favorite car you've owned

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Wow, that is a hard choice. I will have to go with 3 different ones I owned as each has very fond memories and each for different reasons.

First was a 1938 Ford Coupe that was chopped, channeled and had a 427 Cu. In with 2-4 Barrel carbs. The engine was balanced and blue-printed with pop-up pistons and 3/4 cam. Nice candy apple red paint job with pin striping. White rolled and pleated Naugahyde interior.

Second was a 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk. Low to the ground and sleek, she ran good and fast, and wasn't too common so she stood out.

Third was 1964 Lincoln that I had converted into a pick-up along the lines of the Old El Caminos. It brought a lot of stares and comments, and I loved to go into an auto parts store and ask for a part for my 1964 Lincoln pick-up, then show them one when they said there was no such thing.
 
Wow, tough one to answer. My very first car was a 1966 Mustang Coupe with a bench front seat. Stole it for a mere $1000 in 1985. Fellow bought it for his wife brand new, she passed away a cuople years later and then I bought it with 28,000 miles on it. Fixed up what I could on my E-4 Navy salary, but couldn't keep up with the costs. Thing just sat too long. Ruptured brake line going through the toll booth in Va Beach one Sunday morning was one helluva ride :)
Later on, I bought a brandy new 1993 Mustang GT. That was one fun driving car.
Right now I have an 02 VTX Retro/Spoke. Not a car, but the fun factor on the bike is awesome!
Lots of nice cars mentioned in this thread. Have to say that docstram's 1960 MGA makes me drool a slight bit. No windshield wipers, but it had to have an installed tool kit. (My dad was a MG nut)
 
'69 VW bug, engine was crap but we had sooooooooo much fun in that car. When it needed gas, we drove around and gathered up coke bottles. Traded the bottles in for cash, got gas and drove some more. A very long story shortened......told to leave a house party where everyone was inebriated but me. We put 13 people in my bug and I drove 10 miles to the desert, another party spot. Those were the days!
 
First car: 1962 Ford Falcon bought from my Aunt for $1, in 1971, it had real low mileage. I painted Popeye (long story) on the trunk, and I took it cross country, from NY to California, the day after graduation, then home through Canada putting on 13,000 miles in a 3 month trip. Great times, :) Thanx for the memories of other cars I have owned also
 
Mine was an extremely rusty Mazda RX2. No rear seats, no carpets, doorcards, radio or anything. With that wonderful rotary engine you could drop the clutch in third and wipe out the show offs in the Porkers. Well, for about 300 feet anyway.[:I]It would pass anything except a petrol station.:(
 
I would have to say my 59 Vette, red/white, sold it in 79 to finance my wedding and honeymoon [V]
28 years later.....I guess that makes my wife an antique already :D My 2nd choice would be my 58 Chevy Apache panel, good memories with that ride. :)
 
First choice was my 1963 Chev II Nova two door with rag top
Second is my 1969 Corvette ( which I have owned since 81 )
3rd & 4th 77 camaro and 81 camaro ( still own these )
5th my 1999 silverado 2500 which I still have and at the
current costs of trucks may have till I die :D
their have been many rides inbetween but these are the keepers[^]
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55 Chev 2dr H.T. in mint factory conditon when I bought it in 1967. Had less than 15K on it when I sold it a year later. I've been kicking myself for selling it ever since. Sure wish I still had it.
 
Well most memories were in my first truck a 67 ford f-150 "ranger" FE big block, a cast iron automatic tranny and locker rear. Pulled a 12.87 in the 1/4. But favorite car now is the one my wife drives a g35 Infinity.
 
In the early 80's I had a 1979 Datsun 280ZX for about two years. It was fast (got my license suspended for 6 weeks ) and a lot of fun to drive, but for some dumb reason I decided I neeeded a 4 wheel drive pickup. I did buy a 1977 280Z a few years ago to restore, but it will never be as nice as the '79 ZX.
 
So many cars, so little time. Favorite has to be a toss up between a 68 Galaxy convertible or 1970 GranPrix. Both a lot of fun. Many miles, smiles and scary rides. Now...1979 Chevy halfton Silverado that I bought new. 150K and still going strong. My bride drives a Toyota Avalon and loves it but too low to the ground for these old bones. Plus can't see over the pickups in front of me. Only in Texas.
Vern
 
I posted my fav as an Audi V8 but the most reliable, cheap to operate, always started in Chicago weather and never got stuck in the snow...

My $50 1949 Dodge. Manual choke with a weird manual/auto transmission. Normal was the column stick shift but at a standing start, put it into 2nd gear, let the clutch out and you were in automatic. Not much torque, very slow to get any speed but dynamite in the snow. Or with AAGF (arm-around-girl-friend).

BTW it had stainless steel bumpers! The only thing on the bugger that wouldn't rust.
 
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My first car in 1967 was my best car. I was 16 and had a 47 Plymonth businessmans Coupe, no back seat but had a huge trunk that came up to the back seat. I cut it out and put a bean bag chair behind the large bench seat and had plenty of room to do you know what and I did. It was black and I had some stick on flowers on the outside and a strings of beads and bells just behind my seat. The photo is just before the beads and you can see the flowery headliner I just finished. Put a new flat head 6 in it and drove it everywhere. Gas was cheep, I filled it up and drove it 100 miles and filled it and took $1.00 in gas. Lea and Mark Evens in photo
 
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