Spin-Off, What vehicles did you have that you wish you still had?
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Boss 302
Pursuit Driver
Two Mexican trucks.
MudFlap
Pursuit Driver
The Sound Guy
Pursuit Driver
72 Ford Pinto - Mine had a special Red/White/Blue paint job (Bondo on the back was no charge!) and a sunroof with a powerful 2000cc engine.
0-60 in 10.9 seconds.... if you dropped it out of a C-130.
Seriously, I've always bought what I could afford, not what I wanted. I came close to getting a 65 Mustang one time, but the transmission jammed during the test drive and I flinched.
The car I had the most fun driving was this: 67 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron. My Dad's car, not mine, but it was fun! 440 engine with 4 barrel carb.
0-60 in 10.9 seconds.... if you dropped it out of a C-130.
Seriously, I've always bought what I could afford, not what I wanted. I came close to getting a 65 Mustang one time, but the transmission jammed during the test drive and I flinched.
The car I had the most fun driving was this: 67 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron. My Dad's car, not mine, but it was fun! 440 engine with 4 barrel carb.
Captain Rhett Butler
Driving Instructor
I had an old 1981 F-350 with an inline 6. It was the best work truck ever.
I also had an old Ford Falcon with the three speed on the column, had an AM radio and one little speaker in the dash. That would be a classic if I still had that little car, but it's long gone. I've had some nice cars as well as a few beaters along the way too.
I also had an old Ford Falcon with the three speed on the column, had an AM radio and one little speaker in the dash. That would be a classic if I still had that little car, but it's long gone. I've had some nice cars as well as a few beaters along the way too.
Paxilpapa
Serenity, through modern chemistry
The first car that I outright owned was a 1961 Plymouth Wagon, that was given to me by my father. He was planning to scrap it, but thought I might get another year or two out of it. That car was butt ugly when it was brand new, and the rusted quarter panels didn't help it any. It had a hole in the gas tank that limited the fuel capacity to 3/4 of a tank and a rod that knocked out a constant warning of Maintenance Needed, it didn't need a warning light. About the second time I drove it, I came home, parked it in the driveway only to hear a crackling snap, and the left front side almost dropped to the ground, meaning a torsion bar had broken. I bought a new one and installed it with the car on a bumper jack. I have to admit, changing a torsion bar is a lot easier than a coil spring! For all of its quirks, that 318 was a beast even when it was only running on seven cylinders, but it always got me home... and I never had to worry about where I parked it or where I drove it, because it was a tank.
318s were one of the most indestructible engines ever made.
I took my driver's test in a New Yorker with a 440. Great engines!