First was a 1970 Dodge Challenger SE with a 318 and three speed stick. The three speed was eventually swapped out for a four speed. Sure miss that car.

64 ford falcon, It was given to me by my parents. I had to fix the harmonic balancer to get it on the road. Cool car.

1959 Austin Healey Bug Eye Sprite, similar to this BRG with Minilites. Plexiglass side curtains (no roll up windows) and an infernal leaky top. All of 948cc of British horsepower. Two engine transplants, first was a 1275cc from a Cooper S, and much later a Mazda 13B rotary. Fun car, steered like a go cart. It was almost impossible to do the wild thing in. Almost.

15,000 miles '78 Firebird 'Formula' (2v 305, ha!) with the tallest rear axle ratio I have ever seen on a build sheet, 2.21:1. Evidently it was special ordered by the Budget rent a car mgr we bought it from. I found out later that the little round divot on the center console was a seed pod burn. Ah, the seventies. Black with the steel Pontiac rally wheels and Hurst Hatch T-top. I put 65k on it over 4 years and sold it for its loan value.

1986 Oldsmobile Nitety-Eight. It had some grunt and despite being 10 years old when I got it, it was still pretty nice.

68 Ford GT Torino convertible with a wheezy high mileage old 302. It had a broken bar in the top that necessitated hands on help getting the top down/up, rusty floorboards through which you could see pavement, and well worn upholstery. Lord how I loved that ride.

A used 1983 white VW Rabbit with 40K miles on it. Manual transmission, non-power steering and windows. Its floorboard sounded super thin and for entertainment was a radio + cassette player. Only 3 out of 4 small speakers worked.

I don't miss the car.

Bought in fall 1973 when I started by college junior year, a 1967 Ford Galaxie XL 500 2-door fastback 390ci V-8 power everything. $600.

Could fit 6 of us and gear for everything from hiking trips to back and forth for vacations.

Looked pretty much like this.

Hand me down (from Mom) 1964 Ford Fairlane, light blue. Inline 6, Bench seats, No radio.

Girl repellent.

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Hand me down (from Mom) 1964 Ford Fairlane, light blue. Inline 6, Bench seats, No radio.

Girl repellent.

My family had a 64 Fairlane only it was a 289 V8 but had 3 on the tree and dealer installed air conditioning mounted between the bottom of the heater and on top of the hump.

1957 Renault Dauphine.

1982 Toyota tercel 2dr. It was a great 1st car. Super reliable and economical. The abuse that car took would have ended most vehicles but it never failed me.

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Originally posted by Blackmore:
1967 Ford Galaxie XL 500 2-door fastback 390ci V-8 power everything.

An old girlfriend had that same car in burgundy. Yuge back seat.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:

1982 Mercedes-Benz 240D 4 cylinder, non-turbo diesel that made about 64hp

Wow! You had the high powered version. The 1978 240D that I picked up at the factory delivery location in Sindelfingen was only 62 hp.

According to Wikipedia, the OM616 in the 240D was bumped from 64 to 71 in 1978.
But this is then contradicted in the separate page for the OM616, showing the 616.912 having 71hp from 76-78 & the 616.916 having 64 from 76-85
At any rate, a very slow car, but of the 12 cars I've owned since 2002, the 240D is maybe the one I miss most.

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According to Wikipedia, the OM616 in the 240D was bumped from 64 to 71 in 1978.

It was 62 hp. Wikipedia did not own a 1978 240D. I did. Eighteen years and coming up on half million miles when I sold it.

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According to Wikipedia, the OM616 in the 240D was bumped from 64 to 71 in 1978.

It was 62 hp. Wikipedia did not own a 1978 240D. I did. Eighteen years and coming up on half million miles when I sold it.

Had a 83 300D Turbo, with a whopping 123 HP, the Turbo was a necessity because without one the MB 3 litre 5 cyl was a dog. Great car the W123, they run forever when taken care of properly

1985 VW Golf 4dr with manual transmission. It was a good car that got me where I needed be.

1976 Plymouth Fury
318
Silver

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Originally posted by P250UA5:

1982 Mercedes-Benz 240D 4 cylinder, non-turbo diesel that made about 64hp

Wow! You had the high powered version. The 1978 240D that I picked up at the factory delivery location in Sindelfingen was only 62 hp.

Yeah, but they were good-looking, and built to last.

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Originally posted by Dakor:
A used 1983 white VW Rabbit with 40K miles on it. Manual transmission, non-power steering and windows. Its floorboard sounded super thin and for entertainment was a radio + cassette player. Only 3 out of 4 small speakers worked.

I don't miss the car.

My dad had the diesel version of that one. Good lord, that car was so underpowered it was damn near unsafe. It did get about 55 mpg, though.