Thread: how many cars have you had

Originally Posted by Rosscoe68

1984 Toyota Sprinter

any idea how much that sprinter is worth today kids are paying like 10 grand for a crapy one all in the name of drifting

Well, lets see. From 1966 to now:
1956 Morris Minor
1956 FE Holden
1962 Ford Zodiac Automatic
1964 EH Holden Special Hydramatic
1962 Pontiac Laurentian (a mate wrote it off)
1954 Humber Hawk
Singapore
1957 Jaguar NKI
1962 Jaguar MKII
Back to AU
1968 ZB 302 Fairlane
1970 Peugeot 504 Auto (Then married)
1972 Citroen D Super (2nd car)
1972 Peugoet Wagon
1966 Mercedes Benz 250S
1960 Fiat 500 (2nd car)
1976 Ford Escort Ralley pack(2nd car)
1976 ZG Anniversary 351 Fairlane
1979 VW Golf GLD (2nd car)
1989 EA Fairmont (horrible POS, kept it only 3 mths)
1992 EBII Falcon (new)
1985 TM Magna (2nd car)
1977 Toyota Corolla (Bought it for the three kids to learn to drive in. Not a pretty site in the end)
1976 Jaguar XJ6 (2nd car) still have it
1970 Jaguar 420G (club car) still have it
1974 Daimler Limousine Restoration project Embassy car from Hong Kong
2002 Falcon AUIII SR
1984 Subaru Sherpa (2nd car) should have kept it, ran on the smell of an oily rag.
1997 Discovery V8 (tow car)(2nd car)

98 Holden VT Commodore
07 Landrover Freelander 2


But I'm just getting started...

Austin Lancer Series 2
HK Kingswood ... post box red with a black vinyl roof ...
VW Kombi
VW beetle
Suzuki 4WD .. on of those little 3 cyl 2 stroke ning ning ....NING ning ning ning boxes
MQ Patrol
3.9 County
Tdi fender
S1 Disco
TD5 fender

+ a 1/3rd share in the brown bomber ... shooting rig stationed on a property

Is this some cruel trick to figure out how old we are?

In order of purchase:
LJ Torana - 1300cc, cost me $1300 then a week later another $1300 to replace the engine. My first car.
1978 Datsun 200B - Great car.
1980 Toyota Carona wagon - Holden start fire 4 engine. Crap car!
1969 HT Kingswood, 186S 4 spd. Should never have sold it
XE Falcon 3.3l - OK car but prone to over heating.
Ford telstar - Another crap car prone to over heating. Had an intermittent miss in it for the 4 years I had it. No one could fix it.
EA Falcon - OK car but prone to over heating.
EB Futura - You'd have thought I'd learned my lesson with the other 3. What is it with Ford, always over heating.
1996 Subaru liberty RX 2.5 AWD - Fantastic car. Could corner like it was on rails....rain, hail or shine!
2002 Subaru Forester X - Great car. Mrs and the kids are slowly wrecking it
2005 Subaru Liberty 2.5i - Great car but lacked the character of the RX.
2007 Discovery SE - Best car I've ever had.

Originally Posted by fraser130

HT Monaro 186s - drove to Sydney after engine rebuild -got stolen there - no insurance!

My great uncle was a GMH rep and sold his ex company car to my Dad in '71 or '72. 1969 HT sedan 186s 4 on the floor. Must have been a special addition. I bought it off my mum in '84. Great car, never let me down. Sold it for a grand in 1990. Should'a kept it.

Land Rover 1969 2A 109 Hard Top
Land Rover 1960 SII 109 Tray
Land Rover 1976 SIII 109 Hard Top
Land Rover 1997 110 Defender SW

Range Rover 1988 HiLine (my wife's car, the only way I could get one was to buy her one )

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

EA Falcon - OK car but prone to over heating.
EB Futura - You'd have thought I'd learned my lesson with the other 3. What is it with Ford, always over heating..

Sand in the radiator!
The sand came from the engine block

Our EBII strated overheating when it was 5 years old.
Took it to a radiator guy who asked if the radiator had been removed and flushed. I said no and he remarked, "Therefore the bottom of the radiator will be full of casting sand". And yes it was. A simple flush and no more problems :-)

The AUIII never even gets half way on the scale, even when towing the caravan at 100kph in 30 degree heat.