Posted on 01/28/2005 11:44:04 AM PST by TXBSAFH
What car/truck do you drive? As for me I drive 2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport.
Restoration opportunity.
That'll be a helluva muscle car once you get it road worthy. :)
Yes, Wizard, and I've had a good time Google searching "Junk car photos" for my posts on this thread. It's always wise to hold off telling everyone your life's story on the internet.
I've been doing that since this thread was born. LOL
I have a green gremlin
red 2003 Peterbilt 379EH
C'mon! Pictures!!
A '98 Oldsmobile Intrigue (slightly hail damaged) and a 2004 Honda Pilot (wish to heck I'd have kept my Honda Odyssey).
My daily driver is a tricked out 89, Mustang convertible. Lots of suspension work, Z rated tires and some extensive engine mods make it a V-8 powered go kart.
My other car is an all origional 1956 Buick Special. Sadly, I am selling the Buick. My son, for whom I bought it, has decided that it is just too much work for a 16 year old to manage for a first car. I am being real serious about him having to do a bit of modernizing before I will let him have it and he says he prefers something that takes a bit less work.
A shame really, it is a real piece of rolling art.
Cheers,
knews hound
Oh, yeah? If you owned a Gremlin and were still pushing it around on the streets, you wouldn't be alive today. Unless, of course, you took the little Gremlin into your home and gave it it's own room and board care.:)
Somewhere on FR there's a really funny list of the ten worst cars of all time, and I'll try to find it.
"The Car Talk web site, done by Tom and Ray Magliozzi
(snip) - " Ten Worst Cars of the Millennium list.- (snip):
* Number 10: VW Bus.
2.7%.
"The flower stickers were the only things that held the car together."
"The bus had no heat, blew over in the wind and used the driver's legs as its first line of defense in an accident."
* Number 9: Renault Dauphine. 3.6%.
"From a historical perspective, it's a shame that the French spent their Marshall Plan dollars on automaking."
"A side impact by a bicycle totaled my Dauphine after only one year."
* Number 8: Cadillac Cimmaron. 4.0%.
"GM thought they could take a Chevy Cavalier, slap some Cadillac stuff on it, add an extra $5,000.00 and sell a bundle. Tragically enough, they pulled it off...for a while."
"When we traded it in, my wife was upset because we didn't keep it long enough for her to buy a gun and shoot it."
* Number 7: Dodge Aspen/Plymouth Volare. 4.1%.
"This car began to rust while it was still in the showroom."
* Number 6: Renault LeCar. 4.3%.
"Like any French restaurant in America, it was overpriced, noisy, moody, and would put you in mortal danger if you had an accident with anything larger than a croissant."
* Number 5: Chevy Chevette. 7.0%.
"An engine surrounded by 4 pieces of drywall!"
"The big winter of 82-83 froze all the Chevettes in my town like dumb ducks on an icy lake."
* Number 4: AMC Gremlin. 8.5%.
"Calling it a pregnant roller skate would be kind."
"It was entirely possible to read a Russian novel during the pause between stepping on the gas and feeling any semblance of forward motion."
* Number 3: Ford Pinto. 12.6%.
"Dad had a baby-poop-orange Pinto the year that car thieves hit our street. Although a dozen cars were stolen in one night, ours was there the next morning, on a strangely empty block."
"Remember that great Pinto bumper sticker, 'Hit Me and We Blow Up Together?'"
"The car would do 75 mph in 2nd gear, shaking apart and sounding like a bat out of hell. In fourth gear, the top speed was 70 mph. What's wrong with this picture? You do the math."
* Number 2: Chevy Vega. 15.8%. "As near as I could tell, the car was built from compressed rust."
"My Chevy Vega actually broke in half going over railroad tracks. The whole rear end came around slightly to the front, sort of like a dog wagging its tail."
"Burned so much oil, it was single handedly responsible for the formation of OPEC."
* And the Number 1 Worst Car of the Millennium: Yugo. 33.7%.
"At least it had heated rear windows, so your hands would stay warm while you pushed."
I love my 1998 Ford Explorer XLT.
I drive a 1994 Ford Aerostar (290,000+ miles on it) and a 1986 GMC diesel suburban (350,000+ miles on it). Yep, they're old, they're a little rusty, but they're dependable, they run good and are economical to drive. Besides, with 4 wild boys, they're the ideal family cars!
My dream family car? A crew-cab dump truck. That way, after my monster trips to the grocery store, I wouldn't have to yell at the 2 teenagers to tote the groceries in. I could just drive up to the back door and dump 'em. :)
Hubby drives a 1983 1-ton pickup or a 1989 4-wheel drive Suburban.
The auto I loved the most was my 1983 F100 pickup. It had a straight 6-cylinder motor and a manual overdrive transmission. I drove it like the typical single girl - changed the oil every 15,000 or 20,000 miles whether it needed it or not. I could jump in it day or night and drive anywhere and never worry about it's dependability. It was my "wild girl" truck when I was young. I sold it to my cousin back in the late 80s and he's still driving it for his work truck. I still miss that truck...
A hearse.
2005 Chevy Subruban Z71 and 1997 GMC Sierra Pick-up.
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