your best vehicle ever??
04-30-2015, 09:48 PM
#91
My current ride and one cobweb from 70's muscle era.
Really miss the camino.
Really miss the camino.
04-30-2015, 09:58 PM
#92
Cowboy of the Skies
Oh man i have always wanted an El Camino. .....Beautiful car.
05-01-2015, 01:45 AM
#93
The best vehicle I ever owned was my 2002 F-150. In the 12 years I owned it, the only issue it had was a leaking windshield. Not a single repair, other than wear items such as brakes, tires and fluids.
The one I wish I kept was my 1970 GTO. 40 years later, I'm still kicking myself in the **** for trading it.
Honorable mention: my 1985 Trans Am.
The one I wish I kept was my 1970 GTO. 40 years later, I'm still kicking myself in the **** for trading it.
Honorable mention: my 1985 Trans Am.
05-01-2015, 05:44 AM
#94
Underground Rock Hound
I've owned well over 30 vehicles in my time ranging from a 66 Pontiac to my '12 F150.
By far the most trouble free was my 88 Eddie Bauer Bronco which I tortured. 425,000 km and as far as I know, had the original plugs. Eventually the body disappeared thanks to our salty winter roads, but the motor never gave up the fight and was never opened for any reason.
By far the most trouble free was my 88 Eddie Bauer Bronco which I tortured. 425,000 km and as far as I know, had the original plugs. Eventually the body disappeared thanks to our salty winter roads, but the motor never gave up the fight and was never opened for any reason.
05-01-2015, 06:38 AM
#95
All time favorite of the 25 or so I have owned is my 82 Jeep Wagoneer. The big Grand Wagoneer size. It was basic with manual windows and doors and an am/fm radio. It was a 258 straight six auto. Slow but torquey as heck and utterly unstoppable. It was a boat towing, hunting and general beat around truck that just took me and my buds all over the country. I sold it with over 250k on it. With dana44s and Chrysler 727 with the 258 she was bullet proof.
05-01-2015, 08:35 AM
#96
05-01-2015, 09:55 AM
#97
Senior Member
My best car
My best car was the first car I called my own when I was 16. Too young to title and insure it, but it was mine.
1972 Pinto, 1600cc, 4 speed with big fat tires on the back.
It cost me $-50. It never failed me. It cost about zero to operate. It was extremely easy to repair. Kept it two years and moved on to a few other used cars that did not hold up so well. Should of kept it. If I saw that car today, I would write whatever check I had to to get it back.
Re: $-50. I got the car for free from a family friend. The son has driven it over a 6" curb at speed and pushed the right front suspension back 6". Of course the wishbones were trash and the frame slightly bent.
I bought a second Pinto with a blown motor for parts. Interior mostly trashed too. I had pre-arranged to sell some parts. I sold enough parts off that to make $50 more than it cost. When it was down to the uni-body, we picked it up and put in the back of a pick-up and drove it to the junkyard.
It took about two weeks in the summer to pull the frame straight and get the suspension swapped. It also took about a case of beer, a hydraulic jack, a come-along, two oak trees and a propane torch. I took it to be aligned and all it needed was to set the toe better. Got very lucky on caster and camber. Also replaced the oil pan and pickup. Lifted the engine by a 2x6 and chain and 4 not so buff dudes. Borrowed a lift to get it back in the car though.
1972 Pinto, 1600cc, 4 speed with big fat tires on the back.
It cost me $-50. It never failed me. It cost about zero to operate. It was extremely easy to repair. Kept it two years and moved on to a few other used cars that did not hold up so well. Should of kept it. If I saw that car today, I would write whatever check I had to to get it back.
Re: $-50. I got the car for free from a family friend. The son has driven it over a 6" curb at speed and pushed the right front suspension back 6". Of course the wishbones were trash and the frame slightly bent.
I bought a second Pinto with a blown motor for parts. Interior mostly trashed too. I had pre-arranged to sell some parts. I sold enough parts off that to make $50 more than it cost. When it was down to the uni-body, we picked it up and put in the back of a pick-up and drove it to the junkyard.
It took about two weeks in the summer to pull the frame straight and get the suspension swapped. It also took about a case of beer, a hydraulic jack, a come-along, two oak trees and a propane torch. I took it to be aligned and all it needed was to set the toe better. Got very lucky on caster and camber. Also replaced the oil pan and pickup. Lifted the engine by a 2x6 and chain and 4 not so buff dudes. Borrowed a lift to get it back in the car though.
05-02-2015, 10:01 PM
#98
05-02-2015, 10:47 PM
#100
Senior Member
sorry Chris I just saw the post it was a hoot to drive but I am 6'2" and 330LBS so it was a little cramped for me.