The "What Do you drive?" thread....

[whatadish]

finished this last year. 25k original rust free miles, original interior, motor, trans. Rebult slanty and 904, new top. Power nothin'! My son used it for some of his wedding pictures last summer. Yup...push button auto.

[Paul Knaack]

Originally Posted by whatadish

finished this last year. 25k original rust free miles, original interior, motor, trans. Rebult slanty and 904, new top. Power nothin'! My son used it for some of his wedding pictures last summer. Yup...push button auto.

Rebult slanty . aka the leaning tower of power

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Paul Knaack

Rebult slanty . aka the leaning tower of power

I guess the A-904 was around for quite a while. The engine in the car is probably a 225ci. My '64 had a 170 with three on the tree. Like most of my vehicles, very basic transportation.

[centralradio]

I drive now a 2002 Subaru Forester and have a 1978 Old's Cutlass Ciera for a backup and over the years I had a 1985 and 1977 Chevy Caprice station wagons a 1974 Plymouth Satellite and a 1969 Pontiac Firebird.

Started with a 6 cyl 3 V8's now 2 4cylinders.

I'm still kicking my a$$ for not keeping the Firebird.I could off fix it up.


I just love those Delco radios.I snatch both out of the Caprice wagons before I got rid of them.Great selectivity and sensitivity and sound.I cant recall if I pulled the AM radio out of the Firebird but recall the days I used a Audiovox FM converter with it.The same with the Plymouth AM radio.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by centralradio

I drive now a 2002 Subaru Forester and have a 1978 Old's Cutlass Ciera for a backup and over the years I had a 1985 and 1977 Chevy Caprice station wagons a 1974 Plymouth Satellite and a 1969 Pontiac Firebird.

Started with a 6 cyl 3 V8's now 2 4cylinders.

I'm still kicking my a$$ for not keeping the Firebird.I could off fix it up.


I just love those Delco radios.I snatch both out of the Caprice wagons before I got rid of them.Great selectivity and sensitivity and sound.I cant recall if I pulled the AM radio out of the Firebird but recall the days I used a Audiovox FM converter with it.The same with the Plymouth AM radio.

I use an Audiovox FM converter to provide FM on my big old RCA V301 console radio. That model RCA was the second most expensive 1941 RCA radio. I just run it through the AM antenna input, to take advantage of the variable bandpass IF. The radio has a real impressive audio and tone control circuit and that big red 15" speaker.

[Sandy G]

I have a '67 Lincoln convertible sedan, like my avatar. SOMETIMES I really do wish it had "Power Nothin'" like yr little beauty does...3 hydraulic pumps, 14 little electric motors, & 25 relays all have to be in more or less Agreement for the top to go up or down on it...

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I have a '67 Lincoln convertible sedan, like my avatar. SOMETIMES I really do wish it had "Power Nothin'" like yr little beauty does...3 hydraulic pumps, 14 little electric motors, & 25 relays all have to be in more or less Agreement for the top to go up or down on it...

Damn! Your cars roof has enough relays to do math in binary! Lincoln must have had Rube Goldberg on staff back then....

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Damn! Your cars roof has enough relays to do math in binary! Lincoln must have had Rube Goldberg on staff back then....

The 1961-67 Lincoln convertible sedans had a SIMPLIFIED, & IMPROVED version of the 1957-59 Ford Fairlane retractable top "Hardtops"... The last couple of years, 1966 & '57, they were sposedly "Improved" even MORE. Actually, they REALLY DO work pretty well, if given HALF a chance... And, its one HELLUVA show, watching the deck lid raise itself up, the "Flapper" unfold itself, the Top folding itself into a ball, & then the decklid coming back down all nice & slow.... Back 30-35 yrs ago, when I bought mine, it was estimated that to build & make a car EQUAL to the level of build quality inherent in the 1961-67 pervertable sedans, would cost Ford a whopping $40K apiece..

[radioal]

Daily Driver- 1978 Fiat 124 Spider

Also appearing in Al's driveway

'71 Fiat 850 Spider (restoring an underdash FM-8track to go-in it now)
'75 Lancia Beta coupe
'85 Bertone X1/9
'87 Yugo GV
'95 Mercedes E320 Wagon (wife's old car-just right for picking up old electronics!)
'96 SAAB 900 turbo convertible (wife's good weather toy)
'12 Fiat 500 (wife's daily driver)

and enough parts to someday build a '59ish Fiat 600...

Al

[Gregb]

Daily driver is a 2009 GMC Canyon with the 5.3 V8, love this truck!!!
2013 Ford Escape, wife's car
1961 Corvair Lakewood wagon
1962 Corvair Spyder Convertible
2009 Star Stratoliner motorcycle

Gregb

[ZackN920]

Picked up another! This is #4! Dang, I've got alot of vehicles. Now I got to sell one... Who wants to buy an '87 Dakota?!

Anyway's, I finally picked up a Jeep Grand Wagoneer. Don't know why I like them, but I do and they are hard to come by around here. Got it reasonably too, kinda. It's a project, but it runs and drives. Needs some help though, body rust, bad clearcoat, carb issues, leaky exhaust, bad rear glass motor(have replacement), loose 'semi' scary steering, squishy brakes that need bleeding, and a the rear view mirror fell off... and some other misc. It's a little worn for only having 101,3XX miles but that AMC 360 sounds good, the 727 shifts good,4X4 works. Not too bad, but not the best from March of 1990
I havn't taken pics yet, these are from the CL add.

[AUdubon5425]

For about the last two years my daily driver has been a '96 Nissan Pickup. 2.4, 5-speed, it was a one-owner that had regular maintenance. I'm now pushing 230,000 miles on her, she gets 22mpg running the a/c, and consumes a quart of oil every 2,500 miles.

In April I made an impulse buy - a one-owner 5-speed '88 Toyota Corolla station wagon with 106,000 miles and every single receipt ever handed to the lady. Spent a few months rebuilding the front end completely, she's now mechanically in top nick. Unfortunately the old lady ran into several things in the last few years; if I decide to keep her indefinitely I'll have the front bumper straightened out and paint her. My daily commute is about 60 miles round trip and the wagon is getting 35-36 mpg.

[Sandy G]

Those Grand Wagoneers were the finest 1962 cars still on the market..

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Those Grand Wagoneers were the finest 1962 cars still on the market..

Wait....Do you guys mean those things were STILL sold new in 1990?!

[dishdude]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Wait....Do you guys mean those things were STILL sold new in 1990?!

Actually I think '91 was the last year for them!

The original SUV that started it all!