What's your car history?

[TopherSho]

I see some nice cars on your list, sholxgt :thumb:

Over time I have found I'm generally happiest with Ford or Honda products.  I need to remember that better when I'm car shopping.  LOL

Currently trying to justify the price of a 2018 F150 5.0.  The '18 5.0 is an absolute BEAST of an engine.  Read up on it if you haven't.  12.5:1 compression.  Makes over 80whp more than the '17 on a chassis dyno.  Ford is WAY underrating them from the factory to get people to opt for the EB motors.

This is true ^  when I 1st hit the meth,  I could beat out 2015 5.0 GT's at the track by 2 tens or 3 even with them getting a good launch.  However i *tried* to troll a 2018 near the infamous FORD dealership .. The 2018 keeps up with me easily.. we seemed about even.  The TQ profile seems different for the 18' revision of the engine ..  could be tune related ..

 

[Leadfoot]

Had to rack my brain and I'm sure there are a couple of cars missing, but here's my list in basically chronological order as purchased, far as I can remember, went through a lot of cars in 40 years of driving..

65 Rambler American 220 6 CYL w/3 on the tree converted to floor shift.
62 Willys Jeep 4WD pickup torque monster but not very fast, screamed on the highway at 60MPH.
57 Chevy Belair 327 vette engine and 4 speed (like to have this one back).
74 Datsun 260Z, fun little car, independent rear loved entrance and exit ramps.
73 Vega, totaled a 76 towncar with it, i got the short end of the stick.
74 Corolla
76 Celica GT
77 Celica GT
76 Olds Cutlass Supreme, first Automatic nice rocket 350 V8
68 Cougar
82 Celica GT
84 Supra
88 Mustang GT
85 S10 Blazer 4WD 5 speed
89 Maxima
65 Mustang fastback V8 (just sold)
97 Jaguar XK8
66 Mustang restomod, (just finished), V8, PS PB air, AOD
95 Ranger 4.0 pickup, needed more power and sucked gas.
79 F150 4WD Pickup w400ci, lifted and fenderwell headers.
97 Thunderbird Sport, handled nice with modified supension but needed more power.

Still have most of the cars below.
98 Honda Now an airport car, don't like leaving the SHO there.
03 Lincoln LS sport (nice car but needed more power), traded for the SHO.
55 F100 pickup restomod, 289 V8, PS, PB, Air, AOD, heated seats, tilt wheel
07 Roush Stage 2
67 Cougar XR7 restored PS, PB AIR, Tilt away wheel
67 Cougar XR7 needs restoring
08 Audi TT 3.2 Quatro (wife's car)
13 Taurus SHO 100K and still going strong, trade it in for a newer one??...

 

[SHOdded]

1981 Olds Omega (totaled)
1989 Ford Tempo - traded
1995 SHO ATX (1st car I ever owned, totaled)
1997 Saturn SW1 - sold, to get the 92
1992 SHO - donated
2007 Ford Edge
2010 Ford Fusion Sport

Unglamorous list, eh?

 

[Agentlongwood]

Uhhhh....just to clarify here.  You autocrossed a 1992 Buick Century Custom??? :blink:

lol, yeah man, I did.  I always wanted to race, even when I was barely old enough to be allowed on the go-karts at the mini-golf place where I grew up.  I was so proud of myself because I figured out how to take a line through the whole go-kart course without lifting off the gas.  Which was difficult through one section.  Nobody taught me how.  So when my girlfriend in high school saw an ad in the newspaper about being able to race your own car, I was so excited I thought it was fake, lol.  I thought "There's no way you can race real cars."  So I called and they assured me that autocross was in fact a real thing.  I would have driven ANY car, I just wanted to race, so damn bad.

The first race I went to, I drove grandma's '92 Buick Century Custom.  This was in the keys, so that course was a little different layout than how it's usually done on the main land.  There are no huge, wide-open parking lots, so it was on a back road off of the main highway.  Check out the link for one example.
  http://www.ericudell.com/evscc/loop-road/  The autocross I went to started off in a straight line, then a slalom before the first corner.  The opening straight included a timed 1/8th mile, so when you finished you got an 1/8th mile ET and an overall lap time.  I was 17, and 2 of the older crew took me under their wing to teach me how to drive.  One was a 60 something year old guy named **** who drove a 2002 Corvette Z06.  He saw I was way excited to be racing and asked if I wanted to sit shotgun while he took a lap, in his car.  So I could get a feel for the course.  I didn't know it at the time but, **** was not the type of guy who bought the Z06 for bragging rights, he was an actual driver.  And That first lap of a high speed autocross course in the passenger seat of a Z06, with a real driver at the wheel was terrifying.  In a good way lol.  After the 1/8th mile drag section I thought he forgot about the slalom because we were carrying so much speed.  I thought it was physically impossible to slow down in time.  Nope.  He got on the brakes so hard it threw me into the seatbelt.  He went through the slalom at a speed that I wouldn't have thought you could do.  After finishing the lap and coming back to the start/finish, I got out with my knees shaking.  It was that awesome.  The other guy who taught me about driving was a guy named Dean.  He was about 50 and was a driving instructor at a Porsche racing school.  If anyone is interested in Autocross, I HIGHLY recommend checking out the Ecurie Vitesse Sports Car Club and an event they do every year, called the Bay Bottom Crawl.  They get all kinds of cool cars to show up.

 

[Dxlnt1]

1973 Datsun 240Z
1982 Camaro Z/28
1964 Ford Mustang
1990 Ford Probe LX
1987 Lincoln Mark VII
1987 Chevy Monte Carlo SS
1985 Chevy Suburban
1997 GMC Suburban
1967 Chevy Camaro
1967 Ford Mustang
1972 Ford Mustang
1985 Ford Taurus
1990 Ford Taurus
1988 Hyundai Excel
2004 Toyota Camry
1999 Nissan Pathfinder
1995 Nissan Maxima
2005 Cadillac CTS
2008 Nissan Maxima
2011 Ford SHO
2005 GMC Yukon XL
2005 Harley Springer (MC)
1976 Kawasaki KZ900 (MC)
2007 Honda GL1800 (MC)

 

[firewater88]

65 VW beetle - Baja
71 VW beetle- Baja
85 Isuzu Impulse
88? Merc Sable
?? Can't remember....
92 Jeep Cherokee
92 Taurus SHO
98 Chevy 1/2 ton
2004 Suburban
2011 Flex

 

[jims2015]

1964 Corvette fuelie
1965 GTO
1966 Corvette 427
1967 GTO
1969 Nova SS 396/375
1971 Corvette 454
1976 Corvette
1988 Corvette
1989 SHO
2008 CTS4
2015 SHO

 

[SHOdded]

only thoroughbreds need apply.  nice list, jim.

 

[donky4444]

82 Ford Mustang V6 - and me down from older sister
87 Nissan Sentra - bought for me by parents
89 Nissan 240SX - first car I bought myself
94 Pontiac Grand Am GT 2 door
00 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT premium pkg - was selling new cars and ordered it myself built to my specs
Many other Eclipse demo's during my 2 years of selling cars
89 Nissan Maxima - POS winter beater when my eclipse lease was up
97 VW Jetta 5spd base beer can model
00 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 2 dr
02 Pontiac Bonneville SSEi
05 Pontiac Bonneville GXP
08 Pontiac Grand Prix GXP
11 Ford Taurus SHO
14 Ford Taurus SHO PP

 

[hawkeye93]

Past:

1980 Camaro - blue/blue, 229 V6, auto
1966 Mustang Coupe - blue/blue, 289 V8, orig auto, converted to 4 speed
1989 Taurus SHO - black/titanium, 3.0 MTX
1993 Taurus SHO - blue/gray, 3.2 ATX
1999 Chrysler 300M - red/black, 3.5L auto
2004 Acura TL - gray/gray, 3.2L auto
2007 F-150 Lariat - white/black, 5.4L auto
2015 Explorer Sport - white/black, 3.5L Eco

Current:

2015 Taurus SHO - red/black, 3.5L Eco
1965 Mustang Conv - orig black/white/white, now black/red/white, 289 V8 4-bbl, orig auto, converted to 4 speed, now 5 speed
1955 Fairlane Club Sedan - black/blue, 272 V8 4-bbl, auto

 

[mval]

only the cars that count as i'm older than probably everybody @71
muscle I
1967 SS 396 Chevelle red/blk vinvl top. blk inter
1968 Plymouth Sports Satellite 383, same as road runner just upgraded interior, tourquise with white vinvyl top, white interior
1971 340 duster w/ the great tourqflite 727, by far the fastest of the 3 white w/ blacked out hood & loads of decals, blk interior
muscle II
2010 sho my show car that occupies the garage  & R/T sits outside to show what I think of. white w/ black/umber interior
2009 Challenger r/t black pearl w/ black interior
2017 Challenger Scat Pack 392 w/ shaker, by far the fast of the 6, 485 factory hp hooked to the great A8. she's a 12.7 sec car straight from factory. yellow jacket yellow w/ loads of decals & black interior

 

[dft1121]

1985 f150 scab 5,0 efi
1978 corvette l82, restored during HS
1967 mustang coupe 289, 3 speed, bought it in boxes
1986 Chubby C20, 454, 400t
1988 Chubby k1500, tbi350, absolute dog
1997 dodge 1500, excab, 5.9
2004 chubby 2500hd, 6.0
1979 chubby k5, 406, 12:1, crane cam, windage tray, bow tie heads, windage tray, long tubes, single plane, 650 holley, 350t, 3500 converter, valve body, b&m shifter
1995 mustang gt, OEM block, eagle crank and h beams, je pistons, AFR heads, custom nitrous cam, RPM II intake, 42lb injectors, NX plate 175 shot, Astro trans, tri-ax shifter, Strange 10 ways, 3.73 gear, 275 radials
1979 F250, 10" lift, trac bars, 42" tsl's, DOVE 460, solid roller, 850hp holley, 4 speed, Yukon front locker, rear MIG locked
1997 BMW 328i, 5.0 short block from my basement that I had over-reved, gt40p heads from under my toolbox, AFM cam I had in a bucket, weiand intake I bought for $40, holley carb from an old f100, custom accessory brackets, fox PS pump, v6 mustang starter, 80's ranger radiator, spare shorty headers, 3g alternator, custom mounts, holley blue pump fed by gutted stock sending unit, MSD 6al ignition, c4 trans i bought as a core, custom throttle and trans cables, custom PS lines, custom driveshaft that I didnt make, b &m shifter, interior &exterior stock with factory gauges and everything through factory key
1989 CRX, gutted, h22a1 swapped, driveshaft shop axles, custom header and test pipe, NX single nozzle 125 shot, 1800#'s
2016 Mustang GT, premium, PP, 6 speed, Lund tune
2013 f150 limited ecoboost, CRP compressor wheels, snow stage 3 meth, Corsa exhaust, turbosmart BOV, pcv deleted, custom blow-by tank, Aem filter

 

[sholxgt]

dft1121, sounds like a whole lot of automotive fun happens at your place!

 

[jims2015]

only thoroughbreds need apply.  nice list, jim.

Thanks. I'm older and had the chance earlier in life for some sweet cars in the past. My ownership list is much longer but I left out the plain daily drivers.

 

[dft1121]

dft1121, sounds like a whole lot of automotive fun happens at your place!

I like to think so, but my wife insists it's a lot of senseless BS lol

 

[PDSHO]

Wow what a question, I'm older than most of you here so my list is extensive.
Several 67 GTOs
Several 74-79 Trans Ams
Many Chevy/GMC pickups, and a few Ford pickups.
Many Suburbans, at least 8.
My current stock that I still have.
1967 Tempest 2 dr post. 428, t-400, 12 bolt.
1970 GMC 2500 Sierra Grande, 402 BBC with 4 speed.
71 Ventura 2 dr, awaiting a 455 transplant.
87 Suburban 2500 454, T-400, with US gear overdrive.
95 Cadillac Fleetwood, LT1, 66k miles.
95 Trans Am, LT1, 6 speed, 3.42, 24k miles.
07 GMC 3500 Sierra Classic, 4 dr, 4x4, LBZ Duramax.
13 Police Interceptor Taurus, ecoboost. DD

Greg

I remembered a few more interesting rides.
1949 Dodge wayfarer 2 dr business coupe. 1st car.
1966 Fairlane 500 2 dr. 390, 335 hp.
1966 Bronco, 170 6 cyl. 3 speed. A real dog.
1977 F-250 Hiboy 4x4, 400, C-6
1980 Fiat X-19 was fun when it was running, terrible car, stranded me twice before cell phones existed.
1974 VW bug
Many 71 to 76 GM full sized wagons, all wrecked in my Demo Derby days.

Greg

 

[EcoAbe]

Really cool reading about everybody's car history. Lots of neat cars in all of these (extremely formidable) lists

My previous history:

1994 Thunderbird V6 - a Teal disaster of a first vehicle. Owned May 2009 - Sept 2009
2002 Mustang GT 5 spd - Sonic Blue with all the bolt-ons possible; built on a high schoolers budget. Owned Oct 2009 - Aug 2013
2012 Focus Titanium - Blue Candy metallic with the handling package with all options. Owned July 2012 - Feb 2014
2010 Lincoln MKS Ecoboost Red S Appearance/Performance package with sienna brown interior. Owned Feb 2014 - Sept 2015
2016 Explorer Sport - Shadow Black, only a few options, no mods, could never get comfortable in the seats. Leased Sept 2015 - Oct 2016
2013 Lincoln MKZ 3.7 - Smoked Quartz Metallic with every option. Owned October 2016 - Aug 2017. Was involved in a wreck that was covered up very well until things went bad very fast.

Current:

2015 Bronze Fire SHO non PP - CPO purchased in Aug 2017. Mods in the works right now for a spring time mini build... make it stop, make it handle, make it loud, make it go, then make it look pretty. The mantra that I should have followed with my Mustang in high school. Build thread to follow in the coming month or so

 

[jims2015]

Past:

1980 Camaro - blue/blue, 229 V6, auto
1966 Mustang Coupe - blue/blue, 289 V8, orig auto, converted to 4 speed
1989 Taurus SHO - black/titanium, 3.0 MTX
1993 Taurus SHO - blue/gray, 3.2 ATX
1999 Chrysler 300M - red/black, 3.5L auto
2004 Acura TL - gray/gray, 3.2L auto
2007 F-150 Lariat - white/black, 5.4L auto
2015 Explorer Sport - white/black, 3.5L Eco

Current:

2015 Taurus SHO - red/black, 3.5L Eco
1965 Mustang Conv - orig black/white/white, now black/red/white, 289 V8 4-bbl, orig auto, converted to 4 speed, now 5 speed
1955 Fairlane Club Sedan - black/blue, 272 V8 4-bbl, auto

I really like your 55 Fairlane pics. Is it completely original?

 

[hawkeye93]

Thanks.  The '55 has been lightly modified.  It was painted and the seats recovered before I bought it, in the original colors, but not original style upholstery.  After I got it, I replaced the 2-barrel carb with a Holley 4000 teapot.  I later rebuilt the engine, and replaced the teapot with an Autolite 4100 1.08 on a '57 intake, with a '57 distributor.  I also converted it from 6V to 12V.  When it was 6V, it would crank forever, but it was really hard to start.  Now with the 12V, everything works great, except the temp gauge reads backwards.  I have a set of 113 heads (higher compression) that I would like to put on someday, but that's way down on my project list.  I've also considered adding A/C from Classic Auto Air, but I probably won't get to that anytime soon.

 

[shaundizzle15]

1993 Ford Escort hatchback sold
1997 Cutlass supreme sold
2004 SRT4 totaled
2004 Grand Am still own at 200k
2013 SHO
2015 Edge sel

srt4 and SHO are close for my favorite cars, SRT4 being more fun because of the stick.