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Had two motorcycles when I lived in France: a '68 Moto Morini cafe racer & a '73 Caballero trail bike, also by Morini. I was legally able to ride these on the street at age 14. Starting at age 15 in the US, around 1978: 71 Toyota Corona MkII 4-door sedan ($150) My first car. Head & new timing chain sets were in the trunk. Bought from my Mom's VW mechanic; it was abandoned at his shop. I learned how to work on 4-stroke engines/cars figuring out how to put this back together. Home life sucked so I was motivated. 73 Honda Enduro 125 ($60) needed a carb & my neighbor lacked mechanical aptitude. No title so I took it to Johnstown PA to college & sold it to some yahoo there for $200. 74 Ford Mustang ($250) 66 Ford Econoline window van ($175) 74 Plymouth Fury III 2-dr hardtop ($400) 67 Cadillac Deville convertible ($950) 74 Toyota Celica GT 5-sp ($475) 65 Plymouth Fury III convertible ($650) 76 Toyota Corolla GT 5sp ($175) (bought it out of a salvage yard, back when you could still do that. Needed an engine, & sway bar end link bushings. Had factory A/C) 77 Toyota Corolla hatchback ($100) (engine donor to above. Body was rusted out) 73 Buick Electra 225 4dr HT ($500) 74 Ford Mustang (the ORD; paid $65 at an auto auction. I needed a car, stat, after the Fury threw a rod) 73 Lincoln Mark IV $1 Wife's friend needed it gone. 83-1/2 Nissan Pulsar Turbo (my late father’s mid-life-crisismobile. Free) 69 Olds Cutlass convertible $900. Bought a roller, body had 65K miles on it. Stuffed the 455 & transmission from the ’73 Buick into it, in my apartment complex parking lot. 81 Celica Supra 5sp (first ‘grown-up’ car) $3500 72 Buick Electra 225 4dr HT (bought it for a buck from a buddy) 78 Dodge Challenger 5sp (Mitsubishi captive import) free, same buddy 76 Honda Civic 4sp $200 74 Chrysler Newport (fuckin’ boat) $175. Motor was trashed, got rid of it after a month 83 Dodge Ram 250 conversion van $3500 70 Buick Electra convertible $1800. Cowl / windshield bed was rusted out. Sold it for $1500 2-months later. 86 Ford Escort L 5-sp $250. Had 275K on it. Ran great. Sold it to a used-car dealer for $800 3-years later. 86 Buick LeSabre 2-dr coupe $600 66 Pontiac Bonneville convertible (purchased 1995) $4500 86 Firebird 5sp, V6, T-tops. Fabulous unmolested car. $1800 from a heavily pregnant woman in search of a minivan because twins were coming. She bought it new. I sold it only because I got my first company car) 66 Pontiac Bonneville convertible (prior one was wrecked in September 2000; bought this one from Seattle with the insurance check) $8000 74 VW bug $1200 68 VW bug roller $650 (both were for a father/son project; my son‘s first car he built with some help) 74 Dodge Dart 4dr $1100 94 Mercedes e320 sedan ($600 from the father of one of my son’s friends after he rear-ended someone. I yanked out the rad support with a come-along & a holly tree, bought a new hood & headlight & voila) My son discovered Hondas: 99 Honda Accord LX coupe, 5sp $950 (engine had spun bearings. Scrapped after 2-years) 01 Honda Accord LX coupe, 5sp $1200 (greenhead motor was shot, swapped in a $350 JDM engine. put all of the greenhead sensors on it, car think it's still there. His current ride; he adores it. Sold it to him for $100 at his insistence) 00 Honda Accord LX coupe V6 auto free. Still mine but at his house. 93 Buick Roadmaster station wagon $1100.00 not running. 54K miles. Needed a fuel pump. Sold it 3-years later for $7500. 08 Nissan Versa $800. Fun little tin box until the CVT inevitably failed. .04 Honda CR-V. Free from my sister, who owed me approximately a half-million for all the work I'd done on her cars over the previous 25-years. Totaled by a texting kid. 65 Ford Econoline pickup (current romance) 08 Mercury Milan a/k/a Mercury Magoo (my late Mom’s car). My executor fee. These two & the Bonneville make up my current owned inventory. My wife bought her first car since 1985 (she too has had company cars since) a 2013 Kia Soul. She fuckin' loves the alien green thing. If I’m missing any, I’ll go back and add them. Company car list. All but one were new off of the dealer lot: ’96 Chrysler Cirrus ‘00 Chevy Malibu ’99 Taurus (my boss’s ride at a new job, gave me until my new car came in) ’03 Ford Windstar ’06 Windstar ’09 Freestar ’12 Taurus (first year of the last body type. Same horsepower – and visibility – as an APC) ’15 Ford Flex (LOVED THE FLEX) ’18 Ford Flex ’19 Nissan Rogue (current) PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Sep 30, 2022 |
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Hadlock posted:ugh The TA rules.
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For some reason, the only car that seemed to attract the cops was this one: Possibly the plate? They never tried to search it, though. I still have the tags. That letter combination cannot be ordered from the state any longer.
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