Show some of your previous Cars!!

[BlueMoose]

I miss my Wrangler!

 

[Virden_ranger_35]

Which one is quicker?

R/T hands down, but I was in love with the bee!!!

 

[grimreefer]

Just a few from the pics I have with me here in Diego Garcia. Will have to post other rides when I get back stateside and find my other HDD.

 

[shak3r]

Upgrading my tow truck to a Rebel very soon, in Flame Red of course!

 

[BluegrassMotorsport]

Been through three Silverados and an Audi A4 before the Ram. My current weekend toy is my Corvette. Details in my sig. It's so much fun. Can't believe I'm not in jail yet.

 

[56 Pontiac]

OK all you youngsters, enjoy this old guy's previous cars, starting from the beginning:

1929 Model A (only car I never took a picture of - above is identical to my car but much better condition lol)


1955 Mercury, nosed and decked, custom paint, floor shift, dual glasspaks, those are snow tires on the back - (sorry for poor quality of above and following photos of cars I owned long ago, they're the only photos I have)


1959 Ford, all original, red/white/black interior


1966 Chevelle SS396 convertible, 4 speed, black bucket seats, original colors, snow tires on the rear again


1960 Ford station wagon, straight 6, my winter beater car


1970 VW, custom 8" wide rear wheels, my commuter car


1964 VW convertible, just for fun


1972 and 1969 Old Vistacruisers, great cars for ferrying kids around


1968 Corvette, 350 4 speed, hit a deer with it and had custom front end installed


1967 Corvette, a better car than the 68 - factory air, leather, and side exhaust, 390HP 427 4-speed

... to be contiued ...

 

[56 Pontiac]

... continuing ...


My SS396 with fresh paint, 8" Corvette wheels


1985 Corvette, 5-speed, and 1984 Laser turbo


1985 El Camino


1986 Chrysler, perfect Florida car for company


1992 Mustang 5.0 5-speed


1965 Corvette B Prod road race car, fully prepped dry-sump 355, that's me as a young dude in the driver's seat


1977 GMC crew cab dually, 454, custom built trailer w/ 2 sets race tires (rain tires on the race car on the trailer)


1967 Corvette L-88 clone, aluminum heads, solid lifter cam, fast and loud


1997 S-10, my first truck (not counting the El Camino)


2002 Dakota

... to be continued ...

 

[56 Pontiac]

... continuing ...


1956 Pontiac, old-school hot rod:

custom interior ...

496 BBC, 545 dyno'd HP, all forged internals, roller cam, aluminum heads, etc.



1964 Beaumont Sport Deluxe convertible, my current Florida cruiser


2012 Titan, my first "real" truck


2018 Challenger, just a V6 but an nice grocery-getter and highway-cruiser

... and that brings us to the current:

2022 Ram Big Horn crew cab 4x4, off-road pkg, sport appearance pkg

Whew! Lotsa cars!

Dave

 

[jmt8706]

My 2019 Cherokee Trailhawk I traded for the Ram.

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

@haleikekai , wow, just wow. I thought I have p**sed away money over the years on vehicles. I see I am not worthy. I am saving this to show my wife just how frugal I am!

 

[56 Pontiac]

Well, had over 70 vehicles ...

OK you win, I'm not even close to that number.

However I might be able to claim "owned for the longest time" - my 1966 Chevelle SS396 convertible 1966-1984 (18 years), my 1967 Corvette 427 roadster 1978-1996 (18 years), my 1956 Pontiac 2007-present [still own it, continues to be my project car] (14 years and counting). Anybody keep a car longer?

Dave

 

[Richard320]

OK you win, I'm not even close to that number.

However I might be able to claim "owned for the longest time" - my 1966 Chevelle SS396 convertible 1966-1984 (18 years), my 1967 Corvette 427 roadster 1978-1996 (18 years), my 1956 Pontiac 2007-present [still own it, continues to be my project car] (14 years and counting). Anybody keep a car longer?

Dave

I've got a 2001 Wrangler sitting in my garage that I bought new. And the Ram's predecessor was pretty much a daily driver 1995 Cherokee bought in October 1994 and sold in June 2019.

 

[Jako]

1985 Toyota Corolla (5 speed), gave away in 2019, sat in backyard since 2006, being restored, motor started right up for new owner. 1994 Ford explorer in driveway, need to make arrangements for the hook. 2001 Dodge Ram SLT with 84,000 miles, still in service for the "dirty jobs" and bigger bed. One son drives a1990 Toyota Celica (paid $1500 8 years ago and other son drives a 2006, 5 speed, Honda Accord (formerly wife's car).

Insurance rates for fire, theft and collision in NYC for new vehicles add substantially to the cost of ownership. I think the 90 Celica is one of those bullet proof vehicles. 1985 was a simple fix mechanically, great for the back yard mechanic. I think it was 87 hp.

 

[Sixshooter54]

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1956 Pontiac, old-school hot rod:
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custom interior ...
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496 BBC, 545 dyno'd HP, all forged internals, roller cam, aluminum heads, etc.

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1964 Beaumont Sport Deluxe convertible, my current Florida cruiser

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2012 Titan, my first "real" truck

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2018 Challenger, just a V6 but an nice grocery-getter and highway-cruiser

... and that brings us to the current:
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2022 Ram Big Horn crew cab 4x4, off-road pkg, sport appearance pkg

Whew! Lotsa cars!

Dave

Holy crap. I've owned about 40 cars over the last 50 years. Gonna show this thread to my wife and tell her I need to play catch up. Probably won't work.

 

[56 Pontiac]

I've got a 2001 Wrangler sitting in my garage that I bought new. And the Ram's predecessor was pretty much a daily driver 1995 Cherokee bought in October 1994 and sold in June 2019.

OK I don't win "longest time owned" either

Dave

 

[RAM Patriot]

OK I don't win "longest time owned" either

Dave

Richard320 has me beat, I might get a runner up with my 1999 Chevy Silverado purchased in November of 1998. Drove the truck for 20 years and traded it in on my current Ram Truck with 225,000 miles on it.

The AC was leaking coolant, the transfer case needed to be replaced on the 4x4 unit and the top end needed to be rebuilt was burning oil. So it was time...

 

[Crawpapa]

My first car when I turned 16 in 1991 was my parents old car, a 1981 Chevrolet Citation X-11 edition. Other than being one of the biggest pieces of s&#t I’ve ever driven (and why I STILL can’t ever buy a Chevy), its other unique feature was a sideways radio.

 

[scottmoyer]

I just recently sold my 1987 IROC-Z that I had for 21.5 years. Not the longest owned compared to others, but it looks like it's at the top of the list here. I bought it June 2000 and sold it in November of 2021.

 

[HemiDude]

Here is the next car on my list. We have to go back a year to the summer of 1989. I had finished the spring semester at Magnolia and was preparing to go to the ROTC Advanced Course at Fort Riley, Kansas in July. I was in an advanced placement program and was going to get commissioned there after completion. I had quit my job in Magnolia and moved “home” until it was time to go. When I got home I found two Corvettes. Dad had been buying sports cars at heavy equipment auctions again.

The first was a 1974 L88 with 454 engine. It would have been a great except the front end was completely smashed.

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And the second one was this cool little red 1977 Vette with factory wire wheels, luggage rack and the sad little stock 350 engine.

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The 77 Vette had been running until Daddy and a "lady friend" has gone for a little afternoon cruise. He said the lights got really bright and then everything electrical quit working. And Daddy didn't work on anything unless he could stand between the front wheel and the engine. When I saw the battery, I knew what had happened. The voltage regulator in the alternate had frozen and the alternator had fried the electrical system with too many volts. And of course, the battery was bloated and cooked.

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Luckily, there was the L88 for parts. I know a smarter move would have been to cannibalize the 77 Vette to fix the 74 L88. But that would have been too big a project for cars that were bought on a lark. Every afternoon after finishing up on some truck or heavy equipment, I’d work on the red Vette. And then at dark I’d drive to Arkadelphia and run for a couple of hours. Arkadelphia is a beautiful little town with two universities and is sort of situated between two rivers. And there was nice jogging trail that covered about half the town. It was also in a “dry county” back then meaning it was illegal to sale alcohol. So it was very safe to be out at night running on the trails and down the city street.

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When I had finished cannibalizing the L88 for electrical parts and bulbs, I put a dealer tag on the red Vette and began driving it to Arkadelphia every evening with the t-tops off. There’s nothing like being in a C3 Vette. It draws lots of looks and everyone thinks it’s cool. I only wish it had a place to lock up the tops securely like the Fiat had under the hood for its one-piece top.

Of course, both Vettes were soon sold after that. But I’ve always wanted one since then.

Nice story on the Vettes. I had a '69 I'll be posting a pic of shortly

 

[HemiDude]

Here are some of my Favorite ones I have had. '80 Volare road runner, '14 Camaro 2SS, 1972 Cutlass S 442 and ,y 2005 300SRT8.

I always liked that Volare body style. For some reason it got no respect back then