Special interest cages??? What do you drive?

[Sound Wave]

this is the car i most regret selling:
1995 Ford Mustang Cobra... when i watched the new owner drive away in it, that is when i realized i had made a terrible mistake.


here is the car my wife most regrets that i sold:
2004 Nissan 350z roadster... great car!! major fault? it wasn't a mustang.


this is my current ride (and 4th mustang):
2007 turbocharged Ford Mustang GT.... it has the special edition v6 grille, a rear spoiler delete... the turbo even quiets down the exhaust. a lot of people think it is a v6 with dual exhausts, rims, and "poser" GT badging. i REALLY love this car. it reminds me so much of my 66 mustang i had back in the day. i threw on 66 gt side badges, rear badging, and side stripes to further carry the classic theme.

older pic


current but junk pic


hellion turbo

[Cochese]

I picked up a new 2008 Corvette yesterday. Someone at GM built a SUV around it though.

2008 Trailblazer SS AWD

3SS package with a 6.0L LS2 corvette motor.

It'll be going in for limo tint, powdercoating of the stock wheels and a few other mods soon as I'm done working on the Ninja.

[Cochese]

Should look like this when I'm finished...

[ladyninja08]

sweet ride!

[Cochese]

Originally Posted by ladyninja08

sweet ride!

Thanks!

It's pretty damn fast, even at elevation with AWD drivetrain loss!

[ladyninja08]

Originally Posted by Cochese

Thanks!

It's pretty damn fast, even at elevation with AWD drivetrain loss!

I had a 2006 gto before my latest a 2006 H3. The Gto was the fastest car I ever had. It had a 400hp ls2 corvette motor in it.

[Cochese]

Originally Posted by ladyninja08

I had a 2006 gto before my latest a 2006 H3. The Gto was the fastest car I ever had. It had a 400hp ls2 corvette motor in it.

Goats are even faster without the weight problem!

[ladyninja08]

Yeah,they are heavy 3800lbs

[ladyninja08]

how can I post a pic?

[Alex]

Chris -

Info on how to post a pic --> right here

[ladyninja08]

Thanks Alex. I am going to give it a try.

[noche_caliente]

Here is the car I spent most of my early years riding around in - my mom had her from 74 until 94, and my uncle has her now... one day she will most likely be mine

[Erin_S]

They began as Miatas... ^_^

(referencing my member info <-- and 250 project)

[CC Cowboy]

Old guys always have more on their list of toys;

First car; Triumph TR3A
71 Triumph TR-6
61 Impala SS409 3x2
63 Impala SS
64 T-Bird 390 Police Interceptor
69 T-Bird 429
Jaguar Mark 9
Jaguar XK150S
71 Jaguar V-12 E Type
50 Chevy Deluxe
69 Mercury Monterey 429
68 Olds Cutlass
74 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000
74 BMW 320
96 BMW 328i
65 Porsche 356SC
79 Porsche 911 SC
80 Porsche 911SC Weissach
82 Porsche 911 SC
84 Porsche Cabriolet
86 Porsche 930 Turbo
74 Mercedes 450 SL
75 Mercedes 450SL (Totalled the 74)
79 Mercedes SEL 6.9
86 Mercedes AMG Hammer 6.0
85 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
92 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
96 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
02 Cadillac Deville DHS
84 Chevy Blazer
86 Chevy Blazer
88 Chevy Silverado
90 Dodge Caravan

This isn't the correct order as I had to really think (and probably missed a few).

[kkim]

geez... with that many cars, you must be reeeeeealy old!!

[CC Cowboy]

Originally Posted by kkim

geez... with that many cars, you must be reeeeeealy old!!

I'm so old that you and I were probably born in the same year. Now that's old! 40 years of driving, 50 years of riding.

I can remember when you had to push a button to start the car. I can't understand why they recently went back to the start button (probably some anti-theft reason).

I can remember when there wasn't traffic. I can remember when the cops called your parents when you got caught doing something wrong. I can remember when going for a drive was affordable and something you did when you got bored. I can remember when people hitchhiked and it was safe and actually friendly and a fun way to meet people. I can remember drive-in movies, drive-in restaurants, drive through convenient stores, and drive-up liquor stores. I can remember when you could drink and drive. I remember air conditioning was not only an option but most people didn't order it. I can remember going across country on a motorcycle and when you pulled into a restaurant people (including woman) wanted to talk to you asking where you were from and where you were going, they were friendly.

I can also remember when there wasn't an internet, no forums, no way to communicate with people of like interests from all over the world. There were no cell phones to call someone when you broke down in the middle of nowhere. I remember when vehicles didn't have the reliabilty to go 100,000 miles effortlessly (and a car with 30,000 miles was junk). Now most bikes and cars are bullet proof.

I remember so much that I'm out of memory. Everytime I remember something new I have to forget something old to make room.

[HKr1]

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

86 Mercedes AMG Hammer 6.0

That was suppose to be one bad ass car

[CC Cowboy]

Originally Posted by HKr1

That was suppose to be one bad ass car

It was written up as a supercar, the fastest sedan, Road and Track and Car and Driver each had articles about it. It was on the cover of one of them, I forget which one. I bought it from the original owner, some rich guy from the Hamptons out on Long Island, NY. It was fun to drive, sounded great, and really turned heads. I only had in it for a short time. Someone offered me ten grand more than I paid for it so it was gone. Looking back that was a big mistake.

[kkim]

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

I'm so old that you and I were probably born in the same year. Now that's old! 40 years of driving, 50 years of riding.

I can remember when you had to push a button to start the car. I can't understand why they recently went back to the start button (probably some anti-theft reason).

I can remember when there wasn't traffic. I can remember when the cops called your parents when you got caught doing something wrong. I can remember when going for a drive was affordable and something you did when you got bored. I can remember when people hitchhiked and it was safe and actually friendly and a fun way to meet people. I can remember drive-in movies, drive-in restaurants, drive through convenient stores, and drive-up liquor stores. I can remember when you could drink and drive. I remember air conditioning was not only an option but most people didn't order it. I can remember going across country on a motorcycle and when you pulled into a restaurant people (including woman) wanted to talk to you asking where you were from and where you were going, they were friendly.

I can also remember when there wasn't an internet, no forums, no way to communicate with people of like interests from all over the world. There were no cell phones to call someone when you broke down in the middle of nowhere. I remember when vehicles didn't have the reliabilty to go 100,000 miles effortlessly (and a car with 30,000 miles was junk). Now most bikes and cars are bullet proof.

I remember so much that I'm out of memory. Everytime I remember something new I have to forget something old to make room.

thanks!

[aloh]

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

I'm so old that you and I were probably born in the same year. Now that's old! 40 years of driving, 50 years of riding.

I can remember when you had to push a button to start the car. I can't understand why they recently went back to the start button (probably some anti-theft reason).

I can remember when there wasn't traffic. I can remember when the cops called your parents when you got caught doing something wrong. I can remember when going for a drive was affordable and something you did when you got bored. I can remember when people hitchhiked and it was safe and actually friendly and a fun way to meet people. I can remember drive-in movies, drive-in restaurants, drive through convenient stores, and drive-up liquor stores. I can remember when you could drink and drive. I remember air conditioning was not only an option but most people didn't order it. I can remember going across country on a motorcycle and when you pulled into a restaurant people (including woman) wanted to talk to you asking where you were from and where you were going, they were friendly.

I can also remember when there wasn't an internet, no forums, no way to communicate with people of like interests from all over the world. There were no cell phones to call someone when you broke down in the middle of nowhere. I remember when vehicles didn't have the reliabilty to go 100,000 miles effortlessly (and a car with 30,000 miles was junk). Now most bikes and cars are bullet proof.

I remember so much that I'm out of memory. Everytime I remember something new I have to forget something old to make room.

Sounds like a pretty nice time to live in...

[Sailariel]

C.C. Your thread sure brought up some memories. I remember when my friend Eddie and I rode a pair of BMW R-60`s with Steib sidecars across the US. We camped anywhere there was room--rest areas, church lots, etc. People were really nice to us. We had our guitars with us and played for meals and drinks. It was an adventure similar to Kerouac`s "On the Road". I still have fond memories of this adventure. Times have certainly changed since then. You mentioned cages you have owned. Here is my list: 1947 Ford Coupe with a flathead 8, Offy heads, 3 Stromberg 97 Carbs, chopped and channeled, nosed and decked, Moon discs, Full length Lakes, and a tuck and roll Naugahyde interior, and a 1953 Buick Titan Red paint job. That was my HS project for which I got an A. Wish I had pictures. Got a Zundapp Sabre 200cc during that time. Really did not like a 2Stroke and traded fr a 56 NSU Special Max 250 which I owned till 1991. Other bikes included a Triumph TR-6, a BSA Lightning, Ariel Square Four, H-D Sportster CH, BMW R-60, Norton Atlas, with Paul Dunstall package, JAWA 360, Bultaco Metralla. For cars, after the 47 Ford, I got a 63 Corvette Coupe. Kept that car till 83, 1966 Mustang 289 Coupe, 1964 Dodge Dart Convertible 225 Slant 6 with a 4Sp. When I got out of the service I got a 1971 Saab Sonnet 2 Seat sports car, Got into SSCA racing and got a Lotus Super 7 Track car which I towed with a Blazer. Drove Blazers for years. Now I have a 95 Suburban 3/4 Ton 2WD 6.2 Turbo Diesel and a 1995 Ford Escort Wagon along with my 08 Ninja 250. I can`t say I was ever really into cages. I sold the 63 Split Window Coupe in 83 to pay off my Master`s Degree. I wrecked the Lotus at Lime Rock. I think that the 71 Sonnet was the most fun car ever. Got married for the second time in 85 and have owned utilitarian vehicles since.

[CC Cowboy]

Alex, nice recall. To look back in our own history can always bring a smile. A Lotus 7 at Lime Rock seems like the road to heaven. So did the 63 split window ever attrack any of the ladies? Impressive list of vehicles. Kids these days can't come close to the varieties we had to choose from.

Those Zaabs, I mean Saabs were two strokes weren't they?

[Sailariel]

Not this one. The 71 had a Taunus V-4 with a Solex 2 Barrel Carb. The car was later modified by me, getting a special intake manifold for two Weber 2 Barrels and a custom free flow exhaust by Jamestown Engineering. The car looked like a Baby Maserati and had a full roll cage and Minilite Mags. I put Bilstein shocks forward and Konis aft. I did make the fake scoop in the bonnet functional to combat the high temperatures in the engine compartment. The car had a GRP body and was designed by Sergio Guggiaro. They stopped importing them to the US in 1975 because the car could not meet the height requirements imposed by the US Government--same fate as the Lotus Europa. Incidentally the Taunus engine was 1.8L, and the car weighed 1750Lbs.

[camaroz1985]

Sounds like a blast Alex!

[CC Cowboy]

camaroz, did they ever get that new track (by you) up and running?

[Criomega]

Ive owned over 150 cars in the last 20 years so I'll just post a few that I still have. I own about 20 cars and trucks right now and I have lost/misplaced/forgot about cars that i still have the titles to but don't know where the hell I stuck them when I ran out of room around my home area. I've had some real nice cars and some REAL beaters that for sure. now I want to make a list because i kind of want to know how many I've had total.

[Sound Wave]

those are some sweet cars, but of course i love the terminator!
you do anything to it?

[Criomega]

yeah...fooled you into thinking it was a terminator when its really a new edge 01, LOL most everything done to is is handling mods. One day I'll get around to twin turbos on it.

[Sound Wave]

Originally Posted by Criomega

yeah...fooled you into thinking it was a terminator when its really a new edge 01, LOL most everything done to is is handling mods. One day I'll get around to twin turbos on it.

first thing that caught my eye was the terminator front bumper in the "fire engine" picture.

lol... well, you aren't running the cobra badges so it's all good.

[Criomega]

Well it is a cobra just not a 03-04 cobra. I have the same car just don't have that 1 extra gear and a supercharger.

[Sound Wave]

ah.... gotcha. i misunderstood.

[LuckyDog]

My Current driver......

[camaroz1985]

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

camaroz, did they ever get that new track (by you) up and running?

If you mean the one in New Jersey, yeah. I haven't been there yet, but from what I'm told it is really nice.

If you mean the one in PA, then no, and who knows when that will happpen.

[CC Cowboy]

I meant the PA one. I have relatives in the Highspire and Middletown area and thought I would visit them if the track was finished and opened this spring, summer, or fall. Did they run out of money? What town was it in again?

[camaroz1985]

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

I meant the PA one. I have relatives in the Highspire and Middletown area and thought I would visit them if the track was finished and opened this spring, summer, or fall. Did they run out of money? What town was it in again?

I grew up in Middletown (only live about 10 minutes away now). Small world. Anyway, the track was in Valley View. It was called Rausch Creek. I believe they just ran out of money. They fought with the township for approval for so long, and finally did get approved. They have moto-x and 4WD trails there now, but the track has not happened yet, and given current economic situation I don't see it happening for a while if at all.

Here is the website http://rausch.standingstonemedia.com/cwo/Home

The one in NJ is about 2.5 hours away. Here is that link http://www.njmotorsportspark.com/

[Sailariel]

Oscar, You asked earlier whether the Split Window Coupe was a chick magnet. Not really. It had side pipes which had a quite sporty sound. I do remember in 1964, I had a Morgan Plus Four--one of those cars with no heater, "Elastic Suspension"-yes, Rubber Bands, a wooden floor, and inflatable seat cushions--which were a rubber bladder in a sort of leather pillow case. The Brits have a sense of humour. Anyway, I was out on a date and in the course of getting to a party, I hit a bump in the road, and somehow her cushion got a puncture. The cushion made a noise similar to a loud fart, and she ended up sitting on the hardwood floor. Needless to say, she was quite upset. The conversation went to, "Take me home." and after I did, "Don`t call me, I`ll call you". That phone call never materialised. So much for classic sports cars. Oh, I forgot, the starter did not work, so I had to hand crank the beast---Lucas--The ignition from Hell. Thought you would enjoy that bit of nostalgia. I still laugh when I think of it. Still waiting for that call.

[CC Cowboy]

Alex, are you sure that girl didn't pop the seat cushion to cover up that massive fart she cut? I've had my share of Lucas (father of darkness) as well with a couple Triumphs and a few Jaguars. The cars were always fun to drive but you had to go through a prayer ritual and much hope each time you wanted to start them. I actually drove my 71 V-12 E-type across country. I only had two problems the whole trip. The fuse blew for the A/C (easy fix) although the A/C froze your upper body as your legs and feet roasted, and I sheared the drain plug when I launched the car on some dark road in the middle of nowhere Wyoming. I had to drive as fast as I could to Laramie as the gas leaked out of the plug. Luckily I didn't hit anything (deer and bisson where known to cross the road) and I made it to town on fumes.

The memories of youth are what keep us going.

[kkim]

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

The memories of youth are what keep us going.

lol... that, or the fear of what we did as a youth will catch up with us.

[Alex]

[sharky nrk]

300 whp track driven bugeye