Sunday, April 17, 2011

And Cars I've owned

Cars:


57 Ford Fairlane 4 door coupe
58 Chevy Bel Aire 283 4 barrel
59 Buick 225 Electra 4 door coupe
71 Fiat 124 spider
65 Austin Healey 3000
64 Austin Healey 3000
66 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
63 MGB 
2-64 Chevy Impala convertibles
71 Mercury Capri V6
2-Lancia Scorpions
76 Lancia beta coupe
71 BMW 2002 tii
74 BMW 2002 tii
68 BMW 2002
71 Audi 100LS
81 Chevy full size wagon
    86 Ford taurus wagon  
55 Austin Healey 100-4
       54 Austin Healey 100-4 LeMons clone
 58 MGA
10-Fiat 124 spiders various years
BMW bavaria
88 BMW M3
86 Porsche 911
86 Mazda 626
67 Alfa Duetto
69 Alfa Spider
67 Alfa Guilia Super
84 Alfa spider
AMC Eagle
        87 Pontiac Fiero GT 
Datsun B210
66 Datsun 1600 roadster
68 Datsun 2000 roadster
1970 Datsun 240Z
86 Porsche 944
87 Porsche 924S
68 AMC AMX 
74 Plymouth Duster
75 Fiat X19
76 Triumph TR7 w/231 Buick engine Lemons racer
81 Triumph TR7
68 VW fast back

I'm forgetting several dozen forgettable cars
Favorite car, toss up between 54 Austin Healey 100-4 LeMons clone and 88 BMW M3

Trucks:

71 Ford F250 LB
75 Ford F150
87 Ford F150 LB
2-Ford rangers
79 Dodge Ramcharger
2-Dodge D100 pickups
84 Toyota van
3 Chevy S10's
        94 Ford Explorer 4 door 
79 Chevy step side P/U
74 Chevy LB camper special
81 1/2T Chevy long bed
86 1/2T Chevy long bed
96 Chevy short bed V6 stick
95 Chevy 2500 LB
72 Ford ranchero 351V8
    96 Toyota Tacoma 4WD 
72 Chevy 3door suburban
84 Chevy El Camino
78 Chevy El Camino SS

I have probably for got as many as listed
Favorite truck, 72 Chevy 3door Suburban

Motorcycles:

1948? Harley Hummer
1968 Allstate 125
1966? Honda 305 Scrambler
1977 Honda 550 four
1979 Honda 400 four
1968 Triumph 650 TR6 with scrambler pipes
1970 Norton Commando
1986 Ducati 750 F1
1977 Ducati 900SS

Favorite is no surprise, Ducati 900SS
        There is a1974 750 SS approaching $90,000 on Ebay right now

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Cars I've owned

This might be an incomplete list but it was fun to remember all these rides...
76 Pontiac LeMans (sold to a scotsman who wanted to drive it cross country)
85 Toyota Supra (left me stranded in Santa Cruz)
84 Pontiac Firebird (had straight pipes that burned anyone exiting the pass. side)
71 Fiat 850 (left me stranded EVERYWHERE, sold to a guy in the Keys)
74 Fiat 128 (parting out after rear ending an SUV, not me)
81 Fiat 124 spider (active duty)
95 GMC Sierra
71 Ford F150
00 Ford Focus (totaled, not by me)
04 Ford Focus (active duty)
86 Mitsubishi Montero (left me stranded in Los Banos)
76 Triumph TR7 (part owner, race car)
85 Jeep Wrangler
76 Toyota Corolla
2 x 69 Buick Skylarks (sold one, other was crashed by my dad)
81 Audi 4000
Great memories with all of these, each were memorable in their own way despite either leaving me stranded or being crashed by other people.