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1978 Jeep Cherokee chief I had in high school and college. Couldn’t afford to drive it when everything in the economy took a **** and prices went up. Sold it for $1500 to live one more month. J series keeps are getting crazy money so it’ll be a while before I get one again
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69 Dodge Charger, 440 two barrel.
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Mine cost about 14K when new...come to think of it that is about what I paid for it in 1993 not running. I believe a new rolls back then was about 18K A basic mb was maybe 4K in 62.
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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC] ..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis. |
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We'd yank the radiator and battery then sell them for scrap value after filling them with the shop's output of scrap steel, IIRC we got .35 cents / pound back then . We had a small advert in a local newspaper reading "I fix or BUY any car, VW's wanted" and boy howdy did I get some lulus .
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'79 was last german made imported, of the Rabbit diesel sedans. 'round headlights' Dont know about ragtops, I dont think they ever built ragtops with diesel engines
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Howdy All,
61 Mog and 02 PT Cruiser.
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After school I was out there frequently buying really old cars. My father suggested that I find a way to keep some of them long term. Storage was the issue. I think from his perspective. He had lived in California for 14 years as a Canadian.
He once mentioned the true classic cars of today were sitting at the back of car lots there really cheap. My guess is people avoided them perhaps because of repair costs. Of course some of the cars I have owned. I would like to have kept until today . Nostalgia is strong enough I had a superficial look at one of the favorites on the net for sale in the last month. Until I remembered I just do not have time for it now. If I were ten to twenty years younger may have been a different story. Anyways the days when you could locate good solid cars without any real issues for a hundred dollars are long gone. There was really no interest in older cars then basically. It was a real hobby for the few of us that where active with them. For the price of a decent new tire today you could get something reasonably close to mint condition. To be fair though knowing mind suspecting the future is only a guess at best. Back in those days new cars where status symbols. If you drove a really old car repair costs and parts where aquired easily and very cheap. Service facilities where in general as close as your local gas station. Although usually I did whatever was required. Gas was five gallons for a dollar for years in America. Three imperial gallons for a dollar in Canada. Engine oil .25 a quart. Last edited by barry12345; 01-31-2019 at 10:48 PM. |
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slightly wish I kept my 1990 Corrado G60. It wasnt much of a car, but there arent many left, and as VW's first real attempt at a sports car, it was unique enough to give me 'street cred'.
Everything broke on it though. These failures are well documented. Good luck trying to find an unmolested one now...It was a horrible car to own and wasnt even that fast (even by early 1990's standards). But it was rare, and nice to drive. I'll take that. I also kinda miss my 240D. (stick shift, MY 1982). Rust was approaching and 29mpg for such a slow car was getting to me... -John
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1962 Hillman Super-Minx convertible - a mustard yellow rust-bucket with red interior. In my senior year, spring of '74, I paid $50 for what was then the cheapest car in the Washington Post Classifieds.
Patched up the rust holes and the leaky exhaust, replaced an axle bearing and the driveshaft. The seller's tags, with several months left, were still on the car. So I sneaked occasional rides out of my parent's driveway until they finally caught me and read me the riot act! Sold it to a lawyer from Maryland for $275. But realistically, I never had garage space to store any classics. So it would've eventually biodegraded in the backyard or a scrap-yard! I still wonder what ever happened to it? Happy Motoring, Mark
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I still miss my first car-a 1966 Rambler Cross Country station wagon. It was perfect, metallic blue-green. It had the same front end as the "Marlin". Paid $300. It's actually a classic now-kind of.
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1987 560 SL, white with blue interior. Loved that car.
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