Vehicles You Wish You Had Back -
For me, it is -
#1) My 67' GTO. (Built.)
#2) My 51' Ford pickup with a 351 Cleveland. (Built)
#3) My 72' International Scout II. (Built)
#4) My 69' Karmahn Gia. (Built)
#5) My Triumph TR-6. (Stock)
#6) My 61' Ford Van. (With three on the tree.) (Stock) Modified interior.
#7) Lets not forget my 74' Z-28.
#8) My 99' Cobra GT 6 speed manual Mustang.
To continue on, causes me great pain and consternation.
You? :?:
#1) My 67' GTO. (Built.)
#2) My 51' Ford pickup with a 351 Cleveland. (Built)
#3) My 72' International Scout II. (Built)
#4) My 69' Karmahn Gia. (Built)
#5) My Triumph TR-6. (Stock)
#6) My 61' Ford Van. (With three on the tree.) (Stock) Modified interior.
#7) Lets not forget my 74' Z-28.
#8) My 99' Cobra GT 6 speed manual Mustang.
To continue on, causes me great pain and consternation.
You? :?:
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SS 396 - nope
Camaro - nope
All the rest- nope
At this point in life I really don't want any of them back. Some were fun to modify at the time. Some were a pain in the butt to keep running good. Now days the cars are so much more reliable and performance out of the factory is better than most of the older cars were capable of ever being. I don't remember the last time I had to do anything other than regular maintenance. Changing plugs is almost a thing of the past. Rotor and points will never be missed. Problems with carbs a thing of the past. Rust is nowhere near the problem it was. So other than nostalgia I see no need to return to low MPG, high maintenance, rust buckets of yore. Bob0 -
1966 Plymouth Sport Fury, PS, PB, AT, A/C, that I pulled the 383 Cu. In. and shoe horned in a fully rebuilt 440 Six Pack engine. Had beefed front and rear suspension and posi 3.23 ration differential ~ all rolling on H70x14 Goodyear Polyglas tires mounted on Ansen Sprint wheels. Ran 4:10 gears for a short time but missed the top end.
Had the car for some 14 years and still miss it.0 -
aside from the rust and low gas mileage, none of that bothers me. and I'd rather have a 250 HP motor that's actually fun to work on, than a 600 HP motor built like a chinese puzzle.BobJudy wrote:At this point in life I really don't want any of them back. Some were fun to modify at the time. Some were a pain in the butt to keep running good. Now days the cars are so much more reliable and performance out of the factory is better than most of the older cars were capable of ever being. I don't remember the last time I had to do anything other than regular maintenance. Changing plugs is almost a thing of the past. Rotor and points will never be missed. Problems with carbs a thing of the past. Rust is nowhere near the problem it was. So other than nostalgia I see no need to return to low MPG, high maintenance, rust buckets of yore. Bob0 -
'75 F250 Highboy.
'52 Willys CJ3A.
'70 GMC Sierra Grande.0 -
+ 1 on the f250 high boy It 1st truck I ever owned mine was a 76 though I traded a 78 king cobra mustang ( less than year old for it ) and I had a 70 GMC sure miss both them also
when younger I traded and and "fix up " hop uped and hot rodded " a lot of cars and trucks sure wish I ahd had the funds and storage to have kept them all35 Whelen wrote:'75 F250 Highboy.
'52 Willys CJ3A.
'70 GMC Sierra Grande.0 -
1966 Ford Mustang Sprint Coupe
300 cubic inch straight six with 3 2 bbl carbs
Cruise-o-matic transmission (a 3 speed auto that also allowed manual shifting)
Floor console - true dual exhaust
Slotted aluminum NASCAR style rims
Adjustable Gabriel air shocks
140 mph speedometer and a sunpro tach
Burgundy with black vinyl interior and top
No pillar coupe - all 4 windows down creating a seamless full length opening on both sides
Vent windows
High beam switch on the floor
Modifier 70 tires (14" in front and 15" in back)
Mike0 -
late 50s something, my best buddy's International Scout. drove like a tank, treated it worse. [we wear 12-15 yrs old] took the top off and ran it open air for years. fugly but indestructible. best ground hog hunting machine ever. we killed 100s of groundhogs a year. most farmers paid a bounty of them taken out of their soybean and hay fields. 0 -
The ONLY reason I would want any of my old cars back (in mint condition) would be for RESALE at todays prices! 8-)
$$$$$$$ jing jing!0 -
None of them. They were purchased and placed in great homes. 0 -
As a kid, then adult that was always into cars, I had many of the ones listed here.
But the one vehicle I wish I had back, {if I could go back in time when I had it} is a
Lime green Schwinn Varsity 10 speed bicycle.
I always had money in my pockets, a few different girl friends, and not a worry in the whole world.0 -
1952 Ford Customline 4 door with a flathead V-8.
Rebuilt the engine, shaved the heads a bit, bored it 30 over, found a six-pack manifold and carbs for it and a set of scavenger headers.
We could fit 8 of us kids and two cases of beer in it for a night at the drive-in movie!0 -
Some family cars that I spent some time behind the wheel...
1973 Dodge Polara Custom station wagon
Light mint green poly with light tan vinyl interior
440 cubic inch V8 4 bbl with 727 trans
Positraction - ice cold air
Police package suspension and battery and tires
1970 Mercury Marquis convertible
Light Ivy yellow exterior - white leather interior - white top
429 cubic inch V8 cobra jet package and a C4 automatic
Positraction - power top (21 interior options)(3 vin tags in engine compartment)
Twin teardrop chrome spotlights
1971 Plymouth Sport Fury special order coupe
360 cubic inch high performance V8 with 4 bbl carb - automatic - and positraction
Try tone triple earth tone brown appearance package (brown paint and brown vinyl top and special brown vinyl and cloth combo interior
Police package and tow package
1977 Buick Electra limited Landau performance coupe
403 cubic inch high output V8 with 4 bbl carbine and positraction
Automatic climate control thermactor control system
Power everything - special order removable quartz clock in dash
Red exterior and red leather interior with white trim - cream Landau
1969 Mercury marauder X100 2 door performance fastback hardtop
Factory N code 429 cobra jet and a C4 auto - positraction - dual carbs
Hide away headlights - behind grill fog lights - dual horns - magnum rally wheels
Red exterior - red leather interior - red line tires
Hood ornament delete - special order limited hood crest badge
1973 Chrysler imperial Lebanon special order factory performance 2 door coupe
TNT 440 V8 with twin carbs - 727 trans - positraction
Tri tone triple earth tone appearance package - brown exterior - gold tan top - saddle leather interior - police package and tow package
Just a few oddball rare performance battleships...
Anybody remember these odd duck land yacht super cruisers???
Mike0 -
1942 ford jeep 0 -
'64 Fairlane 500 High-Performance 289, although I would have loved to have had one of these:
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68 Z28
66 Mustang
And one of my favorites: My dads 66 Chevy Long Bed Pick-up.
it had a 283 four barrel, don't really know HP or other specs.
Three on the tree. It would burn the back tires off in first and burn rubber in second.
My Dad should have killed me.0 -
For me, of the ones I have sold (not that were totaled out by others) the main one is this:
1979 Monte Carlo.
Why? I bought that car on my 18th birthday. I later decided to sell it because it was a v6 and I needed something bigger to pull my boat with. I sold it to a girl from another state. I later found some materials, invoices, receipts, etc. on it and mailed them to her. She responded and we started writing back and forth and eventually went out. Let's just end it by saying we're just shy of being married 29 years now. I love that woman more than life itself.
I have looked a few different times for it. The last place/person it was registered to lived in western Missouri. It hasn't been registered in several years so I fear it has been scrapped.
I also had a 1981 Cutlass that I really liked. It wasn't so much that the car itself was awesome. It is both a good time in my life and I did a lot to it. I bought it with no engine or transmission. I dropped a built 400 SBC 4 bolt in it, and a heavily modified 700r4, and swapped in a posi rear end. I later needed to replace the suspension so while I was at it, I dropped it 2" in front and 1.5" in back. I bought and built the car to tow my boat. After installing a Class III receiver hitch, it did this marvelously, but it was actually very quick/fast as well. I have often wondered what time it would run in the quarter if I would have put a racing stall converter (instead of heavy stock type), different high-rpm cam, and different rear gears in it. Unfortunately, a girl hydroplaned off the highway, though a relatively flat ditch, across the other lane, and rear ended me at roughly 45mph. Hit so hard it broke my drivers seat back.0 -
89.5 Ford mustang GT convertible..25th Anniversary..5 spd...change rear end to 3.73, under drive pulleys, advanced the timing, CAI and magna flow 3" exhaust with X pipe...sold it with 84K mile son it...like a dumbass 0 -
bambihunter wrote:For me, of the ones I have sold (not that were totaled out by others) the main one is this:
1979 Monte Carlo.
Why? I bought that car on my 18th birthday. I later decided to sell it because it was a v6 and I needed something bigger to pull my boat with. I sold it to a girl from another state. I later found some materials, invoices, receipts, etc. on it and mailed them to her. She responded and we started writing back and forth and eventually went out. Let's just end it by saying we're just shy of being married 29 years now. I love that woman more than life itself.
I have looked a few different times for it. The last place/person it was registered to lived in western Missouri. It hasn't been registered in several years so I fear it has been scrapped.
I also had a 1981 Cutlass that I really liked. It wasn't so much that the car was awesome. I bought it with no engine or transmission. I dropped a built 400 SBC 4 bolt in it, and a heavily modified 700r4, and swapped in a posi rear end. I later needed to replace the suspension so while I was at it, I dropped it 2" in front and 1.5" in back. I bought and built the car to two my boat. After installing a Class III receiver hitch, it did this marvelously, but it was actually very quick/fast as well. I have often wondered what time it would run in the quarter if I would have put a racing stall converter (instead of heavy stock type), different high-rpm cam, and different rear gears in it. Unfortunately, a girl hydroplaned off the highway, though a relatively flat ditch, across the other lane, and rear ended me at roughly 45mph. Hit so hard it broke my drivers seat back.
Great story about the Monte Carlo bambihunter! One could say that you married the new owner to get your car back!!
Just kidding of coarse. That love story could be part of a movie plot! Very cool!0 -
If thought about it and my reply is, not a dang one. I?ve always drove old junkers except for two new ones and they were nothing special.
I did, however, buy a new 1982 Harley Sport Glide in Candy Red Metallic. Being the first year of production after AMF left Harley, it had a lot of issues, none major.
I would like to have it back if nothing but for nostalgia.0 -
Brookwood wrote:
Great story about the Monte Carlo bambihunter! One could say that you married the new owner to get your car back!!
Just kidding of coarse. That love story could be part of a movie plot! Very cool!
It's funny you should say that. We have joked ever since that I bought the car back just so I could pay for it again. Then, she says since I married her, I have been paying for it ever since.
My dad has his own take on it. He said we met through a local classified paper that he worked for at the time. They did have a love/singles section which is what he implies, but he actually did me a favor and put my ad on the front page where she saw it on the classifieds paper someone had left at the table at a restaurant.0
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