Steve Moskowitz Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 What is the one favorite car <span style="font-weight: bold">that you owned</span> and why? What is the one car you sold but wish you had not? <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Bookreader Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Favorite car : 1936 Buick Century Convertible that we have driven over 30,000+ miles to meets and tours and criss-crossed the country . Car I wish we had not sold: Our beautiful 1922. Model B22 Durant Touring car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 My '52 Beetle will always be the fav, even though I haven't driven it for almost 30 years. They are fairly rare and unusual, crude mechanics. The car I should have never sold was the '67 Corvette roadster, or the '63 coupe, or the '68 Camaro, or the... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyDale Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Austin Bantam A/A drag car.1988 ran 7.40 at 185 mph when the index was 7.85.Sold it.....i WISH, more like salvaged it.Wasn't much left after i drove it off the end with NO parachute.diz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles2 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Mine was a 1939 Cadillac V-16, seven passenger touring sedan. When I bought it in 1963, it was in unrestored but good condition with about 65,000 miles on the odometer. It still had the lube stickers from a Florida dealer dated 1942 and East Coast "W" radio station letters on the radio. That car had the longest hood I have ever looked down. It idled so smoothly that I had to check the oil pressure gage to be sure it was running. When I started school at the University of Washington, I sold it to a guy who really wanted it. I wish I'd kept it. I don't know what happened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moepar Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 So Diz, you couldn't crack the door open & use your LEAD FOOT as a BRAKE?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_MrEarl Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Ahh Steve, that's a tough one, limiting it to one. Looking back over the years though, I think I'd have to say my Triumph GT-6+ was the most fun. But then my 57 Chevy was my first love and you never forget your first love. My 67 Chevelle was my fastest. My 67 VW bus was a "trip". And of course me and my Buicks are growing old together so I love them too. SEE I told you this was a tough one. I'd feel guilty if I were to come out and say which one was my favorite.Kinda like asking sombody which of their children are their favorite, ya know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphicar BUYER Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What is the one favorite car <span style="font-weight: bold">that you owned</span> and why? What is the one car you sold but wish you had not? </div></div>Excluding the Amphis I currently have (Certainly most fun), I miss my (2)'66 Cadillac ragtops (one died on a BIG tree, the other I sold) and the '64 Jetstar 88 Ragtop (tripple light blue), and the '69 Bonneville Ragtop (3 dueces on top a 428, MMmmm!!) and the '88 H-D FLSTC/TLE and and and ......... The 2nd '66 Caddy DeVille ragtop I should have kept. It was originally white with RARE red leather factory buckets covered with a white top. That car had been stolen from a body shop. 11 months, 2 weeks later after I had retrieved the title from the garbage as a keepsake, I got it back. It was not running when stolen but I drove it home from the impound lot! It was found in a body shop in primer, days away from paint and new interior. Missed it by this > < much! I sold it, the J-88 and the Bonneville to help buy my house.I can't pick one, sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sixpack2639 Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 My most favorite so far has to be my 51 Buick. I just enjoy the heck out of driving and showing her even though she still needs some work. The one I wish I still had has to be the 55 2nd Series Chevy truck I sold about 5 years ago but i'm looking for another one. LOL Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 I'll forever kick myself for selling the Nat Rayburn built "Chrysler-Ford Special" an ARCA road race car from the late 1930's. Sold it, bought it back two years later, then sold it again, never knowing its full history. At the time race car pedigree was not of the importance it is today. I could never backtrack its history futher than @1953 when it ran in the SCCA Hill Climb at Mt. Equinox in Vermont where this photo was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Green Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Quote; "I'd feel guilty if I were to come out and say which one was my favorite. Kinda like asking sombody which of their children are their favorite, ya know."I like them all equally (the cars) (in case their listening or following this thread). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moepar Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 My favorite was my '63 La Sabre 4 door sedan, 401/410 wildcat engine. Massive car, massive power. My hubby SOLD it (was not a very happy camper) and he had to pay for it for 1 1/2 years in outhouse basement til he got me my '76 Olds Cutlass Salon with t-tops . Now he's allowed back in the house (after being hosed off). But I do have to say I also like my '71 300-gotta love a huge car with a big block that goes real fast down the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 1961 Plymouth Valient-Dad's car, 1st learned to drive on it, cute as could be. It was a black two-door with the could-not-kill 225 slant six and a push-button torqueflite tranny. Had red interior and that sexy fake spare tire thing on the rear trunk lid. The car was quick and peppy, very stylish (think they won a Motor Trend styling award that year) and as I can recall, it handled pretty well. Won many a stop-light grand prix with that. Rev it up in neutral, press #1 and it would burn some rubber! Wish I still had it or could find another. Wish I had kept my 1st Model A. Just a sentimental thing I guess.Terry Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 This one's easy. My favorite was a jade green 1957 Olds 98 4dr HT previously owned by an Olds dealer with every option except the 3X2 carb setup. It was big powerful and comfortable and most of all fast. I could bury the speedo needle at 120 easily. It probably set me up for my later love of Cadillacs.The car I got after the Olds was a long- desired sports car, a 1960 Truimph TR-3. What a piece of junk. What a dope I was. It broke literally every week. The freakin end-all was whne the engine blew splitting a piston a few seconds after morning start up at idle!I'd like to be cruisin the Olds right now as I watch the TR get crushed into a cube of Limey tin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrbartlett Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Mine was a '66 Buick Riviera, tan with white bucket seat interior and center console. It was really beautiful, fast, reliable and classy. It was my dad's car new, and he gave it to me when I returned from Vietnam and went to college. I wore it out until, at 135,000 miles, the engine cracked a piston. Also, lots of other people had dented it up. I didn't have the space, time or money to repair it, so I gave it to someone who ultimately allowed it to be crushed. Now, money would be no object. I'd pay a lot to have that car back again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moskowitz Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Why did I just know that some of you could not limit yourself to one! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> My favorite car was my 1908 Model X Oldsmobile and the one I wish I had not sold was the same. Had to do it but probably means I will never get the chance to own a larger brass era Olds again. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhner Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Its not a car, but, I should have kept my 1957 Lambretta motor scooter. 150cc, shift on the hand grip. greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Steve, Was the Model X the one that was found in Hawaii years ago and featured in Horseless Carriage Gazette? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moskowitz Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Bob, I don't <span style="font-style: italic">think</span> the article you are talking about was a Model X. My car came via California in the 70's to a friend of mine who had me store it. I eventually bought it and did a complete restoration. The other one that was known was in Canada and now is in Kalamazoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 I, like some here, really liked all the cars I've owned, but my favorite would have to be my 62 Buick Invicta convertible. Besides being a nice driving car, it is also classy & quick! To this day it always amazes me on how many people never heard of an Invicta....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Kinker Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 My first "Real Car" (one that I had to borrow money to get) was a 1969 Camaro SS/RS convertable. 350, 4-speed, Fathom Green with a very pale light green top, bucket seats (of cource) It was one sexy, fast car. Wish that one was still around, I had a BLAST with it. Next would be the 64 Sport Fury , black on black, 383, auto. That was FUN & Fast!!!!!! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">To this day it always amazes me on how many people never heard of an Invicta....... </div></div>What's an Invicta?JUST KIDDING--pretty sure I know what those are (especially after viewing some of Centurion's cool tour pictures, and other BCA forum browsing).Was "The Cruising Vessel" in "Fast Times at Ridgemount High" an Invicta?I've liked most of the cars I've owned. I think each kind of did it's best at being what it was. For instance, my first-ever brand new car was a 1978 Mazda GLC--one of the old kind of "egg-shaped," rear-drive ones, and that was a darned good car. Actually steered and handled pretty well for what it was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">To this day it always amazes me on how many people never heard of an Invicta....... </div></div>What's an Invicta? </div></div>An Invicta was one of the finest sports cars made in England in the 1930's why Buick stole the name is unknown to me. Invicta = Fine British Sports Car, Buick is a Buick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel88 Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 My favorite was my '54 Mercury convertible, 3 spd with overdrive. It was a good looking car that sounded great with duals and glasspacs. I sold it for a '64 Ford 390 with a 4 spd that was one year old. I regretted selling the Merc soon after. Sure wish I still had it.Woody Michel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 I'm loathe to admit it here, and it's only been 1 month of ownership, but so far I'd have to admit that my 2005 Toyota Prius is definitely my favorite car that I've owned. It's hard to believe the immense technological strides that were made between 2001 (the first hybrid for sale) and 2004 (the current car). And to have such cutting edge technology be affordable and reliable is yet another achievement.It might never be a Duesenberg or a Jaguar, but it's definitely a car that makes <span style="font-style: italic">every</span> competitor seem terribly obsolete. ...And that's a lot of competitors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_MrEarl Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">To this day it always amazes me on how many people never heard of an Invicta....... </div></div>What's an Invicta? </div></div>An Invicta was one of the finest sports cars made in England in the 1930's why Buick stole the name is unknown to me. Invicta = Fine British Sports Car, Buick is a Buick. </div></div> So...and I'm sure that Buick appreciated that fact and is possibly why they chose the name. After all to be copied is the greatest form of flattery. Besides the Buick Invicta held its own in the way of high performance . an interesting thread has just started over in the BCA forum. Invicta high speed runand a Buick is indeed just that, a Buick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_MrEarl Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Jeeez Dave, that hurt!!! does this mean you'll be changing your avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 So.....Dave@moon, when is your 1960 Buick going up for sale, I'd might be interested?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill pritchett Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 1961 Oldsmobile as I always loved them and was finally able to find one.As far as selling, I regret selling the six Bugattis and 35 Tuckers my father had. (Unfortunately, that was in my dreams). I probably would like to have the 56 Rambler that my parents had just because you hardly ever see them any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Does the phrase <span style="font-style: italic">"cold, dead hands"</span> mean anything to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 I thank my wife, Gloria, for allowing the purchase of our '65 Corvette fuelly coupe some 6 years ago. I bought a nice '68 375-396 new in '67 which I later sold(family and fuel expense). You might say I regret the sale of this somewhat rare Chevelle, but it would never be a fuelly Vette. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Ok, yall done got me in truble now-at the mention of my soft spot for the early Plymouth Valient, good friend and DFer Bob Swanson sent me a Valient sales brochure - and I really love it as I've not collected any Valient stuff before. Thanks Bob, appreciated muchly! I left the catalog on the kitchen counter and when Sue got home from work she confided that she'd always liked those cars - her family was still driving a later convertible version when we started dating. Well, now it seems that between Bob's catalog, and this forum, our love affair with the Plymouth Valient has been rekindled. Fortunately, they are smallish cars and we could probably squeeze one in around here someplace. We'll see what happens.Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 ......................so now you want the OTHER Valiant literature. I sure hope I'm not the only guy that mails out freebies to friends, you never know what will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest De Soto Frank Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 "Fine British Sports-Car"... now THERE'S an exercise in irony... LOLCan't say what my favorite car is yet; contenders are my '62 Falcon (first car), my ' 41 & ' 55 De Sotos, my '48, '50 and '60 Chryslers...etc.Can't say which car I "wish I'd never gotten rid of"....'cause I haven't gotten rid of any... ...yet...Cars I wish my parents had never gotten rid of:Dad's '55 De Soto Fireflite Sportsman 2dr HT"" '53 Packard"" '49 Studebaker 1/2 ton pick-upMom's '61 Rambler American Convertible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Hey Bob, do you know Phil Hamilton? He's a pretty active old car guy in our state, connected with Belltown and 4-Cs mostly, I think (and also a pretty big Packard fan). Anyway, my family donated a pretty decent Plymouth Valiant to him (a '65 I think) a couple of years back (had been my wife's grandfather's car down in FL, and was a spare car for the family for a while up here), and he's been doing a few things with it recently, including getting his hand controls fitted, and should be on the road with it soon, if not already. It seems like it might be a much better fit for him than the huge, hulking mid-50s Packard 4-door sedan he had previously. Anyway, possibly another Valiant fan in the making, it appears... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critterpainter Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 My favorite car that I sold was my 71 MGB IT was a blast to drive and I abused (er drove) it for 3 years until it was drinking a quart of oil every 200 miles and the tires were rags. I remember making more that one trip to and from Paso Robles to the bay area with the throttle on the floor most of the way. Hmmmm wonder how it got worn out?? car I wish I had NEVER sold 64 e-type coupe. I was broke and going to college and I bought it to help fund my education. I was driving it it town one Fri nite and a girl came up behind me and blinked her headlights and pointed to a nearby restaurant....easiest date I ever madeBill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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