I have a 72 Grabber Maverick in addition to the 72 Pinto.
63 mercury meteor thats my next project
1965 289 Cobra ,1966 ( 6S1941) Hertz Shelby, 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery, 1968 Opel wagon turbo 2.3 soon..
Mike
Yup! I have a "restored to show quality" 1979 Lincoln Continental Collector's Series (that's the one with the gold grille and triple gold pinstripes) sedan in Midnight Blue Metallic, and a "MUCH better than average driver quality" 1979 Continental Mark V in white with Wedgewood Blue landau top, moldings, pinstripes, and crushed velour upholstery. I also have a restored 1983 Ford F-150 4x4, white and Regatta blue Victoria Tu-Tone, that some people probably would consider a classic, although I've never shown it anywhere per se. My dad bought it new and when he died in 2004, it passed to me with only 62000 original miles, but faded, rusted, and neglected. I decided to redo it and have driven it approximately 7000 miles since then.
Dwayne :smile:
You guys should put up some pics. Why do you like the other classics? Special memories? Always wanted one? The Maverick was always a favorite of mine. I liked Mustangs of course but the early Mavs looked like a fat free muscle car. Quite good looking too. My parents had two Pintos when I was growing up but I never wanted one till I drove one. It was the best seat, shifter, steering wheel spacing ever. Almost made to race. Just the right distance from the wheel to the shifter. Seat is just the right height. The Maverick is a very close second in my book.
1956 Buick Super my grandparents bought new and 1971 Torino GT.
Bob
I have two Mustangs but only one is a classic. My Mom bought the 67 new and gave it to me for my 14th birthday as a project. The 96 I bought in 99 from a friend of mine who was going thru a divorce. It is one of 140 in that color with a 5 spd and leather interior. My dream car is a 66 GT350 Hertz, dark green with gold stripes. I will build a clone someday as I no longer can afford an original. I have been collecting parts for my clone for 15 years. All I need now is the body. MAP you are a lucky man.
Quote from: 69GT on July 12, 2008, 11:16:14 PM
Why do you like the other classics?
Investments!
I have a 1960 Falcon 2 door station wagon I was using as a delivery car for my Business (PintoWorks)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a317/fcanon/Backfalcon.jpg)
It's sits with a inline 200 with a Aussie 250 head and a Borg 5 speed and a 4 lug Maverick Rear end Sporting a Mustang II rear sway bar . It's a treat to drive and work on.
I hope to have it in color by next summer.
Frankboss
1941 ford 2door sedan flathead v8 and a 1934 dodge 5 window coupe. the 41 was my first car that i bought when i was 15 in 1995. drove it to high school my senior year. now i just work on it on my liesure. going for a 60s style rod. the 34 dodge my father and i bought as a streetrod project to build and sell. mii front end, 350 out of an escalade, 700r4, 8 inch rear and will be full fendered.
bob
See my signature....
Studebaker.... Love those. several showed up to a local car show here in Fresno. Silver Hawks are my favorite. :)
69 AMX 390 GOPAK, headers, cam,dualpoint, 3.90 rearend. I LOVE It. Most people don't even know what it is. A Rambler!
Not anymore. Over the years I have owned a few though:
1964 Plymouth Valiant Signet
1966 Plymouth Barracuda Formula "S"
1966 Plymouth Barracuda
1968 Dodge Dart Sedan
1972 Dodge Demon
1972 Plymouth Roadrunner
1972 Plymouth Satellite Custom sedan
1973 Coupe DeVille
1974 Dodge Tradesman
1974 Plymouth Scamp
1974 Plymouth Valiant Brougham
1976 Plymouth Volare Premiere sedan
1978 Dodge Tradesman
1978 Plymouth Volare station wagon
1978(?) Chevy Malibu wagon
1979 Dodge Tradesman
1980 Chrysler Cordoba
and that doesn't include all the parts cars that have come and gone as well as other non-classic cars.....
Reed, I think I see a trend toward Chrysler products. ;D
Yah. For the first few years of my car obsession I was deeply into slant sixes. Fortunately, i was able to get all of those cars cheap. After slant sixes came vans, and now I am moving into Pintos. Of course, i probably won't own six or eight of them....
Nope most were 4 doors, two door wagons weren't practicle for family life.
FrankBoss
Quote from: turbo74pinto on July 13, 2008, 10:33:46 AM
1941 ford 2door sedan flathead v8 and a 1934 dodge 5 window coupe. the 41 was my first car that i bought when i was 15 in 1995. drove it to high school my senior year. now i just work on it on my liesure. going for a 60s style rod. the 34 dodge my father and i bought as a streetrod project to build and sell. mii front end, 350 out of an escalade, 700r4, 8 inch rear and will be full fendered.
bob
You had a '41 for your first car? Thats awesome. I was hoping to find some old tank like yours but I feel lucky to have a pinto pinto for a first car.
I dont have any other classic cars (as much as I want to buy just about everything on craigslist), but since I live with my parents Ill list what my dad's got. Hes got a '74 260Z and a '70 Chevy C10. The truck is due for an overhaul and the picture of the 260Z is a couple years old. Its been painted blue since.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/2666450546_036b12f745.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2665626477_9acda1a396.jpg)
not anymore...but this what i have owned
1962 t-bird 406 police interceptor motor with 3 deuces
1963 ford country squire 390(the 3 deuces off the t-bird) with three on the tree & overdrive
1955 chevy 210 - 2 door wagon
1923 t bucket with a 4 cyl cast iron chev motor and a powerglide
1972 fiat 124 spider
1972 capri 2600/4spd/turbo
1974 lotus elansprint
1972 olds delta 88 (now THAT was a land yacht)
1974 buick Skylark GS455 stage 2
1969 chevelle with a 488 BB, 4:11's and not enough tire to make it stick or go straight
1971 pinto with a 2 litre turbo, 4spd,3:55's.
1980 fairmont wagon with a 302 mustang HO motor
and a '67 chevy c-10 p/up now in the back yard collecting dust
Quote from: FCANON on July 13, 2008, 08:09:01 AM
I have a 1960 Falcon 2 door station wagon I was using as a delivery car for my Business (PintoWorks)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a317/fcanon/Backfalcon.jpg)
It's sits with a inline 200 with a Aussie 250 head and a Borg 5 speed and a 4 lug Maverick Rear end Sporting a Mustang II rear sway bar . It's a treat to drive and work on.
I hope to have it in color by next summer.
Frankboss
now that is a COOL car
1973 Pinto Wagon (Turbo 2.3 / 5 speed conversion in process)
1973 Datsun 510 (free gift from the original owner)
1973 Plymouth Valiant (318, many police car upgrades, clean, 86K, too costly to drive)
1965 Sunbeam Tiger (certified 'real,' the 101st one made - work in progress)
1963 Rambler American (rare one year only Hardtop roofline)
1961 Corvair Station Wagon (someday - maybe, storage shed)
My eyes are bigger than my garage. My strength is weaker than my will.
Tom
nice rides there. i always wanted a 510. used to watch them at riverside a lot
this is my never ending project. every time i think im getting close to putting it back together i find something else to change.......
http://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gallery/displayalbum.php?userid=176595&albumid=11982
Mine are listed in my sig. except my 87 El Camino that I cant decide whether to keep it or use the engine in my Impala and sell it, and 83 Chevy cavalier hatchback that I use for storage lol Don't know if those are considered "classics" though. All mine are junk though, almost all of my cars were bought at junkyards. They'll never be restored more like "fixed up" a little.
SRT,
Interesting connection with the pictures of the two cars I posted (510/Tiger). John Morton who raced the BRE 510's worked for Shelby when he developed the Tiger. To be more precise it was actually John's father-in-law, George Boskoff who did all the Tiger development for Shelby.
Anyway, it was this connection that has John currently diving Buck Trippel's "Sports Car Forum" Tiger in vintage races. Boskoff was the guest speaker at our yearly Tiger events a few years ago. Both he and John recounted some very interesting stories about life at Shelby's.
I was a frequent visitor to turn 6 (the uphill after the chicane) at Riverside as a kid.
Tom
Quote from: rkk on July 13, 2008, 05:32:24 PM
69 AMX 390 GOPAK, headers, cam,dualpoint, 3.90 rearend. I LOVE It. Most people don't even know what it is. A Rambler!
My dream car!!! very nice, there still is AMX running around our town that was there when I was in High school back in the 70's, it only comes out in the sunny'st days>
Quote from: Wittsend on July 16, 2008, 12:54:41 AM
SRT,
Interesting connection with the pictures of the two cars I posted (510/Tiger). John Morton who raced the BRE 510's worked for Shelby when he developed the Tiger. To be more precise it was actually John's father-in-law, George Boskoff who did all the Tiger development for Shelby.
Anyway, it was this connection that has John currently diving Buck Trippel's "Sports Car Forum" Tiger in vintage races. Boskoff was the guest speaker at our yearly Tiger events a few years ago. Both he and John recounted some very interesting stories about life at Shelby's.
I was a frequent visitor to turn 6 (the uphill after the chicane) at Riverside as a kid.
Tom
Turn 6 was GREAT. You could see straight down the track to see them coming past the start/finish and up the esses around 6 and down to 7 (short course) and almost all the way down the long back stretch.
I took my Pinto to a few SCCA club events there in the early '70's. One time in particular I was going side-by-side with a guy in an Opel (we were real evenly matched) and neither of us wanted to lift going over the rise just before 7. Needless to say, we both did a side ways dance; perferctly choreographed, into the dirt and then back on the track just before 8 .. Scared the crap out of me cause we had to have been doing around 70-80mph but we both came out without a scratch.
I have some other cars but no classics. A couple of fun ones besides my Pinto is a '47 Crosley, '35 DeSoto Airflow, '15 Model T roadster hot rod, 23 Model T touring with all Pinto drive train, '40 Ford coupe that I have owned for 50 years this year, '65 Mustang GT conv. that I have owned for 37 years. They were cheap then! '47 Graham Paige built Frazer, '48 Frazer Manhattan, '51 Hudson Commodore six coupe, '51 Kaiser Dlx. club coupe, '39 Mercury conv. My Mothers '58 Metropolitan coupe, '48 Playboy conv. '83 Reliant Rialto 3 wheel car, '41 Studebaker pick up, 66 Studebaker Daytona coupe, '53 Willys Aero Eagle hard top and '54 Willys Aero Eagle Custom hard top. I just bought one of the new Whizzer motor bikes to replace the one that I bought when I was 14 in 1947. I have had over 10,000 cars during 40 years as a used car dealer in Los Angeles and I did have some classics over the years and I wish I could have kept more of them but money and space have always been a problem. I sure enjoy the ones I have and feel lucky to be able to be the caretaker of them. They will still be around long after I am gone!
:fastcar: Yes, My husband has a 69 Chevelle and I have a 73 Pro Street Pinto. And yes the Pinto get more looks than his Chevelle
Pintowoman73
I have a couple of classics,we still have our 76 f250 purchased new in 75 now has 108k orig miles.The other is a 74 ranchero 1 ton 4x4.As for classics owned my favorite car and biggest mistake for letting it go was a 64 chevy Impala 409 2x4bbl 4sp.I purchased the car in 78 for $400.00 cause the owner thought the motor was blown.Turns out it sucked the intake gasgets causing it to burn alot of oil.New intake gasgets and it ran perfect.we added a set of hooker headers and a set of sticky mickeys took it to SIR and ran 11.22 at 127 mph.not bad for a basically stock 4000 pound car.Who knew the car would be going for 7 figures today.I sold it cause my dad felt it was too much car for an 18 yr old boy to have.
1979 Bobcat htbk: 1971 VW Dune Buggie: 1972 VW Bug Modified...
I own a few old cars:
1966 Superior Pontiac Bonneville Ambulance
1966 Superior Cadillac Combination
1966 National Ford Ranch Wagon Ambulance
1967 Superior Cadillac Combination
1967 Superior Pontiac Bonneville Hearse
1970 Superior Pontiac Bonneville Ambulance
1972 Cotner-Bevington Oldsmobile 98 Hearse
1972 Superior Cadillac Combination
1973 Miller Meteor Cadillac Hearse
1974 Superior Cadillac 3-way Hearse
1975 Superior Cadillac Coupe De Fleur Flower Car
1975 S&S Cadillac Hearse
1977 Miller Meteor 3-way Hearse
1986 Eureka Pontiac Parisienne Hearse
1989 Superior Cadillac 6 Door Limousine
I also own a '74 Ford Fire Truck, and a '71 International Fire Truck, as well as a '69 Cadillac Calais that is still at the body shop, and a '77 AMC Hornet that my Great-Grandmother bought new. My first car was, of course, a v8 Pinto.
neat stuff! We have a decent collection setting in the southern AZ sun:
73 Pinto sedan
77 Pinto wagon
78 Pinto sedan
79 Pinto hatch
67 Mustang coupe (x2)
76 Mustang ghia
77 Mustang coupe
87 Mustang hatch (this one is with us in TN)
78 F-150 4x4
69 F-100
72 Chevy K5 Blazer
81 Chevy C10
76 GMC C15
55 Chevy 3100 (hand-me-down from my great-grandfather)
--In all fairness, these do not all have my name on the title, but they are all part of the family.
I'd thought I'd answered this before, but I don't see a post from me.
I have about twenty eight cars (and a couple three or four parts cars, I call half cars)
Twelve of them are completely done (are they ever done ?) and I'd love to say that they are driven, but a few never made it out of the garage last year. If it doesn't stop raining, a higher number wont make it out this year. Damm !
I will try to list every car, I'm starting in garage(s) that are closest to the house and going from there.
1982 L.T.D.Station Wag. (28,000 miles)
1969 Ranchero car / pickup (body repainted, motor, trans, interior replaced, but not correct to car, somewhat custom.)
1963 Thunderbird (this is a "M Series" Hardtop, 1 of 28 built, very rare car )
1979 Lincoln Mark (a like new car, 25,000 miles)
1978 Ford F250 Pickup (purchased new, I was drunk that day, always wondered why I purchased it, and thought I wouldn't have had I been sober, it has only 27,000 miles)
1961 Mercury convertable (43,000 miles, all original car)
1955 Thunderbird (low milage car, but I did a body on resto about 15 / 20 years ago, its still very nice)
1971 Mustang convertable (low mileage, original except its repainted)
1936 Ford Cabriolet convertable (a complete body off resto, spent about twice what the cars worth, but the cars beautiful and has a 1936 Mullins trailer to go along with it)
1995 Mustang GT convertable. 5.0, 5 speed (purchased it new, drove it only in the summers, for over a hundred thousand miles, every one of them like I'd stole it)
1978 Mustang King Cobra ( body off resto of a 61,000 mile car, and it looks it, a rare and beautiful car)
!973 Pinto Sta. wag. (38,000 mile all original car, the sought after "little old lady car")
A few members stopped to see the cars (during our "Ohio Get Together") so they may comment on them, you'd get an unbiased opinion, but I'd say there all are near perfect, and fun to drive
Thanks Jim at jimspinto