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Posted: 8/1/2020 7:14:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI remember reading about that and the Mazda 626 all wheel steering versions in Car and Driver in 1988 (if I remember correctly). |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 7:17:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I would love to find a VW Scirocco to restore. My Man! 
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Posted: 8/1/2020 7:22:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I remember reading about that and the Mazda 626 all wheel steering versions in Car and Driver in 1988 (if I remember correctly). I really wish it had stuck because IMO, taken to the next level, it could have evolved to something like a self-aligning car. Always thought it's be awesome if a car could automatically adjust or perform a perfect four wheel alignment at start up or at the push of a button. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 7:22:33 PM EDT
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Quoted: For me, it's the Cavalier Z24 https://live.staticflickr.com/3124/2672637405_6f34875cc6_c.jpg and the Chevy Beretta. https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/C5909-R405-0017-700x456-610x397.jpg To this day I'd still like to have one of each of these. And this, of course: https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1987_pontiac_fiero_15797219707dff9f98764daDSCF436687-Fiero-GT-Upload-Size.jpg Had one of those Z-24s. They were nice, and with the 2.8 they were reliable. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 7:28:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mercedes 450 SLC https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1980_mercedes-benz_450slc_1545874812350787aa1980_mercedes-benz_450slc_15458683860787aa30941E-Driverside-Front-34-1.jpg?w=940 Granted, it's a Mercedes, which you might not think of when you think of a "nothing" car. But they're available in good condition with 5-digit mileage for under 15k, so I think it should qualify. It had a 4.5 liter V8 that made all of 180 HP... but I still dig 'em, and if I had the expendable cash and garage space, I'd own one. Wealthy friend here scooped up a late '80s custard yellow 450 SL with a beautiful tobacco brown interior...176,000 miles...for $3K and change. I thought he was nuts, but it turns out those things are actually mechanically very strong. It doesn't have quite the panache of an early '70s pagoda-roofed 280 SL, but those are demanding serious money now. Great lines, comfortable, manual top...perfect for a weekend cruiser. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 8:39:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/122768/E91105F1-9CE0-4AE9-B1B6-FC157F4530FD_jpe-1528565.JPG I had this car in this color. I'd love to have another one in Turbo AWD I dated...well more like had sex with a girl that had a turbo AWD Eagle Talon. It was awesome in that day for the traction and power. . |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 8:47:09 PM EDT
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- 73’ Duster, lime green, 318, my first car and I’d buy one today, but they got pricey after more popular cars became cost prohibitive.
- El Camino - always wanted one - had a 70 1/2 Pontiac Formula 455. Wouldn’t mind doing that again. - CRX - I don’t want one, but the wife had one. Crazy amount of cargo space for a small car. But small it was and a cube van literally drug her off the highway, while exiting. He never saw her and the CRX got caught in his wheel well. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 8:53:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/1/2020 8:59:15 PM EDT
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Quoted: 1989 Dodge Daytona G/S, I bought one from the PX in West Germany. Perfect car for a single E-5, just a little over 10 grand, insurance was dirt cheap. I could have bought a corvette or a BMW, then I would have been THAT buck Sargeant. https://cloud.leparking.fr/2019/08/14/00/05/dodge-daytona-1989-dodge-daytona-c-s-red_7021970799.jpg Daytonas are out there in good condition for reasonable prices still. You should join us in the fun once more. Quoted: Another one of mine. Any of the 87/88 Thunderbirds really, but particularly the TurboCoupe. https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/cam/34/1434/50607/1920x1440/1988-ford-thunderbird-turbo-coupe I had an 88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe when I was in college. It was a dog, but cruised well on the interstate. I wouldn't mind having one again some day if the right car came along. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:10:21 PM EDT
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Datsun B210. My first wife had one when we got married in 1970. Great little car, economical, fun to drive, comfortable on trips.
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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:11:06 PM EDT
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Delete will try again.
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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:15:43 PM EDT
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Quoted: Maybe consider contacting the folks at Graveyard Carz? It sounds like something they could find and put together for you. Thanks. I like the show but I was hoping to find one advertised in Hemmings or similar, for an original. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:30:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh yea , I had a Orange 71 510 it looked like crap but it would get up and go .  Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh yea , I had a Orange 71 510 it looked like crap but it would get up and go . back in the 70s when you couldnt get more than 200hp in any car from the manufacturer, the was a guy in atlanta, turbo tom that would turbo those, 240zs and b210s. he had a custom built 510, dual turbos, some sort of v6, adapted mercedes fuel injection with a standalone ECU, also had 2 stage NOS, custom exhaust. thing was a beast. they have this walter mitty race thing at road atlanta and he took it there and beat everything including lambos. i had a 510, rebuilt the motor and suspension but didnt turbo it. i did turbo a 240z though. back in the day during the great HP drought of the 70s, custom turbo systems where the thing. the comments below say it was a l20b which i may have been at one time. its final build was a v6.   
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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:32:43 PM EDT
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 Attached File Attached FileFiat x/19 same reason as the fiat spider. You can push it to it's limit,it was a very fun car to drive. I've owned 3 |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 9:33:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't know about nothing but I would love one of these with some modern suspension https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/152525/CC-37-101-600_jpg-1528600.JPG https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/08/curbside-classic-1966-ford-galaxie-500-7-litre/ They rode smooth on the highway, ate up bumps like they were not there. They were scary on any curve. If they had swaybars, they were the thickness of a pencil. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:13:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:22:03 PM EDT
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  Always thought it would be neat to put a 2 dr coupe front half on a wagon rear and make a Nomad. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:22:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:25:00 PM EDT
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I had a 1984 Subaru in the mid 90's. I loved driving that little thing. It was just fun. I had a girl friend that had this thing for blowing me when we went through a car wash. So here I was at 22 yrs old with this old piece of crap car but that damn thing was so clean.
I had a friend ask me why it was clean all the time and he died laughing when I told him. This one needs a good wash.  |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:25:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:27:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:27:25 PM EDT
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My nostalgia car, nothing special about them. It just reminds me of my childhood.
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:31:20 PM EDT
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I wish my ‘93 Ford Probe had a manual and it was a GT.
I miss my MKIV VW GTI. That was a stupid fun car. I would loved to have had a Eclipse GST. So many cars so little time. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:34:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/44791/d453d78a3225dc27144df6cc6cd14e11_jpg-1529265.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/44791/Screenshot_20200801-202730_png-1529266.JPG Fiat x/19 same reason as the fiat spider. You can push it to it's limit,it was a very fun car to drive. I've owned 3 Honestly I don't think I have ever seen one on the road though. The main reason I noticed them in the yard was they had about 80% parts interchange with the vehicle I used to deliver pizzas with, an 88 Yugo. So what was up with those cars? Why so many very nice examples in the junk yard. Back then? |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:43:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1983 Dodge Colt Twin Stick My first car. Bought it from my sister for $125 dollars when I was 16. Had 8 gears and 2 reverse with the Twin Stick transmission. Quick little thing too. Used to smoke the front tires off it. Would go anywhere. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/500021/1577540771a73ef9481ab5d170Screenshot-201-1529004.JPG Girl I hung out with in HS had one of these. Oddly fun to drive little thing. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:46:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/86/02/e3/8602e3f54a9c6481700b10492f57bb2e.jpg Had one just like this, I miss that truck Not odd at all. I am a toyota guy and I want an MJ. Old landlord had one that I told him I would buy if he ever sold it. 4.0 4x4, utterly mint condition. “Hell no, I am never selling this thing” |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:49:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryMini truckin ain’t dead  I have a thing for lowered trucks (and sport trucks). Have owned a couple and my current daily is a Tacoma X-Runner. |
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:56:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/1/2020 10:57:03 PM EDT
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Nissan 300ZX TT.
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Posted: 8/1/2020 11:03:28 PM EDT
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I would love to have a 95 Chevy Caprice Wagon.
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Posted: 8/1/2020 11:09:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/1/2020 11:26:48 PM EDT
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I want a mid 90s Camary with a stick. Bonus points for coupe. My dad purchased a company and they had a brand new one with a stick that none of the employees wanted for a company car so he took it as his commuter car. He had a blast hooning the little Camary.
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Posted: 8/1/2020 11:27:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I always thought these were good looking when I was a kid. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/67619/Screen_Shot_2020-08-01_at_12_43_31_PM_pn-1528650.JPG Had an 86 with t-tops. Put a big sound system in it and put a ton of miles on it. |
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Posted: 8/2/2020 2:34:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/2/2020 2:40:39 AM EDT
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My first car, and will always have a place in my heart.
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Posted: 8/2/2020 2:56:17 AM EDT
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My grandpa had a 1984 Caprice that he tried to give me, but I'm a fucking moron and turned it down and spent thousands on a mustang instead. Of I could go back is take that thing in a heart beat.
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Posted: 8/2/2020 3:00:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think the Volvo 200 series station wagon (technically, a Volvo 245 I guess) is one of the greatest cars ever made.  One of the folks here on ARFCOM ( Exorpmtech ) has a Officer using a 245 as a battering ram on a door in his Avatar. I dated a girl in High School whose parents wanted us to drive their in 70's 245 on dates figuring it was a 'safe car'. However since it was a Station Wagon, two teens could fold down the rear seats at the back of a dark drive in and sure have some "fun" (which I'm sure her parents would NOT have approved of...  )
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Posted: 8/2/2020 3:02:12 AM EDT
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Ford escort sports, OG MR2, land yachts.
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Posted: 8/2/2020 3:02:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Volvo 240s and 900s When Swedish Cars were Uniquely Swedish... "Unique" and "Swedish" Don't forget the P1800 too... |
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Posted: 8/2/2020 3:12:03 AM EDT
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After I wrap up a couple other projects, I actually want to buy a Cobalt SS TC, Volvo 240, or E30/E36 BMW.
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Posted: 8/2/2020 3:15:19 AM EDT
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I had a 1995 Dodge Avenger with the stick transmission.. I swear some designer was drugged out when spec's came out.. It has the Mitsubishi Eclipse transmission, a Dodge Neon SRT engine {without the governor} , Mitsubishi Galant chassis, A Viper/Stealth ground effect package.
Not a racer, but I could keep cruise control at 120mph on the I-10 west of El Paso heading towards San Antonio. |
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Posted: 8/2/2020 3:55:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My grandpa had a 1984 Caprice that he tried to give me, but I'm a fucking moron and turned it down and spent thousands on a mustang instead. Of I could go back is take that thing in a heart beat. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/326493/unnamed__1__jpg-1529568.JPG That's your grandpa's car on those big spoke wheels? Donk. |
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Posted: 8/2/2020 4:12:08 AM EDT
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You guys had all the cool things, I was stuck with 460, 390 ford big blocks and 300 inline 6s
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Posted: 8/2/2020 4:17:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's your grandpa's car on those big spoke wheels? Donk. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My grandpa had a 1984 Caprice that he tried to give me, but I'm a fucking moron and turned it down and spent thousands on a mustang instead. Of I could go back is take that thing in a heart beat. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/326493/unnamed__1__jpg-1529568.JPG That's your grandpa's car on those big spoke wheels? Donk. |
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Posted: 8/2/2020 4:20:39 AM EDT
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1991 Mitsubishi Montero. Had one in high school. I did some crazy shit in that thing. Thing was a goat. It would go anywhere. They are pretty cheap these days and would make a great overland build.
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Posted: 8/2/2020 4:22:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I still have a thing for 3rd gen Camaros. When I see one in good shape it still grabs my attention. But I’ll never own another one because they are such pieces of crap I like to look at mine but some day soon I need to come to terms with it and part ways. It's nothing more than a money pit. I passed on a damn good deal a long time to buy a genuine Ferrari Testarosa for $5000, just needed a motor and interior. If I had bought that and stored it while fixing it I would be money ahead right now. I even went and looked at it, instead I spent money on a damn AR50 and gun shit. I guess I was more than stupid in those days. |
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Posted: 8/2/2020 4:26:03 AM EDT
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VW square back or notch back
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Posted: 8/2/2020 4:53:24 AM EDT
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Any single cab short bed compact truck from the mid 90s and prior: Chevy luv, mazda b2000, datsun, nissan, ford ranger......
Oh and VW rabbits and bugs. |
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Posted: 8/2/2020 4:54:25 AM EDT
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wrong thread
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Posted: 8/2/2020 4:58:28 AM EDT
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I don't think a week goes by when I don't find myself missing my '68 Cougar Dan Gurney Special.
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