[DeTomaso] NPC (mostly): Cars you have owned

Bill Lewis lotus0005 at hotmail.com
Fri Feb 8 19:18:02 EST 2013


So, out of all of the cars that everyone has listed, are there any (other than the obvious) that consensus says would be good to buy NOW as investments?   --Bill Lewis

> From: jeffcobb1 at me.com
> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:49:39 -0600
> To: knottsj at galstar.com
> CC: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC (mostly): Cars you have owned
> 
> That is one major list Jerry, congrats.
> 
> I also was breastfed on CASTROL and love machinery.
> 
> In order starting in 63,
> --Sears go-cart and mini bikes- age 8
> --Bonaza mini bike with Hodaka ACE 100, 
> --Honda 90 Trail bike
> --Hodaka 100,
> --Penton 125 green tank, my first race was in 69.
> --Puch 175 motocrosser
> --Husky 250 cr and wr
> --Carrabella 125 Motocrosser, factory sponsored
> --69 Ford F-100, large v8, four speed 4wd
> --Maico 501
> --Bultaco 250
> --69 Gt6 +, shaved head, headers and I lowered floor and trunk for more space
> --71 Toyota Corona, two alternators for the Super Oscars, high watt Ampliluxs and Cibie high beams. Turn all lights on at idle and kill the engine.
> --71 El Camino 350
> 
> then being 20 yrs old in 75, I woke up and found these:
> --56 LOTUS 11 series 2, wide body Le Mans found in a Tennessee barn and brought to Louisiana in 75 while being towed on a pink boat trailer by my Corona with a 2" trailer ball welded to the rear bumper.
> --56 Benz 300d
> --74 BMW Bavaria
> --81 Suzuki 750
> --Mazda RX-3 wagon
> --75 BMW 530 with a BAE turbo kit and massive soundproofing.
> --67 Benz 280se
> --67 Maserati Ghibli Euro hang down trunk lid, bought from the Italian Embassy in New York and drove home
> --82 Celica
> --87 Benz 280 sel
> --77 Toyota truck for my gas station workers
> --67 Lambo 400 gt, bought from the president of the Ferrari club in Atlanta and hauled butt home, felt like James Bond
> --Suzuki Ninja 900
> --67 RHD MINI 1275 Rally
> --74 Jenson Healy roadster
> --86 Jag XJS coupe v12
> --71 Benx 280 Se 4.5 with 8 nitrous foggers and a 25# tank, could top out the front shocks upon acceleration at 30mph with rear wheels smoking.
> --69 GMC truck 350
> --a 120 mph 18' hydroplane with a Chrysler 280 ci and jackshaft drive to two eared prop
> --83 GMC truck 350, 4wd
> --86 Toyota truck with camper
> --91 Ford Taurus as a going away present for ex wife.
> 
> Reawakened in 89 after a seven year stint to a Cuban artist:
> --85 Jaguar XJ6
> --69 Benz 250 SL pagoda
> --94 Benz 400E
> --89 BMW 325
> --92? Crown Vic
> --69 Maserati Ghibli SS bought @ Concorso Italiano 1999 - perfect, Shipped home. The most handsome car I have.
> --91 Volvo for my step son.
> --93 928
> 
> Then taste changed again in 2004:
> --98 Benz E430, 8 nitrous foggers with 4 solenoids, 31 gal fuel tank in same spot but done because of lowered floor above diff, 400 pounds of lead, 2 pd/cft urethane, Dynamat, extruded ceramic blankets, aluminum foil with silicon backed heat sheets and closed cell sponge neoprene insulation, remapped ECU, on and on. 83 decibels on scale c at 153 mph on a damp I-49. Has gone to 163 mph@ 6,300 in 4rth gear without nitrous.
> 
> --71 Espada series 2 bought on E bay Aug 2005, won it on the 68th bid and drove into and shown @ Concorso Italiano from Thousand Oaks. My baby and cool daily driver with fantastic sounds.
> --69 Mangusta prototype bought from PMI. This was Eugene Bordinate's personal car, still has only 3,507. with his personal license plate. Shipped home. My most beautiful car.
> --73 Maserati Bora 4.9, found in a barn in Ramona, Ca. and drove to San Diego, supposed to be the first Bora sold in USA. Shipped home.
> --Formula 6000 race car, mid engined 350ci/430hp, thm 350, 89 Vette rear end, the only one made and very scary.
> --99 Ford F150
> --63 190sl
> --94 Chevy work truck
> 
> Now into my mature machinery phase after a divorce of a fifteen year marriage to Luci.
> Cars to get;
> --Vallelunga.
> --2006 Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster
> --BMW monster sport bike
> 
> 
> I have not thought of all these machines in so many years. Thanks everyone for this thread which woke me up to my forgotten past.
> 
> Jeff Cobb
> Cell 225-907-4514
> 
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> 1316 South Acadian Thruway
> Baton Rouge
> Louisiana, 70806
> 
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> 
> On Feb 8, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Jerry Knotts wrote:
> 
> > I think this is mostly complete.  It leaves out 2 Monster Miatas One 
> > that I bought in SanDiego with a 427 Windsor.  I welched on the deal 
> > after I found it was 13 to 1 compression and had to have special gas 
> > mixed, also had a second radiator in the trunk.  He has since blown the 
> > motor up at least once.  The other that I bought in Dothan Alabama with 
> > an LS1 and T56. He sold it out from under me before I could get there 
> > the next day to pick it up.  He did send me my PayPal back.  Also the 
> > cars that I worked pits on in the 60's.  And the outstanding fact that 
> > Graham Hill took me a few laps at the Jarrama circuit in Madrid Spain in 
> > my Lotus, showed me the line and why I should never become a 
> > professional driver.
> > 
> > Cars from the past -- gone but not forgotten
> > 1958 Oklahoma
> > 1930 3 window Rat Rod ( before we knew thats what they are called) 
> > chopped, channeled, no fenders, 4 cyl model A with 2 stromberg 97s.
> > 1946 Ford coupe, Buick nailhead motor 3 speed ford tranny
> > 1962 Houston
> > 1959 Austin Healey bug eye Sprite
> > 1963 Corvette coupe split, thought it was custom from the factory but 
> > was a Z06 model, FI, 35 gal tank, big brakes, aluminum wheels, FM radio, 
> > no heat or air.
> > 1962 Jaguar XK-E convertable
> > 1962 Triumph TR4 Chevy 327, muncie 4speed
> > 1963 Austin Healey 3000C, milled head and all gear overdrive
> > 1939 Chevy coupe, opra seats in back, Nail head Buick, slusha-matic tranny
> > 1965 Chevelle SS 396, 375 Power Glide, American mags
> > 1953 Chevrolet 4 door, stock, stock, stock
> > 1963 Cobra #5 289
> > 1966 Got draft notice, sold Chevelle Coupe and Cobra
> > 1966 Spain
> > 1964 Peugeot 404 4 door
> > 1967 Custom built Lotus Elan, Built by Colin Chapman special. Elan S2 
> > body with T210 motor 1750 pounds and 165 HP. Took standby Air Force ride 
> > from Spain to England to pick up and drive back to Spain
> > Married, wife pregnant sold Lotus
> > 1966 Peugeot 404 Station wagon -- sold when returned to states
> > 1970 return to Houston
> > 1970 Toyota Carrona Mark II
> > 1967 Ford Galaxy station wagon 390 (fast boat especially on the road)
> > 1974 sold Galaxy bought 1973 Datsun PU
> > 1974 sold Toyota ordered SS Chevelle wagon
> > 1974 Chevelle SS wagon 350/350, 350 turbohydro, posi white leather 
> > interior, maroon exterior
> > 1974 Datsun PU 327 chevy turbo 350 Upgraded from other Datsun
> > 1979 Ford F150 PU supercab
> > 1950 Ford Business man coupe, orig flathead
> > 1969 Volkswagon 411 wagon
> > 1968 Camaro RS convertible, 327 4 speed
> > 1947 Chevrolet Sedan delivery, 327, powerglide corvette interior
> > 1984 Dodge Datona Turbo Z
> > 1934 Ford Sedan delivery, 302 ford, 4 speed
> > 1985 Astro van
> > 1963 VW kitcar GT40 with Mazda RX7 motor (still have)
> > 1960 VW single cab pickup
> > 1966 VW 3 door pickup truck
> > 1989 Ford f150 supercab
> > 1991 move to Nowata, Oklahoma
> > 1994 Chevy K1500 Diesel (still have)
> > 1994 Ford Lightning Super charged, aluminum heads, long tubes etc
> > 1972 Pantera built by Woodhouse in Omaha ( still have)
> > 1995 Ford Mustang GT modified for track and street, 93 Windsor, Tremec 
> > 3550, Unequal length A arm front suspension, eibach lowering springs on 
> > Koni coil overs, six point cage, big brakes etc, etc ( still have)
> > 1993 Mazda RX7 with 200 LS1 Corvette motor T56 tranny 100 shot of 
> > Nitrous and currently adding an STS type turbo system to the rear (still 
> > have)
> > 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe (still have)
> > 2001 Ford f250 super cap 7.3 Diesel (still have)
> > 1967 Cobra kitcar Street Beast 351c -- C6 traded for 73 pantera
> > 1971 Pantera wide body twin turbos with wing (still have)
> > 1973 Pantera modified body bad motor changing to twin turbo Cleveland 
> > (still have)
> > 
> > Doesn't count street bikes, or 17 foot Howard Hydro with Donovan 540 and 
> > Enderly barndoor over a 12.71 blower,
> > 16 foot Glastron bass boat with 25 hp Evenrude, Go carts in 100 cc and 
> > 440 cc, 5 tractors and 9 trailers currently
> > 
> > I am on a first name basis with everyone that sells tires, batteries and 
> > insurance in the area.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 2/7/2013 8:51 PM, Sean Korb wrote:
> >> What are your past tense cars?  I made a list at http://spkorb.org/cars.html
> >> 
> >> Chronological to first drive or possession
> >> 
> >> 1969 850 Fiat Spider 900cc
> >> Towed away by the city after having its wheels stolen.
> >> 1973 Plymouth Scamp 3.7L
> >> Drove it to the junkyard after failing to fix upper control arm bushing
> >> 1973 Plymouth Satellite 5.3L
> >> Drove it until the oil cooked. Lost oil pressure and timing chain
> >> 1974 Dodge Dart 3.7L
> >> Drove it until the oil cooked. Stripped distributor gear.
> >> 1970 Ford LTD 5.8L
> >> Extracted the motor for the Mustang
> >> 1967 Ford Mustang Coupe 5.8L
> >> Lost oil pressure and threw a rod spectacularly. Towed away by the city.
> >> 1969 Ford Mustang GT Sports Roof 5.0L
> >> Best car of the lot. Frame got too tired and broke after I ran into a curb
> >> 1969 Ford Mustang Coupe 3.1L
> >> Parts car for the GT
> >> 1979 Ford Fairmount 4cylinder 2.3L
> >> Tree jumped in front of me
> >> 1985 Honda CB650 Nighthawk 650cc
> >> Sold it and was hooned by next owner
> >> 1970 VW Microbus 1.3L
> >> Sold for college money
> >> 1970 VW Microbus 1.6L
> >> Sold for college money
> >> 1984 Honda V45 Magna 750cc
> >> Sold for college money
> >> 1975 Chevrolet Monza Towne Coupe 5.7L
> >> Chimney fell on it. Sold for 2 4 packs of Guiness.
> >> 1988 Chevrolet Sprint 1.0L
> >> Gave it back to previous owner
> >> 1980 CB750
> >> Sold to a couple of kids
> >> CB1000
> >> Sold to an adult
> >> 1991 Toyota MR2
> >> Had a bad experience. Sold to Autocrosser
> >> 1998 Linclon Mk VIII LSC
> >> Had a good experience. Sold to CarMax
> >> 
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