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Ok time for a SERIOUS vanity...What was your BEST car and why, Worst and why...
05 March 2013 | US Navy Vet

Posted on 03/05/2013 11:52:09 AM PST by US Navy Vet

I'll start, Best-1974 Chevrolet Malibu Classic 2 door just ABSOLUTLY beautiful! Worst-1979 Ford Futura DAMN thing couldn't get out of it's own way, got PASSED by a Ford Pinto on the 805 to the 92(I think)South in San Diego.


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To: basalt
Best - '71 Chevelle - tweaked the speedometer eluding a CHP on the way home from high school. Unfortunately I wrecked it in the rain sliding off the road airborne for 60 feet, hit a tree and went 180 degrees backwards into a living room - the wall was right next to my eyes. Walked away without a scratch and the homeowner never contacted me about the damage...might have been the flat of pot plants he had.

Worst - '83 Datsun 310 GX - must have been a flood car because of the odor when it got wet. The shifter came off in my hand on the freeway, was able to use vice grips to shift to get it home.

Most fun - '94 Camaro - used to be known as the green streak on mountain roads. Went to Wyoming to get real fireworks one time, nearly 2000 mile round trip in less than a day...I'm a little more mature now. The last ex-wife spun it in the rain and bounced both sides off the guard rail...body shop did a great job but it was never the same. Traded it for a '96 Blazer, ugh.

Most reliable - '84 Isuzu Trooper - have taken it everywhere and have never gotten stuck, even the places my friends got out and walked 2 miles uphill out of a river gorge because they were scared. Still have it at 240,000 miles.

121 posted on 03/05/2013 8:05:11 PM PST by eldoradude (Let's water the tree of liberty with THEIR blood...)
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To: US Navy Vet

Best? My 75 MGB. Second Best? My 1998 Mazda MPV (before the makeover)

Worst? My 1973 Ford Pinto.


122 posted on 03/05/2013 8:16:00 PM PST by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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To: Chickensoup

Second worst? My 1995 Dodge Caravan


123 posted on 03/05/2013 8:17:46 PM PST by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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To: basalt

Nice, I always loved those Supras.

My best, 1986 Celica GT-S. Bought it with about 40K miles on it, drove it till it had 180K, nothing but routine maintenance and tons of smiles in between.

Worst: 1981 Mustang 4-banger. It actually wasn’t that bad a car (anemic, but reliable), but worst of the ones I’ve owned.


124 posted on 03/05/2013 8:22:15 PM PST by Betis70 ("Leading from Behind" gets your Ambassador killed)
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To: US Navy Vet
Favorite: '69 Torino GT fastback, 390 4/v, C6 auto, Ford candy apple red.

Nastiest: '70 Ford Country Squire station wagon [9 passenger], black with the wood grain on the sides, 429 4/v, C6 auto, only passed once. Even the guys with their hotrod GTO's and Camaros they thought were unbeatable wanted nothing of this one, har! Just stab the gas pedal if you want to leave two long black streaks on the pavement, fun on demand, what a grin! A nasty piece of work by FMC, and I got it from my boss for a c-note!

Worst? How about we call it PITA [pain in the ass] instead? My 1st motorcycle was a '73 Kawasaki S3 triple that fouled the #3 plug in short order, I learned to carry a ratchet and spare plugs. And 2-stroke oil. Etc, etc, etc. Great thread, and I knew the GTO/goat ref was coming! ;)

125 posted on 03/05/2013 8:57:29 PM PST by W. (It's five o'clock somewhere...)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
If you do get it, PLEASE post a picture.

When I have the inclination and the Wife lets me spend the money I don’t currently have to squander (LOL), I want to get a 67 Mustang Fastback Body and build a “sort of” Bullett Mustang. I like the little extras the 67 body had that the 68 didn’t.

My version will have a new Coyote 5.0 Crate Engine, six speed manual, A/C, Limited Slip and 17” American Racing “cloverleaf” Mags. I keep telling myself “someday”.

126 posted on 03/05/2013 9:04:00 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (A Republican freed the Slaves and a Democrat murdered Martin Luther King.)
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To: Tommygun99
That Mach 1 could probably pay for your Retirement.

Way back when, I missed out on a 69 Shelby 350. One of the Hertz Rental Cars of the day.

My Dad's “sometime” Business Partner got hold of it and was selling it for $2,000 back in 1974. My Dad told me about the car, so I called the guy and said I would come by the next morning after hitting the Bank to buy it.

Well, the next morning I call him to say I'm going to the Bank and he informs me that some guy came by with the Cash so he sold it out from under me. Almost forty years later and it still pisses me off. I never talked to the guy again.

127 posted on 03/05/2013 9:22:07 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (A Republican freed the Slaves and a Democrat murdered Martin Luther King.)
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To: US Navy Vet
The custom 40 Ford coup street racer I built and had sitting at the curb on my 16th birthday in 1952

Sold it to buy my wife's engagement ring in 1958.

Now have a custom 36 Chevy 3 window coupe so that when I get alshimers I can look at the registration and find out how old i am! Never bought a"worst" car!

128 posted on 03/05/2013 9:31:05 PM PST by dalereed
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To: MediaMole
. After that was a Rambler Classic with a three on the tree. The gear shift linkage would regularly jam and my mom would have to jump out of the car, lift the hood and free the gear shift linkage in traffic.

Oh the memories of my childhood. Dad had a 59 Rambler wagon he bought in 1965. Several bad quirks. Yea one was the shifter. I was 8 years old and I'd get out and move the linkage at the firewall. Second thing with it was eating up ignition switches. That's when I learned to jump around the solenoid. Third thing was it's major hunger for rear wheel bearings.

I guess maybe 5 years after he sold it we were at a parts store. I told my dad hey there's your old Rambler. He chuckled and said hush. We could tell it was the wagon from a crack in the windshield. The owner was buying wheel bearings.

I learned to drive in a field with an old 55 Plymouth Belvedere wagon.

129 posted on 03/05/2013 10:07:59 PM PST by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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To: US Navy Vet

Best: 2004 Audi allroad, 2.7 twin turbo;
Runnerup 1986 BMW 528e

Worst: 1977 Chevy Caprice Classic, with vinyl pinstripes

Most fun: 1953 MG TD first car, chick magnet-that was Fun with a capital “F”;
Runnerup 1970 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe


130 posted on 03/05/2013 10:50:46 PM PST by truth_seeker
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To: truth_seeker

“1953 MG TD first car”

A friend of mine had one that we put a V8-60, ford 3 speed trans and a Ford rear end shortened for the width from one of his fathers midget race cars, we had a lot of fun with that one!


131 posted on 03/05/2013 10:55:46 PM PST by dalereed
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To: Kickass Conservative
I will post pics if I get it. Keeping my fingers crossed. I passed up a ‘67 (?) Mustang and a ‘68 VW bug convertible years ago and I am still kicking myself. I do hope the opportunity for you to get your Mustang presents itself. Have a good day.
132 posted on 03/06/2013 5:13:14 AM PST by LuvFreeRepublic
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To: CrazyIvan
I duct taped a gas can to the roof and ran a siphon to the carb. Drove it 10 miles home.

MacGyver! Is that you?

133 posted on 03/06/2013 5:47:16 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Here once the embattled farmers stood... And fired the shot heard round the world.)
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To: US Navy Vet

Best: 2009 GMC Sierra w/ ~660HP modified Duramax/Allison. 25MPG HWY. 12s 1/4 mile.

Worst: ‘80 (I think) Mercury Zephyr.


134 posted on 03/06/2013 5:54:51 AM PST by IamConservative (The soul of my lifes journey is Liberty!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“MacGyver! Is that you?”

More like Red Green in this case!


135 posted on 03/06/2013 8:00:12 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“MacGyver! Is that you?”

More like Red Green in this case!


136 posted on 03/06/2013 8:00:42 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: CrazyIvan

“If she don’t find ya handsome she should at least find ya handy.”


137 posted on 03/06/2013 8:38:41 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Here once the embattled farmers stood... And fired the shot heard round the world.)
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To: US Navy Vet
Worst was a 1980 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. Got it used. Had some nice features, but every thing just died on it from power seats, to paint, to tranny by 8 years old. I have a 2005 Nissan Frontier and 2006 Chevy HHR now that are "almost" like new. The Caddy was a clunker.

I would have to say my best was a 2001 Jeep Cherokee. Fit me well, fun to drive, had some comfort, good reliability, had some creature comforts to it.


138 posted on 03/06/2013 9:11:10 AM PST by Pappy Smear (Steve King for Congress!)
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To: US Navy Vet

1956 Buick Century...POWER, Luxury and a transmission that was the smoothest ever conceived...Dynaflow!


139 posted on 03/06/2013 3:08:15 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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