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byronj said:
Oh ya, I did like that car and it would be worth a small fortune now.
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Oh ya, I did like that car and it would be worth a small fortune now.
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A real 1967 Lotus Super Seven America ful race. Could not post picture.
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I had a '70 Mach I 428 SCJ R-Code with shaker and wing. It was a real SCJ with the tougher close ratio toploader, a 4.30 Detroit Locker, different engine internals, oil cooler, etc. It was a total drag car, geared to redline in 4th at the end of the 1/4 mile. It was the worst handling car I ever owned though.
It is ridiculous what they go for now. Someday I'll dig through the boxes of photos I have and find the one crappy picture of it that I still have and scan it.
I've also owned a '65 Corvair Corsa (four one-barrel carburetors), a '69 AMC AMX with the 390/4-speed Go Pack, a '73 4-door Pontiac Grand Am 400 (I haven't seen one of those in over 25 years, there are not even any '73-'75 Grand Ams on eBay!), a '77 Trans Am T/A 6.6, '83 Mustang 5.0 5-speed LX notchback with t-tops and Recaros, a '85 Capri RS 5.0, '88 Mazda 323 GTX (only 2000 made and 1000 in the US), and a 2006 Mazdaspeed6 (one of the most obscure and underrated cars of all time).
My 2013 Boss is definitely the best car I've ever owned, but the '70 Mach I was the coolest. It was the very definition of a scary muscle car from the peak of the scary muscle car era.
It is ridiculous what they go for now. Someday I'll dig through the boxes of photos I have and find the one crappy picture of it that I still have and scan it.
I've also owned a '65 Corvair Corsa (four one-barrel carburetors), a '69 AMC AMX with the 390/4-speed Go Pack, a '73 4-door Pontiac Grand Am 400 (I haven't seen one of those in over 25 years, there are not even any '73-'75 Grand Ams on eBay!), a '77 Trans Am T/A 6.6, '83 Mustang 5.0 5-speed LX notchback with t-tops and Recaros, a '85 Capri RS 5.0, '88 Mazda 323 GTX (only 2000 made and 1000 in the US), and a 2006 Mazdaspeed6 (one of the most obscure and underrated cars of all time).
My 2013 Boss is definitely the best car I've ever owned, but the '70 Mach I was the coolest. It was the very definition of a scary muscle car from the peak of the scary muscle car era.
You are one of the lucky ones who can compare old school to new school...old school was great but new tech beats it hands down.
64 detomaso indy car. set up for formula one back in 64 when the car was not making the grade at indy prior to that 500.
destroked sb ford. hilbore injectors ect...
destroked sb ford. hilbore injectors ect...
In 1987 I owned one of these
I spent a year stripping the body and gutting the car down to a shell to make a replica of this with a Boss 429.
Lost the fire and sold all of it for $4000 (including a "T" code Boss 429 engine) to buy my '89 Thunderbird Supercoupe.
Wish I had all of them back.
Steve
I spent a year stripping the body and gutting the car down to a shell to make a replica of this with a Boss 429.
Lost the fire and sold all of it for $4000 (including a "T" code Boss 429 engine) to buy my '89 Thunderbird Supercoupe.
Wish I had all of them back.
Steve
My '97 Cobra coupe. Black with tan interior. Pretty much not worth anything now, but I had lots of great memories in it.
MGCurry
2013 Boss 302 #1548 SBY
1970 Torino Cobra J code, 4sp Hurst factory detriot locker staggerd shock traction bars and 4:30 gears, solid lifters the works.... I never want to sell one of my babies again.
MGCurry, nice Torino's...I have a brother that owns 3, 70 Cobra 429SCJ, 73 notch, 73 Sports Roof Q code... At the Carlisle show he always comments about the Torinos being the forgotten Ford cars. The 70 was ordered with a bench seat, drum brakes, shaker and that is it...will not stop! But a fun car on the straights.
Has to be my '66 GT 350. Owned it in college, 1970 to be exact. Too young and poor to keep it. I did drive it from Santa Barbara to Laguna Seca to see Parnelli Jones win the '70 Trans Am there.
Or maybe it was my 1964 Porsche 356 SC. I dunno....
Or maybe it was my 1964 Porsche 356 SC. I dunno....
Each of the car's I've had have fit a particular time in my life and filled a special role. It would be tempting for me to identify several cars I could wish I still had, but the truth is what I really would want to do is relive the respective era I had the car in.
So in that sense, I'm going to say none. The cars I wish I had are those I have now.
So in that sense, I'm going to say none. The cars I wish I had are those I have now.
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I have owned 9 Mustangs since I was 16 years old, 4 of them being Saleen Mustangs. The only one I would want back, and wish we never got rid of, was our 1985-#115 T-Top Saleen. Being 1985 was Steve's first full year of production, and only 140 examples exist make it a point in itself. But being Saleen only converted 21 total T-Top cars between 1984 and 1987 makes this one getting away even harder. Live and learn.
Very nice. Those early Saleen's were Bad A$$ looking. Plus I'm a big fan of Fox bodied Mustangs.
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Thanks Rick. Quite crude by todays standards, but man, these where the cars I lusted after as a high schooler back in the 80's. Good times!NFSBOSS said:
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