What is your most favorite vehicle you've ever owned?

[GroundSweeper]

I've not owned that many cars:

1) 1973 VW Super Beetle
2) 1999 Isuzu Rodeo
3) 2003 Mazda Protegé5
4) 2007 Subaru Forester

I miss my bug mostly because it was cheap and easy to work on, and always running.

Miss the Rodeo for the space. I abused it - took it woodcutting and filled it up etc. it wasn't 4wd and that always bothered me. Timing belt broke prematurely and ruined the head. Did head jobs on it 3 times. Got to be just too much maintaining that crummy 4cyl.

The Mazda is a really nice car. Drives and handles very nice.

The Subaru Forester is my favorite because it is my first ever awd. It has proven itself in the snow already a few times. Mountains and snow require a awd, unless you chain up.

 

[Skwerly]

Nice, Detector! quite the track history!

I’ve had a lot of projects, too, but my favorite, hands down, is my ’68 Plymouth Fury. I got the car when I was 19, drove the wheels off of it and now will never, ever part with the thing, no matter what. soon I’ll be bringing it back to life.

2nd has to be the lifted '78 Ramcharger I currently drive. Tough to argue with a 440 and all that room. coming from the Jeep Cherokee crowd, I’m in heaven.

 

[davidlhyde63366]

1989 Toyota 4 wheel drive pickup

i still drive my dad's 1989 Toyota pickup,a little less than 150,ooo miles on it. No airbags, no cd player ,no problem runs great.

 

[itsaring!]

1956 F100. Still own it.

 

[9Veater]

I loved my trackers! I had a '95 I bought new, drove it for close to 13 years, then bought an 03, drove that for 9 years! Go anywhere, cheap on gas, parts were reasonable (unlike the thing I drive now).
On a nice summer day there was nothing like it.... top down and just GO!

Had a geo tracker thing was a beast in the woods

miss it but the auto 3spd sucked for my commute


I have had approx 112 cars started at t he age of 9 with a 25$ mazda 626 5spd with a blown trans lol
Kept trading and selling buying all the cars were lessbthan 3,000$ back when craigslist had deals.

 

[zeemang]

1985 mercedes 300 turbo diesel wagon, it was owned by a older lady and had over 200k on the odometer when i bought it.
I ran a mix of 4 gallons used veg oil filtered to 10 microns and one gallon of regular unleaded plus about a shot of cetane booster, the car loved it and so did my wallet. I didn't mod the car at all to run that mix, the gasoline thinned out the veg oil enough so that you didn't need tank heaters even in the winter in CT. That thing would run on crushed up bananas if you could get them in the tank...

 

[Pennyfinder]

1969 Chevy Malibu SS 350 Turquoise

I had a car like this when I was in the service in 1970-1973. It was my favorite and I would LOVE to get another one but that's not gonna happen! I just priced some online just now & they want more for them than I owe on my house! (I might be wrong on the 350 part -- could it have been a 309 -- I can't remember.)

 

[ScubaDetective]

Detector, Is that 70 stang mostly origional? Asking because my hood scoop almost exactly like yours but had the 351 emblems on the side. I can't tell the rear of it but mine had blinkers in it. Sweet Stang. I had the same hood I think. My pop up hood locks might have been different. I never found a good grill like yours. Tried and tried but all were broken.

Sweet car!! Still loved the convert though!

 

[JAY-in-PA]

2001 Chevy Avalanche. Would go anywhere.

Have a 2010 now but miss the weight of the older style.

 

[Metal Maniac]

Very entertaining to read all of your posts . Thanks

 

[Cherry Picker]

Detector, Is that 70 stang mostly origional?

All original other than a new paint job back to the original calypso coral. I only paid $1000 dollars for it back in 2004, made some adjustments on the distributor, it fired right up. It had a 351, H code, but no emblems on the scope. Yes there were blinkers in the rear of the scope.

 

[ScubaDetective]

Only picture I ever found of my stang. My ex got rid of the rest.



I also had a 1970 chevy Blazer that was a ton of fun.

 

[itsaring!]

Only picture I ever found of my stang. My ex got rid of the rest.



I also had a 1970 chevy Blazer that was a ton of fun.

Only part of the Mustang left was on my hood. It was the funnest ride except for traffic court

 

[Doggy Daddy]

73 Charger, 76 Bronco.

 

[Dig-on]

This was my first really good vehicle right after I joined the military. It was a 92 Dakota sport 2 wheel drive. All stock 3.9 V6 with 5 speed. It was a very fun zippy truck. I traded it in a few years later for a brand new 96 black Dakota sport 2WD. Wife always wanted a stepside chevy truck, so I traded that in after a year on one. A few of my biggest regrets in life.
BTW I ran these 2WD trucks in North Dakota in the snow and they did great.

This pic actually lives in my coin treasure box if that tells you how much I loved that truck

 

[Silversmith45]

It would be a tossup between my 1970 Mach I with a 351 Cleveland and my 1974 Ranchero with the same engine. At least there was room under the hood to work on the Ranchero.

 

[DIGGER27]

About 1980 I picked up a 1970 Charger that looked just like this one, same color and top and leather interior but not an R/T version.
Still super fast...that 318 was worked on by the previous owner who was a car guy and the brother of a friend of mine.

Man I miss driving this thing.

 

[amc rulz]

I love the torque, 4-speed, and looking out over the hood scoop.

 

[T-Man]

When I was 16 I got my first truck. 1964 Chevy step side. The original owner had been dead for 5 years and this was his wood hauler. The truck was black, painted with a brush. It spent the previous 10 years sitting in a field. Spent $10 on that beast. Put in a new battery, inflated the tires and added some fresh gas. Thing fired right up and I drove that around for about 4 years. Friend of mine found the rack from a 10 point buck and mounted it on the hood. It probably burned more oil then gas, Looked like Hiroshima whenever I started it, and not much quieter, alignment was so screwed up I was raiding the junkyards for tires on a weekly basis. The block finaly split after about 230,000 miles and it was put out to pasture but I sure did love that truck.

 

[itsaring!]

I know if I can win the lotto, I want to build one of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qanlirrRWs#t=688