What cars, trucks & other motorized conveyances have you owned over the course of your driving career? My roll call, in order from 1st to last, includes...
'84 police package Crown Vic
'72 VW Super Beetle (1641 w/ 2bbl & nawws)
'84 Grand Prix (boom-boom sound system & dog slow)
'72 Chevelle (383 stroker, high 13's)
'81 Z28 (355 & NOS, mid 12's @ around 112)
'84 F150 (another boom boom system)
'87 Turbo-T (mostly stock, 13.4's at 100 something)
'83 944 (junker with loud stereo & eventual parts car)
'83 944 (built motor, 951 transaxle & N2O, 11.8 @ 115 mostly street raced)
'74 Scout II 4x4 (would go anywhere, very slowly)
'91 F150 4x4 (final boom boom system I've built)
'87 Turbo-T (lotsa goodies, 11.40 @ 121 in street trim)
'98 Z28 (just a couple of bolt ons, low 13's)
'01 Lightning (several bolt ons, headers & tune, low 12's)
'05 SRT4 (bolt ons & tune, 13.6 @ 100 something)
'11 sho/ PP, stock for now
In Order by Model Year...
1988 Chevy S-10 Extended Cab 4.3L
1989 Buick LeSabre
1989 Pontiac Grand Prix Coupe
1991 Dodge Stealth R/T Twin Turbo AWD 5-Speed (Still Own, in process of restoration)
1992 Toyota Celica
1993 Dodge Stealth R/T 5-Speed (Still Own)
1995 Honda Prelude Special Edition 5-Speed
1997 Dodge Avenger V6
1998 Ford Mustang GT
1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT Sedan
2001 Ford Ranger Single Cab
2001 Dodge Stratus R/T Coupe
2003 Grand Am GT Coupe
2004 Ford F150 Extended Cab 4.6L
2005 Acura TL (Currently Own, my daily commuter)
2010 Dodge Ram Hemi Crew Cab
2013 Ford Flex SEL N/A
2014 Ford Flex Limited AWD EB (Currently Own, Show Car, Drag Racer, Weekend Fun)
Wow what a question, I'm older than most of you here so my list is extensive.
Several 67 GTOs
Several 74-79 Trans Ams
Many Chevy/GMC pickups, and a few Ford pickups.
Many Suburbans, at least 8.
My current stock that I still have.
1967 Tempest 2 dr post. 428, t-400, 12 bolt.
1970 GMC 2500 Sierra Grande, 402 BBC with 4 speed.
71 Ventura 2 dr, awaiting a 455 transplant.
87 Suburban 2500 454, T-400, with US gear overdrive.
95 Cadillac Fleetwood, LT1, 66k miles.
95 Trans Am, LT1, 6 speed, 3.42, 24k miles.
07 GMC 3500 Sierra Classic, 4 dr, 4x4, LBZ Duramax.
13 Police Interceptor Taurus, ecoboost. DD
Greg
OMG: Going to Hurt my Brain: So from Junior Year in HS:
1971 Camaro SS 350 (With a Modded 396, 08 Rear End,
Beefed Up Auto Turbohydro Trans (60MPH in each Gear)
1969 Boss 302, Yellow with all the options, "I mean all"
1960's ??? Pontiac Lemans (bought for 1 Dollar)
1969 GTO, Stock 400 4 Speed
and after I Was left out in the World:
10 Speed Schwinn Bike (6 Months)
1971 Boss 351, Short Lived, "Blew up 3 days after i sold it"
1960's VW Bug,
1971 ??? Toyota Celica (Modified W 5 Speed, Bored 40 Over, 390 Rear)
I will Stop Here and do more Looking, this is going to take a while...!
Quote from: irondoor19 on February 01, 2018, 01:26:39 PM
OMG: Going to Hurt my Brain: So from Junior Year in HS:
1971 Camaro SS 350 (With a Modded 396, 08 Rear End,
Beefed Up Auto Turbohydro Trans (60MPH in each Gear)
1969 Boss 302, Yellow with all the options, "I mean all"
1960's ??? Pontiac Lemans (bought for 1 Dollar)
1969 GTO, Stock 400 4 Speed
and after I Was left out in the World:
10 Speed Schwinn Bike (6 Months)
1971 Boss 351, Short Lived, "Blew up 3 days after i sold it"
1960's VW Bug,
1971 ??? Toyota Celica (Modified W 5 Speed, Bored 40 Over, 390 Rear)
I will Stop Here and do more Looking, this is going to take a while...!
Funny that you've started this thread. I just started a running list on my phone the other day. I figured I'd better do it now or never before I started forgetting them. ;D
Here's mine:
[ ] 72 Chevy Nova
[ ] 78 Chevy Malibu
[ ] 76 Olds Cutlass
[ ] 75 Chrysler Cordoba
[ ] 76 Chrysler Cordoba (parts car)
[ ] 69 Chevy Camaro
[ ] 83? Pontiac Bonnevile
[ ] 91 Chevy Lumina
[ ] 95 Chevy Camaro
[ ] 94 Dodge Ram
[ ] 99 Chrysler LHS
[ ] 12 Chevy Traverse
[ ] 10 Saturn Outlook
[ ] 12 Ford Taurus SHO
[ ] 14 Ford Taurus
[ ] 93 GMC K2500
[ ] 85? Chevy Blazer
[ ] 84? Dodge Ramcharger
[ ] 95? Ford Taurus
[ ] 91? Chevy Lumina
[ ] 94? Buick Century
[ ] 91? Pontiac Boneville
[ ] 94? Pontiac Boneville
[ ] 95? Pontiac Boneville
[ ] 99? Buick Park Ave.
[ ] 91? Plymouth Sundance
[ ] 86? Pontiac 6000
[ ] 93? Olds 88
[ ] 95 IH LPX 4700
[ ] 05 GMC Topkick
[ ] 85 Mercedes 300D
[ ] 82? Mercedes 300D
[ ] 95 Ford Crown Vic
[ ] 12 VW Jetta
[ ]
85 TransAm (305HO perf package, GTA package before got its name) 1985-1987
85 Caprice 1987-1989
89 Mazda B2600i (SE5 4x4 package) 1990-2004ish
78 MGB (5.0L sbf and T5)
95 Mustang GT Vert 5.0L 2004-present
86 635csi 2002-2004
03 Suburban ZR1 2010ish-present
06 Ford Fusion 2010ish - Jan 2015
93 Jeep Wrangle Renegade 2011ish-present
06 Caddy STS-V Jan 2015 -Feb 2017
13 SHO PP Feb 2017 - present
Here's mine mostly in the order I acquired them:
1964 Chevy C-10 with straight 6 (292?)
1989 Ford Mustang 5.0 LX Hatch (still running at 250K when sold)
1966 Ford Mustang Coupe 289 with T-5 conversion and factory air
1995 Ford F150 XL with 300 straight 6 (still running with over 300K)
1996 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer with 351
2007 Ford F250 Lariat with 6.0 (never again)
2012 Ford Mustang GT 6M Grabber Blue
1960 Pontiac Catalina 2 door bubble top with 389 and 4 speed Hydra-Matic
2014 Ford F150 FX4 Super Crew Ecoboost with appearance package and luxury package
1991 Chevy Silverado C-10 SWB with 350
1984 Buick Regal T-Type WH1 Designer Series Package
2001 Volkswagen Beetle 1.8t 5 speed
1957 Chevy 210 Sports Coupe with 283 (as seen on Misfit Garage)
2016 Ram 1500 Crew Cab Laramie with 5.7 Hemi and 8 speed
2015 Dodge Challenger SRT 392 with 6 speed (best factory exhaust sound IMO)
2015 Mitsubishi Lancer SE AWC with 2.4l (slowest car ever owned)
1995 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer 351 (light restoration in progress)
2013 Ford Taurus PI 3.5 Ecoboost (daily driver)
My car history is fun, but mostly because of the details of each car. So I'll add those too. The list is in chronological order, starting when I was 15 and ending with my current ride, while I am 34.
1992 Buick Century Custom - My grandma's car. After we decided she couldn't drive anymore, I started using this beast to get to high school. I also got into Autocross with it.
1986 Ford Mustang - Bought for $500 as a V6 base model. My dad and I swapped all the running gear out for a 1990 GT that caught fire. Had ported heads, e303 cam, MSD ignition, Edelbrock performer intake manifold and 650 cfm 4 barrel carb. When I gave the insurance company the VIN they said "this is a V6 correct?" I replied "Yes sir it is..." I kept racing autocross in the "E Street Prepared" class. We never had a ton of money, so one of my dad's friends hooked us up with mismatched, used tires from his junk yard because he wanted to see me race. He got a hoot out of it because I kicked some rich kid's ass who was driving his dad's LS1 Camaro, with roll cage and slicks. To be fair the Camaro was lightyears faster, and the kids dad elected to move up several classes, and set times that stomped us both. But that was the best feeling class win I ever had.
2000 Dodge Neon - After the Mustang lost to storm surge in a hurricane (I'm from the keys originally) we replaced it with a boring ass neon.
1996 Ford Ranger - My uncle needed to get rid of it, so it was originally going to my brother. But he couldn't drive stick, lol. So I gave him the Neon and snatched up the 4 cylinder stick shift DANGER RANGER as it came to be called. I moved to Orlando to go to college with this baby.
1990 Mazda Miata - I wanted to get back into autocross. I remembered getting my butt kicked by Miata guys all the time, so I bought a cheap old one from craigslist.
Huffy Mountain Bike - I didn't take school serious and paid the price. Dropped out of college after getting bad grades. Couldn't find legit stable work. Sold the Miata to pay rent and rode a bike to work at a giftshop for an airboat tour place. On the upside I had to wrangle a small alligator so tourists could take pictures with it. Porkchop was his name and he was only about 2 feet long.
1991 Mazda Miata - Started working a stable job and some poor guy on craigslist built a turbo first gen miata, put on coilovers and everything... then got his girlfriend pregnant and had to sell it. For absolute bottom dollar on craigslist. It was fun car, and made all the cool turbo noises.
2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP - Wanted to go fast in a straight line for a change. For really cheap speed these cars are great. The supercharged V6 is a super moddable platform. Mine was a black on black 4 door. I got some dark bronze wheels, and some HID headlights and LED tail lights from Dash Z racing. The car looked pretty great, and Dash Z even put it on their website back then.
2002 Mazda Miata - Once you've owned a Miata it's really hard to ever give up the way they feel to drive. I got the Miata bug again and got a really cool "Hard-S" package Miata. It was a weird suspension package that had factory Bilstein dampers, strut tower brace, springs, brakes. Charging up onramps at full throttle was so damn fun, even if you weren't really accelerating very hard. Sliding the back end out in the rain was awesome. I had to pick up my then girlfriend (now wife) at the front of a movie theater because it was raining. I pulled the handbrake and slid the car perfectly up to the curb and popped the door open for her. Probably my greatest moment for anything car related, and it must have worked because we got married while I owned that thing.
2004 Lexus GS430 - Yup, I bought the wrong car here. I needed a 4 door since we were having a baby, and I wanted to have something fun as well. A V8 rear wheel drive sedan sounds great, but 300 horsepower isn't enough. And there is ZERO aftermarket for that motor. None. If I had gotten the GS300 it would have been slower, but it had a 2JZ motor that you can throw a turbo on affordably and make heaps of power.
2014 Lincoln MKS EcoBoost - The beast that brought me here to this forum! It was just time to put the Lexus out to pasture. It had too many little issues, and continuing to fix them wasn't worth it. I wanted something that was fast, but also had modern features. I got a really solid deal on mine. It wasn't sold as new until 2015, and the first owner put 60,000 miles on it in 2 years. She worked for the state of Florida agriculture department and used it to go all over the state. So it was immaculately kept up, and the miles were almost all highway. The lady traded it in at the same dealer she bought it new and got a superduty pickup truck. The dealer had a hard time selling it, and I got lucky and contacted them as they had started prepping it to send to the auction. People in Tallahassee Florida want pick ups, and this MKS sat on their lot AGAIN for a long time. They sold it to me for $19,500 not even 2 years after they sold it new to the original owner. That lady had to be pretty unhappy with whatever trade-in value they gave her. I worked on the car a little, (see signature for mods) and Brad tuned it. Now I get groceries in a daily driver that runs 13.0s, with a car seat in the back. And I freakin love it.
*not a complete list due memory. .age 57
1963 Olds 98-394 ci (6.5l) special edition 10.5:1 version with 345 hp/440 tq
1953 Chevy pick up straight 6, 3 SP column shift
1968 Plymouth duster 340 v8, headers, purple shaft cam, 4:30 posi, cheater slicks, 4 speed rock crusher, pistol grip- 13.00@101
Car stolen
1971 plymouth duster T/A 340 ci, 4 sp, 4:10 posi, LD340 High Rise Aluminum Intake topped with a 1" Spacer and a 800cfm Thermoquad, hooker headers, W2 aluminum heads 2.02/1.60(from Mopar little red truck)
Lunati 494/513 Lift Camshaft, gold box Mopar electronic ignition. Never raced -stolen before rings broken in....
1968 plymouth barracuda 340 fastback, 4 sp, hedman headers, Offenhouser split plenum aluminum manifold, holly 650 dual feed double pumper, electric fuel pump, 3:23 posi....car smashed sold whole for parts, motor, trans, and rear put into 74 dodge dart....6 yrs later bought car back.
74 black on black dodge dart dual hood scoops
13.00@106
1974 Pontiac GTO VENTURA auto, stock scoop ram air, 3.31 rear, quadra jet, high 13's
1971 dodge dart 340 4 sp feather light, aluminum hood, trunk, no back seat, no radio, windows only fully open or closed front only, no headliner, rugs or ac, no power steering or power brakes, worked motor unknown-purple shaft cam worked heads, Hobbs switch meth injection, headers, 3:55 Richmond gears mike Thompson SS soft compound tires.
Never lost a race. *Legendary corvette driven by hot blonde, would roll race on rt 295-written on Trunk "Beat Me, Eat Me" I changed my gears to 2.73 open end rear-raced the vet and Won....she would not stop..
Car stolen
1971? British cricket 4 cyl hatchback
1974 dodge dart slant 6 3 sp auto
1968 dodge dart slant 6 3 sp auto, 150 watt Kenwood stereo, 6x Jensen dual range speakers.
*1st new car 1985 Mustang GT 5.0 5 sp
Last aluminum manifold 4 barrel
Stock 15.23@88
Headers, 3.75 Richmond gears, edelbrock midis Holly 650 dual feed double pumper. Electric fuel pump, electric fan, no cats, mickey thompson SS tires
13.60@100
1989 ford probe Mazda motor 4 cyl
1991 ford taurus 6cyl police interceptor
1995 ford Taurus SHO 15.40@89
1985 Chevy blazer 4x4 worked 350 v8. Headers, 4 inch lift, 3 in suspension lift 35x12.50 Dick Cepek mud monster tires
1995? CHEVY Blazer v8 auto 4x4
1995 dodge pickup v8 hemi 4x4 auto 3:55 rear
1999 Buick Regal GS v6 supercharged, stock:
14.50@98 tuned, CAI, 3.2 lower pulley, sumer tires 13.68@104
2009 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L 365HP 350TQ
Stock 13.50@106
MODS:
KOOKs 1 7/8 headers & race CATS,3rd Gen VARARAM INTAKE & HSRK, RESONATOR DELETE/3 INCH X PIPE to MAGNAFLOW SS mufflers , VCM CUSTOM ECM/TRANS TUNE, NGK TR-5 plugs @.040, Yella Terra 1.85 Roller Rockers PAC 1218 .600 Springs, CC 7.450 custom Pro Magnum Rods, PowerBond SFI certified UDP and belts-Underdriven-25% main, 15% A/C., STEEL DriveShaft, DRIVERS MOD,Ported&Polished TB By BILLY B trans rebuild new flexplate CircleD 3000 rpm stall Red Alto clutches and steels
12.58@110 on Cooper Zeon All season tires.
2013 Ford Taurus SHO Performance package, windstorm CAI, EBC yellowstuff pads, EBC RK SPORT rotors, RXP OIL separator, 3 bar, tune, lluminar ceramic, plugs, Amsoil
Much smaller list here, I keep them until they are useless
1989 Cadillac Eldorado (4.5L V8, front wheel drive burnouts!)
1997 Lincoln Mark VIII (4.6L DOCH 32V V8, loved that engine and the whole car really, even though it was
crap)
1997 Acura CL (2.2 4, abused and asked for more, great little car)
2000 Subaru Outback (I swear it was faster in the snow than on dry pavement, still in the garage with a trans
leak and 244k on it)
2011 SHO (by far the best car I have had so far).
Quote from: Agentlongwood on February 01, 2018, 10:07:29 PM
My car history is fun, but mostly because of the details of each car. So I'll add those too. The list is in chronological order, starting when I was 15 and ending with my current ride, while I am 34.
1992 Buick Century Custom - My grandma's car. After we decided she couldn't drive anymore, I started using this beast to get to high school. I also got into Autocross with it.
1986 Ford Mustang - Bought for $500 as a V6 base model. My dad and I swapped all the running gear out for a 1990 GT that caught fire. Had ported heads, e303 cam, MSD ignition, Edelbrock performer intake manifold and 650 cfm 4 barrel carb. When I gave the insurance company the VIN they said "this is a V6 correct?" I replied "Yes sir it is..." I kept racing autocross in the "E Street Prepared" class. We never had a ton of money, so one of my dad's friends hooked us up with mismatched, used tires from his junk yard because he wanted to see me race. He got a hoot out of it because I kicked some rich kid's ass who was driving his dad's LS1 Camaro, with roll cage and slicks. To be fair the Camaro was lightyears faster, and the kids dad elected to move up several classes, and set times that stomped us both. But that was the best feeling class win I ever had.
2000 Dodge Neon - After the Mustang lost to storm surge in a hurricane (I'm from the keys originally) we replaced it with a boring ass neon.
1996 Ford Ranger - My uncle needed to get rid of it, so it was originally going to my brother. But he couldn't drive stick, lol. So I gave him the Neon and snatched up the 4 cylinder stick shift DANGER RANGER as it came to be called. I moved to Orlando to go to college with this baby.
1990 Mazda Miata - I wanted to get back into autocross. I remembered getting my butt kicked by Miata guys all the time, so I bought a cheap old one from craigslist.
Huffy Mountain Bike - I didn't take school serious and paid the price. Dropped out of college after getting bad grades. Couldn't find legit stable work. Sold the Miata to pay rent and rode a bike to work at a giftshop for an airboat tour place. On the upside I had to wrangle a small alligator so tourists could take pictures with it. Porkchop was his name and he was only about 2 feet long.
1991 Mazda Miata - Started working a stable job and some poor guy on craigslist built a turbo first gen miata, put on coilovers and everything... then got his girlfriend pregnant and had to sell it. For absolute bottom dollar on craigslist. It was fun car, and made all the cool turbo noises.
2000 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP - Wanted to go fast in a straight line for a change. For really cheap speed these cars are great. The supercharged V6 is a super moddable platform. Mine was a black on black 4 door. I got some dark bronze wheels, and some HID headlights and LED tail lights from Dash Z racing. The car looked pretty great, and Dash Z even put it on their website back then.
2002 Mazda Miata - Once you've owned a Miata it's really hard to ever give up the way they feel to drive. I got the Miata bug again and got a really cool "Hard-S" package Miata. It was a weird suspension package that had factory Bilstein dampers, strut tower brace, springs, brakes. Charging up onramps at full throttle was so damn fun, even if you weren't really accelerating very hard. Sliding the back end out in the rain was awesome. I had to pick up my then girlfriend (now wife) at the front of a movie theater because it was raining. I pulled the handbrake and slid the car perfectly up to the curb and popped the door open for her. Probably my greatest moment for anything car related, and it must have worked because we got married while I owned that thing.
2004 Lexus GS430 - Yup, I bought the wrong car here. I needed a 4 door since we were having a baby, and I wanted to have something fun as well. A V8 rear wheel drive sedan sounds great, but 300 horsepower isn't enough. And there is ZERO aftermarket for that motor. None. If I had gotten the GS300 it would have been slower, but it had a 2JZ motor that you can throw a turbo on affordably and make heaps of power.
2014 Lincoln MKS EcoBoost - The beast that brought me here to this forum! It was just time to put the Lexus out to pasture. It had too many little issues, and continuing to fix them wasn't worth it. I wanted something that was fast, but also had modern features. I got a really solid deal on mine. It wasn't sold as new until 2015, and the first owner put 60,000 miles on it in 2 years. She worked for the state of Florida agriculture department and used it to go all over the state. So it was immaculately kept up, and the miles were almost all highway. The lady traded it in at the same dealer she bought it new and got a superduty pickup truck. The dealer had a hard time selling it, and I got lucky and contacted them as they had started prepping it to send to the auction. People in Tallahassee Florida want pick ups, and this MKS sat on their lot AGAIN for a long time. They sold it to me for $19,500 not even 2 years after they sold it new to the original owner. That lady had to be pretty unhappy with whatever trade-in value they gave her. I worked on the car a little, (see signature for mods) and Brad tuned it. Now I get groceries in a daily driver that runs 13.0s, with a car seat in the back. And I freakin love it.
Uhhhh....just to clarify here. You autocrossed a 1992 Buick Century Custom??? :blink:
My list is short and simple.
1970 Chevy Impala
1987 Ford F250
2004 Chevy Trailblazer
2010 Ford Taurus SHO
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X2 DONT BE SHY FOLKS! I wish more members would contribute to this fine forum which would make it twice as nice! Z :)
Here is a complete list of my fleet from oldest to newest! Z
77 Pontiac trans-am 6.6 liter smokey & bandit style.
86 Buick regal T-TYPE
89 Pontiac trans-am
89 Chevy camaro Iroc-Z Convertible
95 Mercedes S-500
2001 Bmw 740il
18 Jeep GC
The last but not least is on my very own signature! Z :)
Here's my illustrious automotive history...
1980 Honda Prelude - beater I used and abused for many years
1988 Mustang GT - eventually became a drag race car. 10.32 was best time many moons ago. Carbureted with lots of nitrous and caged at end.
1989 Taurus SHO - black on gray. Tranny blew up at 230,xxx miles and was the end of this awesome car. 14.9 @ 98 best time.
1992 Mustang LX 5.0 - street car. 12.54 was best time. Beautiful car that I will always miss.
1993 Taurus SHO - black on gray, probably my favorite car I have owned. 14.9 @ 93. Hit guard rail at 230,xxx miles and sold to friend. Still running last I heard.
1996 Chevy 1500 6.5 turbo diesel - family truck and used to tow the 1988 GT
1995 Contour SE v6 - was an auto. nice otherwise
1999 Dodge Ram 1500 - 5.2 base model with tow pack. was family truck and used to tow the 1988 GT
1999 VW Jetta tdi - shared work car. Great fuel mileage. Terrible car.
2000 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0 liter Supercab Off Road - leased it and didn't want to turn back in. Would like another some day.
2002 Nissan Sentra specV - heavily, heavily modified. EVERYTHING possible was modded.
1990 Nissan 240sx - was a beater, but very fun to drive
1998 Oldsmobile Aurora - nicer to own and drive than you would think
2003 F250 XLT Supercab 4x4 6.0 Powerstroke - 13.9 in quarter and my second favorite vehicle that I've owned
2007 Explorer XLT v8 4x4 - also much nicer to own than you'd think. very competent and good power with the 3v 4.6
--2008 Honda Fit Sport - manual, mildly modified, was wife's commuter. Still own and now a toy getting lots of mods soon. 190,xxx miles and going strong
--1990 Mustang LX 5.0 - heavily modified street car. Original paint, interior, etc, but every mechanical part upgraded. 532whp. Needs a new home.
2008 F150 SuperCrew 5.4 - should probably still own, but couldn't get passed the poor power and fuel mileage of the 5.4 even after programmed and bolt on's.
2006 Crown Vic - Interceptor, 3.73's, cobra diff, programmed, Mustang GT wheels, etc. Nice car with full civilian pack.
--2013 Lincoln MKS Ecoboost - reason I'm here at EBPF.
--2017 VW Golf Wolfsburg - Wife's new commuter car. Little 1.8 turbo runs good and we love hatchbacks. Hoping it's better than last VW.
Edited to add my current shopping list possibilities...
Honda Civic Type-R
F150 5.0 SuperCrew
Ram 1500 Hemi
Beater truck
Those are my current thoughts for next on the list, but as you can tell by my history, it could be something else entirely.
U buy ANY slow cars, Z? LOL
I see some nice cars on your list, sholxgt :thumb:
Quote from: SHOdded on February 09, 2018, 08:09:42 PM
I see some nice cars on your list, sholxgt :thumb:
Over time I have found I'm generally happiest with Ford or Honda products. I need to remember that better when I'm car shopping. LOL
Currently trying to justify the price of a 2018 F150 5.0. The '18 5.0 is an absolute BEAST of an engine. Read up on it if you haven't. 12.5:1 compression. Makes over 80whp more than the '17 on a chassis dyno. Ford is WAY underrating them from the factory to get people to opt for the EB motors.
Quote from: SHOdded on February 09, 2018, 08:09:42 PM
U buy ANY slow cars, Z? LOL
I see some nice cars on your list, sholxgt :thumb:
I certainly had some fun full of adrenaline rush and then some with the exception of the T-Type which was stolen but never forgotten! Thanks my friend! Z :)
Quote from: sholxgt on February 09, 2018, 08:33:52 PM
Currently trying to justify the price of a 2018 F150 5.0. The '18 5.0 is an absolute BEAST of an engine. Read up on it if you haven't. 12.5:1 compression. Makes over 80whp more than the '17 on a chassis dyno. Ford is WAY underrating them from the factory to get people to opt for the EB motors.
Happy to fly under the radar for now. They continue to discontinue naturally aspirated engines (like the 3.5 in the Edge), so do what you have to do, quietly, LOL.
Quote from: sholxgt on February 09, 2018, 08:33:52 PM
Quote from: SHOdded on February 09, 2018, 08:09:42 PM
I see some nice cars on your list, sholxgt :thumb:
Over time I have found I'm generally happiest with Ford or Honda products. I need to remember that better when I'm car shopping. LOL
Currently trying to justify the price of a 2018 F150 5.0. The '18 5.0 is an absolute BEAST of an engine. Read up on it if you haven't. 12.5:1 compression. Makes over 80whp more than the '17 on a chassis dyno. Ford is WAY underrating them from the factory to get people to opt for the EB motors.
This is true ^ when I 1st hit the meth, I could beat out 2015 5.0 GT's at the track by 2 tens or 3 even with them getting a good launch. However i *tried* to troll a 2018 near the infamous FORD dealership .. The 2018 keeps up with me easily.. we seemed about even. The TQ profile seems different for the 18' revision of the engine .. could be tune related ..
Had to rack my brain and I'm sure there are a couple of cars missing, but here's my list in basically chronological order as purchased, far as I can remember, went through a lot of cars in 40 years of driving..
65 Rambler American 220 6 CYL w/3 on the tree converted to floor shift.
62 Willys Jeep 4WD pickup torque monster but not very fast, screamed on the highway at 60MPH.
57 Chevy Belair 327 vette engine and 4 speed (like to have this one back).
74 Datsun 260Z, fun little car, independent rear loved entrance and exit ramps.
73 Vega, totaled a 76 towncar with it, i got the short end of the stick.
74 Corolla
76 Celica GT
77 Celica GT
76 Olds Cutlass Supreme, first Automatic nice rocket 350 V8
68 Cougar
82 Celica GT
84 Supra
88 Mustang GT
85 S10 Blazer 4WD 5 speed
89 Maxima
65 Mustang fastback V8 (just sold)
97 Jaguar XK8
66 Mustang restomod, (just finished), V8, PS PB air, AOD
95 Ranger 4.0 pickup, needed more power and sucked gas.
79 F150 4WD Pickup w400ci, lifted and fenderwell headers.
97 Thunderbird Sport, handled nice with modified supension but needed more power.
Still have most of the cars below.
98 Honda Now an airport car, don't like leaving the SHO there.
03 Lincoln LS sport (nice car but needed more power), traded for the SHO.
55 F100 pickup restomod, 289 V8, PS, PB, Air, AOD, heated seats, tilt wheel
07 Roush Stage 2
67 Cougar XR7 restored PS, PB AIR, Tilt away wheel
67 Cougar XR7 needs restoring
08 Audi TT 3.2 Quatro (wife's car)
13 Taurus SHO 100K and still going strong, trade it in for a newer one??...
1981 Olds Omega (totaled)
1989 Ford Tempo - traded
1995 SHO ATX (1st car I ever owned, totaled)
1997 Saturn SW1 - sold, to get the 92
1992 SHO - donated
2007 Ford Edge
2010 Ford Fusion Sport
Unglamorous list, eh?
Quote from: SilvererSHO on February 02, 2018, 12:03:18 PM
Uhhhh....just to clarify here. You autocrossed a 1992 Buick Century Custom??? :blink:
lol, yeah man, I did. I always wanted to race, even when I was barely old enough to be allowed on the go-karts at the mini-golf place where I grew up. I was so proud of myself because I figured out how to take a line through the whole go-kart course without lifting off the gas. Which was difficult through one section. Nobody taught me how. So when my girlfriend in high school saw an ad in the newspaper about being able to race your own car, I was so excited I thought it was fake, lol. I thought "There's no way you can race real cars." So I called and they assured me that autocross was in fact a real thing. I would have driven ANY car, I just wanted to race, so damn bad.
The first race I went to, I drove grandma's '92 Buick Century Custom. This was in the keys, so that course was a little different layout than how it's usually done on the main land. There are no huge, wide-open parking lots, so it was on a back road off of the main highway. Check out the link for one example.
http://www.ericudell.com/evscc/loop-road/ (http://www.ericudell.com/evscc/loop-road/) The autocross I went to started off in a straight line, then a slalom before the first corner. The opening straight included a timed 1/8th mile, so when you finished you got an 1/8th mile ET and an overall lap time. I was 17, and 2 of the older crew took me under their wing to teach me how to drive. One was a 60 something year old guy named Dick who drove a 2002 Corvette Z06. He saw I was way excited to be racing and asked if I wanted to sit shotgun while he took a lap, in his car. So I could get a feel for the course. I didn't know it at the time but, Dick was not the type of guy who bought the Z06 for bragging rights, he was an actual driver. And That first lap of a high speed autocross course in the passenger seat of a Z06, with a real driver at the wheel was terrifying. In a good way lol. After the 1/8th mile drag section I thought he forgot about the slalom because we were carrying so much speed. I thought it was physically impossible to slow down in time. Nope. He got on the brakes so hard it threw me into the seatbelt. He went through the slalom at a speed that I wouldn't have thought you could do. After finishing the lap and coming back to the start/finish, I got out with my knees shaking. It was that awesome. The other guy who taught me about driving was a guy named Dean. He was about 50 and was a driving instructor at a Porsche racing school. If anyone is interested in Autocross, I HIGHLY recommend checking out the Ecurie Vitesse Sports Car Club and an event they do every year, called the Bay Bottom Crawl. They get all kinds of cool cars to show up.
1973 Datsun 240Z
1982 Camaro Z/28
1964 Ford Mustang
1990 Ford Probe LX
1987 Lincoln Mark VII
1987 Chevy Monte Carlo SS
1985 Chevy Suburban
1997 GMC Suburban
1967 Chevy Camaro
1967 Ford Mustang
1972 Ford Mustang
1985 Ford Taurus
1990 Ford Taurus
1988 Hyundai Excel
2004 Toyota Camry
1999 Nissan Pathfinder
1995 Nissan Maxima
2005 Cadillac CTS
2008 Nissan Maxima
2011 Ford SHO
2005 GMC Yukon XL
2005 Harley Springer (MC)
1976 Kawasaki KZ900 (MC)
2007 Honda GL1800 (MC)
65 VW beetle - Baja
71 VW beetle- Baja
85 Isuzu Impulse
88? Merc Sable
?? Can't remember....
92 Jeep Cherokee
92 Taurus SHO
98 Chevy 1/2 ton
2004 Suburban
2011 Flex
1964 Corvette fuelie
1965 GTO
1966 Corvette 427
1967 GTO
1969 Nova SS 396/375
1971 Corvette 454
1976 Corvette
1988 Corvette
1989 SHO
2008 CTS4
2015 SHO
only thoroughbreds need apply. nice list, jim.
82 Ford Mustang V6 - and me down from older sister
87 Nissan Sentra - bought for me by parents
89 Nissan 240SX - first car I bought myself
94 Pontiac Grand Am GT 2 door
00 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT premium pkg - was selling new cars and ordered it myself built to my specs
Many other Eclipse demo's during my 2 years of selling cars
89 Nissan Maxima - POS winter beater when my eclipse lease was up
97 VW Jetta 5spd base beer can model
00 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 2 dr
02 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi
05 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
08 Pontiac Grand Prix GXP
11 Ford Taurus SHO
14 Ford Taurus SHO PP
Past:
1980 Camaro - blue/blue, 229 V6, auto
1966 Mustang Coupe - blue/blue, 289 V8, orig auto, converted to 4 speed
1989 Taurus SHO - black/titanium, 3.0 MTX
1993 Taurus SHO - blue/gray, 3.2 ATX
1999 Chrysler 300M - red/black, 3.5L auto
2004 Acura TL - gray/gray, 3.2L auto
2007 F-150 Lariat - white/black, 5.4L auto
2015 Explorer Sport - white/black, 3.5L Eco
Current:
2015 Taurus SHO - red/black, 3.5L Eco
1965 Mustang Conv - orig black/white/white, now black/red/white, 289 V8 4-bbl, orig auto, converted to 4 speed, now 5 speed
1955 Fairlane Club Sedan - black/blue, 272 V8 4-bbl, auto
only the cars that count as i'm older than probably everybody @71
muscle I
1967 SS 396 Chevelle red/blk vinvl top. blk inter
1968 Plymouth Sports Satellite 383, same as road runner just upgraded interior, tourquise with white vinvyl top, white interior
1971 340 duster w/ the great tourqflite 727, by far the fastest of the 3 white w/ blacked out hood & loads of decals, blk interior
muscle II
2010 sho my show car that occupies the garage & R/T sits outside to show what I think of. white w/ black/umber interior
2009 Challenger r/t black pearl w/ black interior
2017 Challenger Scat Pack 392 w/ shaker, by far the fast of the 6, 485 factory hp hooked to the great A8. she's a 12.7 sec car straight from factory. yellow jacket yellow w/ loads of decals & black interior
1985 f150 scab 5,0 efi
1978 corvette l82, restored during HS
1967 mustang coupe 289, 3 speed, bought it in boxes
1986 Chubby C20, 454, 400t
1988 Chubby k1500, tbi350, absolute dog
1997 dodge 1500, excab, 5.9
2004 chubby 2500hd, 6.0
1979 chubby k5, 406, 12:1, crane cam, windage tray, bow tie heads, windage tray, long tubes, single plane, 650 holley, 350t, 3500 converter, valve body, b&m shifter
1995 mustang gt, OEM block, eagle crank and h beams, je pistons, AFR heads, custom nitrous cam, RPM II intake, 42lb injectors, NX plate 175 shot, Astro trans, tri-ax shifter, Strange 10 ways, 3.73 gear, 275 radials
1979 F250, 10" lift, trac bars, 42" tsl's, DOVE 460, solid roller, 850hp holley, 4 speed, Yukon front locker, rear MIG locked
1997 BMW 328i, 5.0 short block from my basement that I had over-reved, gt40p heads from under my toolbox, AFM cam I had in a bucket, weiand intake I bought for $40, holley carb from an old f100, custom accessory brackets, fox PS pump, v6 mustang starter, 80's ranger radiator, spare shorty headers, 3g alternator, custom mounts, holley blue pump fed by gutted stock sending unit, MSD 6al ignition, c4 trans i bought as a core, custom throttle and trans cables, custom PS lines, custom driveshaft that I didnt make, b &m shifter, interior &exterior stock with factory gauges and everything through factory key
1989 CRX, gutted, h22a1 swapped, driveshaft shop axles, custom header and test pipe, NX single nozzle 125 shot, 1800#'s
2016 Mustang GT, premium, PP, 6 speed, Lund tune
2013 f150 limited ecoboost, CRP compressor wheels, snow stage 3 meth, Corsa exhaust, turbosmart BOV, pcv deleted, custom blow-by tank, Aem filter
dft1121, sounds like a whole lot of automotive fun happens at your place!
Quote from: SHOdded on February 12, 2018, 12:28:25 PM
only thoroughbreds need apply. nice list, jim.
Thanks. I'm older and had the chance earlier in life for some sweet cars in the past. My ownership list is much longer but I left out the plain daily drivers.
Quote from: sholxgt on February 13, 2018, 11:19:00 AM
dft1121, sounds like a whole lot of automotive fun happens at your place!
I like to think so, but my wife insists it's a lot of senseless BS lol
Quote from: PDSHO on February 01, 2018, 10:31:03 AM
Wow what a question, I'm older than most of you here so my list is extensive.
Several 67 GTOs
Several 74-79 Trans Ams
Many Chevy/GMC pickups, and a few Ford pickups.
Many Suburbans, at least 8.
My current stock that I still have.
1967 Tempest 2 dr post. 428, t-400, 12 bolt.
1970 GMC 2500 Sierra Grande, 402 BBC with 4 speed.
71 Ventura 2 dr, awaiting a 455 transplant.
87 Suburban 2500 454, T-400, with US gear overdrive.
95 Cadillac Fleetwood, LT1, 66k miles.
95 Trans Am, LT1, 6 speed, 3.42, 24k miles.
07 GMC 3500 Sierra Classic, 4 dr, 4x4, LBZ Duramax.
13 Police Interceptor Taurus, ecoboost. DD
Greg
I remembered a few more interesting rides.
1949 Dodge wayfarer 2 dr business coupe. 1st car.
1966 Fairlane 500 2 dr. 390, 335 hp.
1966 Bronco, 170 6 cyl. 3 speed. A real dog.
1977 F-250 Hiboy 4x4, 400, C-6
1980 Fiat X-19 was fun when it was running, terrible car, stranded me twice before cell phones existed.
1974 VW bug
Many 71 to 76 GM full sized wagons, all wrecked in my Demo Derby days.
Greg
Really cool reading about everybody's car history. Lots of neat cars in all of these (extremely formidable) lists
My previous history:
1994 Thunderbird V6 - a Teal disaster of a first vehicle. Owned May 2009 - Sept 2009
2002 Mustang GT 5 spd - Sonic Blue with all the bolt-ons possible; built on a high schoolers budget. Owned Oct 2009 - Aug 2013
2012 Focus Titanium - Blue Candy metallic with the handling package with all options. Owned July 2012 - Feb 2014
2010 Lincoln MKS Ecoboost Red S Appearance/Performance package with sienna brown interior. Owned Feb 2014 - Sept 2015
2016 Explorer Sport - Shadow Black, only a few options, no mods, could never get comfortable in the seats. Leased Sept 2015 - Oct 2016
2013 Lincoln MKZ 3.7 - Smoked Quartz Metallic with every option. Owned October 2016 - Aug 2017. Was involved in a wreck that was covered up very well until things went bad very fast.
Current:
2015 Bronze Fire SHO non PP - CPO purchased in Aug 2017. Mods in the works right now for a spring time mini build... make it stop, make it handle, make it loud, make it go, then make it look pretty. The mantra that I should have followed with my Mustang in high school. Build thread to follow in the coming month or so :)
Quote from: hawkeye93 on February 12, 2018, 03:17:01 PM
Past:
1980 Camaro - blue/blue, 229 V6, auto
1966 Mustang Coupe - blue/blue, 289 V8, orig auto, converted to 4 speed
1989 Taurus SHO - black/titanium, 3.0 MTX
1993 Taurus SHO - blue/gray, 3.2 ATX
1999 Chrysler 300M - red/black, 3.5L auto
2004 Acura TL - gray/gray, 3.2L auto
2007 F-150 Lariat - white/black, 5.4L auto
2015 Explorer Sport - white/black, 3.5L Eco
Current:
2015 Taurus SHO - red/black, 3.5L Eco
1965 Mustang Conv - orig black/white/white, now black/red/white, 289 V8 4-bbl, orig auto, converted to 4 speed, now 5 speed
1955 Fairlane Club Sedan - black/blue, 272 V8 4-bbl, auto
I really like your 55 Fairlane pics. Is it completely original?
Thanks. The '55 has been lightly modified. It was painted and the seats recovered before I bought it, in the original colors, but not original style upholstery. After I got it, I replaced the 2-barrel carb with a Holley 4000 teapot. I later rebuilt the engine, and replaced the teapot with an Autolite 4100 1.08 on a '57 intake, with a '57 distributor. I also converted it from 6V to 12V. When it was 6V, it would crank forever, but it was really hard to start. Now with the 12V, everything works great, except the temp gauge reads backwards. I have a set of 113 heads (higher compression) that I would like to put on someday, but that's way down on my project list. I've also considered adding A/C from Classic Auto Air, but I probably won't get to that anytime soon.
1993 Ford Escort hatchback sold
1997 Cutlass supreme sold
2004 SRT4 totaled :(
2004 Grand Am still own at 200k
2013 SHO
2015 Edge sel
srt4 and SHO are close for my favorite cars, SRT4 being more fun because of the stick.