Anyone drive a classic car....

[Drumron]

Do you drive a classic car, and if so what is it..... to be specific. Classic as in any car before 1988.

[Auggie]

1. Please define "classic"

I might be driving one in a few more years (I think) ...

[Angry Dragon]

2. Used to own a 1967 Mustang

[Hassin Bin Sober]

3. I have a 73 Granville that I've had sitting in the garage since I had it painted in 1990

I thought the car was old back then. Lol.

My brother got a bug up his ass and had the timing chain and cover done this fall (we were in the middle of that project when we got sidetracked for 25 years. Lol).

Too late for plates this year but next year I'll be driving it.

[Lochloosa]

4. 4 years to go 1992 Ford F150 staight six

I love my truck. All Steel.

[Brother Buzz]

12. That 300 cubic inch inline six is a workhorse

I had a 1988 F150 and put over 250,000 honest working miles on it. It hauled everything from grapes to gravel.


Bummer, both the tree and the truck are gone

[Lochloosa]

14. It was not built to go in a truck originally.

It was for running large wood chippers etc.

Mine has 229k and I expect another 150. I hope.

[Brother Buzz]

16. I understood it had a lot of industrial applications...

from forklifts to airport ground equipment

[Lochloosa]

18. Asplundh Tree still usrs them.

Ford builds them just for them.

[denbot]

5. 1986 VW Vanagon Syncro 4x4

All wheel/4 wheel drive (locking differential). My little surf wagon at the local break.

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[Kali]

6. I own a 63 Corvair Lakewood wagon

but I don't drive it, needs rubber - tires and internal. would love to sell it.
oh pre-88 is classic now? I do drive an 87 toyota pick up.

[Drumron]

7. 10 classics and counting

I have 10 classics that are all tagged and get driven daily.....

1975 Mercury grand Marquis coupe....460
1969 Lincoln continental Mark III .... 429
1972 lincoln continental Mark IV .....460
1974 lincoln continental Town Car .. 460
1977 lincoln continental Mark V.....460
1979 lincoln continental Town Coupe......400
1980 lincoln continental Mark VI 4 door...351
1985 lincoln Town Car Cartier .......302
1986 Lincoln continental Mark VII bill blass 302HO
1988 lincoln Town Car signature......302

I love all my babies but my favorite is the mark V. Sexy sleek and HUGE........

[Lochloosa]

15. My parents had the Mark IV.

Snuck six people in the drivein in the trunk.

[BuddyCa]

17. the car of every bad guy

in the Rockford Files.

[NightWatcher]

8. In the mid 90's I had a 1979 Caprice Classic 2 door coupe

Mine was identical to this. We called it the two toned Flesh Mobile.




It would fly!!!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. It's probably in Saudi Arabia now.

I was in the car business in the 90s. The exporters loved those. V8 and cold A/C

Not sure if they still buy our cars up.

[NightWatcher]

22. My best friend's kid brother bought it and wore it out driving from Savannah to Chicago

several times a year for several years

[pinboy3niner]

23. Exporters bought my '70 Jag E-Type in '93 and shipped it to Europe

I'm sure they made a killing on it.

[Throd 2.0]

9. '59 Olds, '67 Olds. '68 Olds, '73 Olds

[sarge43]

10. Hubby has a Chevie Blazer, 1976. n/t

[Nac Mac Feegle]

11. '75 Mercedes 450SL

Currently not running, but will be as soon as I can spend a couple hours getting the timing right and the transmission fluid topped off.

[FSogol]

13. Used to have a 1968 Chyrsler 300. Sold it in the mid 90s.

It was an indestructible land boat with over 460,000 miles.

[Boxerfan]

19. My own Golden gate Bridge...A 1973 VW Bus....

I used to live in Sausalito & one of the things about the GG bridge is they never stop working on it. Once they finish painting to one end the other is due. And then there are the "unexpected-old mechanical things take a caretaker or a rich wallet.

Not rich but I used to be a auto/ motorcycle mechanic . And I raced formula single motorcycles waaaay back when & have the groans and trophies to prove it.

I got a VW van on the cheap-the only time that ever happened.

Soon found out that the "Porsche" style motors were their own ball of wax-very finicky & sensitive. Replaced the heads fairly early in our time together-the heads are a "problem". The ones I got were "rebuilt better than new". That was a huge lie I found out later.

And I learned a lot more than I wanted to after the camshaft melted & the cylinder heads cooked themselves to oblivion.I did a full motor rebuild and bankrupt my family for a while.

Now it does 75-85 easy & doesn't overheat at all. And I've made it easier to speed which is the last thing I need. Also being a lightweight breadbox with the aero of a brick-and antiquated suspension etc...I should be putting but that is not my nature....

No pix but it is ugly outside fast inside. My race bike was like that-5k in a single cylinder engine-in the 80's-and zero on paint. Flat black rattle was the most I'd shell out for aesthetics-they don't make you go faster. Unless you paint the frame red but that is a long fable...

[mopinko]

20. i drive a 86 jeep grand cherokee.

a honey, but i am about to let her go.
tired of the hassle of finding parts for the darn thing.