My Auto-Biography....

[pagrunt]

I'll jump in.
'81 Monte Carlo, 1st & still have
'79 Monte Carlo
'72 Monte Carlo
'71 Karma Ghia
'70 Monte Carlo
'86 Delta 88
'81 Malibu wagon, M.I.A. & have no clue where it went
'86 Monte Carlo
'96 K1500 extended cab step side
'08 Silverado Z71, P.O.S.
'14 Silverado Z71

With what the wife drove
'96 Contour
'07 Santa Fe
'17 Santa Fe

 

[Texas82GP]

The old guys have the stuff on the best and worst ends of the spectrum having lived through both ends of the emissions era.



I think more people would if it would last the way they do in TX.

Fixed my post as the first part was a half typed thought I didn't submit earlier.

Good point. Stuff just doesn't rust out down here if it doesn't sit around forever.

 

[Gpdreamer]

1967 Dodge Charger 383 2barrel
1967 Dodge Charger 383 mag 4barrel
1968 Olds Cutlass Supreme
1957 Chevy 1ton Panel
1972 Opel Manta GT. (great car)
1987 Dodge Lancer
1979 Olds Cutlass diesel
1982 Chevy S10
1986 Pontiac Grand Prix
1999 Dodge Dakota
2003 Dodge 1500
2011 Dodge 1500
2020 Dodge 1500
No list of wife’s vehicles. That’s more then l thought. O Yeah. 1983 Dodge Rampage.

 

[Texas82GP]

1984 S10 Blazer 2-door 2wd 2.8/5-speed. Bought in fall of 91. Totalled in the spring of 2000.

1989 C1500 Cheyenne regular cab/long bed 305/700R4. Bought in spring of 2000. Traded in spring of 2005.

2005 GMC Sierra SLE regular cab short bed 2wd 4.3/auto. My first new vehicle. The truck I could afford new. Traded spring of 2008.

2008 GMC Sierra SLE regular cab short bed 2wd 5.3/auto. Still have. My daily driver.

1982 Pontiac Grand Prix Brougham. Bought in fall of 2014. Hasn't run since December 2014. Still have. Work in progress.

1996 Buick Roadmaster Limited Collector's Edition sedan. LT1/4L60E. Bought in the last days of 2019. Still have.

I guess I hang onto my stuff. 4 daily drivers in 30 years.

I forgot one. Surprising, since I haven't owned that many compared to most of you.

2002 Ford F250 Lariat Extended Cab/Long Bed 2wd V10/Auto. Bought in 2012 from my best friend, who bought it new. I bought it to daily drive while I did the cam/torque converter swap on my 08 Sierra. It was really down on its luck when I bought it. My friend had a bad drinking problem and had really run it into the ground. I paid too much for it to help him and then put a ton of work into it. I basically broke even when I sold it so all my labor bought was having something to drive. It also gave that truck a second chance. When I bought it the tires were shot, the front brakes were shot and three of the wheels were damaged from hitting curbs. Almost nothing worked. I fixed the power windows, mirrors, locks, the cruise control, the overhead console trip computer, the keyless entry and got the rear doors where they would open and close (broken door latch cables). It was a smooth driver when I sold it. It needed a lot more and I wanted to give it more, but I couldn't keep it. Gas prices were high back then at it was a real hog. It got 11 MPG all day, no matter how you drove it, with or without a/c. It had like a 31 gallon tank and $100 wouldn't fill it up. I sold it in the fall of 2012. I miss that old truck. It really grew on me. It had that sure feeling that only a heavy vehicle has. It had new Cooper all season tires on it and it felt just as sure of itself in the rain as it did on dry roads. I don't know what the specs on the V10 were but it had a lot of torque (at least empty) so it felt pretty good. I never hauled anything in it or towed with it. If I could have kept it, I would have. I didn't need it though and it was in the way at the house.

I regret the S10 Blazer getting totaled but the wreck wasn't my fault. I was building a 305 to swap into it when it got crunched. I still want another square body, two-door, 2wd S10-Blazer. I would swap in a 5.3 instead of a SBC at this point though.

I regret trading in the 89 Chevy. It could have been a really sweet ride if I could have kept it but I didn't have the money at the time to do what I wanted to do and it had become somewhat unreliable. I was using all my spare time and money keeping it going and I burned out on that.

My only regret on the 2005 Sierra is buying it at all. It was a nicely equipped truck (power windows, locks, mirrors, tilt, cruise, intermittent wipers, etc. but I didn't want the 4.3 and it was a dog. Still, it was a bridge to the truck I have so not a bad deal in the end, I guess.

 

[druggles85]

1987 Plymouth Sundance
1994 Oldsmobile Delta 88
1991 Chevy Lumina
1992 Chrysler LeBaron sedan
1989 Ford F150
1998 Pontiac Bonneville
1982 Chevy Chevette
1999 Ford F150
1995 Mercury Cougar
1997 Lincoln Mark VIII
1980 Chevy Chevette
1993 Ford Bronco
1978 Chevy Chevette
2007 Ford F150
1995 Ford F150
2011 Ford F150
1983 Buick Regal
Purchased In that order, not necessarily sold in that order.
I'm 35
I still own the last two
What a bunch of shitboxes...

I've had a couple parts cars but I won't count them.

My wife has owned...
1985 Lincoln Mark VII
1988 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
2001 Ford Ranger
1961 Ford Ranchero
2006 Ford Explorer
2014 Ford Focus

She still had the Focus and the Ranchero, but the Ranchero is cut into pieces right now.

 

[mikester]

Geez, this is going to take some time. And a lot of thinking. LOL
1955 Chevy Bel Air (never got that one finished)
1954 Chevy Bel Air
1950 Chevy
1968 Chevelle SS 396
1968 Chevy shortbed
1946 Jeep CJ2A
1974 Jeep J20
1977 Ford F150 shortbed 4x4
1980 Ford F150 stepside 4x4
1979 Dodge Power Wagon shortbed
1985 Ford F150 shortbed 4x4
1987 Dodge Power Wagon shortbed
1976 Ford Bronco
1970 Jeep CJ
1954 Willys pickup
1964 Chevy Biscayne
1970 Nova 6cyl w a powerglide
1972 Nova SS 355 4 spd
1974 Monte Carlo
1977 Pontiac Lemans (ugliest car I ever owned)
1978 Jeep J10 shortbed
1986 Chevy 1500 shortbed 4x4
1985 Olds Cutlass
1987 K5 Blazer
1991 GMC Jimmy (full size)
1994 Chevy 1500 ext cab shrtbed 4x4
1985 Pontiac Bonneville
1998 Chevy 1500 ext cab 4x4
1996 Chevy Tahoe
2000 Chevy 2500 crew cab shortbed 4x4
2003 Chevy 1500HD crew cab shortbed 4x4
2003 Chevy Tahoe
2005 Chevy 2500 crew cab shortbed 4x4 (still the best truck I ever owned)
2011 GMC 1500 crew cab shortbed 4x4
2010 GMC Yukon
2013 Chevy 1500 crew cab shortbed 4x4
1979 Malibu
1981 Malibu
1985 Monte SS
1983 Malibu wagon




I think thats all of them but I might be off by one or two. LOL

Just to add a bit of info thats important when looking at this list. I bought the 55 Chevy when I was 17. I just turned 67 last month. If you look at the ratio it doesnt seem like a lot of cars. LMAO

 

[Cauterize]

Im glad I can look at everyone's lists and not feel like the only Carcaine addict.

 

[565bbchevy]

1977 Pontiac Lemans (ugliest car I ever owned)

I am curious did you feel it was an ugly design or did you just have an ugly version?
Being I really liked my 73' Grand Am it makes me wonder since it is very similar.

 

[mikester]

I am curious did you feel it was an ugly design or did you just have an ugly version?
Being I really liked my 73' Grand Am it makes me wonder since it is very similar.

I dont know if I still have pictures of the one I owned but I pulled this off google images. It was basically this car in a very faded silver with a dark red vinyl bucket seat interior and a matching vinyl landau top. UGLY car. I got it off the original owner and drove it for less than a year. I actually hated this car. The paint was faded so bad if I waxed it in a week the water wouldnt bead up. I sprayed the vinyl top before I put it up for sale. The top was pretty beat too. I was happy to see it go.