**Favorite Car You've Owned - (preferably with photo)**

[Lott's Bandana]

Do you still have it?

If not, why not? (show what you have now)

If it isn't "obvious", tell us why it is your favorite?

Mine:

1975 Hurst Olds W30 - 455 Rocket V8, tilt, cruise, swivel seats, reversible seat covers, padded vinyl roof, T-tops, gold wheels, gold trim, raised white letter tires, his/hers Hurst shifter, PosiTrac diff, performance dual exhaust with chrome extentions. 400 HP!

(This is not the same one, this photo shows same model, without T-tops and Hurst hood ornament)
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7/22568016fullzv0.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com/)

Got to where it was hard to maintain the extra performance accessories. (T-tops leaked, swivel seat broke, hood ornament kept getting stolen)
Young sailor with wife and child traded it in for a 1983 Sentra.
Shoot me, plsthks.

Oh....here is now, and I do love this vehicle:
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/6271/5n1an08wx6c5191711dj5.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com/)

[royalfan5]

Although not the best car, my first car, a **** brown 1979 Cutlass Supreme with Old lady hubcaps, no headliner(after I cut it out because it was falling), wal-mart tape deck, and 260 V-8. It did the Diller to Odell run in 6 min, and was ****ing indestructible.(Lord knows I tried). Any pictures of it are my parents house though.

[1890MilesToNorman]

1972 Ford LTD, big *** engine and enough room for 8. Oh the memories, the back seat was as big as a studio apartment.

Edit: and gas was around $.22 a gallon, couldn't afford the gas or the girls these days!

[OKLA21FAN]

1978 Datson 280z with the aero package.



last of the 'Z' series and 5 speed transmission




good times

[SoonerInKCMO]

This bad boy right here:

http://www.thehyway.com/1989-Hyundai-Excel-red.jpg

Why? Because it's the first brand new car I bought.

[King Crimson]

1978 Datson 280z with the aero package.



last of the 'Z' series and 5 speed transmission




good times


my dad had a 240z. i loved riding in that rig as a kid. before that, he had a 66 Mustang. also, very sweet. after though, it was all Jeep Wagoneers.

[Boomer_Sooner_sax]

2009 Toyota Camry SE V-6...

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j33/brianpou1/n9604435_36700552_10.jpg

[yermom]

i think my answer is well documented :D

[OUDoc]

I catch **** for it, but it was still the best car I ever owned.
I miss it.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/autoreview/400x266/2004-Pontiac-GTO-04129171990005.jpg

[SoonerInKCMO]

I never really cared too much for Cavaliers.

[OUDoc]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s290/oudoc/GTOcrash005.jpg

[OUDoc]

I never really cared too much for Cavaliers.
funny:rolleyes:

[StoopTroup]

I just sold this and bought a Harley.

http://photos.ebizautos.com/8248/3395122_42.jpg

Here's my back-up now...at least it's gets better mileage than the truck did.

http://images.cars.com/main/DMI/87970/80177.jpg

I think I should get one of these next...:D

http://www.edmunds.com/pictures/VEHICLE/2007/Nissan/2007.nissan.350z.20111769-300x189.jpg

[CK Sooner]

2006 Monte Carlo.

I love it.

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/tannerholmes/DSCI0098-1.jpg

[Lott's Bandana]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s290/oudoc/GTOcrash005.jpg

Dayum, that was some big bug.

[Turd_Ferguson]

77 Chevy Stepside. 2WD with rally sport wheels and big *** mudders all the way around. 3 fitty four barrel bored out 60 over, automatic. One cool *** Kraco stereo bought at Steve's Wholesale with four 6x9's leaned up between the seat and the back window. The long *** glasspacks for that smoove rumble....and wait for it.....













Bananna ****'n yellow!!!:D That truck rawked. That was back in the day when I had binness in the front, and party in the back. Now I just got binness in the back.:mad:

Oh, and any photo I have of it is prolly a polaroid that I warmed up in my arm pit.

[OUDoc]

Dayum, that was some big bug.

It'll bite your head off, man.

[Cam]

Favorite: '79 BMW 320i. It as a 4 speed that was a hell of a lot of fun to drive. Got rid of it cause it cost me $500 every time the hood was raised Just couldn't afford it any longer. Wish I still had it though.

Current: 2002 VW Passat GLX

[Frozen Sooner]

Still own it:

http://benzinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/9a2417bdae.jpg

That's not mine, but close enough.

[XFollower]

1993 Teal Green Chevy Silverado SWB 350. I've had it for 13 years and she's still going strong. The odometer doesn't work anymore, but she's got to have over 250k.

[Turd_Ferguson]

Still own it:

http://benzinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/9a2417bdae.jpg

That's not mine, but close enough. I figger'd you'd drive one of these

http://www.sno-cat.com/Images/ImageManager/diplomate.jpg

[olevetonahill]

This aint Mine . But I had one this color,
http://becksharleyparts.com/picpage2/56nomad.jpg
Mine was No where near this Cherry:O

[Frozen Sooner]

I figger'd you'd drive one of these

http://www.sno-cat.com/Images/ImageManager/diplomate.jpg

Gas was killing me.

[Turd_Ferguson]

This aint Mine . But I had one this color, http://www.shadetreemechanic.com/images/Ford%20100%20yr%20Anthony%27s%20Model%20T%20Luncho en%20005.jpg
Mine was No where near this Cherry:OFixed.:D

[olevetonahill]

Fixed.:D

My daddy had a few of those ;)
I also had me one of these .
again Not as cherry
http://www.velocityjournal.com/images/org/2008/ol1938l38convertiblecoup34122878t.jpg
I had a Lot of Cool cars growing up
I worked in a salvage yard and could take My pick:cool:

[Viking Kitten]

My college car:

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/chevrolet-cavalier-32.jpg

Yes, it was a Cavalier, but mine was a Z24 convertible, so it was fun and fast. Took some really fun all-girl road trips back in the day. Riding on the highway in the rain with the top down (the car's top, pervs) was the best.

[Turd_Ferguson]

My daddy had a few of those ;)
I also had me one of these .
again Not as cherry
http://www.velocityjournal.com/images/org/2008/ol1938l38convertiblecoup34122878t.jpg
I had a Lot of Cool cars growing up
I worked in a salvage yard and could take My pick:cool:My daddy drove one of thesehttp://www.4101rvworld.com/images/60chevypu/60chevypu.jpg

My Momma drove one of thesehttp://images.highperformancepontiac.com/features/0606_hppp_06z+1963_pontiac_grand_prix+grille.jpg

[1890MilesToNorman]

Current V-hickle is an 05 Tacoma 4x4, gets me through the big snow storms we get up here. Less than 15,000 miles so I expect it to last another 20 years or so. Carries lots of beer too.

[olevetonahill]

Current V-hickle is an 05 Tacoma 4x4, gets me through the big snow storms we get up here. Less than 15,000 miles so I expect it to last another 20 years or so. Carries lots of beer too.

That thing will be a rust bucket in 3 .:eek:

[1890MilesToNorman]

Ain't no way Vet, I treat it with OVJ juice before every winter.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

my first was a 86 silverado that my grandpa gave me ..I had a fade paint job(anybody remember those?) from black to dark purple...I took the door handles off and made both doors remote controlled...I welded the tailgate shut and had it smoothed over...I put billit taillights in the rollpan that I put on it...I had a dark purple vinyl benchseat that had crushed black velvet in the driver and passenger seats..billit grill and roll pan on the front...2 12" kicker subwoofers with a nice cd changer....50 series tires and 5 star rims..

I would give anything to have that truck back but its in a salvage yard somewhere

[stoops the eternal pimp]

current ride(not mine but looks the same)

http://www.auto123.com/ArtImages/68465/2006-Acura-MDX-02.jpg

[stoops the eternal pimp]

had this car when I started college

http://www.virtual-showroom.co.uk/images/vehicles/8231_246_0.jpg

bought one of these in 2000 but only kept it for a year...too many tickets from my heavy foot

http://www.dragtimes.com/images/6756-2000-Ford-Mustang.jpg

[SoonerInKCMO]

my first was a 86 silverado that my grandpa gave me ..I had a fade paint job(anybody remember those?) from black to dark purple...I took the door handles off and made both doors remote controlled...I welded the tailgate shut and had it smoothed over...I put billit taillights in the rollpan that I put on it...I had a dark purple vinyl benchseat that had crushed black velvet in the driver and passenger seats..billit grill and roll pan on the front...2 12" kicker subwoofers with a nice cd changer....50 series tires and 5 star rims..

I would give anything to have that truck back but its in a salvage yard somewhere

So... you used to be a pimp?

[SoonerInKCMO]

Current ride:

http://www.autobytel.com/images/carpics/testDrv/suemead/400/05.toyota.corolla.XRS/05.toyota.corolla.xrs.frpass34.jpg

That's right beyonces - a Corolla!

[stoops the eternal pimp]

So... you used to be a pimp?

thats what they called me....I didn't make much money but I had the look down

[Turd_Ferguson]

thats what they called me....I didn't make much money but I had the look downWere you "Big Worm", or "Big Perm":confused:

[Taxman71]

Good times..85 300ZX coupe with t-tops. Will get another when I am done with child seats someday. Nothing like hugging a turn at 105 mph using only your index finger on the wheel.

http://www.trisk.net/300zxfountain.jpg

[Lott's Bandana]

my first was a 86 silverado that my grandpa gave me ..I had a fade paint job(anybody remember those?) from black to dark purple...I took the door handles off and made both doors remote controlled...I welded the tailgate shut and had it smoothed over...I put billit taillights in the rollpan that I put on it...I had a dark purple vinyl benchseat that had crushed black velvet in the driver and passenger seats..billit grill and roll pan on the front...2 12" kicker subwoofers with a nice cd changer....50 series tires and 5 star rims..

I would give anything to have that truck back but its in a salvage yard somewhere

This post is worthless without pics.

:P

[Lott's Bandana]

Current ride:

http://www.autobytel.com/images/carpics/testDrv/suemead/400/05.toyota.corolla.XRS/05.toyota.corolla.xrs.frpass34.jpg

That's right sasha fierces - a Corolla!

fixed.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Were you "Big Worm", or "Big Perm":confused:

Actually just "Big Pimp" or "Pimpster".....now just an eternal one

[Turd_Ferguson]

Actually just "Big Pimp" or "Pimpster".....now just an eternal onehttp://www.proof7.com/p7nyc/images/big_worm-thumb.gif:D

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Playing with my money is like playing with my emotions, Turd.

[TMcGee86]

My first car:

http://www.dealsonwheels.com/images/barcode/00367713E12_1.jpg

I bought it used off a USAF guy that had souped up the engine and it flat out haaaaaaaaauuuuuuuled.

I loved that dang car. I ragged the crap out of it though. By the time I sold it the emergency brake wouldn't hold on any driveway that had more than 1 degree of slope to it. :D

[Getem]

71 El Camino - First car I owned, still have it almost 30 years later, still my favorite:

http://members.cox.net/gswood64/elcamino.jpg

[sooneron]

This is my fave cuz it was my first. I probably push started it as much as I turned the key and it fired up, but I had some fun.
Oh, it was this color, but not a rag top. We called it the frog.

http://members.aol.com/planetghia/images/74green2.jpg

[Boarder]

http://www.modmusclecars.com/DSC05223.JPG

I don't have any digital pictures, they really didn't have them back then. I had a '72 Monte Carlo just like this one except it had Centerline Convo pro wheels. 402 big block, 2.73 Rear End. Top end was very high. I'm pretty sure I floated the lifters once going from south Purcell to north Purcell exit on I-35 at 2 am. The speedo went to 120 and I wrapped it back pointing at reverse. Ah, those were the days. I'm sure some Ratt was playing the whole time.

[SoonerBorn68]

Heh, all my pics of this car in a photo album at my parents house, but this one's close.

Boarder's gonna cringe. :D

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/photopost/data/500/P9090021.JPG

Not a bad little car though. I went through the 302, bored it .30 over, 10.5:1 flat topped pistons, installed 351W heads, & a 289 crank. Also put a .471/306 cam & Holly 650 4bbl w/mechanical secondaries. It had a four speed & a 3.00 locker rear end.

It would scoot. We use to sand bag it at Thunder Valley & then race for beer on 10 mile flats & Adkins Hill Rd. I wish I still had it.

[Boarder]

You admit to owning a Mustang II? Were they all out of Levi's Edition Gremlins?

:D

[SoonerBorn68]

It was my "pinto w/a hood scoop". :D

That little car could pull the front wheels from a standing stop & won me so much beer--I was proud of her.

I also had a 69 fastback & an 87 GT, but I had much more fun in the II. I never got any respect in it until they saw my tail lights all the way to that little warehouse 3/4 down Adkins Hill Road.

[StoopTroup]

In HS I had one of these VW's. The top wasn't chopped like this one but it was the exact same color and had mags, Flared Fenders, Dual Weber Carbs, A Cam, and Glass Packs.

It hauled *** for a VW...that is.

OH yeah...

Since the engine was modified...you couldn't heat the car with the heat off the engine. It had it's own little gasoline heater that fed off the main gas tank. You had to keep the window cracked as it would roast you if you weren't careful.

Sadly I had it overhauled and it caught fire and burned up later on.

It was a really fun, cool, eyecatcher...

I had a lot of fun with it.

Ny next Car was a 1970 Cutlass Supreme.

http://yuricle.tululuka.net/alboo/db/p/00/09/843a6e4fbb717455.jpg

[StoopTroup]

This was my next car.

http://images.townnews.com/svherald.com/content/articles/2007/12/14/news/doc47622c15df6d9483473386.jpg

[StoopTroup]

I'm not sure why I bought one of these...

It was good on gas...and I did good with the Lady's during that time...

Then my roommate totaled it for me.

http://www.fordmustangsite.com/images/2Gen-mustang3.jpg

[StoopTroup]

I forgot...I had a Pinto for awhile too.

I bought it for $100. :D

I drove the crap out of it too.

There was this place in Tulsa where you could get your car going pretty good and at the top of the hill it leveled out....

You could get anything off the ground there. :D

I got the Pinto 2 1/2 feet off the ground per my friend standing at the top of the hill.

Later I remember I was shifting it so hard I broke the shifter off at the top of the transmission. I took some JB Weld and stuck a Nut Driver in the stub and drove that car until it died. :D

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Ford_Pinto.jpg

[StoopTroup]

My best friend in HS school got one of these from his Dad.

He had an injury to his right wrist. Some of the tendons were cut and had to be repaired. He was lucky he didn't lose the use of it.

So...he couldn't drive this baby for the entire Summer that year.

He and I got into a lot of trouble that Summer. :D

http://damox.com/cars/thumbs/Pontiac/1969_Pontiac_GTO_Judge_large.jpg

1970 Pontiac GTO "Judge" 400 Ram-air Engine.

This baby flew....

[Flagstaffsooner]

http://www.vccc.com/chapters/powellriver/gfx/1965%20Buick.jpg

[BudSooner]

My best friend in HS school got one of these from his Dad.

He had an injury to his right wrist. Some of the tendons were cut and had to be repaired. He was lucky he didn't lose the use of it.

So...he couldn't drive this baby for the entire Summer that year.

He and I got into a lot of trouble that Summer. :D

http://damox.com/cars/thumbs/Pontiac/1969_Pontiac_GTO_Judge_large.jpg

1970 Pontiac GTO "Judge" 400 Ram-air Engine.

This baby flew....

There was a guy who had a maroon Judge that would sit in the Mclure pool parking lot when I would be coming home from school, it was the cover car for Car Craft back in '86...that was a badass mother****er.

If'n I recollect, it had 455 bored .60 over, 12:5 compression, powerglide transmission(it was drag raced)GMC6-71 supercharger, dual 850cfm carbs.
Dana 60 rearend.
Yeah, he could fly.

One day I was coming home, he was sitting there talking to a guy driving a
1970 Plymouth AAR Cuda....but it wasn't stock, noooooo, it was a Keith Black Hemi bored and stroked to 510CI, Lenco 4speed tranny(LIGHTNING SHIFTERS aw yeah!)not too much on specifics except they ran against each other often out at Tulsa raceway.

Da Judge won 10 out of 15 races against him.

The 'Cuda was plum crazy in color, pretty wild ride...even had wheelie bars out back. :eek:

The Lenco-
http://www.absolutechassispro.com/images/lenco1200.jpg

Built to drag race, you could shift them without the clutch, but they were brutal on the street and only the insane would attempt such a feat.
Money to burn? Throw one of these bad boys into a high horse powered beastie and haul ***.

[PalmBeachSooner1]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/FAUALUM29/IMG_0510.jpg

[bluedogok]

My first car was a 1971 Ford Ranchero GT, I also had it at the time that I was at OU. It is similar to the pic off the web (I need to find my old pics and scan them in) except it was all black with the yellow to red reflective stripe. It sat in my parents driveway for a few years before someone made an offer while I lived in Dallas, so it was sold to be redone.

http://image53.webshots.com/553/6/9/4/2384609040010957762TRZjSO_ph.jpg

Another favorite was my 1985 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe with a 5-speed. It was just a great car. Traded it when I lived in Dallas with about 135K miles. It was the exact color combination as this brochure picture.

http://ford.artehouse.com/images/image/sizeC/SKU0002-14xx/0002-1466.jpg

Here is my newest car, bought last weekend. It is a 2003 BMW Z4 2.5i, it has been fun with the nice weather. Luckily I made it out of North Austin before the hail hit on Wednesday, it hammered the BMW, Audi, Acura, Lincoln/Mercury and Kia dealerships. Here are some pics from the BMW dealership (http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=355977).

http://bluedogok.com/z4-03.jpg

[GottaHavePride]

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/3337/scion200806220008tm5.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scion200806220008tm5.jpg)


Awwww yeah. Best car ever. Jumps when I tap the gas.

[StoopTroup]

1953 MG TD Roadster

Mine had red tuck n roll seats, double fuel pumps, brand new top, braided steel fuel lines. Everything you could chrome was chromed. Engine compartment was immaculate.

http://www.allstarpicturecars.com/images/1953%20MGTD%20a.jpg

[BudSooner]

http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://images.myride.com/images/vehicle/2002/Chevrolet/Blazer/oem/02.blazer.4_%28768x576%29.jpg&usg=AFQjCNEo6ihUkEtZhxOJ7E7K_TRmZutZBQ
My Current ride, '02 Blazer...and I might add, the best damn snow vehicle i've ever driven. Yes, it's four wheel drive, gas mileage is a big meh at 22mpg.


http://images.webkrafters.com/trinity/slideshow21357/73ford21357.jpg
Take the red stripe off and this is what my 73 Ranchero looked like, dad painted it metal flake black, damn that thing looked good after going to the car wash.

http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://imcdb.org/images/025/582.jpg&usg=AFQjCNEcjc4QXl14qSv_xKtqAox0DIatLw
Not mine, but my "Elite" had a red top, sort of an homage to the Wood Brothers stock cars back in the 1970s.....it sucked gas/power/etc.
http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://novaresource.org/gallery4/78stevec1.jpg&usg=AFQjCNEBzVI4gJvqtmiU3qsd6jBY8iq-UQ
Again, not mine, mine was painted again by dad in a 1986 Iroc Camaro blue, it was a graduation gift from him(the Ranchero's motor blew,Elite had transmission issues)and after I got it..slapped on some Moon wheel covers.
Damn that thing got some looks.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

87 Mustang 5.0

looked exactly like this:
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1987-1988-1989-1990-1991-1992-1993-ford-mustang-9.jpg

Had it 13 years. When I had two young kids it became impractical - e.g., carseats, etc.

[OklaPony]

98 Mustang GT, bought it new 10 years ago, definitely my favorite, and I still have it... although except for the exterior not much of it is a 98 anymore, lol.

http://members.cox.net/bluestanggt/Rodlite%20Side.jpg

[OUAlumni1990]

One of my favorite subjects!

Here is a 1994 Corvette 6 speed that I owned from 1997 through 1999 while I lived in Dallas:

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5193/th1238399380vett1.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8922/1238399133vette1.jpg

[OUAlumni1990]

This is how I roll out today. Its a 2008 GMC Sierra. One of the best vehicles I've ever owned. I LOVE this truck:

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/9031/th1238399845img0113.jpg

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/70/th1238399894img0115.jpg

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2249/th1238399940img0114.jpg

[OUAlumni1990]

And finally....(with videos)...a 1998 Pontiac Trans Am that I take my aggressions out on. I bought it in 2005 while it was still a street car with nice wheels. since then it has become alittle more for the track (although it still passes inspection believe it or not and has AC, power steering, thus its still street legal). Blows most peoples minds. It runs 11.20's all day at the track and thats on pump gas and with AC blowing through my hair on the big end of the track. This thing is the mother of all money pits and if I had to do it all over again, I probably wouldn't. But it is fun on track days:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jJTdwPsvss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpT9tNxkgc0

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9543/th1238400383dsc00993.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7640/th1238400557dsc00780.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8482/th1238400793dsc01603.jpg

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5181/th1238400958dsc01888.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7462/th1238401122dsc01892.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9479/th1238401280img0010.jpg


http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9583/1238401441fjkihg.jpg

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/196/1238401485transam.jpg

[NYC Poke]

I used to have a 1970 Cutlass convertible. It was not nearly in this good of shape, but it was a lot of fun to cruise the highway in.

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/images/your_garage/cars/5257_136388786946e1c23dcf9b8.jpg

[NYC Poke]

Oh, and check out this guys car collection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQMgwouKlU


Warning: If you like muscle cars and/or exotic cars, keep a sock handy so you won't have to clean your monitor.

[KC//CRIMSON]

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/vehicle-pictures/1998/nissan/240sx/95809071990710-480.jpg

Out in the garage......1995 Nissan 240SX-SE

[BudSooner]

And finally....(with videos)...a 1998 Pontiac Trans Am that I take my aggressions out on. I bought it in 2005 while it was still a street car with nice wheels. since then it has become alittle more for the track (although it still passes inspection believe it or not and has AC, power steering, thus its still street legal). Blows most peoples minds. It runs 11.20's all day at the track and thats on pump gas and with AC blowing through my hair on the big end of the track. This thing is the mother of all money pits and if I had to do it all over again, I probably wouldn't. But it is fun on track days:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jJTdwPsvss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpT9tNxkgc0

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9543/th1238400383dsc00993.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7640/th1238400557dsc00780.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8482/th1238400793dsc01603.jpg

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5181/th1238400958dsc01888.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7462/th1238401122dsc01892.jpg

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9479/th1238401280img0010.jpg


http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9583/1238401441fjkihg.jpg

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/196/1238401485transam.jpg
Dude, that is awesome! Are you running the stock coil packs in that? Stock ignition or MSD? Compression ratio? Srsly man...details details.

Looks like you put a ton of work into it, well done sir! :D

[OUAlumni1990]

Dude, that is awesome! Are you running the stock coil packs in that? Stock ignition or MSD? Compression ratio? Srsly man...details details.

Looks like you put a ton of work into it, well done sir! :D

thanks man! yep, still on the stock coil packs but that may change. I'm getting a slight miss in one of the cylinders right now and I think it might be one of the coil packs getting ready to "give up the ghost". Its been a very long road let me tell ya....

Other details: 408" engine (6.0L iron block with stroker crank), 11.3:1 compression, BIG cam, longtube headers, AFR heads, just about everything really, but the coils packs are still stock, LOL. 12-bolt rear end, 3.73 gears, Lots of BMR stuff for the suspension, Turbo 400 trans, FAST intake,

[BudSooner]

Ah, AFR heads are the way to go, I guess you are running on pump gas right?
Are you running a 3500 stall converter, trans brake? I'm a gear head, i'm always full of questions...it's a habit. :D

[OUAlumni1990]

Ah, AFR heads are the way to go, I guess you are running on pump gas right?
Are you running a 3500 stall converter, trans brake? I'm a gear head, i'm always full of questions...it's a habit. :D

4000 stall (yank) and t-brake. Although I don't use the t-brake that much, but that is going to change too...:)

[OUAlumni1990]

Ah, AFR heads are the way to go, I guess you are running on pump gas right?

Oh yeah, running 93 octane pump gas! Trickflow heads are good too I've heard.

[Condescending Sooner]

http://image.motortrend.com/f/8437507/112_0803_03z+2009_dodge_challenger_RT+rear_side_vi ew.jpg

My current car. Very fun to drive.

[Jacie]

To choose a favorite from the cars I've owned would be like designating which child you love most, just wouldn't be right.

In highschool I drove a 1963 Ford Galaxy convertible, 390 c.i. w/glass packs, power top, fire engine red and spoked wheel covers. I thought it was a cool ride except that there were kids in my highschool driving new (1969-71) Mustangs, Road Runners, Chargers and Cobras . . .

I owned two different 280-Z's, a '76 (blue w/white seat and door liners) and a '78 (black w/all black interior), both of which were the sexiest, fastest cars I ever owned. The speedometer on the '76 went up to 160 mph (only 140 on the '78) though I tried not to drive much over 90 on the interstate in either of them. I never got a speeding ticket in despite not having a radar detector, which prompted me to label the black one as my stealth car.

My current ride is a 2004 PT Cruiser, turbo model, in fire red. It isn't sexy like the Z's but I love it.

[Jello Biafra]

this will be a long one but it is one of the stories that have shaped my life so i feel i must shre it with my peeps ;)

at 39, i have owned far too many cars. I was actually getting rid of them at an alarming rate until recently. I have owned my current 2004 crew cab for a year now and had a 97 silverdao xtended cab for close to 4 years... LOVED that truck and sold it for 500 bucks more than i bought it for. it had 276k miles on it...350 cold air intake, magna flow w/ 3" dual exhaust etc etc blah blah blah....i buy older trucks to put my finishing touches on and i like to think its my choice but my wife likes the big azzed SUVs escalade/expedition/suburban so i let her get her way ;)

In the Army, i took a chance on a 1976 Z and THAT was my love. one of these days ill own another one...

but, without a doubt my favorites are the TWO i owned in high school...

picture this. 1985 chicago. I work my azz off in a greek resteraunt between homework/weight lifting/football practice sessions for a azz hole midget greek who's nickname for me was malaka (which i found out later is loosley translated into "jackoff" ) i save enough money for a 1977 buick regal. i spent 1300 bucks on this car. very nice. power everything and all of the accessories actually worked. but wait, this isnt the car i was loving on. I had my DL for a week and a half when mercedes came out with a new car that had a single windshield wiper... I take one of my freinds home and on the way to my house, it starts raining. i see this mercedes driving next me and im mezmerized. the windshield wiper was poetry in motion. i couldn't help stare at it. next thing i see is brake lights. i slam on the brakes and whip the steering wheel to the left. i slide and slide but come short of hitting the vehicle in front of me. It was a stroke of genius, a brilliant move on my part until... i look out of the drivers side window. incoming!!! a 1972 olds delta 88. i dont think he even hit the brakes. my eyes locked onto his and i knew this would be the last time i drove this car lol...

they towed it out of there and i was on the leather personell carriers once again. the insurance called me and told me they were going to total the car for 1200 bucks. the frame is bent and just too much work. in the meantime, i start driving my dad's girlfriends car. a 1976 black monte carlo. in my later years, i have thought about this in the same manner as if i had inpregnated a girl at 15 or 16 lol...i was stuck with it because of what i did to it. i took this car out to "the cruise" and abused it because it was a huge, ugly monster. it only had a 305 in it so it was underpowered in my opinion and i thought it would be a good idea to do some neutral drops to show off. the tranny only lasted about 4 of those. now i am taking that 1200 dollar check and signing it over to my dad. he paid to have the transmission fixed and gave the rest to his girlfriend. he then tells me the car is my baby. i now have taken a bad situation and made it worse. now i have a car that is in bad shape both engine and body. what to do??? yep. you guessed it. i took my income tax check and money from my 17th birthday and installed the loudest stereo my money could buy. lol

i have a 9 year old car with a nearly bald tire and 3 others that dont match. ford truck hub caps (yes. sexy i know) every body part has at least one spot of rust (which i will adress later)absolutely shredded interior and a cracked windshiled. no heater or air conditioner and very little knowledge of how to fix a car but...i had a 600 dollar stereo system. it was my calling card. I had people at my 20 year reunion last summer laugh at me and say "yeh I remember that hunk of crap but man that thing had a stereo in it."
One of the kids in my class was james hunt...grandson of JB hunt...as in the trucking company. the boy got a 84 vette for his 15th birthday then got a real life tonka toy truck for his 16th birthday and a 87 mustang GT for graduation and he was the talk of the school with his vehicles so i felt honored that both of my vehicles were remembered after all these years.

now from july till november this chevy monte carlo ran like a freaking champ.
but then...
remember i said the heater didnt work? well it turns out its because the leak that i didnt notice in the floorboard of the car was the heater core. i wondered what that smell was. when it ices up outside, i have no defrost inside the car. i park it for a few days and go out to try and start it after a few days, the battery is dead. man. here we go. i replace the battery. won't start. i have no clue whats wrong with this thing so i go to the library and get a repair manual and start troubleshooting. i decide through research, i should check the fuel filter. now, i have no clue what a "good" fuel filter should look like. so i wait till the next paycheck and buy a fuel filter for this car. to be continued...

o did i mention, my dad owns a 1986 buick riviera that runs perfectly, he sells insurance for mutual of omaha and his own company, doesn't know sheite about cars, its now december and i am working with a set of screw drivers, a pair of vise grips and a pair of pliers ?

[Jello Biafra]

now, i have a check in hand, i go to the parts store and buy a fuel filter. i install it and nothing cant get it to start so i go buy ether. man that was fun lol...still couldnt keep it running. i decide its the fuel pump. i spent 20 or so bucks on the fuel filter and ether and after a few days of not getting the car to run and beer runs with the boys, im broke again. i finally get the money to replace the fuel pump and we are well into the winter months now...picture 30 degrees during the day well into the teens at night i have the hood open a tarp (that i borrowed) duct taped to the hood and boxes shoved under the car to stop the wind and a drop light ran to the curb all the way from the house so i can work in "relative" comfort. after two days, i finally get the fueld pump installed. (ever tried installing a fuel pump to the side of an engine block with vise grips? good times) now remember, im broke and prolly drunk so when i get the fuel pump in and try to start it, can't keep it running. i finally give up and have it towed to a garage. turns out, the fuel line was frozen... yay me. ok so the fuel line is thawed and jimbo learns a very big lesson. from there on out, I never went into a freeze with half a tank of gas or some kind of water dryer in the tank from there on out.
now im jamming again... beastie boys come out with the liscesed to ill album now im tearing up the roads with the beasties in tow...the heater core ahhhhh the heater core. remember the reason the car went down in the first place? yeh driving to school one cold morning, the car over heats. i pull into my buddy's driveway with steam rising from under the hood. i open the hood and being the dumbass i was, i kep the engine running because everyone knows you keep the engine running if you open the radiator right? well, apparently there wasn't much water in the radiator. it blew right in my face backwards i fell and it felt good....o so good....that snow....ahhh the snow felt sooooo good. i drove all the way to the hospital with the window down and my face sticking out of it. that was probably the most pleasant feeling in the world. like a dog i was. agnostic front blaring, face blistered and burning and my freinds with me in the car laughing their arses off. ahhh *wipes tears* good times.

part III next ;)

[C&CDean]

The only "car" I've ever owned (me, not my wife) was a 1963 Mercury Comet station wagon. 6-cylinder, 3-on-the-tree. That car got more air time and did more power slides and donuts than the General Lee.

I like hot rods, and spent my youth hanging out at the drag strip, but I've never owned one.

[Lott's Bandana]

I love the pics in this thread.

[Jello Biafra]

ok. so, forward three days... there i am at the mall (20 miles north of my house), blister cream on my mug, 45 minutes from the beggining of track practice...(threw the shot)already been late to practice 3 times early in the season. we (keep in mind, 76 monte carlo, LARGE front end and a trunk big enough to place a small vietnamese family in.) have to get there. we all jump in and run that car about as hard as it would go at times i know i was doing in excess of 90. that couldn't be good on that bald tire lol. mark goodsman, who is now a regional director for the indianapolis mcdonalds chain and a graduate of macdonalds U, whom happens to be hung like a small rodent and has the bladder to match has "to go". we pull over at some obscure resteraunt becasue he just refuses to go outside. i learned the next biggest lesson in my short life... on a trip, never turn the vehicle off. still to this day, if im driving anywhere of any distance, i never turn the vehicle off. never. turn. it off. not until i have arrived where im going.

i get back in to start the vehicle. CLICK. temperature guage is way up so now im sweating bullets. one of the locals with a dog of some sort on the back deck says "sounds like the solenoid" one of my freinds who thinks he's a freaking commedian says "avoid the noid?!?" i said "shut up dude. this dude could cut us, stick us in the ground and then sell our sorry asses as beef jerkey" (having just watched motel hell)

dude gets out a tire iron i grab for my bat thinking we're getting ready to get a beat down. he climbs under the car and taps on something 4 or 5 times. he says "crank er up" she roars to life. we thank him and off we go. turns out, when ever the engine on this very angry machine gets hot the solenoid locks up... i never fixed this particular problem. we made it with very little time left. phew!!! those extra 2 laps we would have had to run was sure worth all the life risking and mark not pissing on himself.

next semester, i go into a shop class which includes body repair. YES!!! im gonna make this an awesome cruise now.

turns out body repair was not in my cards. at all. i did weld and sand and sand and weld. the car actually left the shop class with less metal than it came in with and more rust. I actually burned holes in the fender and i told everyone it was for aerodynamics... whatever. they bought it. at least to my face they did.
one day, marks parents went out of town and we decided to use their garage as a monster garage type setup. the "tuna boat" lost the white bench seat across the front and gained 2 1971 camaro bucket seats given to me by a kid who always wore a "the cramps" tshirt (R.I.P LUX) who ironically, ended up owning the tuna boat. the seats were too low to actually use the current set up and the hole didnt match so, we drilled holes in the floor all the way through 8 blocks of 2x4s. classic white trash setup.
one day the ole girl would start but i couldnt get her into gear. she just didnt want to run for me.i sold her for 200 bucks and a honda jazz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Jazz

rofl...you haven't seen sheite till you have seen a 6'3" 245lb dude on a 50CC scooter beatin feet around town. so, now i have a 50cc scooter that needed brakes, 200 bucks and feet to get me around town.
my dad's NEW girlfreind bought a new car so that left her old car out in front of the house. she said she would GIVE me the car. free of charge. first time i saw that car i was like "rofl! that is a POS" pfft. little did i know. now, this isn't your ordinary car that needs some wax or rubbing compound. this is a bona fide "needs to be entered in a demolision derby" type car. this beutey, was in a severe storm that dropped a rather large tree on top of it. never broke the back window but peeled the car away from the back window. one time, going to school, i had to fight a rabid fugging squirrel that had climbed into the backseat. i don't know how big the hole was in the back of this thing but i guarantee you could stick a softball in it without touching anything. so continuing on, the trunk was demolished. you couldnt even open it and lid was actually welded shut. the back springs (both of them) were broken so it looked like the reverese of the highjacker shocks back in the day. lowrider deluxe. ok the best part, 1975 ford granada 4 door. yes, i owned THAT car. my dad says "drive it till it dies. we'll get something else" that day never came EVER. my best freinds little brother drove that car as of 12 years ago. after he sold it, i have no idea what happened to it. but i didnt put in oil nor did i ever change the oil. the vehicle was never serviced. never. i ran into dumpsters, i ran over curbs, i neutral dropped, i peeled out in reverse, i peeled out in forward. i never could break that car. straight 6. i can't believe the things i did to it. me and my freinds drove that thing to the beastie boys/run dmc concert in chicago with the boombox in the front seat plugged into the cigarette lighter. we skateboarded on it we hit the body with hammers and just basically abused it. hell most people were renting limos and driving daddies car to the prom...ehneh i pulled up in this thing with me date. how happy she must have been. i have a picture somewhere with her and I getting out of it. lol that's a picture that never made it up on her wall. o well, screw her, i couldn't.

i ended up selling it to my freind when i moved to norman for 100 bucks. defeated and broke (but i had 100 bucks in my pocket for beer), I began my futile football career in norman.

[texas bandman]

1966 Chevy Impala...oxydized blue...I paid $350 for it after a summer of slaving at Frontier City for $1.50 an hour.

[OUAlumni1990]

ok. so, forward three days... there i am at the mall (20 miles north of my house), blister cream on my mug, 45 minutes from the beggining of track practice...(threw the shot)already been late to practice 3 times early in the season. we (keep in mind, 76 monte carlo, LARGE front end and a trunk big enough to place a small vietnamese family in.) have to get there. we all jump in and run that car about as hard as it would go at times i know i was doing in excess of 90. that couldn't be good on that bald tire lol. mark goodsman, who is now a regional director for the indianapolis mcdonalds chain and a graduate of macdonalds U, whom happens to be hung like a small rodent and has the bladder to match has "to go". we pull over at some obscure resteraunt becasue he just refuses to go outside. i learned the next biggest lesson in my short life... on a trip, never turn the vehicle off. still to this day, if im driving anywhere of any distance, i never turn the vehicle off. never. turn. it off. not until i have arrived where im going.

i get back in to start the vehicle. CLICK. temperature guage is way up so now im sweating bullets. one of the locals with a dog of some sort on the back deck says "sounds like the solenoid" one of my freinds who thinks he's a freaking commedian says "avoid the noid?!?" i said "shut up dude. this dude could cut us, stick us in the ground and then sell our sorry asses as beef jerkey" (having just watched motel hell)

dude gets out a tire iron i grab for my bat thinking we're getting ready to get a beat down. he climbs under the car and taps on something 4 or 5 times. he says "crank er up" she roars to life. we thank him and off we go. turns out, when ever the engine on this very angry machine gets hot the solenoid locks up... i never fixed this particular problem. we made it with very little time left. phew!!! those extra 2 laps we would have had to run was sure worth all the life risking and mark not pissing on himself.

next semester, i go into a shop class which includes body repair. YES!!! im gonna make this an awesome cruise now.

turns out body repair was not in my cards. at all. i did weld and sand and sand and weld. the car actually left the shop class with less metal than it came in with and more rust. I actually burned holes in the fender and i told everyone it was for aerodynamics... whatever. they bought it. at least to my face they did.
one day, marks parents went out of town and we decided to use their garage as a monster garage type setup. the "tuna boat" lost the white bench seat across the front and gained 2 1971 camaro bucket seats given to me by a kid who always wore a "the cramps" tshirt (R.I.P LUX) who ironically, ended up owning the tuna boat. the seats were too low to actually use the current set up and the hole didnt match so, we drilled holes in the floor all the way through 8 blocks of 2x4s. classic white trash setup.
one day the ole girl would start but i couldnt get her into gear. she just didnt want to run for me.i sold her for 200 bucks and a honda jazz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Jazz

rofl...you haven't seen sheite till you have seen a 6'3" 245lb dude on a 50CC scooter beatin feet around town. so, now i have a 50cc scooter that needed brakes, 200 bucks and feet to get me around town.
my dad's NEW girlfreind bought a new car so that left her old car out in front of the house. she said she would GIVE me the car. free of charge. first time i saw that car i was like "rofl! that is a POS" pfft. little did i know. now, this isn't your ordinary car that needs some wax or rubbing compound. this is a bona fide "needs to be entered in a demolision derby" type car. this beutey, was in a severe storm that dropped a rather large tree on top of it. never broke the back window but peeled the car away from the back window. one time, going to school, i had to fight a rabid fugging squirrel that had climbed into the backseat. i don't know how big the hole was in the back of this thing but i guarantee you could stick a softball in it without touching anything. so continuing on, the trunk was demolished. you couldnt even open it and lid was actually welded shut. the back springs (both of them) were broken so it looked like the reverese of the highjacker shocks back in the day. lowrider deluxe. ok the best part, 1975 ford granada 4 door. yes, i owned THAT car. my dad says "drive it till it dies. we'll get something else" that day never came EVER. my best freinds little brother drove that car as of 12 years ago. after he sold it, i have no idea what happened to it. but i didnt put in oil nor did i ever change the oil. the vehicle was never serviced. never. i ran into dumpsters, i ran over curbs, i neutral dropped, i peeled out in reverse, i peeled out in forward. i never could break that car. straight 6. i can't believe the things i did to it. me and my freinds drove that thing to the beastie boys/run dmc concert in chicago with the boombox in the front seat plugged into the cigarette lighter. we skateboarded on it we hit the body with hammers and just basically abused it. hell most people were renting limos and driving daddies car to the prom...ehneh i pulled up in this thing with me date. how happy she must have been. i have a picture somewhere with her and I getting out of it. lol that's a picture that never made it up on her wall. o well, screw her, i couldn't.

i ended up selling it to my freind when i moved to norman for 100 bucks. defeated and broke (but i had 100 bucks in my pocket for beer), I began my futile football career in norman.

my eyes!! my eyes!! they freakin popped out of my skull from reading all that stuff!! :eek:

(can you give us a condensed version) ;)

[Jello Biafra]

my eyes!! my eyes!! they freakin popped out of my skull from reading all that stuff!! :eek:

(can you give us a condensed version) ;)


i've owned a lot of shiddy cars and possibly two of the worst ever. they also happen to be the two favorites...

the end ;)

the comedy involved is the randomness (word?) of thoughts of a 16-18 year old. i thought i was on top of the world when actually, i put my life in my own hands every time i put the key in the ignition.


i would be interested in seeing what my man, Olevet has to say about it lol.

[oumartin]

sorry for the finger smudge marks on it but here it is. My first car ever. Still my favorite.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3403813271_10f181f77a_o.jpg

[ADs_Agent]

http://i37.tinypic.com/osxuh1.jpg

Not mine, but looks exactly like mine. I'm about to go buy another for about $800, put in about $2000 and be a very very happy man.

[hotshot13422]

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh252/hotshot13422/Mustang.jpg

Just ran out and took the pic. The name says it all

[oumartin]

mustangs look really tough on the outside these days but what is up with ford and their cheap interior? the dashboards are so cheesy looking.

Other than that they are mean lookin' machines

[olevetonahill]

i've owned a lot of shiddy cars and possibly two of the worst ever. they also happen to be the two favorites...

the end ;)

the comedy involved is the randomness (word?) of thoughts of a 16-18 year old. i thought i was on top of the world when actually, i put my life in my own hands every time i put the key in the ignition.


i would be interested in seeing what my man, Olevet has to say about it lol.

Dude when yer 16 ANYTHING beats the leather express.
brings to mind My youngest son when he turned 16 and got his license:D
a dude I knew had a VW rabbit diesel ,Ugly MoFo. I asked Brent if he wanted it:D He says Dad , Does it have 4 wheels and run ? I said Yes , He said I want it :D
I bot it fer 75 bucks. The Main channel Cant call it a frame was rusted so bad. I had to take some channel Iron and drill and bolt it in place to keep the left rear wheel on :D . Like you he had a decent sound in it . He drove it for about 6 months till it caught on fire . him and his friend Bailed out and let it burn . He did get the Stereo out 1st tho .
I think Storeys wrecker hauled it off :D

[BudSooner]

Dude when yer 16 ANYTHING beats the leather express.
brings to mind My youngest son when he turned 16 and got his license:D
a dude I knew had a VW rabbit diesel ,Ugly MoFo. I asked Brent if he wanted it:D He says Dad , Does it have 4 wheels and run ? I said Yes , He said I want it :D
I bot it fer 75 bucks. The Main channel Cant call it a frame was rusted so bad. I had to take some channel Iron and drill and bolt it in place to keep the left rear wheel on :D . Like you he had a decent sound in it . He drove it for about 6 months till it caught on fire . him and his friend Bailed out and let it burn . He did get the Stereo out 1st tho .
I think Storeys wrecker hauled it off :D

I had a 76 Cutlass that was like that, the only thing holding that rusting POS together was the stereo.
One year a buddy and I were doing alot of fishing, and I had an itch to try some stink bait out that I had heard about, well I bought a jar of it but it never made it to the river....the ****ing thing busted in the trunk.
I never gave it much thought, I never gave it much thought due to the fact that we didn't get to the river that night, and over the course of the next few days....OH MY GOD DID IT ****ING STINK!!!!!!!!!!

I thought Daniel had taken a **** in the back.
By the time I sold that thing, the trans had all but gone out, the brakes were close to shot, it was running on 6 cylinders(it was a V8) and you could open the trunk from the gaping hole on the left rear quarter panel.
My uncle bought it for $75, I felt I had cheated him. :D

[stoops the eternal pimp]

truck (http://http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230334804489)

I bought this yesterday

[SbOrOiNaEnR]

My high school car:

http://www.speedsportlife.com/photopost/data/1158/ford_aerostar.jpg

You may laugh, but I could cram about 9 people in that thing. Plus, the back bench seat folded down 180 degrees flat...perfect for making The Secks.

[Boomer.....]

A shaggin' wagon?