Vehicles we've owned, shoulda kept?

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I sometimes think back and wonder how I ever let one car or the other get away. Anyone else ever do the same? My first car was 1961 Chevrolet SS 409 4 spd. Impala, I now know that fewer than 200 were made. A local drag racer bought it new, I paid $500 for it with a 327 engine in 1969 when I was 18 yrs. old, sold it for $500. a year later. Shouda kept it.

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1970 340 Plymouth Duster, still have #ad

1971 340 Dodge Demon, bad crank/block, repaired and sold. #ad

1961 Triumph TR3, bought with wedding money #ad

1967 Triumph TR4A #ad

1962 E-Type Jag, fun/fast/rust prone, read gas meters out of it. #ad
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1969 Grand Prix, wife's cruiser #ad

1979 Toyoto Corolla SR5, good little car #ad

1978 Fiat 128 Spider, loads of fun #ad

1975 1/2ton Chev. V8 stepside utility tk, POS #ad

1976 Chev 6cyl truck, good truck #ad

1978 Dodge 1500 with early 340 auto still have #ad
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1975 164-E Volvo, better car at 10yr than new cars in the 80's #ad

1988 Dodge Dynasty, still going at 200K+
1989 250 318 farm truck 212K, still going #ad

1991 1/2 250 Dodge Cummins, little bro owns now with 173K, still good. #ad

1995 3500 Cummins, keep forever #ad
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1961 VW sedan
1965 VW sedan
VW mud bug (mixed vintage)with bus transaxel, 12"dropped front spindles, 18" ground clearance with steel paddle wheels.

That's all that come to mind now, only the Toy, Dynasty and the 3500 Cummins truck truck were bought new, the rest at about the 10yr. old mark, when you do that, you turn lots of wrenchs. I used to think that was fun, now it's a chore. Except on the truck-truck, it's still fun.

Anyone else wanna go back and keep one or two?

Almost forgot the current project, #ad
1968 Barracuda convertible #ad
, welding in rear quarters at the moment.
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There were two cars I especially liked.

1947 Ford convertable -- this one got smashed by a drunk parked at night in front of the house so I couldn't have kept it anyway.

1953 Caddie convertable -- I kick my a$$ every time I think of selling this one. It was a real beaut! Red, white top, black tuck and roll leather seats. I sold it in '61 when Uncle Sam demanded my services. Shoulda stored it instead! Curses!!!!

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Joe George
Eureka, CA

'95 2500 CC auto 4X4,Combo EGT/boost guage,custom switch panel,PacBrake,Torque plate,BD valve body,Automatic motorhome steps on both sides,Foldacover hard bed cover,Cummins chrome kit,Black steel grill guard,Front hitch receiver

 

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68 Ford Mustang, 289 with stock 4 barrel and 4sp. Way to many speeding tickets to keep.

92 Dodge 250, CC, Cummins, 5sp. Just had to sell it for the new and unimproved 99 QC. I thought it would be nice to have the doors and bench seat but now I think it was a very expensive move.

 

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Moparguy
That's an impressive list, definately a few there I wish I had.
I am always wishing I still had my 1st car after getting out of high school, a '70 Dart with a 340 4 speed positrac. That sure did run, but was never the same after the encounter with a guard rail.

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Ram Rod
'01 3500 white quad cab sport 4x4 ETH DEE SLT+ 4:10s posi Pac brake tow/camper pkg.
35' holiday rambler 5th wheel

 

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Every car Ive owned. (1)60 Plymouth Savoy,3spd,slant 6 (2)63 Chev Impala SS covertible,Hi Per 327,4spd,tilt,factory tach (3)66 Pontiac Lemans,326,4spd (4)69 Dodge Dart,340,4spd,bucket seats. Made a drag car out of it and sold at a loss. Would have been a gold mine if kept original. Wah!

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1999 2500 Cummins w/4spd auto,Quad Cab,SWB,4x4,Flame red ,all options less leather and radio controls on steering wheel,OEM color matched runningboards,DeeZee bedrails painted black,Power Vision Mirrors,OEM ventshades,Oem sill covers,OEM underrail bedliner,Isspro pyro,Westach temp,Painless wiring,RadioShack CB,Westin Black brushguard

 

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Got a 69 GTO from my uncle in 1986 at the age of 17. Spent 2 years restoring/modifying it.
Ram Air III, auto, 4. 11's. Sold it at the age of 20. Still kick'n myself in the butt. That car was alot of fun.

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97 Dodge cab/chassis 1 ton,5 spd. , 4. 10's,11'flatbed w/ monorail, bd injectors, K&N filter,Cobra 29 CB, Wilson 2000, electcric & V/H brakes, 50 gal. aux tank, pulling 20' 12 k cap tag-along flatbed trailer,
208,000 miles and counting
86' ford 1 ton,4 spd, 4. 10's, 6. 9 non turbo,( AKA "slow motion"),4spd ,90gal. aux tank, elecric & V/H brakes, pulls 40' G/N flatbed w V/H brakes
170,000 and counting
AKA- Slow motion

 

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The 1978 Jeep CJ7 Golden Eagle &
1966 Olds. Cutlass conv.
1967 Imperial Lebaron
I can't say evey one I owned like Michael, that would be around 60 vehicles. #ad


One that the wife won't ever let me sell is our '57 Ply. Fury. Factory 318 dual quad & 150mph speedo. #ad


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Paul A. Schmidt
95, 4X4, SLT 2500, 5 spd. , 4. 10, 270 hp. ,675ft. lb. TST, AFC spring kit, Pacbrake, Walker muffler,
GearVendor O. D.
Eastern PA.

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I miss my 67 Camaro the most... Traded it off when it wore out to the point it needed total restoration. It was my first car, and the last one my dad helped me build before he died... We bought it for $100. 00 and drove it home running on only 4cylinders out of 6, and only one brake working. We used a pine tree and a come-along to yank the old engine and stuff a V8 (purchased from Neil Bonnett, in his short track days, my dad had a speaking acquaintance with him) in it, hooked up to the stock Powerglide 2 speed...
That car lasted me 5 years of hard driving, including 3 years in the snow while I was in college in New York. I'd still have it if the wiring hadn't caught on fire! The first indication I had that it might have a few shorts in the wiring was when I was going downhill, stepped on the brake, put my left turn signal on, and the dome light started blinking ! That was my introduction to GM qaulity wiring. (I haven't owned a GM car since that was free of electrical problems!)

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2001 Ram 3500 4x4 Quad Cab,all black(Sport pkg. ) Cummins24v, 5speed, 3. 54,all options including leather AMSOIL Dual Remote bypass oil filter,AMSOIL air filter planning to buy a Lance camper or 5th wheel

 

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1980 IH scout W/ Nissan I-6,198 ci, 110 hp@3800 rpm turbo diesel! My first! Ha! I bet you guys didn't expect this on the list! Drove it for four years, sunk it, burned it,froze it, shot it, blew it up, it would not quit! payed $1000 for it, sold for $1250 -- to a powerstroke ford boy, he wanted the engine. He was from Oklahoma, go figure. I know no one one believes this (right Cobrajet?) so heres the pictures:
http://www.awdist.com/mgmmudfun.html

 

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All the Vettes I've owned:

1964 convert 327/365 4 sp 411's bought age 18
1969 convert 427/435 4 sp 411's bought age 20
1968 convert 327/350 4 sp
1975 convert 350/??? auto

Sold the 64 prior to being drafted, sold the 69 prior to getting married. Got the 69 back for a 40th birthday present. Sold the 68. The ex-wife got the 75, and I sold the 69 again to buy a Cat crawler/loader... Go figure??

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2001 ordered 12/20/99. Arrived 2/9/00 2500 RC, SLT,4X4,ETH,6-speed,4:10 anti-spin,Camper special,cab clearance lights,GPD trailer tow mirrors,sliding rear window,Snow Plow prep, power seat,Line-X'd OTR bed and quarter panels,DeeZee running boards,INTENSE Blue/ agate.

 

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Well it wasn't mine but a very close friend sold his 69 Hemi Road Runner. His dad bought it brand new and drove it regularly. He was big into drag racing in the late 60's thru the 70's. His dad actually sold this car once and the guy who bought it brought it back to get his money back!!!!!! He bought it for his son on the sons recomendation. After a ride in it over the weekend back he came for a refund. Kind of stunned my friends dad, but he gave the guy his money back. My friends brother got a 63 Sport fury with a 426 dual quad Max Wedge. Like i said his dad was big in drags and had ample parts to choose from.

One i wish i still had was a 79 Pontiac Trans Am, no decals (ie. chicken on the hood) 400 pontiac, 4sp, ws-6 suspenion, no t-tops. Had it 15 months and was hit three different times. No major damage but i felt cursed. The guy who bought it from me put about $1,200. 00 in stereo equipment in it and it was stolen. They found the shell of the car only. They even stole the wiring harness out of it.

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92 Ext. Cab, Auto trans. , 3. 54 Non-LS, Isspro Tach and Pyro (pre-turbo), 200,500+ miles, old and abused but still running strong!!!!

 

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My second car was the one I wish I had never sold. 70 GTX 440 6 pack 4speed and Dana. I had put 426 max wedge heads, a flat ram manifold and built a custom top to run the stock 6 pack,and Unilite ignition. I had too many tickets and the insurance company would insure it any longer. The guy that bought totaled it 3 weeks after buying it. I'm getting sick just thinking about it.

I still have my 71 mach 1 351C C6. It isn't a street car now, Drag race only.

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Dee'sel
97 2500 Club 4X4 3. 54 LSD 5 speed, K&N Air filter, Holy housing,
TST 230/605 all the way forward, AFC spring kit, Geno Combo Gauges, Silencer Ring removed,
Cat-be-gone, 4" exhaust from down pipe, Dynomax 4" bullet, Crome 4" turn down,
AmsOil 80W-90 in Trans, Lund WInter front, Leer Cab Level Shell, 235/85R16 Goodyears

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What about ones we shoulda gotten in the first place?
Mine... I saw an old 1947 Dodge M-57 Power Wagon, military version. It ran and was in great shape! Didn't even ask seller as I thought (at that time) that anything not a Chevy truck or real Jeep was a POS. Boy was I wrong. . eh, I was young and stupid. That truck woulda been great, I kicked myself regularly untill I picked up my Cummins and I realized that I had purchased the same truck, only a reincarnated(sp?) into a new body. Big Ugly

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Y2K 2500, 4X4, Auto, Quad Cab, SWB, 4. 10, Black. Yea, though I drive through the valley of Fords, I shall fear no PowerStroke, For I... am Rammin' with a Cummins.

 

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In the early 80's I had a '70 T-Bird. What a sleeper. 423ci police pursuit engine, thunderjet V8. Slightly built -- holly 4bl, edelbrock intake, custom exhaust. Made a bet with a guy at school it would lay rubber the length of the parking lot, about 200 yds, with snow tires. It did -- and I was laying on the brakes praying it would stop at the end. Nice wrap around seat in the back for the other college kid past-time...

 

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I still can't believe I sold it! A 1969 Z28 Camaro. Mechanical lifters, 11:1 compression ratio, chambered pipe exhaust system, ducted hood, 4-speed Muncie close-ratio transmission, fully restored except for the paint job. Wahhhhh! #ad
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1996 Dodge 2500 SC, SLT, Cummins 12V, 5-spd. , 4X4, JRE 4" exhaust (somebody stole my kitty and my muffler fell off!), Horton Fan Clutch, Jacobs/Ram Exhaust Brake, MagHytec Differential Cover, Combo Gauge, K&N Filter, Brite-Box, no turbo silencer ring, full-time fog lights. TST 280HP/685Ft-Lb torque plate and Prime-Loc coming soon!

 

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Wow... you fellas have had some great classics!
I'd like to have my very first vehicle a '59 Ford truck with a 312? engine... some of the others,
'69 Chevy Blazer
'72 Fiat 124 Sport... not into imports but this baby was my Army car while stationed in Greece, my ONLY transportation for 4 years!
'81 Cessna 172P Can't believe I sold it.
'97 Ford Explorer (wife's), great all around vehicle and never had the first bit of trouble.
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'96 Dodge 2500 Cummins... Wait, I still have that one but, but, DANG I sure wish it had 4 full size doors!


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Vero Beach, FL... '96 2500 CC 4x2 LWB Auto 3:54's Camper and Tow pkg, K&N airfilter, Prime-Loc w/PSID gauge, Rancho 5000 shocks, Isspro gauges, Leer roof flush topper, Speedliner spray on bedliner.

 

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Radixr,
I still have my 69 Z28. It was my first car. I got it when I was 14. I spent a few years tinkering with it until I finally had it completely restored. Later found out the paint was wrong (it was a Ford color) and had to have it completely repainted. That's when I found out that most of the work I payed to have done from the first retoration was not done and I had to pay to have it all redone. Needless to say, the first guy is out of business. But I digress.

The truck I wish I kept is my 95 2500 4x4. It ran great with only 70,000 when I traded it in for my 98. I still like my 98 but it sure is easy to get stuck in the mud and I can't drive it as hard as I did the 95.

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98. 5 3500 QC 4x4
Driftwood/ Grey Int.
5 spd, 3. 54
PowerMax2, Dual Designs
Ranchhand bumbers, headache rack and toolbox
custom 4" chrome sidepipes are gone (too loud), dual 3" with 5" tips back on, "Scotty Air System", Centerforce Dual Friction clutch, Autometer Gauges, Cobra CB, Sony CD player

 

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Great thread-

1960 VW Bug with the sliding sunroof. A true european spec'ed VW... Every time I have had a vehicle in the shop the past three years I think about how nice it would be to have it back.

1989 5. 0 Mustang Hatchback. The only "cherry" I have ever bought. My wife and I found it after searching for several weeks-four years old and only 12K miles in Nov 93 and I paid 7500. 00.

1976 when my Dad died, I received #1

1. 65 Chevy Impala 2dr with 327 auto
2. 54 Chevy Pickup with 327 auto
3. 77 Chevy Nova (first nice car)
4. 79 Toyota SR5
5. 81 Chevy C10 350 4spd
6. 83 Mazda 626
7. 77 Nova (same car again)
8. 89 Ford Mustang 5. 0 auto
9. 95 Chevy Pickup 4. 3 auto
10. 64 VW Bug
11. 72 VW Superbeetle
12. 95 Taurus
13. 60 VW Bug
14. 93 Ford Mustang 5. 0 5spd
15. 79 Datsun 510
16. 99 Dodge 1500 4x4 5. 2 5spd.
17. 99 Dodge 2500 4x4 24V 5spd.

The 60 VW is the only vehicle I really regret selling or tearing to pieces. My Ram is the most versatile vehicle I have ever owned and doubt I will ever part with it based on passed experience.

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1999 Quad Cab 2500 ST 4X4 SB 24V/5speed 3. 54/LSD Driftwood/Agate
[*]275hp Injectors on the way, Straight Pipe, VDO Boost/Pyro on A-Pillar
[*] 235/85/16 Dunlop Mud Rovers, RS9000's, Hella 500 Driving Lights Husky Liners
[*] Smittybilt Sure-Steps, Magellan 315 GPS mounted on shifter console

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SORRY GUYS! I'm dating myself.
I loved the '54'Merc Sunvaley!!
and 58 pontiac!
That was when cars were made out of METAL! Pontiac would ping if I even looked at a reqular pump. EYTHEL!!!!

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Bert
"97"SLT,Diesel,CC,4x4 3/4 5spd,3:54,LS,60gal fuel tank,E-brake,Primelock
Lund running boards,Espar htr,elect extend mirrors.

 

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Bert,

I was beginning to think I was the only guy on here who's favorite cars were made before '60. My uncle had one of those great old Mercs. Beautiful car!

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Joe George
Eureka, CA

'95 2500 CC auto 4X4,Combo EGT/boost guage,custom switch panel,PacBrake,Torque plate,BD valve body,Automatic motorhome steps on both sides,Foldacover hard bed cover,Cummins chrome kit,Black steel grill guard,Front hitch receiver