#958147 - 05/31/16 06:47 PM
How many cars or bikes do you remember owning?
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April Fool
Registered: 06/18/01
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Starting with your first. 1. Mazda 616 (early 70's, not rotary. 2. 73' Chevy Vega, that my bud and I drove to Mexico with no spare and fix a flat in two tires. 3. 1970 Chevelle....POS 305CI. 4. Came back from King Crab fishing in Alaska and bought a cherry Alfa Romeo GTV Sprint Veloce.....fast and fun! 5. 1978 Toyota Corolla HB. 6. 1988 Honda Prelude, fun car to drive for a front wheel drive car. 7. 2002 Lexus 300es 8.Ford F150 2003 9. 1965 Chevelle Malibu 283 Power glide..18k miles when I bought it.Selling that one haunts me to no end. I bought it for 4300.00 in 95' and sold it four years later for 8500.00 Motorcycles: 1.Yamaha 175 enduro 2.Suzuki GS 750 with full yoshimura kit. 3.Kawa 1300. 4.2004 KLR 650 that I still own and ride mainly on dirt roads/trails.
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#958219 - 06/01/16 10:11 PM
Re: How many cars or bikes do you remember owning?
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Registered: 10/26/10
Posts: 7260
Loc: Snohomish, WA
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1994 Land Rover Defender 90. Manual 5.0L V8 Perm4x4, 90" base with Detroit lockers, OM Emu shocks, ARB winch - bull bar - full upper rack - lights. Soft / full hard top, bright red. Best stock 4x4 ever built - by far. The lugs were the size of a large walnut. Had it for over a decade as an investment. Sold it to refi my house. It's worth a gosh darn fortune now. $100K plus easily. It was a nightmare to own (Lucas electronics) but oh so sweet when running. I could literally drive over anything. Hence....NickD90. Oh..and a Huffy or two.....
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#958228 - 06/02/16 08:07 AM
Re: How many cars or bikes do you remember owning?
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Bead
Registered: 02/13/03
Posts: 1206
Loc: Duvall
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First car: '64 Oldsmobile Jetstar for $150, would fit me and 7 of my friends. Next: '67 Cuda, not Barracuda Next: '72 MG midget...was in the shop more than on the road. Next: '80 Datsun pickup Next: '84 Plymouth Laser...cool car Next: '90 Ford F-150 Next: '93 Lexus SC 400...very cool car Next: '05 Ford F-150
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#958236 - 06/02/16 09:01 AM
Re: How many cars or bikes do you remember owning?
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Poodle Smolt
Registered: 05/03/01
Posts: 10979
Loc: McCleary, WA
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1980 Pontiac Sunbird. 1979 Mustang, with a 2.8 liter V6, no less. 1984 Toyota SR5 PU 1989 Ford Ranger. Great truck. 1993 Ford Explorer. Great rig. 2002 Ford F150. Great truck, and I'm still driving it.
My daily drivers have all been $3,000 or less, Volvo 850, Honda Civic, Honda Accord coupe, and Honda Accord. Usually get 3 years out of them, sell them for half of what I got them for, and move on.
1976 Yamaha XS400 1980 Yamaha 650 SECA. Great shaft drive bike. 1984 Yamaha QT50 Yamahopper. Still have it, and I use it as a turn-around when needed.
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#958273 - 06/02/16 02:16 PM
Re: How many cars or bikes do you remember owning?
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April Fool
Registered: 06/18/01
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When I rebuilt the top end of my Alfa, the exhaust valves were 60 dollars a piece They were sodium filled, the intake valves were about 10 dollars. Finished up, torqued the head gasket, damn near finished, then dropped a nut in one of the the spark plug holes. Had to buy a new head gasket and finished the next day. That sports car held 12 quarts of oil, at 50mph it had half of it's HP left, in 5th gear I would blow past V8'S on the freeway. Loved those dual Weber 40's side draft carbs...I had dozens of notes left on my car of people wanting to purchase it.
Edited by Sol Duc (06/02/16 02:23 PM)
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