Vehicles you wish you would have kept

[SnoKing]

The fuel injection setup on my brothers 280Z was pretty good. The car start the same no matter what the weather was and ran perfectly all the time. If there was a bad early model, that would be the 260's and the sick extended 260's!

One of my shipmates in the Coast Guard had a Datsun 2000 roadster like this. SnoKing

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[DaveHess]

Great topic Sno! Here is my list:
1974 Road Runner (Couldn't afford fuel or the insurance)
1974 Datsun B210 (Rolled this one. Still drove it for about 6 months after)
1973 Chevrolet Malibu (Began my drag racing "career" with this one)
1973 Pinto Station Wagon (Don't ask...)
1976 Dodge Aspen (One of my favorites!)
1980 Plymouth Horizon TC3
1984 Plymouth Duster (Stickered up Horizon TC3)
1987 Dodge Dakota
1979 Pontiac Sunbird
1988 Dodge Shadow ES (Another favorite)
1991 Dodge Dakota (Nice pickup!)
1967 Plymouth Belvidere II (Definately shoulda kept this one!)
1973 Plymouth Scamp (Still have this one. Now a Pro/ET drag car)
1995 Dodge Ram 1500 (The only vehicle I have ever ordered. Got it with the 360, club cab and 8 foot box out of Louisiana)
1999 Honda Accord (Daughters first car)
1989 Ford Crown Victoria (Nice car - caught on fire though...)
1999 Dodge Neon (Wife at the time totalled this one)
1974 Plymouth Road Runner (tried to relive my youth. wife told me to "pick a project". Shoulda picked a different wife...))
1988 Chevrolet Cavalier (Winter beater)
1985 Dodge W100 (winter beater-cool pickup)
1989 Chrysler (forgot the model)
2003 Dodge Ram 2500 (My pride and Joy)
1977 Chevrolet Caprice (Another winter beater)
1987 Nissan Sentra (divorce car....)
2009 Dodge Journey (My daughter is still driving this one)
2013 Kia Optima
2014 Kia Forte (nightmare ride here)
2015 Kia Optima x 2 (One white and one gray. Nice cars)

As for trailers:
18' foot wood floor car hauler (scary!)
2000 Keystone 26' TT
1996 24' Interstate Super Coach car hauler (way too much trailer for the 1995 Ram-360 cid)
1996 20' Felling FT-7E open car hauler (Shoulda kept this one!)
2005 Jayco Eagle 298BHS (Love this TT)
2016 Stealth Titan enclosed car hauler

 

[Tractorat]

I had to get rid of my 74 260 after only a year and a half. Kids started coming and a 2 seater sports car wasnt the best car to have. But it was fun while it lasted. It had twin carbs, but always started easily no matter what the weather. The car had a manual choke so I imagine if you didnt know how to use it correctly you could have a lot of problems.

 

[RUSSELL5000]

To the first question, in high school I bought a 1965 Pontiac GTO. It had the 389 CID V8 and a manual 4sped. Don't recall more specifics. Kept for all of high school, my four years of Coast Guard service, and first two years of college. Sold it the next year to help pay college costs. Intellectually, I know a good decision.

Makes me sick to my stomach every time I think about it.

 

[AnonEd]

"1989 Chrysler (forgot the model)"

Apart from the Conquest mentioned earlier, maybe the TC and minivan, most '89 Chryslers were forgettable...

I miss a TR3A (with hand-crank hole), 68 Mustang 302 notch and a VW Dasher for good mileage road trips and room to sleep in back.

 

[moparguy]

Two I really wish I'd kept. 1962 E-Type Jag bought in 1973 and my first car bought in 1969, a real 1961 SS Impala, original 409 with 4 speed car. It had a 327 when I bought it. Accidentally discovered it was a real SS car while the front cap was off after a tree jumped into our path...found "SS 4 speed" in white grease paint in hiding. Seems they made only 142 409, SS cars in 1961.

Disclaimer; Pictures below are not of my actual cars, but they did look exactly like the images.

Other cars owned, some still missed.

61 SS 409 Impala.............................................................................................................. 1979 Dodge 150 Adventure (transplanted 340, fun)
1970 340 Plymouth Duster (still have and drive....occasionally)................................................1988 Dodge Dynasty, 2nd new car
1969 Grand Prix................................................................................................................ 1973 Dodge Dart
1961 Triumph TR3 (still miss it).......................................................................................... 1995 Dodge 3500 Cummins (250K miles, still Great)
70 Dodge longwheel base 318..............................................................................................1998 Dodge 3500 Cummins (was wife's truck)
62 XKE Jag........................................................................................................................1998 Dodge 2500 4x4 Cummins (had to rebuild engine)
1963 VW mud buggy...........................................................................................................1996 Dodge 2500 4x4 Cummins (repaired then sold)
1968 Ford F150, 351 Cleveland ...........................................................................................1989 Dodge 2500 gas burner
1971 Dodge Demon 340......................................................................................................1995 Honda Accord, wife car
1964 VW bug.................................................................................................................... 2010 Honda Accord, wife car
1967 TR4A, Drove it through the Rockies and Blue Ridge Mt's...................................................2001 Chevrolet Silverado
75 Volvo 164E....................................................................................................................1990 Miata (302 Ford powertrain, FUN)
1978 Fiat 164, Nice little car.................................................................................................2011 Ram 1500 LongHorn (Car Truck, GREAT truck)
1980 Toyota SR5 (first new car)...........................................................................................1991 1/2 Dodge Cummins (sold to brother)
1975 Chevrolet 1/2 ton (bought for junk price, then rebuilt the Turbo 350).................................1968 Barracuda Convertible (shouda Kept)
1977 " " " (rebuilt the engine in this one)............................................................1978 Jeep CJ5
1951 Chevrolet 3600 (Driver, 49k original miles, still driving it).................................................2015 Ram 6.4 with flatbed (wife's truck)

 

[BigPapa]

Nothing near as elaborate as you guys. My 2nd car was a 1964 Fairlane
Wagon. This is not it, just what I could have made it into.

 

[Tractorat]

moparguy

The jag is nice. But it is the chev I would be drooling over no matter what the price difference.

 

[SnoKing]

moparguy

The jag is nice. But it is the chev I would be drooling over no matter what the price difference.

Guy came to my home town with one way back when. It tended to break hard parts a lot. A 348 truck motor punched out to a 409 for still a truck engine with more torque than the drive train could handle. My brother's buddy in Seattle had a 58 Chevy with a 348.

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SnoKing

 

[Regcabguy]

Mine a '71 Dodge dart Swinger. Two door hardtop,vinyl roof. 318 V8 that hauled tail and got 21 mpg on the highway easily.
My dad had a loaded '65 Chrysler 500 2-door hardtop. Power everything and reverb. 383 4-barrel. Plush.

 

[Mark31]

I had a 76 Chevy 2 door Caprice Classic (Ole Slantback) with a small block 400. Between 17 -- 18 mpg if driven conservatively. The last of the big Chevys, it rode and drove perfectly and was/is the quietest car I've ever ridden in. I took Mom and one of her buddies to a "thang" one night. The lady said it was quieter than her Continental. Back in the day when CB radios were in, I had to change from a fiberglass antenna to a steel one because I could hear the wind "singing" on the fiberglass. To talk on the CB, I had to turn the Comfortron HVAC off. Even if the AC was running, keying the mic would put the system in heat mode and turn the fan on high. I sold it to my right hand man who was also my life's best friend for a dollar. It didn't have a shelter any more and went down and his family sold it after he had a stroke. The only trouble I ever remember having was with the cruise control.

 

[crobertson1]

I wish I still had my '68 Cougar GT. I also wish I still had my '04.5 Ram, but some things have to go to make room for other things.
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[Freebore]

A 1970 Plymouth Superbird with a 426 Hemi & 4 speed. It was Vitamin C orange with a black interior, one of two with that combo. Just had to part with it in '81 after 5 years of ownership - too much car to keep for me at the time. It was really enjoyable while I had it. Will find a photo, have kept track of the owners since I owned it.