Cars you've owned...

[FB71]

nah, you can keep the 3valve. It is getting an SN95 front suspension and brakes, however. We're just trying to keep it simple. Its actually for mom. Now, the Fairlane.....

[mechanicaldj]

I am I the only one who had only owned festys?

[gomer]

1970 Cougar 351C auto air
1979 olds cutlass 305, sport suspension
1964 corvair monza 110hp powerglide
1979 civic 1200
1982 civic 1500 gl 5spd.
1979 rabbit 1.6 manual (race car)
1972 f100 w/360 big block (enough rust to see through it) ,, AKA "the load warrior"
1976 f150 390
1985 mustang
1988 audi 200 turbo ,, great car
1988 festy blue 4spd a/c ,, tough car.. brother in law ran this car until 2004
1986 vw gti
1989 mustang lx 5.0
1972 ambassador 304 , piss yellow with the infamous vacuum operated wipers and "desert only" a/c
1968 bug (d mod scca "pro solo" screamer ,, 1835cc 9000rpm 1300#)
1998 taurus se
1993 festy 5spd ... no a/c
1988 sunfire
1992 mercedes 300e 4matic
1999 isuzu trooper
1993 festy (same one back again)

I'm sure I've forgotten some ... (didn't include motorcycles in the list) ,, the small cars are by far the most fun... I'd love a new mini with the "works" package or a honda S2000... the car I had the longest was the 1989 lx 5.0 mustang ,, very easy car to live with had it 13 years ,, tied with the benz,, always had a beater to use for work or to park in bad places..

[Shiftless]

Born ca. 1976

Have owned:
1986 Buick Electra T-Type
1993 Nissan Sentra SE-R
1996? Mitsubishi Toppo Minica (provided by my board of education when I lived in Japan.... 3-cylinders of 660cc fury!)

Now own:
2003 Mazda Protege ES (many mods.... awaiting supercharger install)

Soon to own?:
Festiva, Miata, 323.... some fun beater/$2006 challenge car

[JoelAZ]

1996 Geo Metro sedan
1989 Toyota Cressida
2002 Nissan Sentra (awaiting monster engine...)
1991 Ford Festiva (awaiting engine, and some help)

[deceiver]

1991 tracer - hit by tornado
1988 festiva LX - loaded/totaled
1969 mustang sportsroof - 351w - sold
1967 fairlane hardtop - 351w - sold
1988 tbird - 351w - parted out/sold
1985 rx7 (project gone bad) - parted out/sold
1988 festiva LX - replacement for busted one
1990 festiva - bought for parts, but got running same day

1998 contour v6 - wife
1990 escort - wife/sold

[FB71]

^^^ you sold your wife? you're my hero!

[rotinaj13]

LMAO did u get more cash for the car or the wife????

[Pgh5spd]

Cars I've owned

Even tho it's been awhile since I visited here, don't know how I missed this topic earlier. Not including parts cars I never had on the road; those with * = lost contact with/junked/no longer owned:

(since 1965)

1951 Packard 300 (127"WB 4-dr sedan) 327CID 5 main bearing straight eight, 3spd OD
1953 Packard Cavalier* (equivalent to the 300 above) 2spd Ultramatic Most parts live on.
1954 Packard convertible, 327CID 9 MB straight eight, 3spd OD (originally 359 CID straight eight)
1951 Pontiac convertible, 4spd Hydramatic
1964 Ford Falcon 6-cyl convertible (2spd automatic)
1965 Ford Falcon 2-dr SW (3spd automatic). Now parts car
1968 Olds Vista Cruiser* with leaky Vista Dome. A one-winter beater
1968 SAAB 96* (V-4 coupe, 4spd, while in Sweden)
1973 SAAB 95* (V-4 wagon, 4spd. " )
1982 Ford Escort* 4-spd wagon
1980 Mercury Zephyr SW 6cyl auto (now parts car)
1988 Festiva LX 5spd (white, got rusty, now parts car)
1991 Ford Taurus LX 3.8 auto midnight blue
1997 Ford Ranger extended cab 5spd, Cayman green
1988 Festiva L (daughter's) 4spd --> 5spd. Black
1991 Festiva L* 5spd (interim replacement for '88 ) Red
1989 Festiva L 4spd --> 5spd (son's, who forsake it for a damn Chrysler; now back home, sulking in the driveway) Blue / white bumpers
1993 Festiva L 5spd Cayman green, just back from 1134mi in 5 days, 42mpg
1991 Festiva L 5spd Smurf blue (the spare Festiva)

And by extension, those I've loved and or cared for, but didn't actually own:
1955 Ford Country Sedan* (4dr SW)
1958 SAAB* 3spd, 38hp, 3cyl, 2cycle - the car I learned to drive on
1965 Dodge van (camper)
1953 Ford F-100* 3spd with Mercury flathead V-8 rebuilt with a friend

[FB71]

hey, where in Pittsburgh are you? I'm in Bridgeville for the week...

[Pgh5spd]

Braddock Hills (East suburbs) Direct email is hempel@earthlink.net

John