My 06 Mitsubishi Evo IX SE. Had 44k miles when I sold it in 2013. Made 392whp/421trq on a heartbreaker Mustang dyno. Would have made closer to 450 on a dynojet. Trapped 119mph in the 1/4. Sold it to so I could free up some money for a move and ive been kicking myself for selling it ever since.

 

I have a couple to add.
My 1977 Honda 550K. No not the super sport. (sissy bike) Several sneaky modifications, would out run any 750 to about 90, then they had enough power to finally get by me. I did more things on that bike then I can legally talk about! What a blast!
1971 Mach1 Mustang, pulled stock 2 barrel 351C, and dropped in a 500hp 351C. (found a junkie that needed a fix, gave $200.00 for $2500.00 worth of motor, in 1979 money) Now we're talking. Better have it pointed in a straight line when you nailed it. Otherwise you were going in circles.
70 Maverick shoehorned a 351w between the shock towers and went Camaro Killin!!! My buddy Steve built 4 different engines for his 78 Camaro, including a 400sb. And he never did outrun the Maverick. Drove it as daily transportation for 6 years. Tough little car.
My Vega's, I only had 9, of the dang things! My 1st Vega was the first "legal" vehicle I ever owned. I blew up the first motor. and learned how to hot rod a Vega! There were several "special" parts, when all put together. you ended up with about 150 Hp.With a 3:89 gear in the rearend, and a 4 speed in a 2200lb car, it was pretty impressive. Plus they were cheap. The most I ever gave for one was $300.00 (the first one), I gave $50 for 2 or 3 of them, $75 for another and $35 for one, and even had 2 given to me, so you can see how I ended up with 9, I only licensed 3 of them. The others were to keep the legal ones going! Man I had Fun!

Jack

 

 

I did two articles on this:

Part 1

 

and

Part 2

 

First car was a '65 Barracuda w/ 273 V8. Bought it in '78 for $400, put 100K miles on it and sold it in '81 for $400. Wish I had kept it

 

The only car that I should have kept was a 70 chevelle malibu. Had it in the early 80's and I couldn't afford to put gas in it.
I still have all the other good cars I've ever owned.

 

A couple of bikes: 1972 Honda 550-4 and a 1974 Kawasaki 900.
1965 Austin Healy MK III 3000.
1971 Mustang Boss 351.
Man, I would love to have those rides back.
Got rid of fun rides and bought Volvo's and SUV's to safely haul around kids and all the stuff that goes with them.
Now, kids are gone- and back to something fun to drive. Full circle.

 

I know the feeling. Sold a 2004 BMW R11S Boxer Cup in August 2018. Bought her back in April this year after I was tipped off it was back on the market. Out of all bikes I had and sold, missed this one the most...

 

Gave it to my son in 2018 so it’s in good hands and still in the family. Bought it new in 1986. Don’t have enough garage space now.

Every time I drove it, it felt like an old friend!

 

Now that's a cool Porsche! Notice I didn't say Porsche-a.

Jack

 

Jack, you made me laugh!!

Jim

 

MG TD with a 6 cylinder Australian "Holden" grey motor 125 CI transplant. (Original engine was 75 CI 4 cylinder.)
Rough as guts but went like hell (in a straight line). Drag most things off at the traffic lights.
Bought for $90 but cleaned up and eventually sold for $250.
Profit went to a pilots licence when costs were about $7 per hour.

 

1981 El Camino, was my first car and also where my love of cars really took off. Engine cracked and scrapped the whole thing, should have fixed it.

 

I definitely miss my 1977 Red Trans Am with a white interior!

 

 

And miss this one too:

 

This was a great ride for me... Just replaced it with a car I searched for several years. Hopefully I won't have to post its pic on this thread..

 

If we all could have kept them all and sold today we would have no need to work. What great taste my fellow Jaguar fans have.
A couple of pictures of some I have mentioned. Some are the correct models but not the actual car.


Glory Days

 

I had a '77 Trans Am, too, but mine was black. I bought it new, kept it for 25 years, but despite never being driven in winter, the car developed rust issues, so I let it go...