Post other past and present rides

Ya I got no pics but I got a toyota 4Runner-thats my daily, and a Triumph Bonneville to get me around.

This is my Mustang that I sold in the deal with my wife to buy the speedster. 351 CI with 385 HP. The other one is my autocross car. 81 Ralt RT5.

Vince-That's just wrong

My speedster knock-off and my money-pit '67

Vince.. thanks for thinking of me and Angela!!! ~Esther

Vince, that picture reminds me of prison!

So David, when were you in the joint?

My toys from the past 40 years. Couldn't decide between the Triumph or buying stock in a new company called Wal-Mart. Got the bike. Same thing a few years later. Yellow 327-350hp Corvette or IBM. Got the car. Red Corvette 427-425hp or a little house in Newport. Figured real estate prices had maxed out. How would a house in Newport ever be worth over 50k? Got the car.

And more toys. A very early IM. A 69 Z-28, still the most coveted Camaro ever, and my favorite Harley, a 1992 Fat Boy. Sold them all and stuck it all in Enron stock.

One of my favorite cars: 1962 Jaguar E-Type OTS, an early E-Type, that I bought for $800.00. It had been vandalized and I towed it home and restored it. Picture quality is not too good: it was taken with a cheap Kodak camera.

Vince, is it more than a little ironic that the car they're washing appears to be ... a Crossfire?

...not that there's anything wrong with that...

At least it wasn't a Ford Probe!

Eeeewwwwww

Another favorite: my first car. This 1955 Jaguar XK-140MC DHC cost $1,200 in 1963. I was a senior in high school when I found her with a "for sale" sign at a local lumber yard. She was originally midnight blue, but after a fender bender I had her painted red. A friend and I drove this car from St. Louis to Cleveland and actually covered 109 miles in one hour! I purchased a duplicate of this car in the 70s but sold it to my brother who conducted a nut and bolt restoration and scored 99 points in JCNA competition. Wish I still had either one of them.

James, those were awesome!!!

This post inspired me to finish scanning & organizing all of my old slides. I found pics of all but 2 of my old rides: '67 Ghia convertible and a '71 411 wagon.

My first car was a '67 Ford Falcon hand me down from my brother, followed by '71 Capri. I sold the Capri to buy the '67 Ghia (no pics), which was followed by the '68 A-H Sprite that was my first complete tear down and rebuild. I bought it for $400 from a friend that was using it as a feed trough for his parents' horses since the motor had thrown a rod less than 1 month after a "complete" rebuild. He literally put it out to pasture. Then came the Harley years.

Chuck

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The Harley years started with an 883 Sporster that I bought new, rode home and had started disassembling before my wife made it back home.

Ditto with the next ride which was began life as an FXD Superglide and ended up with an FL front end, wheels and fenders. A great bike!

Last was the FLHT Electra Glide. It was comfortable but lacked personality. I got bored with it when we moved from Va to SC and the SC drivers scare the crap out of me. I had been lucky for many years, time to switch to something safer.... like a speedster!

Chuck

Last but not least is the Speedster and the '90 BMW 325ic, which only sees about 2500 miles/year. The daily driver is a Subaru Outback. I would buy another tomorrow.

Chuck

All I did was start a thread with "other rides" and it took off like showing pictures of the kids in your wallets...keep then coming. ~Alan

'56 Chevy Belair two door hardtop
'56 Chevy Belair two door sedan
1929 Ford standard roadster

If gas was still free and money wasn't an object, I'd still have this car. It was an '81 model, with everything but the VDO speedo in perfect shape when I sold it. I got robbed, 'cuz the odo wasn't accurate on a measured mile ... I could punch myself.
It cost $500 on average per month to keep it tuned and timed. Relays and fuses, no computers and everything was wired A1 goes to A1. Very simple, yet very complicated car.
But who doesn't love a water-cooled V8 when it works as advertised?

Brad said; "But who doesn't love a water-cooled V8 when it works as advertised?"

YEAAH!! In pre-camera days it was '60 Corvette, '62 Corvette, '67 Corvette, '70 Corvette. All gone now. And now that I remember what it was like, I'm gunna be blue the rest of the day.

1965 MG Midget - My past toy car. Over the course of 10 years I won 9 trophies at the same local car show. Kinda sorry I ever sold it.

'course i didn't have a "water-cooled V8". Just a 1098cc little 4-banger with twin SUs. All of 65hp, I think.

But it's got CHARACTER out the wazoo!

Here's my latest. 1958 TR3. Plus another "jewel" or two.

Too many good cars in the world and not enough garage space!!!

Dusty

Just had to post another three. Sorry!
Dusty

Oooooo!!! Is the Auburn an original or an extremely nice replica?

Lane,
Body is original but the engine has been changed (before I purchased it) which brought the price down to what I could afford. Still registered as an original, however. Here are some more pics for you to look over. See what you can look forward to when YOU retire?!!

Keep smiling,
Dusty

BTW, Lambros put up some garage pics. Great looking garage! You have to admire anyone who takes care of their cars properly, eh? I fixed mine up and now Sharon calls it the "recreation room". Look around the local gawkers and you can see what I have done. If you are interested I can take some with the cars and people out of the way

Dusty

Dusty, I hate you for many reasons, but mostly because of your garage, its cleaner than most homes I've been in...
OK, hate is a pretty strong word, how about envious.......

Re: Dusty - Retired, nice guy, cool crib, awesome cars, beautiful wife...

...you were right Vince, you hate him!!

Gee, fellas, now I know how the tax man feels !!

Dusty

No Dusty. Everyone hates the tax man, but nobody is jealous of him... I love the floor in that garage. Is it tile or another material?

angela

Choosing only three is like choosing favorite kids?

Angela,
It is tile (easy to maintain and remove oil spots!) BTW, I really don't want anyone to be jealous, I just hope is inspiration!

Jerry,
Looks like you are a man after my own heart. I love the E-type Jags. Haven't had one for many years but might someday find room in the garage for another. I bet that one draws a crowd!

Ride safe, smile wide,
Dusty

Hey you guys, RIDE THIS.....

LOL!!

Dusty, if you haven't, maybe you should write a book on how to do it right. From here, it looks like maybe you've got the life I'm hoping to have in about another 20 years. I'd read the book.
Nice collection, facilities and positive attitude.

Dusty, don't you feel like adopting a 34 old kid over here in Spain????...

These guys are photos of photos, so they're a little warped.
The first one is my black 928 -- not to be confused with the much better brown one (above). I bought the brown one after the black car's untimely demise.
The second one is my Soviet-built Lada, which I bought in Iceland for a few bucks. "Good enough for Flight Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin, good enough for me."
Number three is a ship someone else owns, but it conveyed me and my merry band of sodden vikings from Denmark to Sweden in 2001 for a nice little raid on the village of Foteviken and some really cool volunteer work at the viking dig sites there:
http://www.foteviken.se/engelsk/index_e.htm