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Here ya go....looks like a nice example of a Trofeo. Go get you another one and love it!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks___1990-Oldsmobile-Toronado-Trofeo-2-Door-Coupe-FWD-RARE_W0QQitemZ150319950294QQddnZCarsQ20Q26Q20TrucksQQddiZ2282QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash= item150319950294&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72%3A727%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
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Does a '74 F150 with a 460ci engine count as a sports "car"?
I've driven several sports cars and a Porsche gets my blood running. Maybe a Ruf would be the ultimate.
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Yeah, the Spitfire was a bit scary now that I think about it, but I thought it was a blast. Someone rear ended it while I was in college. My mom gave it to a neighbor after I left the farm.
My sister had a '72 Roadrunner with a 440 in it when we were in high school. That was also a blast. I owned a '71 Jaguar XKE for a few days and then the guy backed out of the deal. I offered $4500. He sold it a year later for $2500. Come to think of it, I forgot I bought a '61 Plymouth Valiant this summer. It needs to get put together yet and has been hauled back up to the farm to wait for reassembly.
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I was a Mercedes virgin until I got my Porsche 924. Quite a difference between the two, but surprisingly the Porsche rides almost as well as a W126!
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last car was a dodge colt that I was going to put an eclipse turbo motor in with a talon TSI AWD... but then I bought the benz... so I havent owned a sports car or exotic until I bought that Irish car... I now understand the British car joke. Thank god they do use lucas wiring harnesses because finding NOS wiring harness smoke for a DMC-12 would be harder than getting a blinder fluid cap for a spitfire.
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1976 Opel Manta. I learned about Bosch L-Jetronic with that car. A few Porsche 914's and a couple of Fiat 124 Spiders.
My first car was a 1963 Ford Falcon with a 260 V-8. Very quick, but the drum brakes took forever to bring it to a stop. For many years I had a 1967 Olds 98. 9 mpg in the city and 12 on the highway! Pooka |
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Hello,
My First car.. 1974 camaro early 80's flame job acrylic enamel...( I thought the flames were stickers at first). gone A couple of Ford tempo/topaz.gone 1988 ford mustang lx 5.0 L ..STILL HAVE IT KINDA 2 Nissan Stanzas 1 1987 ...Love that car Ca20e 4 cyl. motor ( 8 spark plugs) 1 1987 stripped it and sent it to car heaven. 1981 Mercedes 300td Daily driver but fingers crossed that the harmonic balancer does not fly off again. 1979 300d n/a needs rear wheel bearing 1988 420 sel X 3 cars complete minus front seats on 2 1 is near mint 2 have blown motors. 1 crappy looking one has the motor for the mint one to be replaced |
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73 Jeep J2000 Pickup with a 390 big block
77 Thunderbird with a 351M with 400 high compression heads 82 Ford Capri (British while stationed there) 91 Bronco with a FI302 82 Mercury Cougar XR7 90 Lincoln Mark VII LSC 79 Ford F-250 Extended Cab Short bed with a 460 89 Ford Centurion Classic C-350 (4-door Bronco) 7.3L IDI Turbo Diesel 83 300SD Not really a slow one in the bunch.
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In the 90s I had a 1970 Olds 98, with the Rocket 455 for about three days until it caught fire and burned up. I had just put 30 gallons of gas in it too. The torque was incredible.
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I think they marketed the car to the wrong demographic, it was no longer the really big V-8 Coupe for retired Executives...
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All this talk about sports cars makes me want one. I had a girlfriend who had a 1974 MBG I used to love driving it. I also had a neighbor who had a 1953 MG TF. That car was only 'driven' in the driveway as it always had "issues". I would love a TR6 but I think I could only afford a Spitfire or a Midget.
Why are you saying that a Spit is scary? Is it the slowness or the handling? Is it worse than a 'B'?
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Hard to say if a Spit is scarier than a "B". I was 18 when I had the "B". I recall basically feeling like I was sitting on the road. One's legs are out of sight almost flat in the "tunnel".
The Spit is kind of like driving a grocery shopping cart. At speed it bounces around. Mine has Laycock overdrive ( and its a MkIII with the probably best performing 1300 pre-smog engine) so it scoots. Looking to the rear, there is only about two feet from your head to the rear bumper. You are almost invisible to anyone in a full size SUV. Last time I had a tailgater who thought going 5 above the speed limit wasn't good enough for him.
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Sporty or performance-oriented cars I have owned
69 Olds 442 70 Camero SS 73 Porsche 911T 74 Fiat 124 Sports Coupe 74 BMW 2002 78 Datsun 280Z 83 Mazda RX7 92 Taurus SHO 92 VW Jetta GLI16V But that's just the fun ones. I've also owned close to another 30 or so less interesting vehicles.
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