All the " Barn Finds " are neat but who has owned their ride more than 5 years ?

Don't know if any of mine are H.A.M.B. cars, but everthing you see in the album in my profile has been owned over 5 years and all but the '57 Buick are tagged as I really got that one for my son to buy from me, though he hasn't.

 

I've had my '67 Camaro RS/SS for 43 years (bought it when I was 19), had my '33 for 20 years, although the first 8 years was building it, and had my '37 slantback for 17 years (all original survivor when I got it), and have been building it for the last 2 1/2 years, the metal work is nearly finished now (chopped 2" front 1" rear.

 

Eleven almost twelve years....... (Photo by Flathead26T)

 

That slantback looks fantastic! Any more pics you can share?

 

Got a my 55 Chevy sport coupe when I was 17( 40 years ago) 49 Ford in 1986 & the 77 FLH in 1980,still got them. I think it was 92 when we got the 53 chevy coupe in North Dakota.All other are fairly resent purchases, as in the last 10 years. Not quite sure how I'm gon'a let the little woman know I'm planing on buying that 48 Pontiac Silver Streek.Oh and there is that other 55 Chevy 150 2dr. but I've only had it 37 years.They are in a barn.

 

This old girl has been in the family since 1966. 65 Comet Cyclone. (I still have the skirts!) I dorve this thing when I was a kid and I took care of it after it was parked for 20 years. My folks gave me the title a few years back and it is currently in the paint booth with a fresh coat of white paint. I am giving it back to my mother as a surprise...

 

My Avatar and I have owned my 1939 Standard model Ford Coupe since the summer of 1965. I drove it to my first two semesters of college and was driving it when I met my wife. I still have both of them. I am doing a complete frame up on the '39 though!

 

My "new" car, '56 Ford Fairlane, bought it in the summer of 1968 while in high school:

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Same car (well, much of it is. . .), December 2009. Will be 'road ready' once again in the spring:​

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I've had it 6 years longer than my wife! ​

 

Yep. Had my truck for 5 years, just started/finished it this year.

 

Antny, Here's a few more of the '37

 

I bought this 10-86 as a 60xxx mile original and has been licensed most of the time since.

 

Got my 57 Nomad in 68 and sold it in 2005. My family sold it because of my health. Except I got well and wanted my Nomad back. I don't even know where it is. It had a blue printed (by Jerry DeMoss) LS6 454 and a B&M turbo 400. By my reckoning that's about 37 years. We had a 55 Del Ray coupe for 20 years. It had the original 265 and 3 on a tree when we sold it. Now I just have a 78 El Camino. It's OK, but its not a Nomad

 

The 40 coupe was my first car. I bought it in 1965, 45 years and 3 rebuilds. The 38 chevy for 31 years and the 40 pickup for 6 years now. The 38 Chevy is for sale now.

 

Bought this 1953 Handyman in 1976 for my H.S. shop project. Owned it ever since. Often registered, sometimes not and until 2001 always in the arid west.

 

Had my coupe for 11 years now.... the one in my Avatar

 

I rescued my '51 F-1 in 1996, had it back on the road by 1999, and have put over 30,000 miles on it since. It will be rebuilt, modified, and changed, but I can't imagine ever getting rid of it.

 

5 years with the model a, 6 years with the bucket and since i was 14 with the off topic white Nova so almost 11 years......

 

ive still got my first vehicle a 50 chevy half ton bought it when i was 16 im 50 now only has 78,000 original miles,but in pieces in my shop being restored.

 

Bought my F-100 as a 79,000 mile original when I was 16, in 1993.


through several different phases, and narrowly escaped a pro-street build in the mid-1990's, still on the road with only 89,000 miles on it...

 

Not a barn find, but I bought my coupe for only $2,000 back in '95 (15 years now) in Brentwood, Long Island New York. This '31 Chevy 5 window coupe was stored in a local garage as a complete hot rod, built sometime in '68. The pleated dash and wide pleats on the seat with a vinyl top at the time reflected the late 60's. The car still had the '76 DMV registration stuck proudly on the windshield, came equipped with a '61 Chevy 283, Turbo 400 and linked to a '63 posi 4:11 rear. All a friend of mine and myself did in three month's of thrashin' was a rewiring and I completely stripped the coupe down to bare metal and primed the body in black primer. I went with the GASSER look for a number of years now. I'm hoping to completely restore my coupe with Candy Orange metalflake (same as my engine), the awesome blown 392 Chrysler HEMI that you see and a refrigerator white tuck and roll interior with '59 Thunderbird buckets, orange metalflake Moon slotted steering wheel, Whitewall Mickey Thompson pie cut slicks, you get the picture!

 

No barn finds either.Bought the '31 Pontiac in 1976, and the 1959 Bonneville in 1977.

 

Really dig your '31 Pontiac... Our coupes are very similar in shape and of coarse, RARITY! Would like to see more pics of your coupe!

 

I've had my cowl and doors about 15 years, somehow. But it's only been put together for 2 years. Does that count?

 

Here are a few pics of my '31 in its current condition. Features include a F*rd front crossmember, monoleaf spring, drilled I-beam axle, repop '39 Lincoln front brakes w/ Buick aluminum drums, Vega steering box, Socal hairpins, '57 Olds J2, Turbo 350 trans, Mopar early '60's alternator, Chassis Engineering "X" kit for a '32 F*rd modified to fit the Pontiac frame, Pete & Jake's ladder bars, Aldan Eagle coilovers, and a narrowed '57 Pontiac rear 3:08 posi. Original idea was to go full fendered, but now I'm liking the 'no fender' look more. plans include a 3" chop, Guide headlights, and '58 Bel Air taillights. Have not decided on color or interior yet, but they will have a traditional look. Thanks for your interest 31chevymike!

 

Had my 40 for 12 years, will have it until I give it to my daughter (when she's old and mature enough, 15 now)

 

Most of this 33 Ford PU was $600 in 1991. It's a fun daily driver.

 

ive been rolling in this big ugly bitch for 25 years.. bougt it when i 14 drove it school and had it ever since.. going thru its umpteenth redo now

 

Well nothing I have is new. All my rides start at 44 years ownership to 12 years. The oldest is my original 66 mustang I purchased new in October 1965 and still have it.I guess the second oldest would be my 1951 Ford truck so yep had them all way over 5 years

 

have my first A tudor 47 years; 67 GMC 43 years; 32 plymouth 35 years; 30 rdstr 28years; 30 pickup 5years.

 

Had mine for many years,

BUT cars are cars and I hate to say it but they come and go.

Mine are always for sell ,depends on if the family needs something or not.

So "YELL" for sale or trade (see my profile page albums).......WHAT YA GOT !