Cars you miss

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Cars you miss

March 31, 2013, 12:49:19 AM

I posted a thread on a local mustang club a few years ago

I have bought and flipped so meany cars I lost count but some I really miss

Post pics of the rides you wish you never let go

This was a notch I put back to stock a while back ..... Bought a stock motor to put in and it sounded like this lol

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dmxJWaj-xjU

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Reply #1 – March 31, 2013, 01:55:15 AM

No pics, but one I let go of that I regret was my '86 Stang coupe. Was rough, but no rust. Needed a front clip. Traded it in for my first Tbird. Had it nearly paid for, too. I drove it longer than I did the Tbird that replaced it.

After I got rid of it, another guy who I worked with (who had dogged and insulted the coupe) went and bought it, put a Dominator GT clip on, painted it, and then sold it for less than he put into it.

Looked pretty good with sea green paint, turbines, and those 265's on the back. Would've made a nice 351w swap car.

Someday, I'll have another....oh wait..I do. :)

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Reply #2 – March 31, 2013, 08:07:10 AM

No pic. here either,but I had a 1977 Mustang II I wish I still Had.

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Reply #3 – March 31, 2013, 09:15:27 AM

Still sad about this one........had no choice, needed the cash.

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Reply #4 – March 31, 2013, 12:29:24 PM

'67 Galaxie 500. Don't have any pics of it on the comp, but it was my first car, that I drove all through high school. It was already fully and professionally restored when I bought it. Sold it at 24 because I needed the money to help with buying my house. Which I now fully own, and still live in today, so it worked out. It's nice not having to cut a large Rent/Mortgage check out each month, but I still wish I had the car though. Someday I'll get another to resto-mod myself.

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Reply #5 – March 31, 2013, 12:48:20 PM

My 79, little mix or 86 and 87 parts!!!

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Reply #6 – March 31, 2013, 12:48:56 PM

Quote from: MY83T;412208

Still sad about this one........had no choice, needed the cash.

that is a shagy car

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Reply #7 – March 31, 2013, 07:59:57 PM

No pics here either but back in the day I had a '72 Maverick Grabber, 302, changed the factory 3 speed to a toploader 4 speed. It looked like a mini Parnelli Jones Boss 302. Wish I had it back. Anybody have one you want to trade for a 5.0 Turbo Coupe?

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Reply #8 – March 31, 2013, 08:06:37 PM

I would love to have a grabber

Most all of the pics of my old cars are lost

I built this as a clone of my drag car just white it had a explorer intake e cam and a 150 shot made for a nice 12.50 street car

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Reply #9 – March 31, 2013, 08:51:00 PM

Good topic...

I bought the first GN that I ever drove back in 1997 from the second owner with 83k for $6000 with fresh paint and rebuilt tranny. She was stock other than a chip....what GN didnt atleast have a chip :)... It was horrible..spent a fortune just trying to keep it running...the internet was nothin like it is now...I should have spent more and bought a nicer one... Because I was crazy then...call it about 2000-2001. I bought another one...this time 86 Ttype...basically stock also. That was a nice car...should have kept that one...but I sold the ttype when I thought I had the GN completely redone...new engine, tranny, mods, you name it...about $10,000 above the purchase price. Sold the ttype to a good buddy who had great luck with it...went 11.50 on the original engine..

In 2002 the GN engine was wiping lifters and cams...so after 2...I was done with it, the block was bad...plus the body was slowly dieing from living in Michigan...

So I stopped and bought my 1986 XR7 for $1600 in Georgia...rust free. Slowest car I ever bought...when she was bone stock. Ended up selling the GN in 2004 for $2000...I did sell off quite a few performance parts to recoupe some of the money...but not even close.

The two other vehicles I regret selling where 1994 Dodge Dakota V8 5speed...little muscle truck...beat the unholy hell out of it...worked great. The other being 1996 Ram 2500 diesel 5 speed...great truck...got 25mpg. But I felt bad taking my first child to daycare during the winter...never got warm.

Travis

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Reply #10 – March 31, 2013, 09:06:14 PM

I really miss my Bertha. 1978 Trans Am powered by a '70 LT1, backed by a TH350 that had to be manually downshifted because the LT1's carb didn't have provisions for the kickdown. The car was actually a real POS, with the bodyfill actually outweighing the metal. The carpeting was missing (bare metal floors), the beige vinyl seats were all cracked and ripped, and the entire car, gold screaming chicken graphics and all, was painted over with black spray bombs (during the height of pollen season, no less, so the paint had a yellow haze on all horizontal surfaces). The shaker scoop was scabbed onto the LT1's carb with a home-made spacer because the Chev 350 was much shorter than the car's original Pontiac 400. The car was brutally ugly but strong as hell, hence the name "Bertha". I bought her for $600 and drove her the 130 miles home with the 85MPH speedo pegged the whole way, with the needle at 7:00 (the speedo was later upgraded to a 160MPH unit found in a junked SD455 T/A).

And how I loved her. I had this car in high school when all my friends were driving Chevettes and Omnis. She was the fastest car at Sackville High School for 1988-1989. And the ugliest, too. She could do donuts, brake burns, pirouettes, and all other types of hoonism like no other car. I'd fill her full of fellow students and take her for a spin (literally) in the abandoned mall parking lot every lunch hour. She became legendary. Thanks to her 2.73-gears in the WS6 posi disc brake rear, if left to shift for itself she would do 55 in first, 90 in second, and I had her to an indicated 130 in third.

Sadly, cancer got her. I sold her for $1700, and bought another Firebird, a 1980 Formula. This car had a mint body, but the boat anchor 301 in it made it no Bertha. I really miss Bertha and will some day find another 77-78 (or even a 79-81 with 77-78 front clip). This one will be Bertha II. She'll be faster than Bertha, and more reliable (I'm thinking LSx). She won't be ugly, though...

Other cars I miss are my 66 Galaxie 500 LTD (390/4bbl), 85 V6 Bird, 88 5.0 Cougar, and '96 Cherokee (the one I just posted a bunch of photos of on facebook). Every other vehicle I've owned was just a car, and none except Bertha were worthy of a name...

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Reply #11 – March 31, 2013, 09:13:12 PM

While I'd like to have my '64 Ford Galaxie 500 fastback and the '68 Cougar GTE with factory 427, I actually still have the car I would want most...

1969 Fairlane Cobra, bought 3/12/73, we just celebrated our 40th anniversary...

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Reply #12 – March 31, 2013, 09:15:37 PM

Gotta love old muscle

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Reply #13 – April 01, 2013, 11:57:52 AM

Tom
were'nt the Cyclones identical?
There is a cyclone in a field down the road from me that just showed up two years ago, it sits there, without the original motor though.

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Reply #14 – April 01, 2013, 12:49:46 PM

The Cyclones are similar but have several small differences... Only the doors, rear bumper and deck lid(though it has no holes for trim)are same, other sheet metal is unique to the Mercury... Most of the interior trim was also different between the two models...

The Cyclone CJ is the sister car to mine, also came with 428 Cobra Jet std, all other Cyclone models had 302 or 351(Spoilers only) std, with larger engines optional...