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Some of my VW's from years past

'63 ragtop


'72 Squareback




'71 Ghia and a friend's '66


'72




I'll have to dig up some pics of the others

 

72 Olds Cutlass Supreme 4 door
75 Buick Apollo ( a car so bad that they only made it for one year and renamed it Skylark in 76)
78 Ford Fiesta (the Schircco slayer)
76 (?) Mercury Capri II
76(or 77 can't remember) Ford Mustang II (4 cylider)
78 MG Midget with center lock wire wheels. I think it came to me in 84 and it was the best summer ever.
85 Chevy Caprice Classic (a retired police car that spent a few years as a cab. It had the outlines of the cab company decals silhouetted against the faded powder blue paint and a giant chrome bumper. You did not need to flash the high beams for someone to get out of your way)
89 Honda CRX (that thing was bullet proof and the first car that I actually got to sell after owning it)
Various military equipment that I technically didn't own, but I did sign for it. Anything from M998 Humvie to M1A1.
02 Honda Prelude that got me from the east coast to the west coast in a little over a day.
03 Audi A6 3.0 (nice comfortable sedan that we sold after a little over a year. The dealer didn't understand what 36 month full service meant. Neither did the company as a whole.)
05 Mini Cooper Covertible
06 Mini Cooper S JCW

 

Bought my first car in 1964, which was a Vauxhal (year unknown), for $100.00Everything worked (which wasn't very much) except the windshield wipers, so I drove around praying it wouildn't rain.

In 1966 I bought a brand new TR Spitfire. Gas gauge did not work, but I put a couple hundard miles on it before the part came in.

Many cars after that, but getting my Mini (everything works fine) seemed fitting, as I started out with British imports.

Jim

 

My first car in 1956 when I got home from Korea was a fire engine red 1950 Dodge convertible. Unfortunately I only got about four blocks when it conked out. I went down the street and bought instead a bright yellow 1950 Ford convertible (I was into hot colors). It served me well for a couple of years except it would drop the rear drive shaft universal occasionally. I got a couple of UV joints from a scrap yard and kept them in the glove box. I got so I could change out a UV joint in about 10 minutes. I had a lot of fun in that car.

I have a lot of fun in my MINI, only different.

 

i've owned a schwin bike, but i dont have it anymore, the chain broke and the whole thing is about to fall apart

 

74 BMW 2002 tii Euro spec (small bumpers, roof antenna, metric/german gauges)
74 Toyota Landcruiser FJ40
78 Toyota Landcruiser FJ55
70 BMW 2800cs
69 Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Veloce (Giallo Ocra)
02 Mini Cooper (IB/W)
04 Mini Cooper S JCW+ (DS/DS)

Next... 98 Porsche 993 C2S?

 

89 ford tuarus
89 police caprice classic
2001 Pontiac Sunfire
89 Mazda RX7 convertable
88 mazda rx7
87 mazda rx7
90 mazda rx7
83 nissan 280zx
95 gran marquis
91 Eagle talon awd
91 Eagle talon fwd turbo
94 VW Jetta
91 Ford Aspire Turbo Conversion

Current
2001 chevy malibu
2009 Nissan Versa
2009 Chilli red MCS

 

Wow, forgot the 85 Nissan 200 SX (an ex girlfriend wrapped it around a palm tree at the ramp of 405n to 101n. The tree was subsequently removed). Was reminded of that reading rest of the posts. Also there was the 75 Honda CVCC (i think that was the original one). Some sort of Dodge circa '64 was a loaner from a guy I worked summers and weekends for. No PS, no a/c, but it got me to the beach every day during the summer of '82. A 72 Eldorado white on white convertible courtesy of the same guy was my date night car.

 

66 Mustang
66 GTO
70 AMC Gremlin
73 Dodge Charger
75 Chevy Monza
80 ? Toyoa Corolla
Family started growing
85 Ford Winstar
90 Dodge Grand Caravan
94 Dodge Ram 4x4
84 Corvette
91 Corvette
07 Toyota Camry
07 Ford Edge
02 MINI Cooper

lets see, there were three more trucks, and at least four more cars, and a few motorcycles thrown in.....

 

Shortest list ever.......

72 Plymouth Road Runner (owned 2 years)
78 VW Scirocco (owned 25 yrs)
84 VW Scirocco (owned 4 yrs)
04 MINI (still owned)

 

My 1st car was 1978 Firebird that purchased my self with my own money when I was 15!
The list is so long for me but here are the rest!
Escort Wagon
Dodge Omni GLH
72 Lifted Full Size blazer
70 Chevelle Maibu 4 speed
93 Ranger
79 K5 Blazer Lifted
Grand National (1st 1 that was stolen)
Ford Lightning
Lifted 91 Ranger
Jeep Wrangler
Lifted F150
02 Honda Civic
70 Road Runner
86 Buick T-Type
Grand National
Mini Cooper S
87 Lifted Chevy 1500
S-10 Blazer
89 Full Size Blazer
72 Chevelle
92 GMC Typhoon
Waiting on our new Mini Clubman S to come in

 

Couldn't "trade" it in as the dealership wouldn't even consider taking it.........lol

I had decided just to donate it to a local charity, when about a week before I was going to pick up the MINI a young kid pumping gas at a gas station commented to me that he loved the first gen Sciroccos. So we started talking about the car, the mods I had, the fact that I was the original owner and I mentioned that I was getting a new MINI. Well he proceeded to point over my shoulder at a very nice BRG original Mini parked next to the station. He told me that it was his dad's car and he had to drive it as his current ricer had died.

So being the good samaritan I am, I offered to sell him my VW.....

So we made plans for him and his father to come by the house and take it for a test drive. They ended up being gone for over 45 mins. So I am thinking great the thing died on them, or they got into an accident, or out of gas and any number of other catastrophes. Well they finally came back with no issues and offered $300 for it. Well I thought about it long and hard for all of about 10 sec's and agreed.......:lol:

Found out about 6 months later that the little punk had rattle canned the car flat black, broke out the rear window and covered it with plastic, and then proceeded to run the thing into the ground. Ended up being sold to a tow yard.

Man I loved that car......:cryin:

 

You probably could've sold it to Batrugger. He has a thing for Dubs.

 

The list is short and sweet of cars I've owned:
76 GMC Sierra Grande (Always ran)
91 Plymouth Laser (Rarely ran)
69 MGB roadster (Never ran)
2006 MCS (sure can run!)

I've driven a bunch more cool stuff but I'll stick with the "owned" aspect for now.

 

hmmm-not counting over 30 motorcycles

my automotive A.D.H.D. is long and quickly changing. You can see the various muscle cars and how my ownership of them escalated after the first opec dealio in 73ish, when they plummeted in value. most of the cars in the 73-81 period were co owned between my brother and I, we lived and worked together and always had 3-6 cars/trucks and some bikes around. it was a free for all when deciding what to drive, jsut grab the keys to something that is out there, and head out. This list also overlooks several "rat" winter cars we had that i don't remember much about so i left them off. I still have the 26 foot hauler and one old muscle car I am working on as well as the MINI and the wifes Acura



1963 Impala SS 327/4 spd (1970)
1962 Belair Bubbletop 283/4spd(1970)
1969 Camaro Conv. 350/4spd (1971)
1973 ElCamino 454/auto (1974)
1972 Riviera 455 GS/stg1/auto(1975)
1968 Hurst Olds 455/auto (1976)
1970 442 W-30 455/auto(1976) green
1971 442 W-30 Wagon/tow car (1976)
1969 SS396 Chevelle 375 hp/4spd(1975)
1973 Buick Centurion conv 455/auto (1975)
1972 Blazer 4wd (1977)
1970 Chev 2500 pu (1975)
1971 442 W-30 (1977) gold
1972 442 W-30 red (1977)
1971 suburban 3 door 4wd (1978)
1978 Trans Am (1979)
1976 Buick Electra Ltd (1977)
1974 Laguna S3 454 (1975)

1969 copo Chevelle 427/auto(1979)
1980 Toyota corolla (1980)
1981 Toy Celica (1981)
1985 toy SR5 p/u (1985)
1972 Buick Stg 1 455(1985--2008!)
1969 Buick LeSabre (1985)
1990 toyota P/U (1991)
1992 Dodge Dakota pu (1992)
1993 T bird S/c (1993)
1988 T Bird Turbo coupe (1994)
1995 T bird V8 coupe (1995)
1995 Mustang GT conv (1995)
1996 T bird V8 sport coupe (1996)
1997 Aerostar van (1998)
1996 Towncar (1999)
2000 chevy 2500 van (2001)
2001 ford E150 van (2002)
1997 Honda Accord (2004)
1988 454 2500 Suburban (2004)
2005 Mini S (2005)
2007 Acura TSX (2007)

1967 Ford Fairlane 500 427 drag pak currently under reconstruction
1973 Oleynik car hauler 24’ enclosed truck 1977 Olyenik 26’enclosed car hauler truck

 

Had a few family cars also in the same time periods which I am not counting, but these have been mine..

1970 Beetle (1980-1984)
1986 Honda CRX (1986-2002)
2002 MINI Cooper (2002-???)

Hope to keep the MINI a good long time.