[Barksdale123]

1970 Chev 1/2 ton short bed. Three on the tree, straight 6 250 IIR.

 

[Barksdale123]

Boy is THIS going to be a long thread!

I have owned a LOT of cars since 1968. I guess there were about 4 or 5 I wish I still had.

My first car was a 1960 Volvo 544, beige/blue gut. Simple, rugged, reliable ... it looked like a half sized 1940 Ford Sedan:

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After that I owned a 1962 Pontiac Tempest Lemans convertible. White, beige top, beige interior. Very interesting car. It's engine was a 389 V8 that had been cut in half making a slant 4. The transmission was mounted on the differential. The shifter was a little lever and dash mounted.

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I moved up to a 1965 Pontiac Bonneville convertible, Red, white top, red gut. 389 V8, Rochester 4 BBL carb. When you floored it, that Rochester would give an almighty moan! It had a STUPID aluminum timing gear with teeth that were made of a type of plastic. I hung on a set of Ford Galaxie wire wheel hub caps on it ... way better looking then mags! GREAT looking car ... turned a lot of heads. If I had to narrow the list down to just one ... this would be it. It might not be a sports car ... but it sure was a sportin' car!

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Way down the road, I bought a Porsche 914, Blue, black gut. 2 ltr engine. I got it cheap, put a bunch of Euro spec parts on, and sold for a lot of money. It was a great car that handled amazingly well. I should NEVER have sold this car.

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Somewhere in the middle of all this, I bought a 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk, white, dark blue gut. Studebaker V8 (not the Packard engine). I might be wrong, but I seem to remember that the fins were fiberglass add-ons. I really liked the Hawks. I thought they really looked Italian, like a Maserati. I bought it, drove it home and parked it with big plans ... and sold it, never drove it again.

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The Volvo, the 914 and the Studebaker. Wow super neat.

Boy is THIS going to be a long thread!

I have owned a LOT of cars since 1968. I guess there were about 4 or 5 I wish I still had.

My first car was a 1960 Volvo 544, beige/blue gut. Simple, rugged, reliable ... it looked like a half sized 1940 Ford Sedan:

View attachment 287633

After that I owned a 1962 Pontiac Tempest Lemans convertible. White, beige top, beige interior. Very interesting car. It's engine was a 389 V8 that had been cut in half making a slant 4. The transmission was mounted on the differential. The shifter was a little lever and dash mounted.

View attachment 287635

I moved up to a 1965 Pontiac Bonneville convertible, Red, white top, red gut. 389 V8, Rochester 4 BBL carb. When you floored it, that Rochester would give an almighty moan! It had a STUPID aluminum timing gear with teeth that were made of a type of plastic. I hung on a set of Ford Galaxie wire wheel hub caps on it ... way better looking then mags! GREAT looking car ... turned a lot of heads. If I had to narrow the list down to just one ... this would be it. It might not be a sports car ... but it sure was a sportin' car!

View attachment 287637

Way down the road, I bought a Porsche 914, Blue, black gut. 2 ltr engine. I got it cheap, put a bunch of Euro spec parts on, and sold for a lot of money. It was a great car that handled amazingly well. I should NEVER have sold this car.

View attachment 287639

Somewhere in the middle of all this, I bought a 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk, white, dark blue gut. Studebaker V8 (not the Packard engine). I might be wrong, but I seem to remember that the fins were fiberglass add-ons. I really liked the Hawks. I thought they really looked Italian, like a Maserati. I bought it, drove it home and parked it with big plans ... and sold it, never drove it again.

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The 544, 914 and the Studebaker. My favorites. Was looking for a 544 real hard at one time.

 

[Barksdale123]

Had a 1275 S. Wish I still had it (except the keep it running bills) I would put a sign on the rear window for all the BMW mini owners "Thats not a mini...."

Not mine but just like it.

 

[Barksdale123]

Makes me want to ride around in the 78 alfa sports sedan just to be obtuse. To cold. Cool to see others have money pit passions also. You would think weapons or cars not both. I'm a very slow learner.

Yeah, same here. English sports cars are really neat, fun to drive and drive hard. But if you brother isn't a mechanic you are stuck. You might suspect those aren't real pictures because the hood is down. Lucus electrical systems were designed and installed by sadist. I guess the Brits have different expectations for their cars.

 

[Barksdale123]

For the longest time I did those big American cars with the big engines. There is nothing on them past a lug nut that is not heavy. So I moved down to things like @Barksdale123 posted up, the good ole LBC (little british car). Never did a mini, but Triumph and MG, with a taste of Italy in Fiat as well as some German with Opel mixed in there for good measure. I SCCA road raced an Opel GT before 2000. Kinda blew that light weight thing right out of the water, 1.9L Opel engine is meaty. That head weighs a ton.

Yeah, the Opel's were kinda sleepers on the SCCA circuit.