Cars You've Owned

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  1. Marie Mallery

    Marie Mallery Veteran Member
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    55 Chevy. First car I owned alone was a 1965 Impala..
     
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    When we took our trip south to Colorado Springs, then to the mountain casino city, then back home, in mid July this year, we rented a 2021 Nissan Rogue. It was very, very nice and held all of the stuff we took. The rental company (Enterprise) called it a Mid-Size SUV. Our full-size SUV is our 2005 Dodge Durango. Unlike the Rogue, our Durango it's easier for me to get into and sits up higher.
     
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    Although it's three years older, the Nissan has way fewer miles than the Ford Fusion. We're going on 200,000 miles with the Ford. The Nissan is also four-wheel drive, which may be helpful when the snow comes. Trying to put the plates on a moment ago, I found that it must have been made for a state that doesn't mandate front and back plates, since there aren't even any attachments for a front plate. Maine requires two plates, so I don't know if that means we're going to get pulled over a lot.
     
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    Owned this one, a 1966 Dodge Cornet, changed the engine and transmission out once, and painted it myself.

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    I have always been more of a pickup person than a car person, although I also love vans and station wagons . One of my favorite vehicles that was a blast to drive was my old Ford Econoline pickup.
    It had that flat little nose, so when you were in the driver’s seat, you were right in front of the windshield and looking down at the road, no long car hood in front of you.
    It got good gas mileage, too. Mine was not as pretty as this one, and it was black and white.

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    Alrighty then, here's one of my old pickups, a 351-engine ford long bed, I painted inside and out Marie snapped a photo. I do have a better photo, of the outside with stipes I painted on but will have to look a little more to find it.:) That's one of our old friends, John checking it out, one thing he said made me laugh, about his drinking days, he said he just knew Hollywood was gonna come and get him and it took years for him to realize he wasn't special.:D I was checking the oil in this photo.

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  7. Marie Mallery

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    Neat truck, don't think I've ever seen one quite like that one Yvonne.:cool:
     
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  8. Marie Mallery

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    Once kids were being born, I usually had a van and have had one ever since late 60's. Then in the late 80s I used my 1976 E-100 van for business's. Hubby painted this van several times.

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  9. Al Amoling

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    Jay Leno featured one of those in a recent video on YouTube.
     
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    I just recently sold a little roadster I had for almost 17 years so it is probably the most interesting car I’ve owned. it’s a 1999 Panoz AIV roadster. The company is just outside of Atlanta, Ga and makes nothing but high performance two seaters.

    Here’s a link to the company if you’d like to see all their different cars and their interesting history.

    https://panoz.com/

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    I owned an 8 door cargo van Ford and I named it the Box Kite after driving over the long bridge coming into San Diego county. The bridge goes over the Indian Reservation area always a lot of wind there. I came skipping over about 90 mph because that was all it was capable of. I felt the tires leave the pavement and I lifted my foot off the gas pedal. One of the bad things about that photo of the little truck you posted and my 8 door van was the driver sits in front of the axle and it makes it very unstable with vision and driving. The driver is always ahead of the vehicle which was never popular. I left San Diego but I gave the Van to my Brother, he and another Hippy managed to roll it one time and they got out unhurt and got some help to shove it back on it's wheels. The only damage it had was the front windshield popped out. He drove it for a while without the windshield then scrapped it.
     
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    Wow, can't believe it. I had a list somewhere, just looked it up. I've had 26 cars/trucks plus 5 motorcycles.

    First was a '61 Corvair, 2nd was a '63 Old Cutlass, which @Faye Fox is very familiar with. :rolleyes:

    Had a lot of junkers early on of course. Later on I had two Camaros, a 440 Road Runner, and two Corvettes (still have one).

    I just added the 26th vehicle to the list, a '23 Mazda recently purchased.

    The '61 Corvair:

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    The '63 Cutlass:

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    Good morning to all-
    Lord, I've gone through so many cars and trucks- I can't even begin to count them all. For me, a car or truck is just movement from one place to another. what it looks like and how old it is- no big deal to me. but if it doesn't work, then away it goes. I can say that cars and everything to do with them- tires, engines, trannies- are so much better now than when I was first driving.
    Interesting seeing the kinds of vehicles folks on this site use- thanks for starting this post.

    you all be safe and keep well- Ed
     
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    My Mother was an insurance agent and she bought a new Corvair, a huge thunderstorm one night soon after she bought it in OKC. All her customer records were in the front trunk and it filled with water from the storm. Supposed to be water proof of course. She was refunded her money and the car was returned and sold to some other unfortunate. Any chance your car was that light beige color ? I was driving behind one of those turbo Corvairs in the mid 70s and the rear frame engine mount was broken on the engine, it was like one of those little doggie in the back widows bouncing up and down, I can't believe the driver couldn't feel something was wrong.
     
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