Old Cars - What do you have?

[jleecollins]

Time for a new topic in the "Off-Topic" category.

Do any members have any old cars or trucks?  either restored, original, or under restoration?

If you do not - what vehicles that you have?


I have a 1930 Ford Model A Coupe which is still under restoration - I have had it since 1987.  My wife says it is my retirement project

In October 2007, I purchased a 1930 Ford Model A Roadster - it is on the road.  That is the car that is in the picture.  The picture, with me in front of the car, was taken at the Texas Motor Speedway last June when my wife, Brenda and I were at a large Model A meet in Dallas.  My wife has also driven the car.  The car has only ~54,000 miles on it.  The body on the roadster was already restored, I installed a new original style interior.  I have been having lots of fun with the car.  I have been in several cars shows with it.  This winter, I am in the middle of working on fixing (or reducing) a oil leak on my 1930 Ford Model A Roadster. I have the motor half torn apart at the moment, fixing the oil leak and working on several other small things on the car.

I also have a rolling chassis for another 1930 Model A.  Some day, after I retire, I am going to make a speedster with it.

My daily driver is a 1990 Chev Corsica LTZ (with 5-speed standard) with only 116,000 km on it.  We also have a 1994 3/4 T Chev Turbo Diesel for my fifth-wheel trailer, 1999 Pontiac Montana and a 2006 Chev Colorado.  The Colorado is my wife daily driver.

The Roadster has a magnetic Travel Bug on it.


Jim

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[deathsnake]

Deathsnake is notorious for the cars we drive, when we're not in our tourbus, or the back of a limo or driving our bulletproof Cadillacs and Lincolns we like to drive normal joe vehicles for fun.

The drummer drives a 1998 Toyota Camry, 5 speed manual with a custom skull head shifter. This bad boy can go from 0 to 60 in 12 seconds flat. Its known for getting stuck in snowbanks in the winter from drifts gone wrong. Although it doesn't really get stuck, because the front wheels on this put out so much power it pretty much rips the whole vehicle out of the bank. One particular occasion the back end was stuck pretty good, so the drummer punched the gas and the whole front end got ripped from the back end leaving the rear end of the car stuck in the bank, that was a long night.

The guitarist drives a 1997 Plymouth Voyageur, 5 speed automatic front wheel drive. This thing can do donuts with 7 passengers and still spin the tires. Most people pull up to the line thinking they can beat it in a drag. That is until they realize it has a 454 big block engine under the hood. It has made an embarrassment of a lot of thugs.

The bassist drives a 2001 Ford Escape, its known for escaping the cops in more than one occasion. Its tires are pumped up 25psi more than they're rated so this thing flies across the tarmac. It puts out so much torque that usually for forest caches it drives up to trees and knocks them down, making for a really easy find.

When we're not finding geocaches or running from fans in our vehicles, you can find us at local parking lots doing burn outs and donuts and just generally ruining the treads on our tires.

[jleecollins]

Just to let you know that I now have another Ford Model A - 1930 Ford Model A Town Sedan - 28,400 miles in orignial unrestored condition - beautiful car.  I recently acquired this car from Mechman's father-in-law.
FYI, the Town Sedan now has a TB on it (in rear driver side window)

The roadster was put back together in the spring and I was out in it whenever I could get home.  Now I have 2 Model A's to choose from.  Actually my wife has claimed the Town Sedan as her own.

Happy travels

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[hunter-killer]

Jezz we feel sorry for you Jim. I know the employment thing. Had to buy another old car, could not afford a new one. This economy just sucks. We feel for you.

[jleecollins]

Yea you are right - still driving my almost 20 year old Corsica - can't afford a new one

[Neys Lunch]

Jim - you are either going to need a bigger yard to park all these vehicles or you might want to open a used car lot you have 7 vehicles to start with....... did I count them right?

[jleecollins]

- 4 modern iron on the road (3 of them over 10 years old)
- 2 antique cars on the road
- 1 antique car in the garage waiting to be finished
- 1 5th wheel camping trailer
- 1 car trailer
- 1 utility trailer
- 1 very old (40 yr) riding lawn mower
- couple of bicyles
- 2 Monster Beagles
- oh yea, my 1975 Honda 400F motorcycle, in the shed, which I bought new and haven't driven in years.
- Hey, one can't have too many vehicles.
- Hope you noticed - no snowmobiles - never wanted one

"The one with the most toys when he dies is the winner"