Mine was a Grad Prix I built when I was sixteen owned it for nine years. The last engine I built for it was a 350 chevy stroker, 350 turbo trans., shift kit, 2200 stall, 373 gears. That car was fun to drive. Because my wife couldn't drive it, and it was pain to put cars seats in it. We decided to sell it. The man that bought it crashed it two months after he got it. He gave it to much gas and the car went sideways hit something caved in the the whole right hand side of the car. After that I didn't build anything for years I worked on cars for people. Built a few engines for people that I knew could handle them. I had some other cars that were fast but not by my hand. Till now that I started my new project my 70 cutlass I plain on keeping it the rest of my life.

 

Not so much I had back, but the one I didn't buy! Around 1984 I was looking for a Mustang. Found a 68 Shelby KR 500. $6,500.00 OBO needed LOTS work. I passed. If you know Mustangs, DOH!
Learned after that to just keep them all. Now I need a bigger garage.

Mike

 

1987 Cutlass Supreme. Sold it to my dad before I got shipped for a 4 year tour in England. He sold it to a guy who thought it would look better with an oak tree as a hood ornement.

John

 

I would have to go WAY back - I had a '52 DeSoto ragtop in 1956 and it had the first Hemi, called a Firedome. It was one sweet car but I traded it in for a new '57 Chebby with a power pack. I would also like to have back all of the money I spent on cars since then!

 

Hey Mike,
Do you know Ken Pilidis? I couldn't help noticing your avatar and his are pretty much identical except for the colors. Done by someone called Len?

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I know Kens car looks like this:
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I've even touched it!~and it felt good....

 

I guess that would be the 2, 57 chevys. Both were 2 door hardtops. But back then you could get one cheap enough if it needed a lot of work. I still have the front piece of a 1/4 panel. They were fun putting on
Come to think about it that was 40 years ago Boy is my wife old.
Alb

 

I had a 69 GTO convertible with a 4 speed 3.55 posi basic 400 motor, all stock ( even had spoked hubcaps) this light silver blue with a navy blue interior and top, got tapped in the nose ( it was actually kinda gentle but popped the rad, so I had it towed, was told the other guys insurance would pay for the tow and the storage fees etc (long story) anyway lost the car when the tow and storage exceeded the blue book value ( like 3-400 bucks at the time) took me a long time to get another car, fix it paint it etc and then sell it went looking for a replacement by that time gto prices were through the roof ( cheap by today) found what I thought was a 442 convertible 4 speed, turns out it is really a cutlass S but legitimate 4 speed posi car, ( 350) anyway had it ever since love the cutlass but miss the geeteeohh

 

My first car, a 1962 Chebby SS.
It was 1969 and I was 14, my grandfather's good buddy had a rustproofing place/body shop and a guy who worked there gave it to me one day when I was with grandpa hanging out and BS'ing. My favorite thing to do was hang out anywhere that there were cars and bother the guys.

It had no engine or transmission and the left quarter had a new section brazed on from about the wheel opening back, no front seats.
It was from Texas and had no rust at all, all black with a red bucket seat interior, in real nice shape other than the patch. We dragged it home with grandpa's '62 T-Bird and tow chains, nobody ever used tow trucks back then unless the car was wrecked and couldn't be driven.

I don't know what engine it had but there was a clutch pedal and a console, no shifter on the column.
I learned a lot about cars goofing with that thing for a year or two, never did get an engine. I bought a $150 '64 chebby and took some parts off the '62 and junked it. If I knew what I know now I would have put the rusty and junky 64's engine in the '62.
One sold exactly like it at the BJ auction thing this last weekend for major bucks.
I've had lot of cars that are worth a lot now, I would only want them back to sell them again.
I could never afford to buy most of the cars that I used to own.

 

Ah, let's see:
1. 1940 Ford 2 door sedan
2. 1950 Olds 88 2 door sedan
3. 1950 Olds 98 2 door H/T (one of around 500, found out much later!).
4. 1953 Studebaker 2 door sedan
5. 1954 Ford pick-em-up-truck
6. 1964 Olds F85 4 door sedan 2 the small aluminum engine
7. 1940 Cheby pick-em-up-truck
8. 1968 Corvette
9. 1968 Jag XKE
10. Know I forgot some. Still got the '68 Cutlass S convertible and the '68
Cutlass Flat Top wagon and the '92 Custom Cruiser.....keepin' 'em!

 

had a 1971 Buick Gs. Bought from a neighbor in 1980 for 600.00 Kept it until 1982 and took the Cragars I had put on off and called a man that I had known since I was a kid and told him to come pick it up. He junked car. Only the transmission was bad.Kicking myself as I speak

 

Mine would be the '70 SX that I had from 1976-1977, Azure Blue, Buckets, console shift auto, eight track, a/c and the horn on the steering wheel rim, which I inadvertently honked every time I went around a corner! It was my first nice car and my third car/Olds. Back then I was told by a couple of people that I should keep it, but i "knew better". Sold it, and bought a '73 Supreme w/a 350 4bbl, for better gas mileage. The SX got better mpg! 13.6 vs 12 for the '73. Whupped on a '69 SS396 Chevelle, '68 GTO, '68 Road Runner, 340 Duster. Had a '66 GTO from '80-82, was originally a tri power, column shift auto from Alabama w/ac. And finally, a 1984 Grand National, my first new car. Sold it when I bought my house only a few months later. And I am going to regret selling my '71 Supreme now up for grabs due to job loss.

 

1977 Chevy Vega!!

 

A toss up between a rustye Rallye 350 and a 1972 442 4 speed 350 w/3.42 posi. The Rallye could have been saved but would have been a big project and I knew nothing about body work (still don't!). Then the 1972 was primer grey but had a new interior, aftermarket OAI hood, it ran and drove great!

 

My 70 post coupe. I put a 455 in it and was running high 13s with the 2.56 rear in it.
That car was a sleeper for sure.
My 80. I had soooooo much fun with that car it should be illegal (oh wait...it was ).
I think of all my cars the 80 is the one I would want back. It was almost the way I wanted it, but I just couldn't afford to keep it. I had just built the 455 in the post and the 80 had a rod knock and needed exhaust (all of it). The tilt column was in baaaad shape. Man it was a handful.

 

My first Oldsmobile. 1964 f85

 

1995 Aruroa
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and the 63 Starfire too.

 

My first 72 Cutlass.... The one that started it all!

 

Lets see how the memory works

1931 5 ford coup full race flattie, chopped, channeled
1936 Chev coup
1946 cad convert
1950 chev coup
1951 chev hardtop
1955 crown vic only ford I ever owned
1956 chev 2dr hard top 389 with tripower slant pan hydro fast car
1962 Ponitiac Bonny
1966 Dodge Hemi Charger bought new 3750.00 guess what they go for

There are more but I get teary eyed thinking about it

 

There were 3.
1) 1966 442 4 Speed

2) 1970 Chevelle SS 454 4 Speed Convertible

3) 1969 Super Bee RT 440 Six Pack Convertible

It hurts everytime I kick myself. But what really hurts is everytime my wife and I see one like any of the above She always says "Well stupid I told you not to sell them".

 

Hi Allan. No I don't know Ken other than from this board. Both our avtars were done by Len Casillo. He is the original designer of our cars. I have an absolutely stunning framed drawing of my car. The Avtar does it no justice the original is beautiful.
Thanks for noticing.
I did have a 1974 Ford Cortina, that was a really little fun car. I wish I could have it back.

 

A 1969 Chevy Impala, I gave away to free up space, also its 327 Chevy engine I gave to a garage that put a 350 in its place - I could kick myself for doing that. I now consider the 327 Chev engine as one of the best ever made.

 

1965 Pontiac Starchief, 389 2V 2.56 posi rear.

Sold it to an owner of a 1966 Starchief, when I left for Air Force basic training. Later that winter a plow truck drove off the road and totaled my former Starchief.

I did not know what happened until a few years later I found the car in a junkyard. Pulled off whatever parts were left (almost nothing) and walked away.

 

My 1971 98 LS the fastest car in my high school but not the quickest. But she could smoke the rear tires with the best of them.

 

I would love to have back the white 1970 Galaxie 500 that my mom traded for her 78 Pinto back in 78... That car was huge and I still remember it well. I used to sit in the rear floorpan crosslegged!
I do have the service manual from it with a bunch of notes in it... Engine was noted as a 429CJ - sounds quite potent compared to a Pinto engine! What a sleeper that would have been!! I still have a few NOS gaskets for it somewhere...

 

My best car and the first car I bought is the 442 I still have. I'd have to say the 1976 Corvette Stingray L82 4 speed . It needed a lot of work and sold it after 5 years for double what I paid for it. It was fun to drive but the workmanship was not a high as on the 442. If the guy I sold it to offered it to me for what he paid, I'd probably pass. Besides, after the Vette was gone, I started my garage make over.

 

72 442 W-30. i got it in 1996 with 16,800 ish miles. sold it in 2000 with 20,000 miles. no worth 5 times what i sold it for.

 

My great-grandfather left me his 1949 English Ford Prefect.It had 6,000miles on it[and the export sticker in the window] when I got it at age 16.Had a wooden floor, cork and copper gaskets, 10 h.p., canvass roof, no safety glass, a windshield that screwed outward, little "flag" signal lights that popped out of the B-pillar,6-volt Lucas electricals.Drove it for years,restored it [after years in storage] and then had to sell it during some financial hard times 6 years ago.It had HUGE sentimental /family value,and I've regretted that sale ever since.

 

This was the car my dad bought brand new off the showroom floor in Akron, Oh in late 1976. This thing turned heads everywhere and was just cool with the colors and stripe package. I have been looking for 15 years for 1 of these cars and they are all but non-existant from what I can tell. It was called the ZAP car and was a 1 year only special built. 500 of them were made. Let me know if anyone has ever seen 1 or knows of 1 for sale. Oldsdroptop

 

I am young and have not had many cars, but I really miss my old 00 Grand Prix. Unfortunately I totaled it. I think I put around 130,000 miles on it in 4 or 5 years and I loved the car. Yes, the transmission was a weak point(2 rebuilds), but it was a very comfortable and fun car. I could drive that car for hours at a time and not even feel it. I drove to Canada with out even needing to take a break. The handing was great and it had a good amount of room.

I now have a Volvo 850 and am already getting bored with it. The seats are not as comfortable and the handling sucks. It has okay power, but not as fun as my old car. The only thing I really like about it is the 5 speed and 30 mpg. One day I will be buying another Grand Prix and it will be the supercharged version.

 

My 70 Cutlass S that got totaled & a 71 Dodge Dart Swinger.

 

I still own my very first car (my '66 Delta ) but I really miss my first daily driver. My '85 two tone brown Buick LeSabre. I always get excited when a LeSabre of that vintage goes by and my wife thinks I'm insane.

The '88 Gutlass was the replacement for the Buick. It was the biggest POS I have ever owned and I don't want to talk about it.

 

My first car was a 74 Charger SE with a 318 2 bbl I dont want that 3700 lb slug back. My 2nd car was a 66 Valiant Cuda with a 273 2 bbl it weigh in at about 2500 lbs and could get out of it own way. Had to give it up when I got order from the Air Force to go to korea. The so called friend I had the car stored at took the stereo speakers side pipes engine and tranmission Replaced with worn out slant six got 200 bucks for that car and new understanding of human nature. But I would like to someday get another wrap around rear window cuda to play with.

 

69 GTO convertible. Green with green interior, black top. AC car. Bought in 1985, drove it 30K during college. Sold it in Boston in 1988 for $1650. It was well used at the time. Can't touch them now $$$.

 

I miss my 1970 W-31....I was in the army and I ordered a NEW 1970 Cutlass "S" post coupe, W-31 option......wide ratio 4 speed, 3.42.rear gear, bucket seats console delete, black vinyl top Platinum silver car with 7 inch "steelies" and hub caps..........ONE OF 116 built, the rarest of the rare...... Kept the car for 35 years.......sold it in 2005 because I wasn't driving it and it was just sitting in the garage..............DUHHHHHHH what was I thinking...


"THERE IS ONLY ONE ORIGINAL OWNER"

 

O.K. I'll bite, Oldsdroptop, what's a ZAP? Looks like a 280Z. Special mods?

 

My Roman red 60 Impala convertible with 348 with 3 dueces (280 horse) and factory 4-speed. Paid $1,000 for it in 1964. Was unusual with a black top and black strip on the side. My first car was a 1940 Ford 2-door sedan that I put a 265 Chevy in. Used Hurst motor mounts and a Wilcap adapter I bought from Honest Charley. Had that car my senior year in high school. Went through 5 transmissions and one rearend.

 

My 1976 Chevy Chevette! (man you are gullible if you believe that).
I would love to have my Dad's 67 Cutlass and his 76 Malibu Classic. Of the cars that I bought, I would love to have back my 73 Custom Cruiser, 78 Cutlass Calais, 80 VW Diesel Rabbit, and 85 Calais (factory ordered with full load except for auto trans).

 

Mine would be my pop's '67 Coronet 9 passenger wagon, 440 auto (with trailoring package) Was an amazing vehicle. Being from a family of 8, and using it as the "backup" work truck had some very gratifying moments when my older brother would drive. The Magnum Wagon commercial for Dodge was like a time machine had been activated. Circa 72, picture sitting at a stoplight (My brother driving and me and my two little brothers inside) and a 70 or 71 (didn't know them that good back then) Chevelle SS 396 pulling up next to us. My brother says "hold on guys" after listening to multiple revs of that BB Chebby. Light turns green and off we go. I remember just watchin that Chevelle sinking further back. Turns out it was a friend of my big bro's. He followed us for a while until we got to the home we were delivering materials for my dad to. Chevelle pulls up next to us and the guy says "Man...what the he** you got in that thing"? Like the commercial, my brother says "my 3 little brothers, 125 lb. floor roller, 2 buckets of glue and a 50 lb. box of nails". That wagon "waxed" some of the "hottest" cars in our area. It also led me to meeting alot of the local "motorheads" and my love for cars. The real fun of it was when pop would be driving and something "hot" would pull up next to us. After a while I found out who my brother got it from. Now pop was a quiet man (most of the time), but when mom wasn't with us he had "a little fun with this kid in his hot car". Good times!!!

 

The second car I owned was a 66 Chev Impala SS , and we had way too many good times in that car. when I sold it I passed on a 60 corvette and have benn kicking myself for it since.

 

Back in 1986, when I was 16, I could of got a running, #4, road ready, 1966 Barrcuda between $75 to $100 . The car was green, 225 slant six with a three-in-tree.
But a year later I got a 1968 Toronado instead!