What is your car in the past?
 

I will start mine firstly.

My last car was 2007 Mazda RX8 :rolleyes:. It was a car imported from Japan, the perfomance is very good, also the looking with red, only the sad thing is all the instruction information is Japanese :mad:.
There are several reasons that why I chose Japanese used cars (https://carfromjapan.com/cheap-used-cars-for-sale): cheap price, good condition, reliable and high quality for each item (it is Japan where there are many popular car brands in the world). But you have to wait for a month to get your own car and do the clearance process. That's not a complicated challenge cause there are many clearance agents nowadays.

3 years ago, I bought another brand :p and sold the Mazda to my friend :D. So, what about you? Let's share your story about your old friend(car).

The first vehicle I was allowed to drive was a 1982 diesel suburban, Generally it always was used towing a trailer for a little craft business.

The first car I bought was a 1981 Comutacar, it was my daily driver for many years

1974 Olds Delta 88 sedan, auto trans, AC, AM Radio. This, in mustard yellow, for $1000, at 62,000 miles, and with a documented record from a little old lady in Jersey: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/307990...bile-delta-88/

My first vehicle was a 1988 Ford Ranger, with the carbureted 2.0L engine, rwd only, 5speed manual trans and no other options whatsoever, not even power brakes... it gave me 20MPG, due to driving it almost always into the secondary throttle butterfly(2bbl carb)... I put just over 50k miles on it and sold it with a bad carb and the engine with weak compression (120# on all cylinders)

Many and varied? I miss every one of them that was a Volkswagen.

One I didn't give a fair chance? 1953 Plymouth convertible. All it really needed was a wheel alignment.

First? Bullet-nose Studebaker. My parents told me I had to sell it to go to college so I totaled it instead. :confused:

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The shark-mouth look became popular in the 1990s. My first valve job. Ford hubcaps with thin-wall fake white-walls. I drove my father's camper van until I got it

My first was a 1974 Pontiac Grandville, platform-mate of the 88, with the Olds/Pontiac 455. In cinnamon with a vinyl top, because malaise needs colors to match.

First (and also biggest & biggest engine): '66 Pontiac GTO, when I was in the military. Notable for once driving it from eastern New Mexico, across the Texas Panhandle, and into Oklahoma without dropping below 100 mph.

Worst: '70s Chevy Vega.

Smallest (and also a contender for best): Austin-Healey Sprite.

Cheapest: The '68 Toyota Stout pickup I pulled out of a farm junkyard after it had been rolled. Jacked the roof back up, and it ran fine.

Most valuable today: the '55-ish Jaguar.

Best (for different reasons): The Sprite, '85 Honda CRX, '00 Insight, and '02 Miata. Oh, and maybe the '88 Toyota pickup, still going strong at 30, or will be when I get the new clutch installed.

In order:
1954 Plymouth Plaza
1960 Ford Galaxie
1964 Ford Fairlane
1961 Corvair Greenbriar
1964 Ford Fairlane (another one)
1968 Chevy Nova Coupe
1970 Ford Pinto
1969 Pontiac Grand Prix
1970 Ford Fairlane 300 Cu In straight Six (Thought about how neat putting a second 300-six in beside it, and calling it "600 Twin Six", with two six spot die in the grill.)
1972 Honda N600
1978 Subaru DL
1985 Dodge Colt Vista Wagon
1980 Pontiac Phoenix Hatchback
1988 Plymouth Horizon Hatchback
1990 Honda CRX
1990 Honda Civic Hatchback
1994 Honda Civic four door
1998 Ford Thunderbird
1998 Honda Accord V6 Coupe
1996 Chrysler Sebring Coupe
2010 Toyota Prius
( Along the way, a 1966 Suzuki 120, a 1980 Yamaha 400 Special, a Kawasaki 350, a Suziki 250.)

Biggest grin: '60 VW Bus
Sexiest styling: '64 Spitfire or '66 Corvair- I can't decide.
Best value: '92 Tempo, got for free in '00 and DD ever since (I mean, as someone who often goes weeks without driving anything, as daily driven as it gets for me. Let's say regularly driven).
Most flamboyant/valuable: '59 Bel Air
Ones I scrapped but shouldn't have: '74 Nova. Also '68 VW Squareback with a Corvair engine in it.
Hardest working: '94 F150, also has the distinction of being the only one that was new or anywhere near new when I got it.
Currently newest: '99 Tracer
Fastest: '89 Thunderbird Super Coupe

I hope it wasn't a liftback.

I'll admit to a 1962 Type II 13-window. It had the walk-through front. Thumbup: 4th was gone so it topped out at 45mph. One last trip over the coast range and the engine died the same day the tags expired. There was really nothing not fixable wrong with it.

I have a neighbor with two or three of these in his driveway. Old cars kept by shade tree mechanics are thick on the ground out here.

It was a red hatchback with ralley wheels, side pipes, hood pins, and the first engine I overhauled, a 283! :(:(:(


I "got" a 15 window from one of Dad's friends way back in the day but when I moved away and the scrap man came around, away it went. :mad::mad::mad:
Lost a '47 Chev Stylemaster and some Model T bits the same way. :mad::mad::mad:

Internet pic; add the pipes and rubber bump strips on the bumpers and delete the SS stuff and pretend it's a hatchback and it looked like this: https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/fl01...?1327586197000

Someone should have knocked some sense into me back then. Hard to get one now affordably. :/

This- Deluxe trim and all- only with lots and lots of rust:
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And this:
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And that is how I became a hoarder, never to let another gem slip away again.

Sad but oh so true. :( Or typical, I forget.

I knew someone (I've forgotten who) who had the liftback Nova in Green. The closest I've been able to come is the Dasher three-door. It's more liftback than hatchback. Are those extruded aluminum aftermarket or '37 Desoto bumpers?

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1952 Silver Streak Clipper, 1954 Barndoor Type II and 1956 Oval Window sunroof all in one picture. Buried in Blackberries. I've wished ever since I'd moved the neighbor's utility trailer to take the pic.

At one point I had seven VWs but this was the peak.

The pictured Stylemaster is sporting the wrong bumpers, rims, and stance but otherwise that's it. Don't know bumper source.

Ooooooo, that Clipper! :eek:

The bumpers are one or the other. I used to be able to tell by counting the ribs.

I replaced 50% of the flooring and scabbed patches on 40% of the crossmembers, but the aluminum I got to re-side it wasn't tempered well enough and the wall collapsed. It never picked up steam again after that.

Very simple construction: A 5" steel spine with 6" steel channel crossmembers, each with a bolt into the deck on the end. Then an aluminum U-channel on it's back to make a bottom plate for the double wall. If I ever make a teardrop it will be much like that.

I wish we could have the same ease to get grey-imports here in Brazil, especially the JDM stuff mentioned by the OP and that is all over the place in neighboring Paraguay. Well, the only thing I would not be so willing to do if I could get a JDM ride would be the RHD-to-LHD conversion that is mandatory in Paraguay and Bolivia.


The first vehicle I was allowed (even though not legally because I was still a minor by then) was a Brazilian '98 Chevy-rebadged Opel Corsa. First Diesel was a Mitsubishi L200, IIRC that was a 2004.


Still didn't buy a car of my own, and nowadays I'm actually more inclined to pick a 125cc motorcycle because of the lower cost and possibility to park it inside my apartment instead of having to leave it on the street overnight. Some years ago my dad came with a Honda XLX 350R but I didn't enjoy it so much, only rode it twice in 3 years before it was handed out to an uncle of mine. Well, I assume that living in an apartment without a designated parking spot would pretty much rule out any electric car to become my daily-driver.

I'll list chronologically.

2000 Ford Focus ZTS. Not a bad little car, actually, but was having problems before 20,000mi.

'68 Mustang with a mild 302. Perhaps the second most reliable car I've ever had. I regret the modifications I added.

1992 Ford Bronco Eddie Bauer. Great, comfortable seats and the kind of old-school 4x4 they just don't make anymore. Was rare in having manual transfer case and hubs.

'99 Dodge conversion van. 5.9 Magnum and every 20-something's dream: a bed in the back and blinds on the windows. Plus a tv and vcr.

'06 Ford Focus SVT. Shoulda learned my lesson the first time...a neat little car which was too unreliable to live with. I might still have this one otherwise.

'67 Mustang convertible. My Pa and I restored this together when I was in high school. Pretty car and won over a dozen trophies. Sadly, it was markedly less reliable than my former Mustang.

'00 Toyota Echo. At first, I dreaded driving this car because my expectations were dismal. It quickly infected me with its plucky engine, soft ride, good space efficiency, and the fact that it was both efficient and the most reliable car over ever owned, even though it had had the living daylights beat out of it.

'97 Civic DX Coupe. I got rid of the Echo on a bit of a pretense, but I wanted/needed a beater car for the way I use cars. Really good mechanicals on this thing, but it's cramped and reliability isn't working out the way I wanted it to. Great efficiency though, and fun to drive.

20-somethings today? Cool. :cool:

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The book came out in paperback in 1976.

:D

I guess the fuel consumption on the V8 could turn the dream into a nightmare quite quickly...

That's more or less what happened. It was 12-13mpg, never coaxed more than 15 mpg out of it, and it never delivered the power or torque I wanted to feel. That was at the height of our fuel prices, too. It also was a way better ride for passengers than for front seat riders, who were basically planted on top of the front axle line.

My father's camper van in the background at Permalink #6 had a double bunk, kitchen and AM radio. We had 2-3 couple dances in it in the school parking lot.

The lowest gas mileage vehicle would be, for me, the Clark Cortez at 10mpg:

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Most folks tend to associate the amount of cylinders with performance, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a full-size American van getting outperformed by some of those Japanese forward-control vans...

Out of all the V8s I've driven, this one was the most disappointing. Even F150s and Tahoes I've driven over the years had a nicer load of torque off the line. That, at least, is something. Transmission probably didn't help, it was a very slushy feeling automatic, although it did let me cruise at 1100rpm with lockup engaged. It just didn't do anything terribly well.

I'm not so used to Chrysler automatic transmissions, but I guess it was at least a 4-speed by then. Well, a poorly-chosen gearing may take away the joy of driving what would otherwise be still OK...

Not sure the thread title is clear.

But the first car is certainly one I miss. Dad ordered every option into a 1966 Ford Country Squire. Became mine with about 78k miles. V8-428. 10-mpg around town, and 12-14 highway (the 55 limit came in about then; it being easier on high octane consumption than 65-plus accounts for the higher number).

Jay Leno’s Dads 7-Liter didn’t have anything on it besides lighter weight.

Maybe something got lost in translation.

I am pretty sure that much of car was, in the past, iron ore.

Needs no translation.

427 vs. 428 vs. 429 - Ford Muscle Forums : Ford Muscle Cars Tech Forum

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Nice back yard!

With birth of the third boy, my parents bought a '72 Olds Vista Cruiser. We played hide and seek in that vehicle. And its roof line windows and sunroof were magical to a toddler in a lightening storm.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZqZamun8wE

I like old-school wagons, but when I was a kid I've been raised mostly around hatchbacks and sedans.

my first car was a 1994 Toyota Celica Gt. loved that nippy sportster