92 Mercury Topaz (AKA The Spaz) Reply #30 – February 23, 2009, 10:54:16 AM Seems like everyone had V8 power.I had 8V power. (Valve)92 Mercury Spaz. 2.3L 3spd automatic. Porno Red on Porno Red. Jiggled like jello at stoplights. It had less than 100 hp and to move away from the stoplight with any gusto you had to turn off the AC. Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #31 – February 23, 2009, 11:10:48 AM Quote from: danzajax;258205Seems like everyone had V8 power. .Not quite! lol My first car is still the one I'm working on, a 1988 thunderbird base model. Came factory with a 3.8l, the only option being power windows. Now its got a 5.0 out of an 87 thunderbird, finally ready to put her back on the road. One leak after another, she is finally ready to get inspected and be driven, I'm so excited. :) Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #32 – February 23, 2009, 12:10:32 PM Quote from: Thunder Chicken;258204Oldraven: I've always liked those Justys. Wouldn't want one as a daily driver, but it would make one helluva woods beater. My mother's old (new at the time) Nissan Micra would go places no sane person would ever drive a car unless it was his mother's (I used to drive it UNDER logging road gates). I can't imagine adding 4WD to the mix...There's still a part of me that wants one again just for a back roads beater. A 5-spd 3-dr model with no glass and no interior. In fact remove everything possible to make it light enough to get some actual excitement out of it under power. I would never have one for a driver again, but it was incredibly stout, considering what it was. The only problem with a toy like that is the fact that Subarus are made with gold plated parts, so if anything went wrong you'd be stuck trying to justify spending $200 on a rotten rally racer.QuoteSeems like everyone had V8 power.Hey, I didn't even have HALF that. :hick: Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #33 – February 23, 2009, 12:14:12 PM My first car was a '69 Mercury Cyclone 428CJ w/ ram air. Was an Ford executive car before we bought it, had really thin body panels on it. (you couldn't lean on it at all) Pretty fast car, wish I still had it. Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #34 – February 23, 2009, 12:14:52 PM Mine was an '85 3.8L Cougar, that went through many drivetrains... 4 V8's, 7, AOD's and 3, 7.5" Differentials and one 8.8"had a 255 4.2L V8 out of an '80 XR-7 for its first V8 swap, then went to SO 302's. I always wanted to throw a 351 and T5 in it, but never had the cash to.had that car for 9 years. burned off MANY sets of tires.... Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #35 – February 23, 2009, 12:16:18 PM Quote from: cougarman;258217My first car was a '69 Mercury Cyclone 428CJ w/ ram air. Was an Ford executive car before we bought it, had really thin body panels on it. (you couldn't lean on it at all) Pretty fast car, wish I still had it.Niiiice - wish I had one of those :D Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #36 – February 23, 2009, 12:18:58 PM Quote from: Cougar5.0;258219Niiiice - wish I had one of those :DMe too....lol. Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #37 – February 23, 2009, 12:27:19 PM Quote from: Cougar5.0;258219Niiiice - wish I had one of those :DX2A lot of you guys had some real nice cars. Hell just to have a car is nice. So many people say they wish they still had their first car, I dont want to say that. I want to I STILL have my first car. Ricky Bobby- No one lives forever, no one. But with advances in modern science (daminc) and my high level income (one day), it's not crazy to think I can live to be 245, maybe 300. Heck, I just read in the newspaper that they put a pig heart in some guy from Russia. Do you know what that means?That is how I feel about my car. Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #38 – February 23, 2009, 01:32:57 PM Yeah I took a huge step in the right direction last fall finally being able to get myself a winter vehicle...the cougar will NEVER leave my hands. Neither will the '38. Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #39 – February 23, 2009, 01:56:30 PM 1973 Volvo 145 wagon....green. Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #40 – February 23, 2009, 02:12:24 PM I got a 68 Torino for my 16th birthday in 1975. Long story short, I turned 16 in September, got my driver's license in October and wrapped it around a telephone pole in November. After that, I saved up and bought my first "cool" car, a 1973 Cougar XR7. My brother's buddy ended up with it after I sold it and tried to beat a train to a crossing. Take a good look at the picture. He was unhurt and he said after he came to a stop, he had to turn the Cougar off. It was still running! Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #41 – February 23, 2009, 02:27:51 PM My first car was an 87' V6 plain jane grey on grey T-bird. I loved that car and would have never given it up but for an 88' loaded T bird sport. Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #42 – February 23, 2009, 02:36:17 PM My first car was an 86' Celebrity wagon with a 4 tech in it, got it for 500 bucks, and spent about 2000 on it. Had it for 2 years and traded it for my 87' ranger.I can honestly say that I do not want my first car back! lol Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #43 – February 23, 2009, 02:48:48 PM Quote from: FLSTCI71;258236My brother's buddy ended up with it after I sold it and tried to beat a train to a crossing. Take a good look at the picture. He was unhurt and he said after he came to a stop, he had to turn the Cougar off. It was still running!Sweet merciful ... Quote Selected
What was your first? Reply #44 – February 23, 2009, 02:49:25 PM i had a gold 73 plymouth duster with the snakeskin top and straight 6. it was so rusty that as i was going around a bend the jack fell out of a hole in the trunk. Quote Selected