Show me yours......I'll show you mine.....

[gadgetgary]

To coin a phrase from a past threat....

How 'bout some FUN cars?????

This is a 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier......I am the original owner and it has 40,000 original miles...never sees the rain or snow.....Just a fun 'summer' car(if ever is stops raining in CT)......

 

[geoff]

Cybrvanr.....

My window sticker and VIN show that mine is one of only 10% of all Civics that are still fully made and assembled in Japan. All parts were made and assembled in Osaka Japan I believe?? I don't remember, I would have to look at my window sticker... Not all Honda's have been americanized. Mine runs around 3200 RPM in 5th gear at about 70 MPH. It does red-line though at 7000 RPM. The last one I had which was a 2003 was far more tame at highway speeds and was also built in East Liberty, Ohio... I was very glad to see more "Foreign" in my new 2006..

Geoff

 

[gadgetgary]

A view from a different angle........

'Gaylord' needs to be in the driver's seat....

Notice the 'rainbow' from the mirror...

 

[hoover1060]

thats pronounced

CAH-VAHL-LEE-YAY

for those of you who prefer to say BOO-KAY!

 

[veg-o-matic]

Youall know Betty

 

[veg-o-matic]

But have you met Thor?

Thor is now 6 years old, and I've had him since he was a pup. The dealer I got him from always takes a picture of the car with the new owner, hence the "Wheeler" sign.

I'm not in the picture because they didn't want to take a picture of me straddling the hood in a pair of Daisy Dukes.

Go fig.

 

[gadgetgary]

They didn't want to take a picture of me straddling the

Oh veg,

Now with your new look, noone would know who it was.....

 

[captainmoody]

My 1966 Buick LeSabre "Summer" car!

 

[thor]

Meet La Nelly

1985 500SEL, absolutely mint condition, European version, only driven in dry days, LOL!

 

[thor]

La Nelly

Side view. Hope the police don't catch me with those pitch black tinted glass!

 

[thor]

La Nelly

Living room size confort!

 

[frigilux]

Dwight-- what a gorgeous Buick! We had a '66 Electra 225 for a couple of years and I loved that car. (I think it was a '66, maybe a '67) It had powered windows and I thought that was SO cool when I was a kid. If I had your LeSabre, I'd want it to be summer all year long.

 

[hoover1060]

here's mine

2003 Mercury Grand Marquis, currently with about 32,000 miles on it. I love these cars! Roomy, comfortable, and not fatiguing to drive. Friends joke that its a fancy police cruiser, but I like it.
On the highway it pulls 26+ mpg, not bad for such a large car!

 

[cehalstead]

here's ours....

1978 El Dorado, all original, including working 8tr and built in CB radio...

 

[thor]

Chuk, love your Eldorado! How many gallons to the mile, LOL!

 

[christfr]

ok

this is mine

 

[jaxsunst]

Here's mine

Taken the day I bought it in 2004, first one of the new design sold by the dealer.

 

[chad_hauris]

Here is my 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis, with 8-track player. Has over 250,000 miles, original engine and transmission...still drive it to and work 60 miles almost every day (sometimes I drive my Dodge 1-ton van).
400 CID V-8...gets about 16 MPG which I think is pretty good for what it is!

 

[cehalstead]

miles to the gallon...

Last time we checked, it was getting about 12 miles to the gallon, if no ac on...about 10 with. These days, we don't check the mpg much...not worth the headache of knowing...but we aren't driving it much right now, either...lol

 

[hoover1060]

The best car I ever had...

My 1976 Buick Electra 225 Limited, it was a beast and a gas hog, but I loved this car. Its been almost 18 years since I sold it, and I still kick myself I ever let this one go...
The Caddy was my dad's, a 1983 Coupe DeVille...

 

[veg-o-matic]

What a great thread! Keep 'em coming!

veg

 

[gadgetgary]

What a great thread! Keep 'em coming!

I totally Agree. Keep them coming! I am enjoying them so so much. Thanks to everyone for participating and posting.

Gary

 

[hoover1060]

Another classic beauty

This was my mother's car, 1985 Buick LeSabre Limited Collector's Edition.
My dad bought this car for mom in July of 1985, and she drove it until March of last year...pretty much for 20 years. In 20 years it had 115,000 miles on it. Over the years my dad would offer mom any new car she wanted, her answer was always the same: "I'm keeping my big bad black Buick!"
It was un-ceremoniously traded in for a 2005 Mercury Sable.
I tried to get it from the dealer, but it was sold pretty quick to who knows...
This one would have been fun to keep and restore.
This picture was taken when the car was still fairly new, probably fall 1985. It still looked this good when it was traded in.

 

[scott55405]

Great cars all! Captainmoody, your car fits in perfectly with the feel of the houses in the neighborhood. That brings back such memories.

Jeff, the 76 Electra is the one my parents had when I learned to drive. Ours was a very pretty cream color and I don't think it was missing anything available. (Yes Virginia, there was day that families with kids got by without minivans and SUVs!) LOL Anyone looking at this picture will know why I could not parallel park until I was 35! LOL Did yours have that buzzer you could set to warn you you were going too fast? I thought that was so cool. What does Mother think of the Sable? I know you had one and went back to this style. How is the Grand Marquis for driving in winter weather? (I know it has rear drive).

 

[swestoyz]

Jeff - now that is one rare Buick! You can usually spot a few Olds/Chevy/Pontiac two-door 77-85 B-Bodies around here still - but you NEVER see any Buicks! Nothing like crusin' with an Olds 307 under the hood!

Dwight - nice 66 Lesabre! That would be a great summer car. Still have a Nailhead under the hood? Ya know - that guy there would be a switch-pitch car - either a 2 speed or a 400!

Keep'em coming folks!

Ben

 

[hoover1060]

Scott,
Alas mom does not drive much these days, she injured her ankle last December and now leaves most of the driving to dad.
My 76 Buick was the Park Avenue edition, and loaded. Yes it had that damn buzzer, I remember setting it at 70 mph, and I never really drove it much faster than 65 or so... back when I had that car the nationwide speed limit was 55 still!!!

 

[cadman]

Beautiful Buicks guys! You can tell folks around here have taste : )

Here's a pic of the Allanté...just got it out this weekend for a trip over the 4th. -Cory

 

[Cybrvanr]

I guess it's time for me to share pic's of my rides. This is my 1988 Chevy Astro van that I've had for about 12 years now. It has about 300,000 miles on it. the reason why it's sitting up on blocks is because I have been working on installing a new clutch in it. Although it looks like an ordinary Astro van, it has some unusual options. First, it's one of only 1,500 built with 5-speed transmissions. It's even more rare because it is a factory-finished interior model. Most of the 5-speed models were cargo vans. The other unsual thing is as previously mentioned, it's a factory finished interior, but it does not have the last set of rear windows. This window configuration was frequently only found on cargo models, and not fully finished models. It's equipped with a 4.3 liter V6 engine, Power locks, and I installed a fancy audio system in it a good while back too, and also upgraded the dashboard to the digital gauge cluster. I tow the camper in the background with it, and it does a great job! The best MPG's I've seen out of it is around the 28 MPG mark. This will occur usually in cool weather when I can get by without AC or rolling the windows down, and if I keep my speed below 65 mph.

It's been a totally fun little van that my friends and I have taken on many road trips. Most of them thought it was odd that as a 20 year old single guy, I was buying a minivan, of course it didn't take long for them to realize why!

 

[Cybrvanr]

This is my daily driver, when I'm not in my company van, a SAAB 900 Turbo. I've had this car for about 3 years now, and it has been a great little ride. I need to give it a paint job, but other than that, she's in pretty good shape! The engine is a 2.0 liter with an intercooled turbo. Very fun to drive with handling like a go-kart. At about 3000 RPM's the turbo wakes up, and you'd better hold on tight!!!

This is one of the older generation SAAB 900's which I have been told are the best ones. The basic body design came out as the 99 in 1967, and has undergone routine changes to keep it up to date, but has pretty much remained the same. Newer SAAB 900s and 93's after 1995 I've been told are nothing more than Chevy Malibus with turbocharged engines and leather seats. This car however has many unique engineering features, like the "backwords" installed engine, and a hood design that supposed to flip up, and cover the windshield during a collision. Every time I do maintainence on this car, I find some nifty feature that is totally intelligent in it's design, like the little screw adjusters for the v-belts, and the allen key that retracts the brake rotors when changing the pads. Everything is also over-engineered and designed much more tougher than a typical American or Japanese ride.

This picture was taken a few weeks ago down at the outer banks, with a few friends and family members standing around before we headed out for dinner

 

[Cybrvanr]

Nice Allante! I was lookin all over the place to find one of those when I finally bought the SAAB. I especially wanted to find one of the rare ones with the Northstar engine in it, and the touchscreen CRT.