol grip shifter 3.55's.
68 big block sattelite
74 duster 360 4 speed (factory original)
more recently....87 Grand National. (bought it new)
{sigh{.......

My father has a late 60's early 70's Belvedere with the torsion bar front, that thing really cornered nicely on the road. SnoKing

 

[jhenderson]

66 Chevy II, SS, L79. I paid $1000 for it when I was 16. Sold it my senior year of high school for a down payment on a 77 1/2 ton GMC. The last time I watched Barret Jackson one sold for a little over 80K.

 

[jgillott]

Not mine, but my father had a 1958 Chevrolet Impala, 348 Tri-power that sat behind our garage for years. Sold it for next to nothing at one point because my mother wanted it gone. Their prices have settled down some from their peak, but he was having fits when he first saw what they are going for now.

 

[SnoKing]

66 Chevy II, SS, L79. I paid $1000 for it when I was 16. Sold it my senior year of high school for a down payment on a 77 1/2 ton GMC. The last time I watched Barret Jackson one sold for a little over 80K.

I have a friend that that had a first year yellow Mustang. He saw a yellow one at Barret Jackson a couple years ago. He walked up and looked at the vin, and it was the one he had bought new. Snoking

 

[Tractorat]

I also had a 74 240z that I wish I hung on to. One of the funner cars to drive I ever owned.

The first brand new car I ever bought was a 73 roadrunner. Wish I still had that. But the arab oil imbargo hit and gas prices went up. So I got rid of it and bought a brand new 74 260Z. Yes indeed, a very fun car. Really wish I still had that one

 

[SnoKing]

The first brand new car I ever bought was a 73 roadrunner. Wish I still had that. But the arab oil imbargo hit and gas prices went up. So I got rid of it and bought a brand new 74 260Z. Yes indeed, a very fun car. Really wish I still had that one

My brother had one of the Seahawk 280z's and then a couple 300z's, first one I think was NA and second turbo. SnoKing

 

[SnoKing]

The first brand new car I ever bought was a 73 roadrunner. Wish I still had that. But the arab oil imbargo hit and gas prices went up. So I got rid of it and bought a brand new 74 260Z. Yes indeed, a very fun car. Really wish I still had that one

My brother had one of the Seahawk 280z's and then a couple 300z's, first one I think was NA and second turbo. SnoKing

 

[JR]

The first brand new car I ever bought was a 73 roadrunner. Wish I still had that. But the arab oil imbargo hit and gas prices went up. So I got rid of it and bought a brand new 74 260Z. Yes indeed, a very fun car. Really wish I still had that one

After reading this I had to go back through and look at my old records, my 240 was a 73 not a 74. 74 was the first year of the 260. I also had a first gen 78 280z, little more hp and fuel injection but they were really beginning to "Americanize" them and was several hundred pounds heavier and less responsive than the 240.

 

[bigceltic]

My great regret was selling my 1989 Conquest TSi. It was my dream car in college and I bought it as soon as I had a legit job offer fresh out of college. I also WAY overpaid for it (in price and financing interest rate). Sold it in 1994 or thereabouts when I got engaged - thought I was going to be "responsible" and bought an SUV - the engagement did not last, but my regret for selling the TSi does. It is funny now to think that back then, 188hp turbo was considered very "hot" car! I think my wife's Camry has about that much hp.

 

[The patriot]

My father has a late 60's early 70's Belvedere with the torsion bar front, that thing really cornered nicely on the road. SnoKing

As far as I know, all A, B and E bodies from that period did have the torsion bars.
I also had a 66 Barracuda fastback with a 273 "Commando", but it needed frame work at the torsion bar, so I parted it out.

 

[Tractorat]

After reading this I had to go back through and look at my old records, my 240 was a 73 not a 74. 74 was the first year of the 260. I also had a first gen 78 280z, little more hp and fuel injection but they were really beginning to "Americanize" them and was several hundred pounds heavier and less responsive than the 240.

Yeh, 74 was the last desireable model of the z. It was the first year they put the may west bumpers on. But on the 74, the front ones didnt look bad at all. And the rear ones were on the outside of the bumper where they did look really good. The interior was still simple (as a sports car should be). Crank windows, simple controls, clean and uncluttered layout etc. In 74 they added all of the smog stuff. But datsun compensated by making the engine a little bigger and bumping up the hp which more than compensated. I remember being able to burn rubber in both 1st and second. After 74 it was no longer a sports car. More of a touring car. Ruined it as far as I was concerned.