The one car you let go and want back now, what is it?

[Trader Ray]

Keeping in mind that a few of our Forum member's are "seasoned" veteren's of this hobby. I would like to ask what car they would want back, if possible and why. I have several that I owned that I would want back, for seperate reasons for differant cars, but at a sentimental point of view, because you loved it kind of thing. What one car or truck would you want, it could be because it is your first car, or the car you meet your wife in (any wife, in no particular order) or the car you brought your first born home in or for that matter the car used to create your first born!. I had a 1965 Impala SS that I loved. It was a long time dream for me as I mentioned on another post, my Dad had a 65 Impala, but no SS. I had a SS and drove it to the frame rusted in two just before it traveled upward to clear the rear axle housing. It was a sad day, I traded it for a 68 Impala. These cars I am refering too I owned in 1980-81. In Michigan, the winters are hard on cars. I hope that other's reply to this thread, the older the car and the longer the story the better the story will be. Use any car, any year and tell why. Fast, big or collectors item now.

[fotw]

Good thread idea s 10 I have not had one but a 32 ford or a 56 T Bird.

[Trader Ray]

You have the 64, You are building a nice car, and it could be your favorite car in time, with all you are doing, researching it, planning and building with your own hands and with help from you Dad & Uncle's it could be the one you always think of. And thanks for the thumb's up.

[fotw]

Very true

[82_camaro_owner]

me want 69 camaro ragtop with a huge *** engine with blower and nitrous. elegant interior with tv screens, playstations, dvd players ect... rims, airbag suspension the works baby yeah

[fotw]

blower and nos lol wow trying for 8 secs there 82 Oh wait a carmaro well lets see call the tow truck wait of it and then hitching it up bout 10 - 20 mins more like it. Hehe just playin did not mean to knock your dream car

[Trader Ray]

82, sounds like you have a plan!

[thecarguy]

Originally posted by 82_camaro_owner
me want 69 camaro with a huge *** engine with blower and nitrous.

sounds better.

[danny]

my first car was a 1960 studebaker lark 8 four door, i'd lke it back just because it was my first car.

[Clutch Grabwell]

This is the one I'd like to have back... my '77 Nova Rally, 350-4 barrel, factory 4-speed. It even had A/C. Someone put a 4-bolt main motor in this thing, and it just wouldn't quit pulling. Fortunately the fugly stripe kit had been removed before I bought it. This car inspired my current project, a Monte SS with a Tuned Port 350 and a six-speed. Same colors inside and out, with major upgrades in the drivetrain. It'll be deja vu all over again.

[vetteonr]

'72 Honda coupe. Just for the collectability of it.

[olds fan]

I guess if I can only pick one, it would be the 1965 Plymouth Fury I had, it had a 383 Four barrel, with dual exhaust and a factory dual point distribiter. That car was named correctly, it was a Fury, I lived in the last house on a dead end street, and I usually parked in the ally, as I would back out of the alley in the mornings I was so used to it, I would hit the 4 barrel occasionally, I drove a forklift for a living and was used to backing up a long distance. It was a great car. I threw a rod in that car at about 70 mph. and coasted to a salvage yard that was at the end of the Industrial Highway I was on and got $50.00 for it. I would want it back just for the shear power it had. And the fact it was a true sleeper. It was rusted and ugly, and it out run anything I lined up with.

[vett599]

MY 67 GTO.A lot of good memories.

[RickS]

By far, my favorite car that I let go was a '65 Olds 442. It was my first nice car. Bought it when it was 3 months old from a friend who went into the Army. It was a convert, 4-speed. 13.9 in the quarter, great handeling for the time and very high cool-factor. I drove it for about three years and sold it to buy a Datsun 2000(yuck).
As soon as I finish rod-storing my 53 Chevy, I'm going to try to find another 65 442 to rod-store with FI and a 6-speed so I can afford to drive it.

[Trader Ray]

The first olds cutlass, what was the name that was over the cutlass badge?? I will answer later..

[rapideo]

that thread title made me think I had caught a Jerry Springer show. you know like....the one ***** you let go and now want back....LOL

[TNcarguy]

Originally posted by s10 blazer
The first olds cutlass, what was the name that was over the cutlass badge?? I will answer later..

Was it F85?

[TNcarguy]

The car I'd like to have back.....
Well, there were a few. Had a cherry 56 Chevy with a 265 V8 that would do 0 to 60 in about 3 days. Car had a lot of potential, though.
Then there was the 64 Chev with the 4 bolt 350 truck engine. It was strong.
And I'd love to have the 70 Camaro that I stuck into a concrete wall head first, or the 71 I bought after that.
Also had a 67 Austin Healy 3000. Big in line 6 that was bored and ported. SU carbs. Overdrive in 3rd and 4th gears. Ran strong in a straight line. Handled like a shopping cart. Too much weight in the front. Rear would just flap in the breeze. Brakes were crap, but the cool factor was there for cruising.
Yeah, those were fun times.

[Trader Ray]

The F85 was the first Olds Cuttlas. Good job, My Dad had a 64 with the V6 and a two speed auto trans, it would fly. But at that time in my life I was still peddling myself around, so any thing flew!

[DoubleJ]

Since I am just a youngen' ..... ;-)

I would love to have my 1991 Ford Taurus SHO back. 5-speed and leather interior. Sunroof. That was just a fun cruising car. But going back a little further, my father promised me his 1970 ford f250 when I was 13. Nothing fancy, just one mean truck. Two-wheel drive, but nothing stopped it. But times were a little tough, and it wasn't worth letting the truck sit for 4 years until I got my license.

[82_camaro_owner]

goodbye.......

[89s10]

IT WAS MY DADS CAR A 1957 BUICK THE 2 CARSI WISH I had was a 1956 chevy a 1966 chevy nova 2 door hard top with a 283

[TNcarguy]

Originally posted by s10 blazer
The F85 was the first Olds Cuttlas. Good job, My Dad had a 64 with the V6 and a two speed auto trans, it would fly. But at that time in my life I was still peddling myself around, so any thing flew!

Yeah, my Dad had a 63 F85 with the little aluminum V8 and a small Carter 4 bbl. Three on the tree. It would move pretty good. Learned to drive in that car by taking it out in a field at Grandma's and doing donuts and power slides. That was big fun till Dad busted me.

[89s10]

dad got rid of the buick got to many tickets and before i kiled myself that boy would roal

[Trader Ray]

ah, the good old days and burning rubber, clutches and rear brake pads. I tortured many a cars doing who knows how many rpm nutrual drops and reverse to drive burn outs. And the car run just the same the next day, no rebuild or major repairs. I had a 69 Mustang that would burn the tires till you was tired of burning them, I had another 69 Mustang that had a straight six, it must to had to been a 170, but I bought it off a friend that had tuned it up and just could not get it to run right, he had new wires and plugs, cap and rotor and of course the points. Well, I went outside the night I bought it and started it and the one cylinder that was not fireing had of course fouled a plug, I put one of the old plugs in it out of the trunk and started the engine, I look at the engine and rev it up and see a sweet looking spark traveling from the coil wire to one of the two terminals. Coil is bad. I get one the next day and see the friend and told him it was fixed and he said no way! Now back when minimum wage was about 1.45 a hour, 5 dollars seemed like a lot of money. I bet him I could smoke the rear tire one hundred feet, you know, one foot in front of the other. He took it and I took him, it was 101 feet. It was a three speed on the floor and just a six but it ran real good with all the new tune up stuff. to long I know, but a fond memory all the same. 101 feet on a side street in the middle of the day, sheet I felt like a living legend, in my own mind. No one else was so impressed. Wonder why?

[TNcarguy]

Dad had a 66 Buick Wildcat with a 401 nail head engine. Man, talk about torque!! You could pull out of McDonald's on a Saturday night, jump on the go pedal, and smoke a rear tire (no posi) for about as long as you wanted. It wasn't that thin, whispy smoke, either. I mean a thick, pretty, white, John Force looking cloud of smoke.
At least, that's the way I remember it. The smoke's probably gotten a lot heavier than it actually was over the last 30 some years. Ain't memories wonderful??

[Trader Ray]

My stories and memories are great, but I often wonder if I have streached them myself. I remember a buick wildcat that my own Father owned and it had a 354 engine, a 350 with a 4 bbl. It said 354 on the air cleaner..

[TNcarguy]

Yeah, I think Dad's said 445 or 455 (or something close) on the air cleaner, but it was 401 cubic inches.

[Trader Ray]

Wildcats, 442's Torino GT's, the little gifts that the auto industries gave us back then, do you think they are still there like them days, are the gifts better now?

[TNcarguy]

Well, they definitely handle better, for the most part. Actually, they're probably a little quicker sometimes, too. But there's just nothing like the sound and feel of wringing out a big block. I can still hear those back 2 barrels of a Holley double pumper or Carter AFB open up. Sounds like it's going to suck the top of the air cleaner right down the carb.
You just can't get that sensatation out of a V6.

[Trader Ray]

I can still feel the engine and trans work in unison as I would go through the gears, the memories of a 69 mustang with a 390 4 speed, that car was probally the most brutal of any hot car that I had. The roar of the engine and the feel of the torque going through the trans and up into the shifter in my hand. I have a four speed s10 blazer now and it is just not the same, dont get me wrong, I feel the shifter moving as I speed up or let off the gas, but that is now a sign that I need three things, two engine mounts and one trans mount..lol

[olds fan]

Originally posted by 82_camaro_owner
goodbye.......

Where are you going?

[QtrHrsmn]

Several. 66 2 + 2 Mustang, 69 BOSS302 Mustang, 68 390GT Mustang, 56 T-bird 312.

[fotw]

Thanks god we have another ford man back.

[sy2173]

Back in H.S. I drove a 75 cutlass and i loved that car but in 1990 when the GMC Syclone came out I wanted one of those..

Well.......... check my sig..
I have all my "dream" cars.

[Trader Ray]

I would love to have a ss S10 or a extreme S10. I have had a few Oldsmobiles and I would like to have a early 70's Cutlass again.

[badandy70ss]

1967 chevelle super sport .4 speed big block 396 marina blue white top black interior buckets console gauges pack. payed 400.00 bucks for it back in 1979, found it in backyard wasnt inspected for 5 years. motor was blown up . i put a small block in it just a 283 .sold it to make room to buy a 1970 ss chevelle basket case what a dumb move that was. oh well andy

[danny]

i think that out of all the chevelles the '70 was the most popular

[fenderbender]

I would like to have my first car back. 1962 Chevy Impala SS.

[big b]

i would like to have my 69 427 425 hp plain camaro back since only 500 were made. 86 gn 97 venture

[Trader Ray]

I think I would have not let that one go

[vetteonr]

That was a good move Andy. When you get it done you won't regret it.

[Grumpytrkr]

I would like to have the 64 International Travelall back that would run maybe 60 top end, but would pull anything that the chain would hang on to.

I learned to drive in a 59 twin stick Mack. Would love to have that back.

Grumpy

[bruce billings]

i had a 72 f-250high boy 4x4 , it had a 390. my freind and i work for two months on it to get it ready for an hunt.ten miles to the gallon loaded or empty .very tough truck had alot of people that wanted to by it but i could not sell her.

[Trader Ray]

I had a 72 ford with the 390, 2 wheel drive though. It had all the power you would want out of a truck.