Indy

Just curious...which cars did you have prior to the Vette. Here's my short history

Let me start with my current baby


I've had the Jeep ZJ for EVER (at least it seems like it ) Still my DD:


Sold the Jeep TJ a few weeks ago. Fun little vehicle for the summer. Over 7" of lift with 37"MTRs:


Here's my first "real" sports car, a 98 black Mustang GT 5 speed. LOTS of fun, I can tell ya. Sold it last Christmas:


The predecessor to the Mustang. My first and last Riceburner 5 speed, Lowered, 17" wheels, cat-back, intake, body kit (I was young, what can I say)


Crap on wheels 3 speed automatic. Blew the engine while flooring it from an intersection (not my pic...couldn't find one...but it looked just like this):


Did a lot of camping in this (Chevy Nomad). Takes about 1 minute to overtake a car (I've tried...it's scarry). Must have killed at least 10 billion mosquitos in it while camping up north


Chrysler Acclaim. Nothing special. What an average car (for an average guy): Again, not my pic, but same colour.


More crap on wheels. Did my driving test in this one. Ahhhh...memories. It's an Oldsmobile Omega. A real classic...NOT That's me and my brother at age 16. YEAHAAAAA!!!!!


First car I ever drove (when I was 10...) Little Dodge Colt stick shift, back in 1988. Not my pic...damn...I have to look for some of the old photos.


That's it. When I was 10, I never would have imagined that I'd be driving a C5 Vette.

So what are your stories?????

themonk

How about all the cars I've owned up to my current 3.

'79 AMC Concorde
'75 Mustang II Ghia V8
'83 Celica GT (GT-S package)
'85 RX-7
'91 Prelude Special Edition
'87 Mustang 5.0L LX
'93 Mustang 5.0L LX
'99 Mustang GT 'Vert
'00 Corvette 'Vert-still have
'89 Grand Marquis-loved that car
'92 Eagle Talon TSi
'98 Bonneville SSEi
'03 Corvette 'Vert-still have
'99 Jimmy SLS 2 door-winter non-beater

BlueSkunk952

C1
C3
C2
C2
C5
over the last forty years

EVs_C5

95 honda civic
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94 saab 900se turbo
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2003 BMW 330ci
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now my 99 NBM 6M C5 (def my fav so far)

FLATOUT

98 1LE Z28

Car sat atop the LS1.com bolt on fast list for 2 years from 1998-1999
(FishtailinZ)

99 Formula Sponsored by TNT out of Texas.

(AZZKICKER)

Was a great car and I spent just about every weekend at the track with it. Car wen't 10.6's@127mph




94 Lotus Esprit S4

Awesome car to look at terrible car to own! Did have a nice set of HRE's on it though!







Think I will stick with my Z though better then all of them!

zo6vette037

Still have all of them except one. My 79 Type LT Camaro is gone. 23 yrs young and I have many more cars to go through.

FactoryRaceCar

I would love to list all I have owned here but I honestly do not remember. Last time I checked the list was over 42 and that was back in 2005. I have owned multiple cars in multiple countries let alone multiple states.

Jaquess

Wife said I needed to wait for our kids to grow up before I could get a vette(no back seat), that's why the Mustangs

Grim Reaper

In the same boat. Too many over the years and lived on both sides of the ocean. I probably have pics of all of them though. Wife says I'm bad about taking pics of every car I've bought.

jrose7004

63 Corvair, 63 Cutlass, 67 Cutlass,72 Mustang,76 Sky Lark,78 Catalina,80 Grand Prix,67 El Camino,47 Ford Business Coupe(Street Rod),67 LaMans(Late Model Stock Car),40 Ford Sedan(Street Rod),83 Mercury,87 Cutlass,90 Cutlass Convertable,29 Ford Sedan(Street Rod),90 something Blazer,27 Ford Roadster(Street Rod),3 Tahoes in 10 years, 48Chevy Coupe(Street Rod), 64 Corvette Roadster,74Vette T-Top,06 Cadillac SRX,06BMW,05 Equinox and several Camaros and a couple of Jettas,98 Corvette Coupe,04Corvette Coupe. I figure I've missed something in there some where but it's late and I'm tired!

Plasticman

I agree, but here are the ones I remember well (I tend/try to forget the ones I did not care for) :

55 Chevy (owned 2 weeks, & sold it for double what I paid for it)
55 Chrysler Convert.
57 Chrysler Hemi Windsor
60 MGA
63 Jaguar XKE Roadster
66 Corvette Roadster (sold for $2500, and it was completely original....in 1972)
66 Jaguar XKE Roadster (fried in garage fire)
23 T Altered Roadster drag car (fried in garage fire)
70 Corvette T-Top (drove for 15 years daily)
30 Chevy street rod (with Jaguar DOHC 6 engine/trans)
72 Audi LS100 (rather want to forget that one, but nightmares keep coming back)
74 Camaro Z-28 (still have the LT1 engine sitting in my garage)
51 Chevy Stake Bed Pickup (4 wheel drive street rod built on 75 Blazer chassis - I built and had it for 18 years)
63 Studebaker Avanti (wife drove for 17 years daily)
87 Corvette Coupe (owned 16 years, and recently sold)
93 GMC Typhoon (4000 total built, sold to daughter 4 years ago, and she recently sold it)
99 GMC Jimmy (wife's daily driver, destroyed in 75 mph rollover on I-75 in 2005 - wife and daughter in vehicle - did it's job with no injuries!)
62 Corvette (owned since 1999, & still have)
05 Dodge Hemi Magnum (wife's daily driver)
03 50th Anniv. Corvette (my daily driver)

See some of the above vehicles here (has not been updated for a few years): http://temp.corvetteforum.net/classics/plasticman/
Plasticman

4CAM LT5

See signature...

happa

1979 Valent (Bugger green)
89 S-10
64 Impala (wish i still had)
93 Nissan Maxima (Very Ricey)
97 Eclipse GST (400 whp)
00 Honda Mini Van (for the kids )
99 Corvette Coupe
62 Corvette (being restored)

mikeetran

81 Toyota Corolla
88 Honda Accord
86 BMW 325e
87 BMW 325e
92 Toyota Tercel
90 Honda Civic HB
87 Toyota Supra
89 Toyota Supra Turbo
02 Z06

lil vette

mmmmm......
55 Chevy
66 GTO
68 Road Runner
68 Fastback Mustang
69 Camaro
77 Vette (C3)
85 Vette (C4)
Motorcycles:
1972 Harley Chopper
2002 Harley Chopper
2008 Ultima (El Bruto) Chopper 110hp
(just finished 10months ago)
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dieseldave56

I've owned well over three hundred , what are considered collector or collectable cars as of when I retired in June,1991. This is what I used to do, buy and sell. Restore and sell.

With the Corvettes I have had most ever C3 from 1969 thru '82. The last one I still have is a 1978 25th Anniverary that was modified with a 400 /th700r4/ 3:55 Painted white /red with red interior and Pace Car spoilers and rims. Spared no expense. The wife got excited about 'vettes when the C4 came out and we have had a bunch of them.

I still have a few, wished I could have kept most of them . Now I have just a few; the three (3) C5s (two FRC and Z06)[IMG][/IMG]

I kept the 1979 Trans Am convertible purchased new , now with 11,000 miles[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]


The 1987 Buick Grand National, purchased new , now with 26,000 I believe.[IMG][/IMG]


The 20th Anniversay 1984 1/4 Mustang GT350 again purchsed new , now with 55-56,000 miles. This has the GT-40 heads, headers, true dual exahust, 9inch diff w/3:50 traction lock, MotorSport suspension, roll bar, Koni, Gotti 3 piece rims and Dunlop SP9000 tires. My wife is a professional musican and has a killer Alpine system .[IMG][/IMG]

My 1951 Chevy two door 'Torpedo' with 35,000 original miles ,one owner car. I've had two other fastbacks '49 & '50 that were heavy lead sleds but this one is bone stock and get the thumbs up every time i go to town. Its a keeper.[IMG][/IMG]

I have others as well but after a while I find that one becomes possessed by their possessions. Like we just added another 40x60 building this summer to bring up the last of the vehicles from California. I don't have a lot of time left because of health conditions, which is why I keep only a few vehicles , but they still bring a smile to my face.

homewrecker

I had too many, but this is the only one that matters

ecoman

67 pontiac lemans converted to gto no pic

73 nova hatchback 383 stroker,700r4 trans,342 gears


89 c4


still miss the nova

And my current 2000 vert.

Blown 346

My vehicles before the vette.

1st car ever... 1991 Mustang LX
2nd 1991 Buick Century
3rd 1997 Camaro
4th 1969 Camaro SS
5th 2000 Camaro SS
6th 1970 Camaro RS
7th 2001 Mustanf GT
8th 1991 Camaro Z28
9th 2004 GTO
10th The Corvette

71vetteinva

Here they are in the order I bought them. Some of them overlap, since I have owned two vehicles for a while.

1) 1985 Pontiac Grand Am
2) 1990 or 1991 Mercury Topaz
3) 1998 Mercury Tracer
4) 1971 Corvette
5) 2005 Ford Focus
6) 2006 Mustang GT (still own)
7) 2006 Pontiac Solstice
8) 2000 Corvette Convertible (still own)