if you love classic cars, poke me.

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[Goonch]

1. ;-{)

57 Chevy BelAir

[allegorical oracle]

8. Had a 57 Chevy -- bought it with my after high school/babysitting $$. Was proud of it, but

have to confess it was a tank to drive. Three-speed on the column, no power steering and it got about 10 miles to the gallon.

Caught car fever from my dad. Later had a jaunty little 1959 red MGA. It was a fun drive. My dream car was a '55 T-bird, but never found one that didn't have a waiting line of prospective buyers ahead of me.

[Phoenix61]

2. I want one of these Sooooo... bad.

[Bo Zarts]

3. 1980 911SC - Schwartz Metallic

South Carolina - 2023

[Bo Zarts]

4. 1969 Landrover Series IIA - "Bugeye"

Dallas, Texas - 1998

[Bo Zarts]

5. 1950 Studebaker Starlight Coupe

Gold Beach, Oregon - 2013

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. Just before I left for boot camp,

my dad gave me his 1958 Studebaker P/U, it had a Studebaker 289 ci engine with a 3 on the tree trans, thing was a blast to drive and fast.

[Dave says]

6. My great uncle had a 1938 Packard

Not absolutely sure of the year, it may have been 1932. It was a really cool car. My uncle died a couple of decades ago. I don’t know what happened to the car.

On edit: I used to have a 1969 convertible Camaro. Sold it to pay tuition years ago.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. 1955 Pontiac Safari.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. 1957 Chevrolet Nomad.

[pecosbob]

10. My first car...Dad bought it for me in 1975 for $400.00.

Too much car for a fifteen year old.

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Volvo P1800 circa 1967. . .

[MarineCombatEngineer]

12. 1969 Ford Fairlane Cobra.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

13. 1966 Chevelle Super Sport.

[Liberal In Texas]

15. Still have my '87 Firebird

Old cars are expensive to keep repaired.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

16. Beautiful car.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

17. Yeah, they are expensive to maintain and finding parts for a classic car is getting harder and harder

to find.
Currently, I own a 1963 Ford Galaxy XL convertible with the 390 ci engine 4 speed trans., all numbers matching, and if weren't for companies that reproduce parts under Ford's license, I never would've been able to restore it.
It drives like a tank, gets lousy mileage but it sure does turn heads when I take it out for a Sunday drive.

[Liberal In Texas]

19. Sounds like a great car!

Fortunately, the more popular a car and one more people are collecting the easier it is to find parts and repro parts. I have had trouble finding mechanics that want to work on it as well. They don't want to work on old cars even though they're a lot simpler than the computers on wheels being made today.

Yep, I get people stopping me to talk about the car and lots of looks when I'm driving it. Lots of folks say they had one like that or a Camero back in the day.

I don't do a lot of work myself, but I resorted to rebuilding the headlight motors that are notorious for failing. Luckily with the internet parts are available and YouTubes give you an idea how to do it.

[Celerity]

18. 2004 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren

[PCIntern]

20. I drive a 1970 Volvo 1800E

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