The 1959 Cadillac...I really liked the tail fin and everything else about that car.
THE one car model that 'haunted' your young life
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I have always loved the 190SL Benz. Later I purchased its newer brother a 230SL. I would still love to own a 190SL - I may hire one for a few days in Europe this year!!
I also love the Porsche 928 (V8) series. I owned two over around 150kkms - I still love them - great, fast and horribly underrated!
'39-41 Ford V8s, my '55 Customline and 48 Mercury - wow!
I have always loved the 190SL Benz. Later I purchased its newer brother a 230SL. I would still love to own a 190SL - I may hire one for a few days in Europe this year!!
I also love the Porsche 928 (V8) series. I owned two over around 150kkms - I still love them - great, fast and horribly underrated!
'39-41 Ford V8s, my '55 Customline and 48 Mercury - wow!
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I also love the Porsche 928 (V8) series. I owned two over around 150kkms - I still love them - great, fast and horribly underrated!
I'm currently looking for a fun car to replace the Mazda and I've run across a couple of nice 928s. They are tempting...
I also love the Porsche 928 (V8) series. I owned two over around 150kkms - I still love them - great, fast and horribly underrated!
I'm currently looking for a fun car to replace the Mazda and I've run across a couple of nice 928s. They are tempting...
The '82-'92 Camaro. I was a freshman in high school when these cars came out, and I really wanted one! Captain of the football team had a black '82 Crossfire Z28, and by the time I graduated someone had a brown '84 H.O. Z28 in the school parking lot but I never found out who drove it. That was THE car I wanted. I finally got one years later and restored it. These cars have consumed my life!
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The '82-'92 Camaro. I was a freshman in high school when these cars came out
Same here. I had a 1983 Camaro I dumped about $5,000 into like a total nutjob. Put a 12-bolt Positraction rear end in there, nitrous oxide, 600-CFM carb... All on the original 305 engine. It would eat Mustangs with nitrous off and eat the road with it on... And still got factory MPG. But if I could do it over again, I'd keep my sanity and my $5K.
The '82-'92 Camaro. I was a freshman in high school when these cars came out
Same here. I had a 1983 Camaro I dumped about $5,000 into like a total nutjob. Put a 12-bolt Positraction rear end in there, nitrous oxide, 600-CFM carb... All on the original 305 engine. It would eat Mustangs with nitrous off and eat the road with it on... And still got factory MPG. But if I could do it over again, I'd keep my sanity and my $5K.
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The '82-'92 Camaro. I was a freshman in high school when these cars came out, and I really wanted one! Captain of the football team had a black '82 Crossfire Z28, and by the time I graduated someone had a brown '84 H.O. Z28 in the school parking lot but I never found out who drove it. That was THE car I wanted. I finally got one years later and restored it. These cars have consumed my life!
That was me too. I was obsessed with the F-body cars. It was the cool car to have in the 80's and they were everywhere. The new '87-'89 IROC-Z models with the 350 TPI was the car I really wanted but couldn't get at the time being around 16. I use to go to the dealerships and look at them on the lot after they closed. I think at the time I had crush on a new metallic blue '89 IROC lol. I ended up getting an '88 Firebird Formula 350 in the early 90's, but it was a little ragged out. It just wasn't the same as owning a new IROC in the late 80's would've been.
The '82-'92 Camaro. I was a freshman in high school when these cars came out, and I really wanted one! Captain of the football team had a black '82 Crossfire Z28, and by the time I graduated someone had a brown '84 H.O. Z28 in the school parking lot but I never found out who drove it. That was THE car I wanted. I finally got one years later and restored it. These cars have consumed my life!
That was me too. I was obsessed with the F-body cars. It was the cool car to have in the 80's and they were everywhere. The new '87-'89 IROC-Z models with the 350 TPI was the car I really wanted but couldn't get at the time being around 16. I use to go to the dealerships and look at them on the lot after they closed. I think at the time I had crush on a new metallic blue '89 IROC lol. I ended up getting an '88 Firebird Formula 350 in the early 90's, but it was a little ragged out. It just wasn't the same as owning a new IROC in the late 80's would've been.
I was in high school from 75-79. For me, it was probably Cutlass Supremes, Citations and their GM-brand clones, and VWs. Inclusive of both teacher and student parking, those would account for about 1/2 of the total cars out there, maybe more. And then there were the Vegas and their clones.
This was up in the salt belt. Things weren't pretty back then. There was so much rust that you'd think that the school was an iron oxide harvesting plant. . .
This was up in the salt belt. Things weren't pretty back then. There was so much rust that you'd think that the school was an iron oxide harvesting plant. . .
Dad's friend brought home a new 62 Chrysler Imperial convertible, took us for a ride. I remember the smell and feel of that wonderful interior. The cars common when I was in high school in the early 60's were vw's, ford falcons, first year mustangs, corvairs, and station wagons with fake wood for the parents.
I worked with a guy who bought a new Shelby Cobra, 64 or 65, those are worth a fortune now. Another friend bought a new 67 Austin Healey 3000, remember it well first day he got it. Absolutely gorgeous thing. Was about 3k then, a lot for a car.
Today it isn't the same in any way. Today classic cars are all about how much money can I make on it from what I paid for it.
I worked with a guy who bought a new Shelby Cobra, 64 or 65, those are worth a fortune now. Another friend bought a new 67 Austin Healey 3000, remember it well first day he got it. Absolutely gorgeous thing. Was about 3k then, a lot for a car.
Today it isn't the same in any way. Today classic cars are all about how much money can I make on it from what I paid for it.
GM B platform vehicles, most noticeably the '77-'90 Impala/Caprice. But there were others as well such as the '77-'85 LeSabre/Delta 88 and '77-'86 Parisienne.
We had 2 Caprices, a Parisienne and a RWD C platform Ninety Eight during my childhood. The Ninety-Eight, Electra and Fleetwood Brougham on the RWD C platform were also a common occurrence, albeit not as common as the B platform. Really miss those days where real American iron ruled the streets.
We had 2 Caprices, a Parisienne and a RWD C platform Ninety Eight during my childhood. The Ninety-Eight, Electra and Fleetwood Brougham on the RWD C platform were also a common occurrence, albeit not as common as the B platform. Really miss those days where real American iron ruled the streets.
That was me too. I was obsessed with the F-body cars. It was the cool car to have in the 80's and they were everywhere. The new '87-'89 IROC-Z models with the 350 TPI was the car I really wanted but couldn't get at the time being around 16. I use to go to the dealerships and look at them on the lot after they closed. I think at the time I had crush on a new metallic blue '89 IROC lol. I ended up getting an '88 Firebird Formula 350 in the early 90's, but it was a little ragged out. It just wasn't the same as owning a new IROC in the late 80's would've been. [/quote]
Agreed, everybody had one... except me! I also spent alot of time at the local Chevrolet dealership from '86-'92 studying and gathering every piece of information on these cars. It was my home away from home!
Agreed, everybody had one... except me! I also spent alot of time at the local Chevrolet dealership from '86-'92 studying and gathering every piece of information on these cars. It was my home away from home!
1972 Z by "Datsun"---now Nissan's Z...Love at first sight!
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Flawless '04 350Z Touring Coupe!
Thinking about this a bit more, another car for me that fits this description that I should have mentioned earlier is the Chevrolet Chevette - those things were everywhere in the 1980's!
My parent's friends had one....my steop-father had one...firend at school had one....woman I worked with at a community legal clinic had one....
I remember when I was seriously looking for my first car, coming across an ad for a 1988 Chevette Scooter, with 55k km, for $2500. I didn't seriously entertain it, but I remember thinking about it....
My parent's friends had one....my steop-father had one...firend at school had one....woman I worked with at a community legal clinic had one....
I remember when I was seriously looking for my first car, coming across an ad for a 1988 Chevette Scooter, with 55k km, for $2500. I didn't seriously entertain it, but I remember thinking about it....
The Chevette, now there was one of the Generals finer automobiles!
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