Art & Inspiration What cars have you owned....and never owned?

Not all driveable, but heres the short list-

60 olds holiday sedan 4dr
64 corvair
60 chevy brookwood wagon
59 anglia
60 chevy biscayne 2dr
31 model a coupe brown
23 tbucket body and frame
31 model a coupe blue
47 plymouth convertible
60 olds super 88 2dr
60 olds 4dr parts car
60 olds fiesta wagon - current
60 olds convertible - current
23 tbucket roller
38 dodge pickup
63 corvair blown front engined gasser/street freak

I probably missed a few, plus had a number of cool 70's and 80'srides and lots of daily drivers. 60 some total vehicles I think.

 

Well here goes,I don't post much because it takes me so long to type.I have a 41 willys cpe gasser that my son and I built with the help of a few friends.(glass)I had a steel willys cpe I sold to build the gasser,It was old Hot Rod cover car called pro fat, Feb. of 87 I believe,It was yellow and on the cover with a much nicer willys cpe. DUMB move on my part.I also have a 63 Impala 2 dr. hardtop, that I have had for 24 yrs., I just can't seem to part with that one.Recently I bought a 55 chevy 2dr post car to build an NHRA junior stocker,But that project never even got off the ground. Being retired and not wanting to go back to work I just don't have the funds.I have had a lot of other cars but being it took me an hour to type this I'll end it here.

 

Let's see what I can remember though not all HAMB friendly:

56 Ford mordor
56 Meteor CV. Still wish I had this one. Had to sell when I was drafted.
63 1/2 Ford 406 4spd
67 Mustang 427 drag car
68 Ranchero
71 Ranchero
77 Ranchero
79 Ranchero still have this one
Now own a 57 Ford custom 300 & a newly acquired 38 Ford 2dr Deluxe
What would I like to own?
40 Ford Deluxe Coupe
60 or 61 Ford Starliner
Have to stop here or I could fill a whole page.

 

Here we go! *1934 Ford roadster paid $45. sold $65 never on road
*Anglia Station wagon sold never finished drag car
*1956 Chevy Convert.
*1955 Chevy Belair 370 Pontiac Motor
*1930 Ford Roadster Vette Motor
*1964 SS 327 new
*1965 Vette Roadster
*1955 Chevy Belair Post Vette Motor
*1932 Ford 5 window Vette Motor
*1930 Ford 2 DR Vette Motor
*55 Chevy 210 2 Dr.
* Pinto Station Wagon 302 Ford Motor (can't remember the year)
*1966 ERA Cobra 427 side oiler Motor
*1932 For Roadster built 21 stud Flathead
*1932 Ford 5 window built 24 stud Flathead
*And too many to count Chevy Station Wagons as daily drivers. The last two 32's are my
currant cars and a beat S-10 pickup. I think the list is in order from about 1961 to today!

 

I have had about 100 give or take, hard to remember them all. A lot are not hamb friendly but I have had:
'47 jailbar pickup x 2
55 F100
36 slantback ford
38 Chevy( half owned)
56 Chevy belair
cars I'd like:
56 Chev belair 2dr hdtop
50 merc
or just about most cars I see at rod shows

 

Too many to list but what came to mind was .....Did I own them or did they own me ? Seems they took a lot of my time over the years. Just a few I have not had but may still be in the hunt for ........55 Napco Suburban/Carryall, 57 Corvette, 62 409 Bubbletop, 55 Chevy Convertible ..........59 Chevy Biscayne 2-door sedan.

 

Ah hell, I guess I'll jump in too.

As far as semi-HAMB friendly, here are a few I owned:

1934 Chevy truck
1941 Ford Business Coupe
1946 Plymouth 4-door
1947 Plymouth Business Coupe
1948 Diamond T 301
1949 Cadillac 62 series
2 1955 Chevy 2-door post cars
1955 Buick Special Convertible
1958 Chevy Truck
1958 GMC truck
1960 Chevy Brookwood wagon
1961 2-door Belair
1962 Dodge Dart
1964 Olds Dynamic 88
1967 Chevy Truck
1969 Chevy Truck
1969 Chevy Impala
1969 Corvette Coupe
2 1972 Blazers

What would I like to own?

28-31 Model A roadster
1941 Plymouth Bus. Coupe
46-48 Ford Convertible
1958 Impala
1962 Vette
I want my old '41 Ford Coupe back!

 

I shall list the cars pre 76 that I have owned.
1975 Chevy Impala 2 door ht
1975 Plymouth Valiant 4 door
1964 Mercury Comet Caliente 2 door ht *
1962 Pontiac Grand Prix 2 door ht*
1962 Pontiac Strato Chief 2 door post *
1962 Imperial Crown 4 door
1962 Imperial Crown 4 door parts car
1955 Pontiac Star Chief 2 door ht
1954 Pontiac Laurentian 4 door
1951 Chevy Style line 2 door post
1941 Chevy 2 door coupe

*Currently own

What I want
Pre 1965 wagon
Pre 1963 2 door Imperial, Lincoln or Cadillac
Original car from the 1930s
1959 Pontiac 2 door

 

Cars I've owned
1955 Chevy 150 post
1957 Chevy 210 post
1965 Chevelle Malibu SS
1967 Buick GS400 new
1968 Buick GS California
1967 Corvette 427 roadster
1968 Corvette 427-435 T-top new
1962 Chevy Belair 2 dr
1970 Camaro Z-28 new
1961 Corvette
1937 Chevy Flat back 2 dr sedan
1952 Coupe business coupe
1948 Chevy truck
1937 Ford coupe
1923 Ford T-bucket
1947 Chevy 4 dr sedan
1947 Chevy 4 dr sport sedan
1947 Chevy Aerosedan
1947 Chevy 2 dr sedan still have it
1947 Chevy sedan delivery
1941 Willys pickup
1934 Ford pickup
1959 Nash Metro
1933 Ford pickup
1965 Chevy pickup
1968 Chevy pickup
1976 El Camino
1978 Malibu wagon 4 speed
1974 Malibu 2 dr
1964 Buick Riviera
1929 Essex 3 window coupe still have it
1939 Chevy coupe


I'd like to have my 1967 Buick GS 400 back, from what I can find it was 1 of 1. Wouldn't mind having my 68 Corvette 427-435 4 speed, 4:11, back. Don Yenko handed me the keys when I bought it new from Yenko Chevrolet.

 

Cars I've had
8- 55 to 57 Chevy's
7- 64 to 68 Chevelles
30 Ford sedan
31 Ford coupe
30 Ford roadster
23T bucket
46 Ford coupe
37 Ford coupe (would like to have back)
38 Chevy 4door
51 Ford pick-up
53 Chevy
58 Impala
37 Plymouth coupe
68 Chevy short box
Cars I would like to have 40 Ford coupe and 62'63 Chevy II convertible.

 

#1 '57 210 2-door post, radiused, black w/ red flames
#2 '57 Bel Air 2-door post, never ran, still have it
#3 1972 240 Z w/ 1970 LT-1 350
#4 1964 2-door Chevelle Wagon, still have it
#5 1965 Corvair hardtop 110hp
#6 1965 Corvette, still have it
#7 1955 Chevy Truck, still building it
#8 1965 Corvair hardtop, 95hp, still watching it rust

 

I haven't had a lot of cars over the years. Here's my list:
1953 Ford Victoria 2dr hardtop
1941 Ford convertible ( which I still have )
1959 Chevy Impala convertible 283 powerpack w/ powerglide
1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Sunliner convertible
1966 Shelby GT350H (Which I totaled New Years morning 1971 )
1964 Comet station wagon
Several OT cars and trucks over the years
1934 Ford 5 window coupe which is my nostalgia gasser

Cars I wish I had:
A Cobra, any year
49/50 Merc.
64'//65' Comet
Ford Starliner either year
64' Pontiac GTO

 

First a 55 chevy 4 door ,would not die. Next a 57 chevy 4 door hardtop. then a 60 VW bug, a 64 barracuda, a 67 coronet. And a 49 Merc and a 53 Ply cp. Oh and 63 chevy impala. What I would like to have, how about anything with wheels I am not to picky..

 

I've probably only owned less than 50 HAMB friendly cars
Would like to have a '33-'34 Ford coupe some day.

 

What the heck, I will play theres no way I could remember them all but I will try to remember the ones that are hamb friendly and a few that are/were too new but cool to me.
Most of these were decent drivers at best and only one or two at a time.
I use to trade a lot.
8-55 chevy cars
57 chevy truck
67 plymouth satelite
3-53 ford trucks-1 of em pretty nice 350 chev
56 ford truck
55 ford car project
64 SS impala 327 4 spd black and nice
63 impala 4 door
2-66 impalas projects 66 caprice parts car
66 chevy woodgrain wagon came out with 396 but had a buick in it
69 fastback impala
69 caprice
64 buick special
66 chevy II 4 door
64 chevy II project
69 dodge dart
72 dodge dart
64 ford truck pretty nice
67,68,and 72 ford trucks decent
67 lemans
72 chevelle
64 valiant
2- 65 GMC
4 74 to 77 novas 1 ventura
3 vegas
3 mavericks 2 grabbers
79 malibu
4 camaros 79 to 94
Pinto delivery with v6
Burgandy notchback v8 monza with aluminum slots
77 98 olds red sled cruiser
80s bonnieville cruiser with skirts
Sevral Small body late 70s early 80s montes,cutlass,s and grand prixs with cool wheels exhaust etc.
70s AMC hornet, rolled that one,that little 6 was peppy
2 plymouth dusters one black with white stripes the other one same colors but reversed
77 volara
77 volara wagon jacked up in back and cragars
These are not in order and the majority of these were 20 to 25 years ago or longer, the 55s were in the last 10 years or so except for my first one (I was 13)
Bunch of short bed chevy trucks mostly for my dailys thru the years in every bodystyle from 52 thru 2007current one (probably 15 or 20 of the short bed chevy trucks)

 

Is anyone actually reading these lists?

 

I suppose everyone is just reading there own post like me and reminiscing with themself

 

I knew it!

 

55 1st Chevy Truck - started on it at 11 years old... Kept it 17 years, should have never sold it. by age 15 I was fully smitten and started marching through the following list;

61 Chevy Truck (Ton Low Side-Dump. My grandpa's work truck... bought when he retired)
64 Chevy Truck
67 Mustang
63 Chevy II
67 Firebird
66 T-Bird - HATED working on this car, but finished a nice on-frame resto. Couldn't sell it quick enough. Burn in hell vacuum controls!
65 Corvair Convertible - First ground up build and my young wife's daily
67 Corvair Coupe - First "bought sight unseen" and my daily
25 other assorted Corvairs - You really can't own too many Vairs

**15 year hiatus from cars while growing kids**

In the last 2 years;

54 Chevy Truck because I miss the ol' 55
54 Chevy Truck for the parts
51 Chevy Sedan because my wife was getting impatient waiting on the truck build, and so my kids could participate in our old car adventures.

**wants**

My 55 1st series back... Missed it by 30 minutes on the Craigs about 3 weeks ago (DAMMIT!)
55 2 door post Chevy - Del Ray please
Shoebox ford in true 50's custom style
60-66 Chevy truck - long bed, big window, and veeery low
Lakewood Wagon (Corvair) with a blow through turbo 140 setup
Random RPU
And the HAMB has me enamored with Model A sedans that are flathead, fenderless, and channeled.

 

And of course..as with everything on the web, we have no way of knowing if they are true or not, though I suspect they are.
I WAS HOPING that it wouldn't turn into a "I've owned every cool cat there is" thread and WAS HOPING to hear from the people who never post. There are a lot more members than posters and I suspect most don't own hot rods, but love cars and are interested.
Don't be intimidated!!! Come on lurkers, POST.

 

I'm far short of every cool car and not an avid poster. I can guarantee you my list is accurate! Just don't ask me to list my tools... it's a much bigger list.

 

Way south of a hundred if you just count licensed drivable vehicles. Add another 200-300 (wild guess) for project cars I flipped.
The first few, in order. Some owned concurrently
54 chevy 210 wagon
54 Dodge Red Ram hemi convertible
Home made hotrod with J2 Olds and Ford truck 4 speed.
56 Caddy
64 Olds Cutlass 4 speed coupe.
70 Chevelle SS
67 Chevy C10
60 Caddy convertable
59 Belair
64 Galaxy Convertable
1966 Olds 442 4 speed

 

Ok I'll play too. I can't hardley keep up with you guys though.
The coupe I'm my signature , not sure how to YMM it but I think its cool.
31 ford Vicky
34 ford 5 window
59 Impala
59 ford panel
61 Impala
61 caddy
63 Grand Prix
65 tempest
66 buick Gs
66 elcamino
66 gto convertible
67 firebird convertible
68 Grand Prix
68 Catalina
68 bonneville convertible
72 toranado

Why do I feel like I'm forgetting some

Now the wish list
Tri 5 Chevy
33 willys
A Fat fendered something
Like to build something like Efigy on a Solara carcass

 

Not too impressive here either:

1939 Ford Coupe
1960 Corvette - straight axle
1957 Chevy 2 door wagon
1965 Tempest 326
My current 1923 (sort of) T
1955 Harley Panhead Chopper not sure of the year though

After the T a coupe 37-38 Chevy or 39-40 Ford 2 door

 

Only a small list by comparison Even had a few non HAMB cars; 1970 Jag XJ6 sedan with blown SBC, 1985 Ford Thunderbird and 73 Mach 1 Mustang . I've never owned a MOPAR however my father owned a 1964 Valiant. US cars down here are thin on the ground by comparison to what is available over there. Even owned a 1968 VW Type 3 fastback, great little buzz box (Dak dak).

1930 Desoto sedan
1932 Buick sedan
1935 Chevrolet phaeton
1946 Oldsmobile sedanette
1948 Holden (GMH Australia)
1965 Holden X2 wagon (GMH Australia)
1966 Fairlane GTA convertible
1970 Bedford (Similar to Chevy G series van)

 

I wouldn't mind owning some of that Aussie stuff, its pretty damn cool. American cars are laying everywhere around here lol

 

I owned a 1958 4-door pink Cadillac in high school back in 74, had a 1970 mustang, 1964 chevy 4 door Biscayne?, a 1971 VW bug and a 1968 rally sport Camaro all back in the late 70's. Even had an 1960's (unsure of year) impala? that lasted three days then frame broke (a little more rusted than I thought) then came family cars (non-hamb) for a while than I did own a 1952 ford truck (wish I still had it) sometime in the 80's (didn't run, had plans but no money).
Now I own a non-running 1949 Packard 2-door Club Sedan, which I tried to trade or sell this summer for any old 1940-50's pickup (any make) which is my current "wish I had" vehicle to restore/hot-rod..... the other "wish I had" vehicle would be for a panel wagon or truck from the same years, I just think that in the 1940-50s they just did things right, some of the early 60s okay too but seems like the design talent just wasn't the same any more... especially the cookie cutter types we have now.

 

At 18 years of age i've only owned 2, a '65 Chevelle and a '64 C10. I would like my next to be either a 55 C10 or a 56
Bel-Air. Love the mid 50's body style just never had the money or opportunity to own one