Easy For The Young Guys/harder For The Old Guys

[larryconnors]

Can you name every car you've ever owned in order? Which of them were significant and why? If you could have one back again, which one would it be?

[JerseyHarold]

I've owned a few hundred cars and couldn't begin to make a list.  The one I'd want back most of all is my father's original '52 Cambridge.  If we'd have kept it, I wouldn't have been chasing other ones all these years.

[Young Ed]

You are right this is easy for me. I still have most of them!

daily drivers

89 buick century

95 buick century

94 dakota sport

 

collectors

46 dodge 1/2 ton

48 plymouth club coupe

40 plymouth 1/2 ton

51 cambridge club coupe

and the 55 dodge custom royal lancer was either before or after the 51. Only one I cant place and only one I still don't own. There's been 4-5 parts cars in the mix too but I didn't list those.

[1940plymouth]

1951 Ford 2dr   First car in 1966

1961 VW

1956 Ford 2dr

1961 Ford 4dr

1966 Mustang convertible

1972 Duster Twister  First new car, bought in Nov 1971

1974 Pinto

1975 Maverick

1975 Pacer

1976 Ford LTD wagon

1983 Escort Wagon

1985 Cavalier wagon

1986 Escort hatch back

1988 Taurus wagon

1998 Neon

'05  Neon

'05 Buick Lacrosse

 

The above mentioned were or are our main transportation, as second vehicles we have had:

1951 Chevy pickup

1971 Chevelle

1971 LTD

1973 Ford Pickup

1979 Ford Pickup

1986 Linx

1986 Mercury Grand Marquis

2000 Pontiac Grand Am

Edited August 7, 2013 by 1940plymouth

[John Reddie]

Here goes......in order.

 

1935 Plymouth R/S coupe

 

1937 Packard R/S coupe

 

1936 Chevrolet 2 door sedan

 

1937 Oldsmobile (first car that ran and was a gift)

 

1939 Buick 4 door sedan

 

1936 Plymouth R/S coupe

 

1934 Chevrolet 4 door (cost $10.00)

 

1938 Buick 4 door sedan (first car I registered)

 

1946 Plymouth 4 door sedan (really tired)

 

1948 Dodge 4 door sedan

 

1948 Plymouth 4 door sedan

 

1952 Ford 4 door ( really clean but a bad engine)

 

1949 Chrysler Widsor club coupe

 

1962 Dodge Dart 4 door (slant six - push button trans)

 

1967 Plymouth Fury III convertible (318 engine - still have for 40 years)

 

1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon 4 door sedan ( 260 V/8 daily driver )

 

1991 Chevrolet Cavalier ( 4 cyl engine daily driver)

 

1967 Plymouth Fury III 4 door hardtop ( 318 engine - daily driver for the past 5 years)

 

Note: The two '67 Furys are the only registered car I have now. I wish I still had all of the others although I don"t know where I would keep them.

 

John R

[48mirage]

1963 Rambler Cross Country Wagon - Nash seats, bed from dash to tailgate.

1962 Chevrolet Biscayne

1967 Mercury Cougar - my first pony car.

1970 Dodge Challenger SE

1970 Dodge Challenger - yes, I owned 2 at one time.

1963 1/2 Ford Galaxie 500 - would glide down the highway.

1987 Dodge Dakota - What a dumpy little truck.

1992 Ford Explorer

1995 Ford Explorer

1967 Dodge Pickup  Low geared and would stop the rotation of the earth if I could only get good traction.

1988 Oldsmobile Good passing gear when the secondaries opened up

1991 Ford Ranger - I made it into a flatbed.  Worked well on our little farm.

2001 Nissan Frontier XE 4 door truck - good little truck

1948 Harley Davidson solo rider

1949 Dodge Coronet - still a daily driver

1983 Harley Davidson FLHTC w/sidecar - when the wife and grandkids want to go. 

2009 Dodge Ram TRX 4 door cab with flex fuel.  Good power, good economy, still driving it, on the 3rd set of tires.

 

 

 

[Barabbas]

Let's see

 

1952 Plymouth Cambridge

1960 Valiant

1970 Barracuda (first new car---wish I had it today, it'd be worth as much as my 401k)

1974 Pontiac Grand Am (400-4bbl, incdredibly fast 30-90,  but  much not good at anything else)

1980 Chevy Citation (no comment required)

1984 Plymouth Voyager --okay, sometimes you just have to do the parent thing and buy a mini-van

1985 Ford Tempo--absolute worst car of the lot

1990 Ford Taurus--okay, but boring

1990 Honda Civic Si--a true go-cart and 36mph...I beat this car for 150,000 miles and then sold it

1994 Honda Accord Coupe (5 speed v-tec)--okay for a family type car

1994 BMW 325i--my favorite car, I bought it used in 2002 with only 50000 miles.  The sales guy a rare moment of

                           honesty said "you'll love this car even when it's in the shop".  He was right, and it was in the shop at least

                           every 18 months with a $1000 surprise.  Died with a blown tranny at 140,000

2009 Honda Fit--This was no Honda Civic SI--great car if you are under 30 and drive only in the city--but terribly noisy on the hiway

                            and hard on the back side of an old fart

2008 Buick Rendezvous---great for hauling stuff and my 95# pound labrador, good freeway cruiser but no fun on the twisties

1952 Plymouth Cranbrook--I've gone full circle

[casper50]

The one I'd want back is my 64 GTO convertible.  Sold it when I joined the Marines.

[William Davey]

My List:

1948 Dodge Club coupe - Granpa said if I could get it running I could have it!

 1950 DeSoto - 4 door - used more oil than gas, clunk-o-matic which I swapped to a 3 speed

1957 DeSoto - 4 door with a 3 speed standard trans which I destroyed.  Replaced with a 3 speed out of a Dodge P/u

1960 Plymouth - 318/ Power flite, would still be running today if my brother in law hadn't wrecked it.

1963 Ford - POS - blame the ex wife

1970 Duster 340 - YAHOO!  got submerged in a flood in South Carolina while I was underwater on a sub

1973 Dodge Van - 360/ torqueflite - with the full hippie/sin bin treatment

1975 International P/u - couldn't plow snow with the van

1980 Ford P/u

1985 Ford P/u

1997 Dodge P/u

2005 Ford P/U - Power Joke diesel

1955 Dodge P/u

2012 Ram 3500 dually - Cummins. 

[oldodge41]

My wife and I compiled a list last fall. We counted 61 vehicles between us. If I could have one back it would be my '70 Roadrunner or '70 Duster or '73 Cuda or.......

[MaineP15]

1985 Mazda RX7

198? Jeep Cherokee

1994 Ford Probe

1988 Dodge omni

Some red car 

2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V

2005 Subaru

2010 Subaru

 

1966 VW Beetle--sold for the 1949 plymouth

1965 Mustang Coupe 289/4 speed

1949 First series P15

[Alshere59]

Wow interesting idea. All the cars I have owned. No not possible way to many. The ones I would like to have back, probably my first car. 1965 Triumph Spitfire.

[1950 Special Deluxe]

1970 Buick Skylark

1974 Plymouth RoadRunner

1977 Camaro (everybody had at least 1)

1972 Comet (buddy hit a tree, paid $50 for it, went away for work, dad sold it for $500, back rent he told me)

1982 Honda Prelude

1988 Cavalier Z24

1989 Dodge Shadow

1994 Dodge Intrepid

1997 Plymouth Grand Voyageur

2002 Chev Uplander Van

2008 Jeep Liberty

1998 Ford Ranger

1950 Dodge Special Deluxe

1952 Dodge DG-1

[BigDaddyO]

I learned to drive in my grandfathers 50 Plymouth Special DeLux in a nearby cornfield.

My first car legally on the road was a 48 Plymouth DeLuxe 4 door.

Then;

1954 Chevy 4 door

1955 Oldsmobile Convert (this is the one I wish I still had)

1957 Chevy Convert (this is the other one I wish I still had)

1972 BSA Victor

1953 Chevy 2 door

1964 Dodge Polara 4 door (put a warmed up 383 in it and tweaked the suspension. Whooie!! )

1948 Plymouth Special DeLuxe 4 door (still have)

1970 Chevy Blazer

1948 Packard Ambulance

1964 VW Bug

1970 Dodge Dart Swinger

1970 VW Camper

1964 Norton G15CSR

19something Dodge Blue Bird 32 passenger school bus

1952 Dodge Pick Up

1984 Dodge Omni GLH (first new car)

197 something rust bucket Chevy pick up

1977 Chevy Caprice Wagon

1976 Dodge Aspen Wagon with a 318 and 4 spd (od) That engine ran great!

198 something Chevy Tahoe (new)

1987 Dodge Daytona Turbo (went airborne in this one)

1986 GMC Pick up (the little one c15?)

1947 Plymouth Club Coupe (still have)

1989 Chevy Z24

1992 Chevy Z24

2004 VRSCB

200something Chevy Impala (Supercharged)

2002 Dodge Dakota

2008 Chevy Malibu

2010 GMC Terrain

[W.F. Brown- III]

1962 Plymouth Belvadiere

 

1968 Dodge Monaco

 

1975 Ford F-150

 

1965 Ford Custom 500

 

1979 Ford F-250

 

1989 Ford Bronco

 

1999 Chevy Tahoe

 

1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe

 

1961 Chevy Bel Air

 

 

I still have the '65 Ford (got it in 1983 and been driving it on a regular basis ever since), the '48 Plymouth, the '99 Tahoe (my "main vehicle"), and the '61 Chevy.

 

The '65 Ford and the '61 Chevy are significant because they belonged to my two aunts (they bought them new) and I rode many a mile with them in those cars as a youngster.

 

The one I would want back is the '62 Plymouth.  It was my first car and is significant because of a certain cheerleader that I used to ride around in that car from time to time.  Enough said about that. 

[knuckleharley]

too many to even remember,never mind to list.

 

First car bought with my own money was a 38 Chrysler Royale 4dr sedan with a whisper quiet 6. I bought it for 20 bucks the summer I was 14.

 

I've had several I wish I could own again,but the one I most regret selling was a 36 Ford cabriolet with a chopped top and 283 Chevy.  I didn't want to sell it,but was moving a couple of thousand miles away from home and my father had a history of selling my cars to scrappers if I wasn't around. He sold the 312 out of my 57 Ford when I was away in the army on Okinawa,and I found it laying out in the backyard with all 4 tires pointing up in the sky when I got back home. He pulled the engine by unbolting everything and turning it over on it's top.

 

I really missed my 2001 F-350 4X4 diesel until I bought my 06 GMC 2500hd 4x4 diesel. Won't be getting rid of this one even if I only use it occasionally.

[Dan Hiebert]

In order:

1966 Ford Fairlane Station Wagon (Wish I still had it, but hit a cow)

1966 Chrysler Imperial 4-dr HT (Sold it when I joined the Army)

1982 Camaro Berlinetta (First new car, bought it when I got back Stateside in the Army)

1984 Chevy S-10 Blazer

1987 Chevy Astro Van (Stolen after we moved to El Paso)

1955 Ford F-100

1978 Chrysler Imperial 2-dr HT

1954 Chevy Bel-Air 4-door

1952 Ford F-3 (Really wish I still had that one)

1976 Toyota Celica

1985 Buick Riviera

1991 Ford Festiva (Sorta wish we still had it, it was indestructible)

1991 Ford Escort

1948 Dodge D-24 (Our baby, still have it)

1954 Willys Station Wagon

1986 Chevy S-10 Blazer

1993 Ford Tempo (Total lemon)

1956 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon (Rust bucket, but had 292 T-bird engine)

1956 Ford Mainliner 2-door sedan (New home of the Country Squire's T-bird engine)

1976 Ford Torino Station Wagon

1995 Ford Ranger

1960 Ford F-100 (Another one I wish we still had, totally solid and reliable but uglier than a mud fence)

1997 Jeep Wrangler

1998 Plymouth Breeze

1999 Dodge Caravan (Gave it to my son, who promptly totaled it)

1937 Hudson Terraplane (Still have it)

2001 Dodge Ram 1500 (Still have it)

1957 Ford F-100

1963 Ford Falcon Futura 2-dr HT (Daughter's car, still have it, but giving it back in a couple months)

2004 Dodge Caravan

2009 Dodge Avenger

2012 Dodge Durango (Wife's current driver)

2013 VW Beetle (My current driver)

Ugh, now I have a headache

[Oldguy48]

Well, let's see...

1948 Plymouth P15--my first car

1960 Chevrolet convertible

1966 Dodge Coronet

1957 Dodge pick-up

1969 Toyota station wagon

1962 Corvair

1965 Corvair

1962 Buick Special

1962 Ford Falcon van

1977 Fiat sedan

1980 Chevrolet Suburban (my kids called it "The Barfmobile"

1990 Ford conversion van

1988 Ford cargo van

1988 Dodge Caravan

1994 Ford Tempo

1991 Chevrolet S-10

2003 Chevrolet Express van

2008 Toyota Rav4

1948 Plymouth P15

and

1968 Honda Scrambler

196? Yamaha twin 100

1980 Suzuki GS550

196? Harley Davidson 65 cc

I'd love to have my first P15 again, and for a time, I did try to track it down, but to no avail. (That car was originally purchased by my grandfather, became our family car, and finally became my car.)

My current P15 is the identical model of my first one, however my new one is NOT original.

Edited August 8, 2013 by Oldguy48

[Dodgeb4ya]

Mine in order...

*1951 Cranbrook

*52 Plymouth Belvedere 2 dr hdtp

55 ChevyW/ 409 425HP

*52 dodge 1 ton

*48 dodge 2-1/2 ton

49 Dodge 2 ton

52 dodge 3 pass cpe

*50 Chrysler Town and Country Woodie grn/tan

*50 Chrysler NewYorker 2dr Hdtp

50 Chrysler New Yorker 4 door

*48 Chrysler Town and Country Convert

*50 dodge 1 ton

1979 D59

*53 dodge 4 ton

*53 Plymouth savoy wagon

1995 Toyota Tacoma Extra Cab

*46 chrysler NY 3 pass "8" cpe

*77 Corolla

81 Corolla

*84 Cougar

*50 Chrysler Royal Woodie Wagon

53 Chrysler NewYorker

50 Chrysler Imperial

*1951 Dodge 3 ton

1951 Dodge 3-1/2 ton

*51 dodge 2-3/4 ton 60 pass bus

*52 Chrysler NewYorker hemi 3 pass cpe

*1952 dodge 2-1/2 ton Dump

*51 dodge 4 ton

*50 chrysler Town and Country Brn/tan

I still have all the ones I have always wanted!

 

* = Cars/trucks I still own

Bob

Edited August 8, 2013 by Dodgeb4ya

[LAKOTA169]

Owned a lot of cars. The ones I wish I still had:

1959 Pontiac Catalina 2dr ht - I did a mild custom.

 

1964 GTO - Bought new. Bored, balanced, cam, headers, modified suspension, 4 speed, 4.33 posi, metalflake paint, custom tail lights.

 

1971 AMX (New)

 

1968 Olds Delta Custom - 455 w/4 barrel, posi, leather (New)

 

1974 Dodge Van (new) - customized - airbrushed mural, shag carpeting, crushed velvet and fur interior, headers w/dual exhaust side pipes.

[mayflower48]

First car was a 1948 P15 four door.  Paid $75.00 for it, drove for three years and sold for $75.00 when I went into the Air Force

56 Ford

50 Studebaker, tough as a tank

64 Falcon

68 Ford F100  Bought it new at the end of the year for $2262.00  I think the payments were $67.00 a month for three years and I wasn't sure how I

would make the payments.  Well I drove for 29 years.  I still have it and I am restoring it.  I'm not thru driving it. Need to get my money's worth out of it.

72 Pinto

75 F250

Mustang II

68 El Camino

80 Buick

97 Ranger

06 Buick

94 GMC

55 and 57 T-Birds

And the latest one is a 1948 Plymouth 4 Door, a dead ringer for the first that I owned. See the picture at the left. 

[mhaywood]

91 GMC Sonoma high school truck p.o.s.

92 Chevy c-1500 5.7 5spd. Go fast to and from college ride put 60k on it in 2 yes and sold it for what I paid.

87 GMC v-1500 6 inches of lift and 35" tire gas hog

94 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited. 318 fun until the tranny puked

97 GMC k-1500 z71 yawn...

02 GMC Sierra 1500 z71 still got it

02 VW beetle 1.8 turbo 6spd manual. Wifey's go-kart, its a blast to drive

07 Chevy 2500 HD x-cab 4x4 set up with service body and air compressor for maintaining all of the farm stuff

Last but not least, the 48 D-24 club coupe that belonged to my great uncle. He gave it to me on his death bed and we affectionately refer to it as "Uncle Bob". This old car will never leave my possession until I give it to my son someday.

[rtlsnakedaddy]

Lets see, in order

 

1989 Mustang LX Notchback (sold about 3 years ago)

1992 GMC Sonoma SLE

1987 VW GTi (great commuter for Altanta)

1967 Ford Galaxie 500 Fastback (wish I still had this one)

1978 Chevy Caprice Classic (only the fuel gauge worked on the dash)

1980 MGB (was my Grandfathers and still a solid driver)

1992 Jeep Cherokee Sport (wifes)

1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport (wifes)

2000 Honda Accord (wifes)

1987 Jeep Cherokee Laredo (I bought for $1)

1998 Subaru Legacy Outback 

2007 Ford Mustang

1954 Chrysler Windsor Deluxe

2003 Honda Accord V6 (my Fathers old car)

 

Bikes in order :

1970 Norton Commando (still have)

1980 Moto Guzzi V50 (still have)

1974 BMW R90/6 (still have)

1975 Norton Commando

1970 BSA 441 Victor

1968 BSA 441 Victor

1969 BSA 441 Victor 

1968 BSA B25 Starfire 

1992 Ducati 750SS

1964 Ducati Monza (basket case project never finished)

1960 BSA DBD34 Goldstar -euro import

[Andydodge]

1938 Ford Standard 4Dr sedan 

1940 Dodge Coupe

1940 Dodge 4Dr Sedan(still got it)

1940 Dodge Sedan parts car

1940 Dodge Sedan parts car

1940 Dodge Ambulance

1940 Dodge Coupe

1940 Dodge Sedan parts car

1939 Plymouth Roadster Ute

1948 Chrysler Windsor

1958 Holden Sedan

1972 Holden Ute

1968 Dodge Pheonix 4Dr Hardtop(Plymouth Fury)

1971 Valiant VG Series 2Dr hardtop

1973 Valiant VJ Series Wagon

1987 Ford Falcon Wagon

1998 Ford Falcon Wagon

1997 Toyota HiAce Van

1941 Plymouth P11 Coupe

...........still got the 1st 1940 Dodge Sedan, the wife drives the 98 Falcon wagon and I use the Toyota van for the shop....sold the 41 Plymouth 4mths ago.......andyd 

[murfman1967]

This is in order:

The ones with ** I currently own:

 

1967 Plymouth Belvidere II Convertible (318 Poly head) it was a very early 1967 production car Got it for my 13th birthday, and it was a 13 year old car...

1969 Dodge Coronet 500 2DrHdtp (360)

1969 Dodge Dart GT (225)

1977 Dodge Ramcharger (360)

1949 Plymouth Business Coupe (230)

1965 Plymouth Barracuda (360)

1970 Plymouth Superbird (440+6)

1979 Chrysler Cordoba 300 (360)

1979 Dodge Little Red Express Truck (360)

1977 Dodge Aspen R/T (318)

1964 Chrysler 300K (413)

1969 Dodge Super Bee (383)

1981 Dodge St Regis (360)

1979 Dodge Ramcharger (440)

1981 Plymouth Trail Duster (360)

1969 Plymouth Road Runner (383)

1987 Shelby Lancer (2.2t)

1967 Kaiser M-715 (440)

1959 Willys CJ-5 (350) Yeah, a Chebby

1998 Corvette (350) First and last Chebby

1979 Saab 900 (2.0t)

1991 Dodge Shadow (2.2t)

1987 Shelby Charger GLH-S (2.2t)

1970 VW Superbeetle (1.8)

1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (318)

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.9 Limited (360)

1970 Jeep CJ5 (134)

**1998 Jeep Wrangler (4.0)

1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee (4.0)

1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee (4.0)

1998 Dodge Ram 3500 (Cummins 5.9t)

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee (4.0)

**2005 Neon SRT-4 ACR (2.4t)

1951 Willys Chassis / Cowl (134)

**1998 Dodge Ram 2500 ( 488)

**2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 (6.4)

**1978 Dodge Ramcharger (360)

**1953 Plymouth Suburban (218)

**1991 Dodge W350 (360)

 

Wow 39 total! 10 with 360s, 3 318s, 5 Turbos, and 2 flatheads

 

4 Ramchargers 6 Grand Cherokees

 

14 Dodges

11 Jeeps

7 Plymouths

2 Chryslers

2 Shelbys

 

 

The Fastest one of them all is my Grand Cherokee SRT-8,

The second Fastest is the SRT-4!!!

Edited August 8, 2013 by murfman1967