Fun thread....I hope the guy from page one with the Buick GN still has it...
In order-
72 Chevy Kingswood SW, grandfather’s old car, rear was in its own zip code. Had dreams of yanking out a 454 and putting that into something better. Imagine my horror when I opened the hood.....looked around for a bit, and noticed it only had 350 2bbl.
71 Le Mans sport vert, quite rusty and slow, but a shift kit made it seem so much faster.
70 Firebird “converted” to a Formula. Built an engine for it, was pretty fast, but had I known then what I do now...I probably would have lived past 25.
77 280Z, mom old car, drove after selling the Bird for about 6 months or so.
87 Escort GT. Loved that one. Had a burned valve so I bought a reman head, dingleberry’d the block, etc etc and drove the piss out of it. I’d get close to 40 mpg on the highway if stayed steady on the pedal.
70 GTO hardtop, project, still have it.
1987 MB 190 2.6 sweet ride with a decent amount of get up and go. Also the car that made me fall in love with German engineering.
97 M3 lux, 2dr, 5 speed. Love this, will continue to drive it until the wheels fall off. So much fun, even with its E36 inherent and designed quirks.
69 GTO vert. Drove for a while and went to change the fuel pump and timing chain....that’s when I discovered crankshaft end play was ohhh, about a quarter inch. Someone didn’t know what maimthe thrust bearing went on a Pontiac. Still have it.
2000 Lincoln LS V6. Got it with 20k miles in 2012. Still have it.
needless to say...nascar fandom didn’t influence my choice in vehicle, and vice versa. Initially a Cale Y fanboi, then Elliot in the 80s, that Tbird was just so cool. Then Sr in the 90s, Jr. after him, now wagon is hitched to Blaney.
