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A question for the crowd.

 
 
patiodog
 
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Reply Thu 8 Jan, 2004 10:16 pm
can't imagine gus likes all these earnest answers (he doesn't understand the importance of being that way), but...

same car, same year as ehbeth -- '99 civic hatchback. love the thing, except that the driver's seat is made for someone about half a foot shorter than i am. the recent one-day drive from new jersey to wisconsin was murder on the back.
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Jarlaxle
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jun, 2004 07:03 am
Kinda late, but here's my fleet:

1979 Cadillac Coupe de Ville: rebuilt from a $300 beater to better than new, with a fire-breathing 550HP Caddy engine, OD automatic tranny, & suspension parts from the Impala SS. Currently apart, being repaired after a 55MPH hit-and-run guardrail-punt in a monsoon last October.

1992 Ford F-350 4x4 diesel: a zero-option Custom, formerly a construction foreman's truck that originally came with A/C, cruise control, & an 8' snowplow, but nothing else, not even a stereo. Now has AM/FM/casette with an adapter to play CD's from a Discman (an in-dash CD player skips in this stiff-riding truck), a new LF fender & grille after getting tagged by a Patfinder, & a Reading utility body after getting clobbered by a Nissan Frontier (I don't do well with Nissans, do I?) running a red light. It's none the worse for its third major accident.

1974 AMC Gremlin X: Little car, big engine (AMC 401), rollcage, sidepipes, 4-speed tranny. The weekend toy. Currently broken. Sad

1989 Olds Custom Cruiser wagon: the $300 next project. I like station wagons.

1984 Ford B-700 school bus: motorhome project, in progress.

Wife:
1986 Buick Grand National: Stage II stroker V6, Art Carr-built tranny, Ford 9" rear axle, rollcage, Flofit racing seats, 5-point belts--will pull the front wheels 6" off the ground on slicks.

1986 Cherokee Pioneer 4x4: 500,000 miles, second engine (V6), the snow car that just keeps going, and going, and going...

1986 Chevy K-5 Blazer diesel: Olive-drab spray-can paint, 2.5" lift, 33" tires, 165,000 miles, reliable but very slow. Will get a cooking oil conversion eventually.
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jun, 2004 07:53 am
Am I too late to thank everyone for the replies?

(And especially Patiodog -- he's just so damn earnest)
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blueveinedthrobber
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jun, 2004 08:01 am
Slappy Doo Hoo wrote:
[quote
you know the acronym for "Ford"??....

Fix Or Repair Daily


:-)


Found On Road Dead.[/quote]

F*cked On Raw Deal
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Jarlaxle
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jun, 2004 07:02 pm
Yeah, my F-350 is junk...only 355,000 miles. The 86 F-350 wrecker at work only has ~520,000 on the original engine.
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Slappy Doo Hoo
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jun, 2004 08:36 pm
Jar, what do you mean, "550 HP" caddy engine?
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Jarlaxle
 
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Reply Mon 14 Jun, 2004 06:35 pm
Five hundred fifty horsepower (from ~540 cubic inches).
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Slappy Doo Hoo
 
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Reply Mon 14 Jun, 2004 07:34 pm
That's not stock, right?
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Jarlaxle
 
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Reply Mon 14 Jun, 2004 07:44 pm
It looks it. But no, it's not. Stock was a 7 litre (425ci) engine with a rather-depressing 185HP.
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thehamster
 
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Reply Tue 15 Jun, 2004 08:32 am
Check out ma beast!

http://www.hammaducks.de/illu/bobbycar2002/bobbycar.gif

It's a killer - I know.
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Exister -
 
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Reply Mon 9 Aug, 2004 02:06 am
I drive a Nissan Sylvia, S13. My first car and I love it. I've taken it up to 180km and would like to max it out but don't got the roads for that.
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Jarlaxle
 
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Reply Mon 9 Aug, 2004 07:11 am
Summer driver: 1979 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, completely rebuilt (twice now), 550HP Caddy engine, police Impala chassis, fast & comfortable.

Work truck: 1992 Ford F-350 4x4 Custom, diesel engine, A/C, 5-speed manual, no power crap, Reading utility body, 358,000 miles & still going.

Other car: 1989 Olds Custom Cruiser wagon, 307 V8, OD automatic transmission, 193,000 miles.
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trailor
 
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Reply Wed 6 Oct, 2004 11:18 am
Everywhere Car, but mostly to-and-from work/school: 1995 Taurus GL with a 2001 3.8L mustang engine producin about 190hp and 220 lbs/ft of torque.

Work Truck, soon-to-be school truck: 1965 Ford F100, 300ci straight 6 producin about 170hp. I am the second owner, the first was my g-paw, bought it brand new in the 4th quarter of 1964. Engine was rebuilt about 15 years ago, the odometer stopped countin aroundt 1890,000... we estimate its somewhere around 250k and 300k and still truckin' I'm workin on fully restorin it right now, but i'm lackin a few crucial parts

Former to-and-from work/school van: my dad's 1995 Windstar GL with a 3.8L producin a measly 155hp
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