'94 Mazda RX-7 TT. Spent more in a year trying to fix it then what i bought it for. Despite that, the car made me feel the same way as getting into my MINI every day, and i'd buy another in a heartbeat.

 

Funny, those del sol's are technically called
the CRX del sol edition. I don't blame you for wishing you
had not gotten rid of it. I always wanted one but it
just never worked out.

My step dad always said he wished he had not gotten
rid of this model A with a rumble seat.

My former boss, the best one I've ever had, it was
a 69 convertable tempest.

So, I decided way back to NOT get rid of the car I'd wish
I'd kept.

Although originally I had bought it as a 6 year car.
So at this point I've decided I won't get rid of my CRX, ever.
Although I'm not sure what happens when I can't get parts.
(already at the point you can't get some parts, or sometimes
you wait 2-3 weeks and are just glad they have it)

 

1967 Lotus Elan S/E, black coupe, RHD, dog killer wheels. Why oh Why?

 

Woah. I had one of those and it was one of the most challenging cars I've ever had. The SU carbs never worked well and the suspension was, let's just say marginal. If I remember I had to lift it up to get it on a lift. But it was fun to take it to the beach.

That said, for me I want my 1967 Chevelle 396/350 back. White with a black vinyl top. It was the first car that I ever totally rebuilt and in this case it was on GM's dime as my College job was a Chevy parts guy in the afternoons and in 1970 when I had it it was still under warranty. There was nothing on that car that was extraneous. Too bad that the tires in those days were simply not up to the task. And compared to the MINI, it was a pleasure to work on.

Rich

 

This one



'69 Mustang Mach1 428 CobraJet with the shaker hood (Always had a thing for hood scoops)

 

Not my actual cars, but same type and colors.

1969 MGC Roadster. 4sp OD.


1968 MGC-GT


Should have kept those, and sold the ex.

 

1969 mustang fastback light metalic green 302 4 barrel 4speed 9inch locker

 

1988 Audi 5000 CS Quattro (sedan in midnight blue + BBS wheels)

 

2002 Nissan Maxima 270Hp 3.5L 6 speed manual 19" Volk GT-C's:









And 1990 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo 5 speed, sorry not my pic:



Looked the same as this but chromed factory wheels

 

well, not one I sold but one I was ready to buy with loan check in hand and it didn't work out (my buddy bought it instead, snaking me on the deal as it was his customer selling...which, in the end, wasn't a bad thing as I helped him replace the $1200 water pump...took us 10 hours ):

just like this, but silver (AC Schnitzer wheels and spoiler and $20k audio system in it....my buddy's company installed)

 

The car I most regret getting rid of was my first car - a 1971 Toyota Corolla 1200 with a 4-speed manny tranny and 12" wheels. It was an economy car in the form typical of that time (there was no real 'typical' economy car form at that time), but it was my own little sports car and I loved it.



I didn't actually 'get rid' of it. I just crushed the front end in an accident.

I also had a '77 Jeep CJ7 that I liked. Should never have traded it for that Saab 99S that needed tranny work. What was I thinking?!

My '79 rabbit was a great car, too. Didn't get rid of that one, either. Bent the frame in an accident.



I had a '67 Chevy 4-door something (Impala? Caprice?) that I liked, too. It was a brush-painted medium blue. Big as a battleship, unemcumbered 327, 2-speed auto tranny, and manual steering. I put a spinner on the wheel so I could park it.

 

ericvonzipper - love your 71 corolla story and pic. my dad bought a new 71 as his first car but then emigrated to Canada, selling it to his brother. Would you believe it is still the "Athens runabout"? Lots of DIY maintenance over the years, on its 3rd engine by now, but running still just fine. I drove it in Athens a few summers ago and apart from a touchy 4speed the car was pretty solid. Incredible how long you can keep a car if you do your own work and are determined to keep it running!

 

My first car, as with so many posters above. It was a '56 Chevy Bel Air in the kind of turqouis, blue/green, wonderful color; three-on-the-column, bench seats, one-speaker radio, and the gas cap hidden under the neat flip-down right tail light. (I won't go into the happy history of the back seat.)

 

65 Impala
69 TR-6

 

 

1966 289 Mustang Coupe, Candy Apple Red. Mine had a bench front seat, quite rare from what I was told. Second one would be my 1988 Mustang LX 5.0, in Bright Regatta Blue metallic, a stealth GT. I sold it because it had been stolen one night. We found it around the corner from the house but I felt too violated to want to keep driving it, plus the paint was starting to flake off.

 

You know, I also had a 62 Plymouth Valiant with a goose-neck shift lever that lay flat on the bench seat and did a kind of question-mark following the front edge of the bench and back under the seat.

Underpowered, cornered like a drunken sailor, but I could shift without the clutch after awhile. That was a fun car.

 

My 1989 Ford Festiva L. It was such a little piece of crapola, but it was my first. That little tin can was great in the snow!

 

All of them.

 

What model BMW is this? I feel like I have never seen this one before.

 

digging this thread up from the the dead

it was an 8-series

 

My '88 Merkur XR4Ti - next to my Coop, the best car a kid in high school['95] could have.

 

I would say my modified 04 Subaru STI :(

 

Probably a toss up between the 57 Chevy 2 dr. 210 post and the 71 Camaro SS 396. Honorable mentions- 69 MGB GT and 60 Ford F100 SB fleetside.

 

My last MINI.

I was planning on keeping it until it was paid in a few months or so, and then getting the new R56 in the spring of 2010, but sadly it didn't work out. *sigh*