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88 Camaro (given to me from my dad, was going to be a project to race at Summit Point, WV. Tree fell on it during a storm- scrapped.)
83 K-20 (bought to build as dd, ended up being rougher than I initially thought. Saved some parts for future a project...)
2000 RAV-4 (given to me from my grandparents to drive when I first got my license. Had absolutely NO power, and gas milage wasn't as great as you'd expect for being a gutless turd.)
So here goes (bought first car as a senior in high school in 1981)
'71 Chevy Camaro
'69 Pontiac Firebird
'67 VW Bug
'78 Dodge Aspen R/T
'83 Dodge Charger
'73 Ford F100
'86 Yamaha FZR600
'93 Ford Ranger 4x4
'96 Ford F150 4x4
'98 Ford F150 4x4
'88 Jeep Cherokee Sport
2000 Subaru Impreza
'96 Ford E250
'05 Subaru Legacy GT Wagon
'02 Ford F250
'05 Jeep Grand Cherokee
'97 Jeep Cherokee County
'12 Jeep Wrangler
'13 Ford Focus Hatchback (current)
'95 Jeep Cherokee County (current)
I didn't list 4 cars the wife used as her ride but were in my name.
1981 VW Scirocco
1990 Nissan NX
1990 Toyota Supra turbocharged
1987 Toyota Supra n/a
1986 Toyota MR-2
1985 Volvo 740 turbo diesel
1999 Dodge Neon
2005 Chrysler Sebring
1990 Toyota 4Runner
1988 Jeep XJ 4.0
88 mazda 626 - first car paid $500 for it
91 ford bronco - parents sold my mazda and gave me this (got 8mpg...)
99 saab 9-5 - first actual reliable car. had a stage 4
06 suzuki s50 - sold it because it was very uncomfortable
07 isuzu i-290 - LOVED this truck, sold it cuz the wife got pregnant, and we had this and my motorcycle
07 yamaha vstar classic - Best commuter bike, so easy and so comfortable
86 honda rebel - wife's bike I built for her, but she wanted a bug so:
71 super beetle - sold when she got pregnant
07 saab 9-3 - had 5 weeks, when a drunk illegal ran a red light then ran to mexico
04 kia rio - traded my bike for it - worst trade ever
07 chevy uplander - replaced the 9-3, terrible car had been in an accident
09 vstar classic - had to have a bike again.
03 saab 9-5 - traded the kia for it. 2nd worst trade, had a bad transmission
07 saab 9-5 - great car, put 70k miles on it in a year and a half sold it as it started to have a lot of problems.
12 jeep patriot - went crazy with this poor thing, check out my youtube channel.
04 olds alero - great commuter car, actually fun to drive.
07 saab 9-5 - wife's current car. drives 1 mile to and from preeschool every day.
89 cherokee - my current project. makes the wife mad.
05 infiniti g35 - my current commuter. Really really nice car.
Not sure I can even remember all the cars I've owned, but my first car ( in 1949) was a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr Coupe, and the second was a 1940 Linclon Zephyr Club Coupe. Both had the V-12 engines, which I ended up replacing with flat-head Ford engines when the V-12s crapped out.
Then I got a 1941 Caddy sedan. in 1951...a great car !, and I never went back to Lincolns !
Later, I had a lot of Caddys, Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles, Chevys, and one '54 New Yorker, which had the 331 hemi engine. The engine was the best part of that POS car.
I built up a '40 Ford pickup, with a 331 Caddy engine, and at the time I did a '40 Ford cope with a 326 Olds engine, and a LaSalle transmission, in 1960..
I would bet that a lot of folks wish they had some their previous cars today !
72 Chevy panel van, 350, craiger mags, bright orange, tear drop windows, sunroof etc.
75 Ford F-250, 4X4, 460, 850 holly double pumper, 4 speed, 5 yes 5 mpg.
78 Olds Starfire junk
83 Merc Lynx (wife picked that one) also junk
86 Isuzu Trooper II, only got it stuck once in three feet of snow in Montana
93 Dodge Caravan needed the seat belts for the kids.
92 Hyundai Excel-second car
98 Dodge Caravan still needed the seat belts
90 Jeep Cherokee-Pioneer wish i still had this one, not enough cash to rebuild it though
04 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 I6, current, starting with simple mods and making sure everything is sound before I tackle the lift, bumpers, tires & wheels, expensive stuff, etc. Have done the cat back, cold air intake, 784 injectors, and "Superchip" so far. Going through the cooling system next, then headers, possibly lockers front and rear, bumpers, lift, tires & wheels, last will be the roof rack and lights.
13 Nissan Maxima-wifes car, nice ride
My first vehicle. The one that started it all! 89 XJ Laredo gifted to me by my dad when it was stock. Had a terrible blue paint job, so my dad custom painted it for me. After that me and him started lifting it, most of the lift parts came from a junkyard. Tires were for a YJ so I had to buy adapters. I crashed it into a tree one winter and did all the body work to fix it (junkyard parts/repaint, fiberglass on the front header panel.) This is how it sat a few days before I sold it for $2500. I miss that old POS.
Second vehicle, also gifted to me by my dad (he bought a different vehicle for work.) 96 ZJ, Up country suspension, 5.2 V8. Awesome Jeep. Gave it back to my dad after about 6 months when I purchased my first Jeep.
So then the first vehicle I actually *purchased* myself, I'll post a pic at the end to show how it's sitting now. 99XJ sport, rusted out Michigan vehicle 260k miles.
I moved to Canada for a year and put the previous one in storage. So here's my Canadian 89 XJ, base model 4x4 manual everything, dummy gauges, leaking oil.
6 months after I got back from Canada I moved to North Dakota which I drove my lifted XJ out to. 22 hours, 1100 miles! my 99 in its current state:
So in ND I bought a 2001 Ram 1500, done a lot of work to it, it sucks.
About 8 months later I bought a '14 Ram 1500, I was sick of having to work on my vehicles all the time. 155 miles on it so far and no regrets!
In order:
X '78 Kawasaki KZ650 B2A
'92 Camaro Z28 (305)
X '91 Camaro Z28 (350)
'01 Cherokee (4.0L)
'88 Comanche (4.0L)
X '93 Wrangler (4.0L) [Will be paid off in 9 days]
X '79 F150 (302)
'X' denotes vehicles I still own. Trying to sell the Camaro cause I hate it, and I'm tired of paying insurance
I think I'm off to a decent start for a 24 year old who didn't drive a car til I was 19 The lady will be trading in her '13 Dodge Journey soon for a '15 Wrangler to DD, and she also wants an XJ as an introduction to the hobby
Last edited by NewKindOfClown; 01-08-2015 at 12:46 AM.
99 cherokee sport
2012 gtr black edition sold for a new z06 I ordered last week :-)
Hope it rocks the gtr hands down is the best car I've ever driven and I've driven almost everything besides a bugatti and the super high end ferraris like Enzo and f40/50 it simply destroys everything. I drag raced it tracked it and drove it to all events. I did 32 passes at the 1/2 mile shootout last year all over 160 mph no failures and drove it home.
11-15-2014, 07:29 AM
The lady will be trading in her '13 Dodge Journey soon for a '15 Wrangler to DD, and she also wants an XJ as an introduction to the hobby
