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This is mine...

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My dad bought it originally in 1994 brand new. The front bumper and front grill were all painted to match the entire faded paint job. That truck was the greatest looking stock anything from american manufacturers that I had ever seen in my lifetime (non sports car that is.) Unfortunately by the time I got it that thing was totalled.:([X(]

But the pics above show what it looked like while I owned it and it was in as good of shape as I could get it in.

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Living here in Texas now I've seen about 5 ford f150 flaresides and about 3 that had the same ground effect kit as my truck. Although mine had a roll pan on the rear instead of an ordinary bumper. Man I miss the truck!:(

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BTW man am I glad digital cameras have progressed the way they have! The camera those pics were taken with was a 2.1 megapixel I bought when I worked at Officemax. Man that thing took pics you could print 4x6s with only if the pic was perfect!

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I miss the 23 T-bucket that my dad and I built from the ground up (he brought it home in bushel baskets, literally). That was the quickest car that I had ever been in. That 350 small block with a performance cam and Holley tri-power was definitely fun. It was nothing for the car to pick up one of the front tires and carry it. Get on good asphault and you could pick up both front tires. Nothing like looking out the front windshield, seeing the tires off of the ground. OH well, maybe I will pick one up and build another one like it. But, I never did get to drive it. Dad sold it before I turned 16 and could ask.

Chris "Thermo" Coleman and Nukie, the radioactive 97 X

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Come on thermo...
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I miss all my past Cherokees to death but my new BMW makes up for those losses...lol. I LOVED the 91 Cherokee Limited I had which I kept for 2 years and had all offroad beefed up..so many hours and great times into that little tank.. = ( Then again I miss my other 91 Cherokee Laredo...63K miles, immaculate from CA...had it and drove it for less than a month and just sold it about a month or so ago...made a nice profit though..;) AND my 1st car...1985 380SE Benz...204K miles and it started my whole European car crazy thing...dont have ONE pic of it...only the original radio in German and the star emblem that broke off! Nice memorbilia though!!

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(California below...Laredo has the chrome package)
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(doesnt get any better than this...mathcing chrome door handles/mirrors/grill on both)
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I have a tire fettish and I must say I love the tires on the first jeep!

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88 Mitsubishi Starion(Conquest)

Last pic of her before she went on the trailer:

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http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t...%20Nightshift/

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That is a nice car! Why'd you get rid of it?[:@]

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Aquill, here is a pic I found on the internet of roughly what it looked like. You need to take off the cloth roof and the windshield that my dad had was a 2 piece setup that was a bit shorter than what that window is. But, that is the color. My dad did have a 4" wide silver stripe that ran across the top of the body with a black spider web in it. You also need to pull off the dual carb setup in this pic and replace it with a Holley tri-power setup.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/aydensfaja/SFr1.../streetrod.jpg
That a little better thermo?

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That's more like it!:D

Nice ride btw!

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I just really couldn't afford to driver her anymore and I didn't want her to just sit. Had some small debts I wanted to get rid of too. But I pretty much did everything I wanted to w/ that car anyway. Loved it to death. Repainted and restored, won Hottest Mutsu @ HIN:Nightshift in Chicago, and was a featured ride in Japanese Nostalgic Car. The new owner had one of these before, and appreciates its history, so she's in very good hands today!

In a couple years I'll prolly get an older "flatty" Conquest/Starion and go a little more 'mod' on it than I did w/ this one.

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Don't have any pictures but 2 come too mind ith great memories
1985 380sl was terrific
1970 Fiat 850 spyder it was fun

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Sorry to hear...beauty of a car though! What kind of gas mileage did that thing get? Besides your 05 sport took over! Good trade-off IMO!!!;)

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I had the 996 turbo and Cayenne turbo as a combo.... then the xk8 and Cayenne turbo combo...

Thanks Tony for posting for me............ I'll get the hang of it one day [sm=roll.gif]


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Sure send them to me...If you lack technical skills you should try this program called picasa. It automatically finds all the pics on your entire computer and you can downsize the pics and upload to picasa web album and it's really easy. If you need any other help let me know!;)

btw you have a photobucket why not use that? All you have to do is upload the pics onto their and than use the insert link key that has the earth and paper clip looking thing and it will put the pic into your post. Like I said though if you need help let me know!

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oh my lord those 3 cars are GORGEOUSSSS...better keep them in that nice of shape! ;)

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No problem mja! I could do a video for you to show you how...it's really easy...wish more people would post their beloved past cars...

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Yoikes! where to start...

2nd car I ever owned my Dad picked up from a guy down on his luck in a bar. '68 Torino GT for $375. Great going straight but didn't corner too well as I remeber as a 17 year old.

A little later and just for fun, I picked up a '67 MG Midget. Probably towed it more often than drove it but it was a lot of summer fun knowing that the top half of your head is exposed to all sorts of flying objects at hi-way speed.

There was a Pinto wagon in there...not cool...unless you were using it for impromtu camping trips but definietly memorable.

Don't laugh but my '78 Chevy Malibu was a hoot. One of the very few factory 350 4-speeds. I remember getting stopped one nite with the question "Do you realize how fast you were going?" and responding "no, not really...it red lines at 160!" Judge didn't think I was funny either.

My last and most favourite just left us last weekend. '84 El Camino with a mid sixties built 327 in it.I've had it for 10 years. Started as a one owner northwest US 6 cylinder car and ended up a one of a kind 327 5th generation Elky that cost a LOT of money over the years. I will still get to see it a bunch as a neighbour bought it with an offer I couldn't refuse.

I guess we couldn't keep them all but wish I knew then what I know now as it would be nice to have some of thenm around. Of course, if we didn't sell 'em, we couldn't get the next one.

Now I'm an old guy (50ish) and have my '02 X-Type 3.0 Sport, auto, mesh grills, clear side markers, R badging including shift kob and Enkie J-10 wheels. Oops! I forgot. Switched out my leaper for a 3.0 Sport bonnett badge. Very sleek, now. Get lots ofcool comments in the summer and a whole lot of AWD envy in the winter. Still thinking an XKR Coupe could be mine someday... But, then I would have the maintainence costs of two non-warranty used Jags and everyone would think I was loaded and want to borrow money!

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Or wonder why you can't afford to fix the problems with the thing! LOL:D

I gotta say it though....
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I tried for pictures of X and Elky but no luck on this site so far. I'll try again...El Camino should be attached

http://lh3.ggpht.com/aydensfaja/SGAb...lil%2Belky.jpg
There you go, now it's in your post!;)

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Love the camino's buddy! My friend has a caballero with a 3 speed that is in really good condition. No SS though his has the weak v6!

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Aquill1, thanks so much for getting my picture in there. I'm a computer dunce and no kids were around to help me.

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Anytime! That's what we mods are here for! If you need anything feel free to pm me. If you'd like a how-to video I can make one to show you...

This was my baby!!! sold her to put new ac in house!!

Sadly no pictures. 68 Toronado 455 front wheel drive which I sold 3 days before I got the Jag, a lady hit me, 69 Datsun 1600 roadster, british racing green no less, 63 Ford Galaxy convertible, 55 Mercury Monterey, 69 Continental with suicide doors, those are the ones that hurt. Jag still gives me big smile

That's a great looking truck! I miss my 05 Porsche GT3. A pure and simple machine, not the most beautiful, but a great thrill, esp on the track.

I have kept my 96 F150 for that same reason, its just a damn good truck. I bought it almost new a with 190k it still looks and runs great.

FWIW. I miss my 69 Caddy Convertible. 472 v8 with enough torque to stop a watch.

It's so hard to give up a car!

Thats a badass ride right there!

Here is my car that I miss the most. Fun to drive

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mid 70's Transam

Cherished Rides? Which one?

1962 Honda 250 (High School) :icon_cool: Silver (Seattle and Hawaii) sold
1964 Dodge Dart (High School) :icon_rally: :icon_hug: Silver (Hawaii) sold
1967 Eldorado :icon_cool: :icon_beerchug: :icon_pimp: Copper (Georgia) sold :icon_neutral:
1966 Galaxy 500 LTD :icon_cool: :icon_rally: :icon_surfing: Metalic Green with Black stripes, Targa Top with SS divider band. (Hawaii) sold
1972 Datsun B110 :icon_rally: Red-Orange with Black Stripes, front and rear spoilers, rear glass louvers. (Korea and Texas) scrap
1982 Dodge B150 Custom :icon_cool: Silver, Orange, and Red, custom interior (Texas,and Alabama) trade
1981 Honda CM400 :icon_cool::icon_rally: Red, Gold, and Black (Alabama, Hawaii, Missouri, Germany, and Tacoma) sold
1985 Cougar LS :icon_cool::icon_rally: White, Mustang suspension (Alabama, Hawaii, Missouri, Germany, and Tacoma) trade
1983 Ford Grenada (Korea) Black :icon_neutral: sold
1985 BMW 325i (Germany) Teal with body package :icon_rally: sold
1976 Harley Custom :icon_cool: :icon_beerchug: Black with Silver Ghost Flames (Missouri) sold
1992 S-10 :icon_neutral: Gray and Black (Missouri) sold
1994 Subaru Legacy :icon_cool: Maroon (Missouri and Seattle) trade
1993 Ranger :icon_cool: Blue, 4 cyl with dual plugs. (Seattle and Missouri) sold
200 Elantra :icon_neutral: Silver (Missouri) trade
1995 Winstar :icon_cool: Teal (Missouri) donated
1989 Sierra HD with Snow Plow :icon_snowman: Black, 454 ci (Missouri) sold
Will Post Photos if I can locate them. :icon_neutral:

Found a few photos, 1 of actual vehicle, others look simular)
Will post other photos when located.

More Photos:

(Not Actual Vehicles but look simular)

These are the 2 cars that I miss the most; #1 was a 1964 Pontiac GTO-red,389 tri-power,4-speed,8 track/reverb which I purchased with my life's savings for $1000.00....BIG money for a 16 year old in those days.. I ran it hard then traded it for #2. When I asked my Dad (who was the model for all gearheads) to sign the registration of my newly acquired ride, he strongly expressed his concern for my judgement. I had traded BACK a year. #2 was a 1963 E-Type ots,red, IT WAS AN EVEN TRADE except that I had thrown in my 8 track tape player! I 'dogged' the Jag until the clutch started to failed....the E-Type went for another Jag....then another Jag....then another Jag.....I'm sure that you've gotten the picture!!!!
THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS IN THE LATE '60's.... HMM??? I wonder what's for sale on the Forum today?!?! Cheers, Andy

In my case a 1978 Suzuki GS750. In its day it was wicked fast and with the header sounded great. The header was pretty low so speed bumps were a PITA. I had it set up as a gentlemans express.

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Of the various cars that have come and gone during my 44 years of driving, my first and second cars would be the two that I wish I still had. The first was a new 1969 Banana yellow Mercury Cougar Eliminator, and the second was a brown 1973 German Ford Capri. The attached photos are not actually of my cars but mine looked exactly like them. The one other car I had that I loved was also a German Ford Merkur Scorpio (Nicest interior of any car I have ever seen, gorgeous car, lots of issues)

There were many including '68 BMW 1602, '71 Ford Mustang, '73 Chevy Camaro, '88 MB 560 SEL (W126) and others that I don't have pictures of.:icon_cry:

Luckily, the two that influenced my life the most are here:

1968 Pontiac Firebird Convertible - 400 cid 0.060 over, mild cam, mid-rise GM manifold with a reworked Q-Jet - 400hp

2002 BMW R1150 - cleaner than a cat's a$$

This one was very hard to part with.

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You guys outside of Australia are probably wondering what it is?

It's a special edition of the locally produced Ford Falcon.

At the time (2002) Ford Australia had a joint venture with the UK engineering company Tickford, hand finishing these cars before being sold through select dealers. This went on to become Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV) which made all the specials for Ford Australia up until end of last year.

The winged badge is Tickford's logo.

These models were known as the T-Series, based on the AU model Falcon. Three versions TE50, TS50, TL50. Were also produced in three series T1 (1999-2000), T2 (2000-2001), T3 (2001-02).

This one is a T3 TE50. Apart from the big bodykit, there is a hand-assembled 347ci Windsor V8 (5.6L). Uses a 302ci block with a locally produced crank, rods, pistons. The intake manifold was also specially produced by Tickford. Despite being a Ford V8 you could not get this engine in America.

How much power? 250KW / 334HP with 500Nm / 369 lbf.ft torque out of the factory.
With a little tuning of the AFR's, bigger exhaust & tidy up of the intake, these engines put out >400HP.

I sold it when I left Australia to move to Switzerland. These things are very collectable now... :(