Wow look at all this free time you have to tell us about your car history CC...Originally Posted by CoventryCat86
Sooooo, how's that lottery coming along
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Wow look at all this free time you have to tell us about your car history CC...Originally Posted by CoventryCat86
Sooooo, how's that lottery coming along
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GOOD POINT!!Originally Posted by godfather
I REALLY should get off my butt and get going on that........![]()
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When I was in college, I bought a 1963 Chevrolet Impala convertiblejust like this one:
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I paid $600.00 for it. I had to put a quarter panel on it and paint it. Mine was maroon. I wrecked it when a deer ran out in front of me in the fall of 1983![]()
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I had two of these when I was in high school. 1964 Chevrolet Bel Air station wagon:
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One was light blue, the other was aqua.
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OH, I forgot to tell you about my 1979 BMW 733i. I bought it in 1993 for $3500.00. It had 135,000 miles on it. I forgot about this one because I still have it!Mine is "Bronzit" or a copper color. They only came with four speeds but someone had put a five speed in it before I bought it. I think is has 220,000 or so miles on it now. I can't remember because I had to change the speedometer. It came from California so it was rust free at the time. It's starting to show its age now and I don't drive it much anymore. It's probably not worth restoring so I don't really know what I'm going to do with it:
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*drools* I'm a sucker for a BMW of any ageOriginally Posted by CoventryCat86
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You've all already heard about the Jaguars but too bad, you're going to hear it again anyway.![]()
In 1999, I bought a black 1986 XJ6 for $1,500.00 to "fix up" BAD IDEA, the car was a piece of garbage so I bought another one in 2000 (a grey one) and restored it. I paid $900.00 for it on eBay. I bought it sight unseen on eBay becaue it was a California car and I knew it would have no rust.It had a blown head gasket and it had 152,000 miles on it. I used the black one for parts to fix this one. It came out so nice that I now pretty much only use it for car shows. The restoration was completed in 2002:
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The car just turned over 180,000 miles this year when I drove it down to Richmond, VA for a car show three weeks ago.
Last year, I bought another one exactly like it, same color for $300.00. It needed some work but the black one provided all the parts I needed to fix it. A friend of mine who manages a body shop is painting it for me. It should be ready for sale next year.
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I should post a picture of what's left of the black one!![]()
It's just a shell of its former self, no engine, no rear end, no front end, no nose![]()
Just about ready for the junkyard but it has paid for itself three times over in parts.![]()
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So, in January of this year, I go to a guy's shop in the local Jaguar club to get some parts for the other grey one I'm fixing up. He also sells used Jaguars. He's asking $4,500.00 for a 1992 XJ6 that has 163,000 miles on it. Books value is $5,500.00 but the car has a few stupid little problems that he doesn't want to bother with so he tells me he'll sell it to me for $2,500.00 knowing I can fix the problems and maybe make a couple of bucks reselling it. This car is so nice, I'm having a hard time letting go of it. Mine is blue:
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Jaguar changed the body style to this in 1988 and they looked like this up until 1994. Most Jaguar lovers think these aren't as nice looking as the 1980 - 1987s BUT they have a completely different engine and transmission which is technologically superior to the older models. This car runs and rides like a dream and get 20mpg around town. I'm having a real hard time wanting to let go of it:
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CC... I have to say... I've always been a BMW man, but after seeing one of my residents' 2003 S-type I have fallen in love... I've been looking for an older Jag or even a newer one... forgotten all about wanting an M3
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Well now that you know...carry on with memory lane....be careful Abanda, may get excited with all your posts...Originally Posted by CoventryCat86
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LMAO!!! "memory lane"Originally Posted by godfather
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THE FIRST CAR I EVER DROVEMy parents white 1968 Chevrolet Biscayne station wagon:
This is a photo of an "Impala" the Biscayne was the strip model, bottom of the line with a 307 ci engine NO TRIM and only two tail lights one each side instead of three.
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Did Kevin say something?![]()
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This is my sweet ride an 89 Jeep Comanche 4x2, 5spd, straight 6 with 170k on it.
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N.O.L.A.
eventually I got tired of the ridicule and sold the "thunderchicken" to a friend for $1000 and bought a 92 escort at auction:
Mine was tan though
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