I've owned about 60 cars, and at least that many motorcycles over the years, when I see an old Mopar, it makes me recall a time and place, adventures, people lost to time, distance, and some to death.

God! what memories and stories, and a few regrets!

So let's hear it folks, girls too, I know you love your cars also.

My favorite was a 1968 Plymouth Road Runner, 440/375hp Magnum, headers Holly 750 dbl pumper, super beefed 727 torqueflite trans, close to 400hp, lousey brakes. Bought it for $1200.00, Way more car than an 18yr old dipshit should have, I should have died many times over again, sadly no pictures remain of this car, I sold it, the 18yr old dipshit I sold it to, blew it up the night he bought it.

It sat in his garage for a few years, I saw it once a few years after that, she looked great, that was thirty years ago, long my she run.

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She looked just like this, but in yellow.

man, there are two cars that i've owned that i miss terribly.

one was my 1980 Ford Pinto. I loved that car, my first real enchilada of freedom.
i bought this car with 86,731 miles on the odometer, put a transmission in it, fixed the body and took it to college with me. It was a damn tough and reliable car. I drove it from Kingston NY to home on 3 cylinders one night, the engine hammering away like it had thrown a rod or two. My father rebuilt the engine shortly after that, liberally ordering parts from what was then the SVO catalog. That little 2.3L was a menace after that. Maybe 4 months after doing the engine, the C3 I had put in the car ate the front pump and I changed the car over to a manual transmission. I also managed to find a Pinto wagon with a 3.40:1 rear axle... you would be amazed at home many 305 Camaros fell to that little pumpkin on steroids. Unfortunately all good things come to an end and in the end, after three weeks of trying to get it to run properly, i traded the car for a 1981 Buick Regal coupe that was an absolute piece of shit. The car went to a guy who drove it maybe 4 or 5 months, sold it to Jerry the Transsexual down on the Crown Point line where it and his wife drove it for three years. After that, a kid from Crown Point bought the car and beat the everlovin' shit out of for 8 months. In the fall of 1997, i got a call from this kid. He told me he was going into the Air Force and his parents didn't want the car in the yard and wanted to know if i wanted the car back. I told him i'd go look at it... I was disgusted. The car was a wreck. It wasn't even salvageable. My friends took the car to a demo derby that fall and that was the end of her.

The only other car I was seriously attached to was my 1991 Chevy Cavalier RS coupe. I saw this car on the lot at Christopher Chevrolet in Ticonderoga NY in September 1996 and fell in love with it. It was a tank. I drove that car 170,000 miles in about 4 years. It was rarely sitting still. Anywhere, anytime... that was the that car was. I'd get bored and go visit my friends in Maryland just for the hell of it. Take a trip to Maine... no problem. I drove the car to Tennessee when I moved there and unfortunately, at 201,000 miles, that was where she stayed. She just didn't have any more to give. A broken wiring harness did that Cavalier in. Every time I see one of these cars, and they are getting fewer and fewer here in the Northeast, i always wonder if someone rescued mine.

My gti, sold it to some kid who totally fucked it up ruined two of the mags, its now rotting out, and sounds terrible.

Really clean lookin' GTI, I always liked that year or series, the first generation weren't nearly as cool looking.

Sam, I forgot that I owned a '72 pinto, rootbeer brown, American slotted mags, not a dent on it. loaned it to a cocktail waitress I was boning at the time, her car was broken. We quit seeing one another, her car never got fixed, she loaned it to a boyfriend who used it in a robbery and during a pursuit, the car was wrecked. It ended up in the police impound that I worked at. Such a sad end to a sweet little car.

oh i beg to differ lol

That one does look kinda cool, but it could be from the company it keeps, GRRR.

Posted by Nismo oh i beg to differ lol http://ll.speedhun...s/672mk1rabbit.jpg

It looks like a beener car, minus the curb feelers and chrome fender trim.

Posted by Samurai

my fave was my 92 sunbird SE, was an old man car, silver grey 4 door, with a 2l. i had a little encounter with another car with it. replaced the front bumper with a gt one with the pop up headlights, was one of a kind and i loved it!, i sold it in 2001 for 1200$ and it blew a head gasket a month later.

the pic above was of my friends in January of 1998. Left to right is my friend Lou and his 87 Z24, Brian with his 88 Z24 convertible, his brother Willy with his 90 Z24 and me with my 91 RS

My favorite was a 2002 audi a6. I got it with very low miles from my uncle because he wanted a A8 and my aunt wouldnt let him get one because he had the a6. He sold it to me i drove it for a year and then totaled it due to my stupidity (awd means i can go fast on the shitty snow covered roads right) And being cut off by some stupid lady in a rust bucket early 90's cavalier.

Rolled the car into a ditch, climbed out called police. The cops saw where i had swerved to avoid the other cars tire tracks and sited it as a no fault for me. Unfortunately i was too dumb and cheap to realize that full coverage on the car was a good ideal.


RIP

Posted by Samurai the pic above was of my friends in January of 1998. Left to right is my friend Lou and his 87 Z24, Brian with his 88 Z24 convertible, his brother Willy with his 90 Z24 and me with my 91 RS

although im a pontiac man sam, our love of the j body is the tie that binds. I loved the fact that aside from the tailights (and rear window on the 2 door) they were pretty much unchanged for the entire run. My 92 had the same interior (except the dash) as my fathers 83 2000. Parts on those were cheap and would fit between all 5 different ones. I dream of finding a cheap clean cimarron!

Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! although im a pontiac man sam, our love of the j body is the tie that binds. I loved the fact that aside from the tailights (and rear window on the 2 door) they were pretty much unchanged for the entire run. My 92 had the same interior (except the dash) as my fathers 83 2000. Parts on those were cheap and would fit between all 5 different ones. I dream of finding a cheap clean cimarron!

the rear axle beam on that 91 was out of an 84 Cavalier wagon. The sway bar was out of an 87 Z24 as was the passenger side control arm... J-bodies were the shit for spare parts.

Posted by big dave It looks like a beener car, minus the curb feelers and chrome fender trim.

Those cars with the chrome wheel moulding and super wide low profile tires were all the rage out here in L.A., Compton, Long Beach area, some of them couldn't even drive on the freeway as the gear ratio was almost useless, the ratio was numerically higher than was useful.

Dave,

Remember those little Suzuki Samurai jeeps? That wheel / tire combo on those was just stupid, but they were all over the place for a few years. Till they blew up!

Posted by Samurai the rear axle beam on that 91 was out of an 84 Cavalier wagon. The sway bar was out of an 87 Z24 as was the passenger side control arm... J-bodies were the shit for spare parts.

i still in my moms basement have the jack from the 83, it was like those old bumper jacks but on the horizontal. better than the scissor jack that came with the cars later. I used the jack often to jack my shed

Though I've only primarily driven three and technically owned two cars, whatever. My favorite's my first, my '85 Chevy S10.



Back when gas was $4.50 a gallon, I parked it because I couldn't afford to drive it anymore. Once gas went back down, it was winter, and that thing's a sled in snow, so I left it...Then I got another truck and a job where I have to use my own car and it gets filthy, so the S10's too nice to use there. I can't justify taking up 2 spaces in the driveway to my dad, and can't afford tags/insurance on it if I'm just gonna use it every great once in a while for a joyride.

So she sits with a dead battery, flat tires, and bleeding transmission fluid. I can't wait until I can afford to fix it back up and get it back out.

Posted by Nismo oh i beg to differ lol http://ll.speedhun...s/672mk1rabbit.jpg

experiencing multiple forms of want.

VAG and vag. Sweet.

1981 ford fiesta. No clue.

1988 Pontiac Fiero Formula. One of 5,600 built. Bought it 2 years ago and I have no regrets. Learned to drive and aced my driving exam in it. Daily driver and show car with 92k miles. Sitting in the garage right now.

Posted by jonrev 1988 Pontiac Fiero Formula. One of 5,600 built. Bought it 2 years ago and I have no regrets. Daily driver and show car with 92k miles. Sitting in the garage right now. http://img268.imag.../3120/dscn9878.jpg

last of the Fieros.
Gen II 2.8L V6. Is it a 4 speed, 5speed or the automatic?
what was funny was 1988 was the first year that the Fiero had it's own suspension and subframe assembly. Before that it was a mishmash of A-body and T-body up front. The four speed cars were evil in a street fight as the Muncie box was gear deep like a dump truck. The 5 speed was the preferred box for day to day living.
I almost bought an 87 GT fastback in 1992, but the insurance company had a hissy when they heard Fiero and GT in the same sentence.

It's an auto 3-speed. I'm 18/male no accidents and good student discount and insurance has not been real bad for me, about $500 every 6 months. When I was looking for a Fiero people tried to talk me out of it because (among other reasons) they thought insurance was going to be high.