Cars you wish you still had kept

[240 is Back]

it must have been 15 years ago.  SO low maintenance in retrospect lol.

[Costanza]

My old track car. Every time I told myself I wouldn't modify it anymore there'd always be something that could be done to improve lap times, bottomless money pit.

[Shockwave]

Nope wasn't a "clone" original 4-speed/big block car (had "442" "W-31" Emblems on it) but just had it painted for like the 2nd or 3rd time since I owned it....(I owned the car when they weren't considered "rare" we just raced em on the street and the at the track/quarter mile) so badges weren't put on yet
here is how it would look with the badges/emblems on it

Gotcha. Looked for the emblems and didn't see them.

[HTexan]

Shit I have a list
66 mustang vert
68 xr7 4 speed
70 chevelle
87 grand national
95 civic hatchback turbocharged and nitrous
Etc.

Basically, I finish one project, get bored, sell it and buy something else.

[Shockwave]

Basically, I finish one project, get bored, sell it and buy something else.

X2, but I sold the last one and replaced it with a wife and son. Wish I still had one, saving for a 67/68 Camaro RS or 66/67 Chevelle

[WalterWhite]

99 Porsche 911 Carrera (996)

[HTexan]

X2, but I sold the last one and replaced it with a wife and son. Wish I still had one, saving for a 67/68 Camaro RS or 66/67 Chevelle

Yeah, I hear ya
The last one I sold was the 66 mustang about 4 months ago. My garage is currently empty, it is getting harder and harder to find time to work on them. Hell, I can barely make it to the gym.  

[Nirvana]

1970 Buick Skylark    my first car ...  got 3 gallons to the mile

yeah man I know exactly how you feel I miss my old skylark so bad

[Omega]

Even though it caused me so much trouble, was a money sink and a bad decision, I would keep this forever if it was a hobby car.



Ford Sierra Cosworth.

It was tuned up with a T4 turbo and other mods to have 412bhp. Turbo lag was awful but when it kicked in it was the same sensation as a plane taking off, and with that turbo it sounded the same too. Whole care would shake if you floored it in 2nd, before you knew it you're at 130mph. Took it to 166mph a couple times on the motorway, felt like it was going to fall apart but fucking exhilarating.

Kept getting pulled over by police (looked like a drug dealer car and I was 19 - often with friends in car), car kept having issues - had to replace petrol tank, then fuel lines, then this then that. Sold it for a big loss and got a civic, stuck with Jap cars since. Tried to use a toy as an everyday car without the money to do it, but it was fucking fun and an adrenaline rush.

Its still an event if you see one on UK roads for any car lover

[Lustral]

Its still an event if you see one on UK roads for any car lover

I see an Escort Cossworth (cossie  ) near my parents' house the odd time, brings mixed feelings. Great car but reminds me of about 8k misspent.

[bigmc]

I see an Escort Cossworth (cossie  ) near my parents' house the odd time, brings mixed feelings. Great car but reminds me of about 8k misspent.

I always wanted on but heard so many horror stories

I even offered a guy money for one that I met in a supermarket car park

I ended going the imprezza route instead

the best car I ever had was a 205 gti the handling was phenomenal

if I can find a mint one id get one again

bit fragile though

[_bruce_]

Wow, you damn Americans had the best cars... love the petro guzzlers... today's emasculated economy cars suck.

I had this nice senior citizen ride - cheap, great engine without any horsepower and stylish to the max.

[gracie bjj]

miss my 88 trans am with tune port injection(305 engine) and honey comb rims,i bought it off some crack head broad who needed money for her drugs n sold it to me for 500$ ,car was mint,except for one of the T-TOPS had a scratch on it,but i replaced that.i had a 97 trans am with the 5.7 LT-1 V-8,T-TOPS also, that car was sweet, only problem is the 5.7 lt-1,s r a bitch to work on. i had something called a OPTI SPARK go bad on it n it was a nightmare diagnosing it first off then changing it was a project,if u dont do that OPTI SPARK just right u will fuck up the cars whole computer system. i had a BLACK PONTIAC FORMULA,LOOKS BODY WISE JUST LIKE TRANS AM,SAME MOTOR ALSO, it had a convertable black vinyl roof also which was sweet,i MISS that car the most of all to b honest, if it aint a SPORTS CAR i aint driving it, i got a 84 VETTE now that i fixed up,put new interior,paint job,put alot new stuff into motor also n its looking good, it has a panel roof that comes off with 4 bolts,its cool cause whole roof of car is off. i figure someone has to have the mid life crisis so it might as well b me

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

Wow, you damn Americans had the best cars... love the petro guzzlers... today's emasculated economy cars suck.

I had this nice senior citizen ride - cheap, great engine without any horsepower and stylish to the max.

I'm guessing wheel rub was an issue? 

[Thin Lizzy]

At the time, I didn't know enough about cars to take care of it properly. Unfortunately, there was no internet at the time to use as a resource. [sigh]

[gracie bjj]

At the time, I didn't know enough about cars to take care of it properly. Unfortunately, there was no internet at the time to use as a resource. [sigh]

yeah man u had a goldmine right there,people pay big money for those cars in mint condition. they r sweet looking also

[Shockwave]

miss my 88 trans am with tune port injection(305 engine) and honey comb rims,i bought it off some crack head broad who needed money for her drugs n sold it to me for 500$ ,car was mint,except for one of the T-TOPS had a scratch on it,but i replaced that.i had a 97 trans am with the 5.7 LT-1 V-8,T-TOPS also, that car was sweet, only problem is the 5.7 lt-1,s r a bitch to work on. i had something called a OPTI SPARK go bad on it n it was a nightmare diagnosing it first off then changing it was a project,if u dont do that OPTI SPARK just right u will fuck up the cars whole computer system. i had a BLACK PONTIAC FORMULA,LOOKS BODY WISE JUST LIKE TRANS AM,SAME MOTOR ALSO, it had a convertable black vinyl roof also which was sweet,i MISS that car the most of all to b honest, if it aint a SPORTS CAR i aint driving it, i got a 84 VETTE now that i fixed up,put new interior,paint job,put alot new stuff into motor also n its looking good, it has a panel roof that comes off with 4 bolts,its cool cause whole roof of car is off. i figure someone has to have the mid life crisis so it might as well b me

Haha... the optispark ignition is a piece of shit that's fails on everyone. It was the LT curse.

My current project is a black 98 V6 Firebird that I swapped an LS1 and T56 6 speed manual into.I swapped all the suspension and running gear out of a wrecked 2001fully optioned SLP camaro (Bolsters shocks, springs,  k-member, control arms, etc).

So it looks like a lowly V6 car but it now has a 600 LS1 going in it and a pretty damn decent suspension setup.

It's suprised a few people with the stock LS1..... it'll surprise a lot more with this motor.

[gmflex]

 
67 sting ray..
I couldn't afforded it at the time..  right after high school had to sell...
Biggest regret... selling it 

[_aj_]

I had a white E36 M3 that I really liked. Like this in white:



Got a more "practical" vehicle when I became a dad.

My days of practicality are dwindling, and I am looking at this now, the M4 in this color with red leather interior:

[oldtimer1]

I drove this car in high school. I wrecked it by peeling out at every opportunity. If I only knew what I had.   

[Nick Danger]

all mine (and had a few others/all late 60's early 70's Muscle Cars)

Back in the day I thought the Road Runner was ugly, now I'd kill for a fully restored one...

[gracie bjj]

Haha... the optispark ignition is a piece of shit that's fails on everyone. It was the LT curse.

My current project is a black 98 V6 Firebird that I swapped an LS1 and T56 6 speed manual into.I swapped all the suspension and running gear out of a wrecked 2001fully optioned SLP camaro (Bolsters shocks, springs,  k-member, control arms, etc).

So it looks like a lowly V6 car but it now has a 600 LS1 going in it and a pretty damn decent suspension setup.

It's suprised a few people with the stock LS1..... it'll surprise a lot more with this motor.

 

wow man the LS1 is a monster engine,i had a 2002 trans am that had the ram air n the LSI MOTOR, that sonofabitch was fast as lightning,it was faster than my LT-1 all day,about a second faster in the quarter mile which is huge

[Teutonic Knight]

ideally i want this car to visit anabolic junior so his mother can see me driving it with sweet 18 years honey in passenger side playing with her phone as i get out of the car with no less than 19" shredded arms hanging from very fittiing fancy brand polo


it would be a real trip

Fat supa car 

Fact is: only Turkish dope dealers have good German cars in real Leopold suburb 

Contradiction : real Anal wear/buy 5 Euros t-shirt only , no posh Polo's 

[Teutonic Knight]

i am just a man with clear goals

-acquire huge shredded arms
-get rich
-make people mad about my arms and money

 

Real ANAL is +28 & just too old to get "rich" 
Tell me how can U get rich in shity Leopolds Belgium suburb 

[Teutonic Knight]

i am just a man with clear goals

-acquire huge shredded arms
-get rich
-make people mad about my arms and money

 

a) Almost 100% Milton Wiggs dream 
b) Why not fighting Ebola & "saving" baby mama tribe