One of the cars I miss the most, was the first car I really ever bought, a 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse. I bought it used in 1995.

I was in need of a car at the time and I got a call from a buddy that worked at a local car lot. He said you will not believe what this guy just traded in for a Dodge Mini Van. It was a race ready Eclipse. Long story but I got a good deal. As far as what was done with the car, there was $15,000 worth of receipts in the glove box. Everything from suspension, tranny, engine, seats, dash and rims had been redone or replaced. The engine was not stock. It was fitted with a V-6 VR4 engine (no receipt in the glove box for that though). I know it should not be possible but it was in there.

The car had a 0-60 time of about 4.5 seconds. Being young and not really knowing what I had. I drove the car as a daily driver. I put about 60,000 miles on it in 3 years. When it came time to work on it, it was impossible. For example, the spark plugs could not be changed unless the car was disassembled and engine removed. Believe it or not, I had a Sears Auto do it since they charged a flat rate for that service at the time. It took them two days.

When the custom made turbo went out, I was done. I could have had it rebuilt but I had put to much in it already. I simply could not afford it. I sold it for next to nothing.

It was a great car. I will never forget dusting a friends new $70,000 1995 Corvette ZR1 over and over again. The look of disbelief on his face will never fade.

This Ones Not A Car ..But It's My Most Cherished Ride That I Have Parted With..

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Either my E92 M3 or my 98 Land Rover Discovery, miss them both

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Ohhhhh buddy E30 MP3 I just found a new best friend lol

I shoulda kept that one...:icon_doh:

Crap I suppose I can put my X-Type in here now...

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In all honesty, I miss my 1995 E320 coupe the most out of all my cars.. then my Lightning. I will try to find a picture of it for everyone!

Cars I had, but now miss? Oddly as much as I feel like I should, I dont really miss my first car, a 71 LeSabre Rustbucket Special. .... A couple I do Miss? My 67 Land Rover 109 Pickup, and my 80 Mercedes 240D. But I traded that in on Roger, so I guess I dont really feel Too guilty. I guess I just have a different (read Lower) set of vehicular requirements than some.... Ah Well, Theyre mine and i only have myself to argue with.

1969 Camaro Z28 Silver with black stripes. 10" Ansens on back and 8"s on the front. 11sec 1/4 mile off the floor. ( selling that car back before what they're worth now....HURTS! Also miss a rare 1970 Porsche 914-6 with 2.0 liter 911 engine I had and sold when I upgraded later. Salmon metallic/ black interior with 7" polished 911 alloys on back and 6's on the front. Was extremely fast. Another selling mistake!

I have had many vehicles (in excess of 40, I think) but I wish I still had my Dad's Land Rover. Sold in in 2003, but he spent years making sure it was perfect including almost all stainless steel fittings where possible.

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Factory: 68 Corvette, convertible (with hard top), 4spd, 427, HD 3:55 rear end, no power steering, non-factory: sidepipes, Holley carb, American Racing mags.

83 BMW 633i

85 944 Turbo Porsche

67 Mini Wagon

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1961 Lancia Flaminia Coupe.
All aluminum V6 driving a 4 speed transaxle.
Front disc brakes.
Rear inboard disc brakes.
This car had grease fittings on just about everything that moves.
The ride was better than my 220 Mercedes by far, yet it handled like a sports car.

And last but not least, it had a 45 RPM record player.

Bill

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1978 Ford XC Fairmont GXL Hardtop, 351C/FMX/9" Diff. Sold it to gather the deposit for our first house.

1966 Holden(GMH) HR ute, 186ci/3 speed floor change(converted from 3 on column). Twin strombergs. LPG. No carpet,just a rubber mat,no heat or air just vent open or shut. No temp gauge. It was my work car,the wife had a late model Volvo at the time.
I drove 120km a day,6 days a week for 7 years and it only failed to get me home once,fixed on side of road though(loose earth wire in LPG). I did 302k miles in it.
It leaked 250ml of oil a week.
During the 7 years I had it, I replaced.
4 sets of tyres
1 steering wheel
1 tail gate skin
1 uni joint
2 sets of brakes(front pads and rear shoes)
1 set wheel bearings
1 clutch plate
1 speedo cable
Nolathane front suspension bush set
rear shocks.
And the standard tuning items as required.
Cheap motoring I reckon. Bought it for $2500 and sold it for $3200.

And I miss every one of the bikes.

I had a 1969 Datsun SPL-311 when I first came to this part of the world, and I loved it. It was a true Sports Car in Every sense of the word.

It had few a amenities, the heater worked (fat lot of good in a drafty convertible) the radio worked sort of (ya can't hear a radio in a convertible with the top down!). It was NOT intended for modern open roads. It had that Classic Sports Car Ride; you felt Every bump in the road including if you ran over a grasshopper. I liked that actually, because it wasn't like driving a modern cocoon.

The seats were made to hold people in place. It was the most secure I've ever felt in a car seat, and that includes my Jaguar.

It came with a soft top, and we made it a removable hard top, but after the first Winter I Never had the top on at all. It looked so good topless that I only kept the soft top ribs in case a subsequent owner might want them some day. I bought a metal storage shed specifically as a Datsun Garage. It *Just* fit! I could even open both doors while it was in the shed!

When I moved out here in the Stix where the roads are Terrible and there is no Town to run around, I put it up for sale so as not to watch it sit and rot in the shed. I'm not exactly sorry I sold it for that reason, but I do miss it sometimes.

I sold it to a member of my husband's Datsun forum. He paid me a lot of money, and therefore it was his to do with as he pleased, but still...

What the buyer did to it was a Travesty! He turned a cute little car into a Cheap Tart! Or maybe a Trollop! I get angry every time I think about it.
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Elinor, you just got to think about it the way you remember it. The workmate I sold my hardtop to slid it across a traffic island the first weekend breaking the trans mounts off, then 2 weeks later destroyed the complete set of left panels on a fence when blind drunk. I think he sold to a wrecker for $500. I sold it to him In 1991 for $3800 because he was broke and I needed a house deposit. In 2007 these were fetching 20-30k.(I stopped looking at the prices then...too depressing)

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I wonder what happened to my old 1969 Ford Corsair 2000 E ?? 2.0 litre V4 twin webbers & a 4 speed Bullet box . Loved straight roads but hated sharp bends...Reg no MVV 922 H ....

Pic is not my car & mine had steelies with covers , not Rostyle wheels...

The car I miss the most of all my old cars is a 1995 Ford Thunderbird I drove in college. I named her Patsy the Amazing Thunderchicken. That was a car I just couldn't kill. She had 235,000 miles on her when I sold her.


I missed her so much, last December I went out and bought a 1996 that was almost identical. The new T-Bird (which I named Molly C. Underbird) needs paint, interior, brakes, tires, an alignment....It's going to take a lot to get her sorted out. Plus, I've already rebuilt the rear brakes and replaced the fuel pump & alternator. I was using her as a daily driver up until this week, but I'm not sure she's up to that kind of use. I'll fix her up as time and funds allow.


Of course, available time and funds will also be spent doing all the paint & body work on my 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis, as well as on my latest acquisition, a 2001 Jaguar S-Type I picked up on Monday.


I have too many cars!

1965 Corvair Corsa Convertible 140 HP Nader was wrong great car
Left in my parents garage for two years after I holed a piston. They donated it to the city who then cut off the windshield, covered it in plywood and used
it as a float in the local parades. I still can't go to a parade.
1966 Mustang Fastback, traded in part for the '66 convertible
1966 Mustang GT Convertible, two tone interior, perfect car intended to keep it for life. Hit head on by a drunk driver, totaled
1967 Pontiac LeMans 400ci 4 speed, custom ordered by the original owner, a Pontiac dealer, basically a GTO without the badges. Stolen never recovered.
1972 MG Midget, my first British car, rusted back to dust, scrapped.
1966 Vw Bug, Had a 1600 Porsche 356 drive train, and disk brakes. a real sleeper. wife hated it, sold
1968 Triumph TR250, Sold when I went back to University
1972 Chevy C10 pickup, sold to my gardener in 1990, still going strong.
Out of the 30 or so cars I've owned those are the only ones I miss.

That's Tragic!
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1987 Jaguar XJ6 III. It was my first car and first car I bought myself. Some stupid driver crashed me head-on and totaled it.
1998 Jaguar XK8.
1998 Corvette C5.
1976 Porsche 911 Targa SC.

1964 Corvair Monza
1967 Mustang Coupe 289
1963 MGB
2009 MINI Cooper S
2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata

Not to mention several motorcycles I wish I had kept.

I was living for a while in a place with mountains and a proper winter, next to a country with some roads with no speed limits. At that time I had a WRX, practical in the winter and great fun in the summer.

In Oz I got lucky one company car cycle and ordered a standard silver Commodore (basic GM 4 door family car here) down to steel wheels with hubcaps. It has an LS motor and heavy duty everything underneath and no badges. A corporate sleeper.

I thought I posted here before . Well, it's safe to say 2003 Cadillac Escalade 6.0 V8 . However, had I owned present day's thoughts I would have never bothered buying a one at all , picked up Land Rover Discovery instead

Where do I start?
64 SS impala
2 67 firebirds
68 SS 396 impala
66 442
68 442
71 SS chevelle
74 V8 Vega
70 Nova actual still have that one. Been in my family since new. Gave to my son.

I have so many but they a not digitally saved....here are couple
32 Ford coupe, 30 ford hi boy roadster, 27 Ford roadster, MBZ 250se w/ Ford 302, 70 Camaro w/ 440 dodge,

My old mk2 Vauhall Cavalier MUD never really completed it and broke it in the end.

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Saw this thread and it started some reminiscing...these are some of my previous vehicles that I miss, for one reason or another...(in no particular order, and I think all of the year designations are correct, but memory isn't as good as it once was):

1971 Triumph Spitfire
1969 XKE roadster (red, of course!)
1969 Dodge Super Bee
1977 Fiat 124 Spider
1979 Peugot 504 Diesel Wagon
1979 Subaru Brat (with seats in the bed)
1984 Corvette (T-tops)
1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD Turbo
1989 Chevy Suburban (sold after 10 years and 185,000 miles)
2000 Ford Excursion Diesel (sold after 14.5 years and 215,000 miles)

The most recent for me is the 1976 Alfa Giulia Super that left a space in my garage that the Mk 2 now fills. I put in a warmed up 2l drivetrain and a sport suspension. At around 2300 pounds, it was light, agile, and a blast to drive.

Hey Dean,
Good to see you here. My story is similar to yours in that I just sold my 1969 Spider. To make room for the Spider I had to sell my DD 1969 Berlina. The Spider didn't make as good as a DD as Berlina did - for reasons that I was afraid of leaving it parked on the street lest anyone would park their SUV over the Spider's fron or back extremities. As such, it ended up spending way too much time in my garage. I could have ridden the Series 1 price wave but I'd have rather see the Spider go into the right hands, which it did. Now, I am Alfa less and Jag less but I don't think I shall remain so for long.

Perhaps the most fun Daily driver Ive owned. If I ever got bored on a weekend afternoon, a quick run through the canyons would quickly dissipate any doldrums

Tire friar --

Pleasant surprise to see your post here. I'm enjoying the Mk2, but still miss the Super.

No digital pics....I must have gone through computers as much as cars...since I would pick them up towards the end of their lives....

Favorites:
1979 Chevy Camaro. (Would eat up carburetors and rear ends)
1994 Infiniti Q45. Sold at 250,000 miles
1978 Buick Regal. Went through 3 Chevy 305 engines.
1962 Cadillac Coupe deVille. Factory buckets. Got a '66 in better shape.
1992 Plymouth Duster V6. Needed a pickup truck.
1995 Cadillac SLS. Only 115k miles....and stepson slammed into it in my driveway.

Oh man, that Ford Falcon up there... I may be an American, but I know of them. I was furious that Ford didn't make such vehicles available stateside. What'd we get? The Fiesta. Oh joy. An unnecessary update to an unpopular roller skate from years prior.

Me, I miss my Lincoln Mark VIIs. The '86 LSC that I fell in love with at the auto auction yard. She was the second Mk VII I ever tried to buy. When I got in that car, it was like I became a part of it. After that one, I came into possession of a '92 LSC. One of the last to roll off the line from the Wixom assembly plant. Dealership package on top of the rare paint option made her all the more special, but sadly it wasn't meant to last.

She may have paved the way for my XJS, but at what cost?

Stargazer, you are right that the Fiesta was not regarded as a fun car when sold new. However, the enthusiasts are realizing the fun potential of the Fiesta and with some go fast goodies it has quite a bit of potential. The demand has risen and so have the prices. How things have changed...

I know this is meant mainly for cars, but my BMW Rockster Edition 80 is one bike I will miss. Just may buy one again down the road...

1970 Buick Riviera, not your grandfather's!
 

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*Block bored .030" over (Modine 4 row radiator installed), TRW forgedpistons(8.5 to 1 compression ratio),ARP rod bolts, crank chamfered andpolished, Kenne-Bell 1H hydraulic cam with Stage 1 valve springs, three anglevalve job with bronze liners, 3/8" adjustable pushrods with .045"lifter preload, Mellings high volume oil pump, MSD 5 ignition, Mallory Uniliteconversion(no points), recurved distributor (centrifugal advance=10 degrees at1000 RPM with 22 degrees max at 2000 RPM, 15 degrees vacuum advance, 16 degreesinitial advance), stock Quadra Jet carburetor rebuilt and rejetted. Kenne-Belledouble roller timing chain set.

TRANSMISSION DETAILS:
*Stock parts used in rebuild with Transgo shift kit added.

FRONT SUSPENSION:
*New MOOG or TRW ball joints(all), control arm bushings(all), sway barbushings, center link, tie rods, idler arm, KYB gas shocks (Gabriel gas shockin rear).

BODYWORK AND PAINT:
*Stripped to bare metal, old bondo replaced, new dings and dents repaired,custom metal patch panels used to repair rust over wheel wheels and quarterpanels (no fender skirts), primer coat and sealer coat applied, RM brand colorcoats(5) applied with 3 coats clear coat,
wet sanded, machine buffed, hand waxed.


Cold R12 AC, Autometer water temp, oil pressure, voltage mechanical guages under ashtray centered


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I had the very same momo wheels on my 75 alfetta gt.

lots of cars I miss...let me begin with my 77 Maserati bora. special machine!!

Of the many I would say I most miss:

1968 Myers Manx - 1985 Audi 4000 Quattro
1981 Lotus Elite - 1971 Land Rover 88
1971 E-type 2+2 - 1986 Audi Turbo Quattro Avant
1979 TVR 3000S - 1976 CitiCar

All for very different reasons.

Have had a few cars over the years. Some I sell and end up getting another one. Like I've owned over 20 Porsche 928's all versions. Also a few XJ12 and a 6 as well. With the Porsches, also owned several 944's, regular and turbo as well. The one car I miss the most and its very hard to find one is my 87 944 turbo cup car. In 87 they only imported 10 of these into the U.S. and two in Canada.


The cup version was a special for racing, Porsche needed to build 50 street versions of their race car 944 turbo to race. The street version was 500lbs lighter, had a bigger turbo, different engine management. With a chip and some tuning you could get near 400hp. Mine had the chip and straight exhaust. The stock cup did 0to60 in around 4.8 seconds. The exterior looked exactly like a regular 944 turbo. Stop light drag races, you'd smoke even Vipers and they'd be like what just happened. It was a sleeper.


Back in 98 paid a slight premium over a regular turbo. Now they go for between $75k and up to a little over $100k with no race history.