Griff wrote:I have two of my favorites, a '55 chevy 210 sedan in storage, and a '55-½ 3100 p/u (all in pieces in the barn)... but I've owned many a vehicular conveyance...
but that's a subject for another thread!
How many cars have you owned?
Griff, if I started to remember all the vehicles I've owned, it would take me the rest of the year...hundreds, I'd say.
Best ones:
1966 Shelby GT 350 (back in 1970) fun, mean butt car, but not to good for the submarine races
1969 Boss 302, (1971) same as above
1968 Yenko Camaro (1971) blew it up racing the '69 Boss, so I traded plus a couple of $$$, it was cool for a couple of months though!
1965 Ford Galaxie 500,(1971, was supposed to be my "winter" car) with a 427 dual four barrel factory engine, a major sleeper could not tell from the outside, even had LTD hub caps. With "cheater" slicks and slapping in 4:11 gears it turned a 12.11 in the quarter..my Dad took it take my Mom shopping, made me sell it!
probably had twenty of those ilk....got pictures of them all somewhere.
Most dependable:
1964 Ford Galaxy 500 fastback w/289 and a fourspeed, with Class III/equalizer towing package and 3.91 gears, used it for towing my spare race car around the country...put over 200k on the odometer, just replaced plugs, oil, and filters. tried to blow it up when I was getting rid of it, put it in second gear, lit it up, held it to the floor. Valves started floating at 6500 RPM, kept my foot in it for five miles...never blew up! Gave it to the kid next door, 'cause he could break anything...he smashed it up into the back of a garbage truck and still drove it home!
1979 Ford Bronco (1979-1990) Bought it new for $4380.00 in 1979(a princely amount!) drove it for eleven years put 246,000 miles on it, never any major problems, just oil, tires, plugs, kept it clean and polished sold it for $6000 in 1990.
1991 Ford Explorer, (1990-2003) Special ordered this, manual lock out front hubs, manual transfer case, over size radiator, trans cooler, and oil cooler. I drove it for ten years, put 643,000 miles on it, same engine, same trans, seven sets of tires, four sets of brakes (I pride myself on driving far enough ahead to not have to use 'em much), two sets of springs, and of course plugs, oil, and filters. Gave it to my wife, she drove it for a couple of years, then she gave it to a friend who drove it off a cliff (she didn't see it), she survived the Explorer did not. This thing also averaged 21.1 MPG for the entire time I drove it, still have the records. Hint: 45 lbs of air in the tires, compared to the 35 it said on the door.
I have a 1995 F150 that I bought new too, it has a tad over 500k on it, same engine and trans, but I have replaced the rear springs about four times and the fronts twice, but only on it's second brake job.
Besides that, I still have three other vehicles...but they are too new to brag about.