The cars you thought were cool back in the high school days .....

[Copenhagen GT]

With all the awesome FGTs and exotic supercars in your garages do you still have a soft spot for some of the more ordinary cars from back in the days when you were in high scool - when money were less but car enthusiasm was peaking? ...... and did you keep or repurchased them later in life?

I´ve had US cars since 1989. At first, I had only one - a 66 Mustang convertible in "street machine" look -, but as the time passed and my piggy bank developed positively the collection grew in numbers and "level". Today the total Count on cars passing through my ownership is 108 US cars - cars I have bought because I thought I could not live without, but then realised there was something even better out there ..... :confused

I went throigh the phase where I collected what I thought were the finest muscle & pony cars - 66 Shelby GT350, 67 Shelby GT350, 69 Shelby, 70 Challenger T/A, 71 Cuda convertible, 71 Superbee R/T 440, 66 Corvette 427, 69 Chevelle 427 and so on but the past few years my focus has turned towards the cars I found cool back when I was in high school. Not necessarely the most expensive cars, not always the top model etc. - just cars I loved as a kid ....

I guess that you can go through various phases ..... and right now I am on a trip Down memory lane :biggrin

I now have all the cars that my friends had back in High School - Dallas High, Oregon 1983. I have the 53 F100 truck, the 68 Mustang coupe, the 74 Ranchero and now latest addition a genuine old school conversion van :facepalm::biggrin

Funny thing is that cruising around in my no where near perfect - but one owner all original - Econoline Zimmer Conversion van brings me just as much joy - maybe even more - than when driving around in a show winning MOPAR or Shelby.

Any of you have it the same way? :biggrin

 

[Vince H]

1970 Corvette Stingray, Ford Gran Torino, Pontiac Firebird Black with the Phoenix on the hood and pretty much any British two seat roadster were tops on my list in High School. What I ended up with was DRASTICALLY different. 1974 Ford Thunderbird, Emerald Green with white vinyl interior and a hood the size of Manhattan. Not the chick magnet you would think it is.

Vince H

 

[Cobrar]

With all the awesome FGTs and exotic supercars in your garages do you still have a soft spot for some of the more ordinary cars from back in the days when you were in high scool - when money were less but car enthusiasm was peaking? ...... and did you keep or repurchased them later in life?

I´ve had US cars since 1989. At first, I had only one - a 66 Mustang convertible in "street machine" look -, but as the time passed and my piggy bank developed positively the collection grew in numbers and "level". Today the total Count on cars passing through my ownership is 108 US cars - cars I have bought because I thought I could not live without, but then realised there was something even better out there ..... :confused

I went throigh the phase where I collected what I thought were the finest muscle & pony cars - 66 Shelby GT350, 67 Shelby GT350, 69 Shelby, 70 Challenger T/A, 71 Cuda convertible, 71 Superbee R/T 440, 66 Corvette 427, 69 Chevelle 427 and so on but the past few years my focus has turned towards the cars I found cool back when I was in high school. Not necessarely the most expensive cars, not always the top model etc. - just cars I loved as a kid ....

I guess that you can go through various phases ..... and right now I am on a trip Down memory lane :biggrin

I now have all the cars that my friends had back in High School - Dallas High, Oregon 1983. I have the 53 F100 truck, the 68 Mustang coupe, the 74 Ranchero and now latest addition a genuine old school conversion van :facepalm::biggrin

Funny thing is that cruising around in my no where near perfect - but one owner all original - Econoline Zimmer Conversion van brings me just as much joy - maybe even more - than when driving around in a show winning MOPAR or Shelby.

Any of you have it the same way? :biggrin


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Nice, but it's all about the interior. For the ultimate in sensory experience, please post photos of the inside!

 

[Kayvan]

Ferrari 308

Waiting to find a concours one in Rosso / Black

 

[Sinovac]

Still have the girl. Wish I still had the cars.

 

[Empty Pockets]

1959 Impala, 1962 Bel Air Sport coupe, 1968 Corvette "T"-top were the cars I lusted after and owned "back in the day". (As you all know, I've been looking for another '59 Impala for over 10 years now.)

'Never owned a "Hemi"...always wanted one. 'STILL would like to have one (1965 Dodge Coronet 2dr post Hemi A990 automatic [clone], or a "stocker" 1966 Hemi/auto Coronet 2dr sdn)!

 

[roketman]

Still have the girl. Wish I still had the cars.

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Specracer has one of those!

 

[GT35065]

Glad you kept your wife, but you should have kept your fox body too. Still have my 86 GT convert. bought new at Ken Marks Ford in FL.

 

[junior]

This one

 

[DakotaGT]

I've always been partial to old Mopars, and I am still reeling from having JUST missed out on a deal on a 1969 Hemi Super Bee 4-speed. My wife said we HAVE to have a finned-car from the fifties in our collection, so I just bought this for her today. I think she will have fun this summer in it. It is really the only car from the fifties that I was excited about. I saw this one when I was on vacation in Florida a few weeks ago, and just called them on it this morning.

 

[BlackICE]

 

[Copenhagen GT]

Nice, but it's all about the interior. For the ultimate in sensory experience, please post photos of the inside!

:biggrin - They say it was made in 1983 but I have a feeling this interior was a leftover from the seventies :biggrin












Now, show us that Pinto :rofl

:cheers
Anders

 

[Cobrar]

:biggrin - They say it was made in 1983 but I have a feeling this interior was a leftover from the seventies :biggrin


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Now, show us that Pinto :rofl

:cheers
Anders

That is an awesome example of 70's/80's opulence, back when a VAN was a VAN ~ forget the mini-van, cross-over pretenders!! :thumbsup:thumbsup


Perfect vehicle for a Road Trip!!

 

[beckertb]

Like driving a rolling couch! Great throwback

 

[Beach-GT]

I had a Tratek van outfitted just like that. It was Red. Put 225,000 miles in it around the USA. Go Ford!

 

[junior]

Didn't read the post properly, you said ordinary cars and I posted a Dino, back to the subject at hand:

 

[MNJason]

Nice van! I spent my younger youth driving in one all over the US. Good memories.

I'm more partial to the A Team look van these days

 

[GTMikey]

The Porsche 935DP was my favorite

 

[BlackICE]

EP's favorite car when he was in high school.

 

[steved57]

My 70-1/2 Camaro Z28 Gold w/Black stripes