The 21 Vehicles that shared my life ...

[dogtag]

The first was a 1938 Austin 10 - the car that honed my
driving skills. The brakes were almost non existent, all
4 gears popped out when I came off the gas. Wipers didn't
work, but a knob below windscreen could be operated by hand.
The last is a 99 Land Rover.
In between were some sporty jobs, a 59 Bug-eye AH Sprite,
a 54 MG TF and a 67 Alfa Romeo veloce.
7 Trucks - 2 Ford Couriers, 1 Datsun 1 Mazda, 2 Toyotas
and a 61 Chevy Apache.
There was an assortment of American, Japanese and British cars.
No Lemons Among them unless you think the 38 Austin was one.
But it sure was interesting to drive although my future FIL didn't
think "interesting" was the right word.

[Dan in NH]

I've owned 7 Ford trucks. 1st one was a '67 F-250 Camper Special

[lyman]

Vega wagon
77 Ford shortbed pickup
79 Toyota Celica
81 Toyota Hi Lux (pickup)
93 Saturn SL2
97 Toyota T100
2000 Toyota Tundra (still have)
2010 Mini Cooper S
2013 Mini Cooper S
2015 Honda Civic (daily driver)

[rayg]

59 Corvette, my first car
63 split window Corvette, 2nd car
59 T bird 3rd car
A British 1946 Standard convertable
The rest were just cars

[JimF]

1942 Mercury convertible . . . .

Very scarce car, due to WW2 war production!

[kj47]

1956 Studabaker Champion
1951 Plymouth Cranbrook
1955 Buick Special
1958 Plymouth Belvadere HT
1961 VW POS
1960 Valiant
1965 Belair
1966 GTO HT
1968 Bronco
1971, 1973 & 1975 Pintos
1978, 1982 & 1988 Caprices
All used & claimed by New England weather.
1994 Ford xL 300 New
2001 Ford Explorer Mew
2007 GMC Sierra Classic New
2012 RAV4 V6 New

[Major Tom]

1964 Chevelle SS with factory installed super rare 365HP Corvette engine only 208 made
3 corvettes, 1977, 1986, 2011
1931 Ford 2 door sedan
1950 Ford 2 door sedan
1999 Ford F-150
1973 Toyoda station wagon
1966 Toyoda Land Cruiser
1969 Dodge Charger
1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass
1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass
1960 Triumph TR3
1972 Kawasaki 175
1974 Kawasaki 900

[PWC]

1953 4 door Ford Fairlane
1963 Corvair Monza (a poor man's corvette, no matter what Nader said)
1972 Chevelle (hers) and 1975 Dodge Tradesman van (his)
1969 Chevy Biscayne (his work car)
1975 Honda CVCC (his work car)
1975 Volvo wagon (hers)
???? Volvo 960 (hers)
???? GMC Sierra P/U (his)
2003 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab (his)
2007 Prius (56 mpg until $4K hybrid battery failed)
2016 Prius (56 mpg until I bent it)
2023 Prius (55 mpg)

[Phloating Phlasher]

Only one car.
Triumph Herald, Estate. 1195cc 4-lung. you could tell when you floored it, the carb sucked louder.
Almost a car, a Messerschmidt 3-wheeler! I bought it for ?50,00.00, & painted it like Adolph Galland's FW 190!
Then I met "Dolfo" he was staring at it in the parking lot & couldn't believe it.
All the rest were motorcycles.
an 80 cc Suzuki.
a 200 cc Triumph Tiger Cub
A Greaves "Scottish" 6 day ISDT off road bike for the Welsh mountains.
A few Bonneviles:
a '62 that had a bad mag.
a '68 that became the ultimate crotch rocket! 650cc bored out to 750, "police" high lift long dwell, camshaft Westlake 4-valve head, Dual Wal Phillips fuel injectors, a Brown exhaust driven turbo charger, & (of course) clip ons, rearsets, racing saddle, ally 5-Gal tank & all the other goodies.
A '73 Bonnie from "The Meriden Workers collective", my last "Bonnie"It was a dog. They left the rubber bands in the engine that held the cam followers in position when you inverted the barrels to mat to the cranks when building it & it killed the motor.
A Norton "InterPlod" The thing tried to kill me 3 times. TNV told me it was my fault because I wasn't heavy enough to ride it.
A Beemer R750/S, Ugliest bike I ever owned, but dayum it stuck to the road. I'll never forget the manual. "Maximum speed 103 MPH, suggested cruising speed, 103 MPH"
Somewhere in there I bought a BSA Bantam, 175cc 2-stroker with a seized motor, I put an industrial electric genset motor in it, kerosene fuel & a single-stage gas turbine! Every penny I saved on converting from petrol to paraffin went on replacing brake shoes. The darned thing had ZERO engine braking!

[M1Tommy]

First car that was 'mine' was bought in '78, a '69 VW Squareback... cool car, actually comfortable, a pita to work on.
'81 Toyota Corolla, likely still running somewhere today.
'89 Mustang LX Sport, fun, poorly built, was cracking in half after 24 months (12 month warranty),
''91 Hyundai Excel (bought for new wifey), a decent little car.
'96 Toyota Corolla Station wagon, also probably still on the road somewhere,
'02 Mazda MPV minivan,
also in the '91 - timeline:
'82 Ford F-150 bought in '91
'87 Ford Ranger (same comment as Corollas above),
'91 Toyota Tacoma,
'03 Ford F-150,
''09 Toyota RAV4, AWD, V6 "Sport", a fun car actually, sold at 240k miles, prob still running.
'15 Sub. Forester, still have it as wifey loves it.
'21 Nissan Frontier 4WD, decent truck, currently in shop for busted window regulator (warranty repair).
Also..... '96 Kawasaki Vulcan VN800B, great bike, sold her to a friend with 94k miles, prob. still on the road,
'08 HD ElectraGlide, nice for road trips, but a tank in town.
'09 Triumph 'Speedmaster', pretty but a real turkey for me.
'04 Yamaha Roadstar Warrior 1700, bought last year, a real hoot.

Now, what was the question? <grin>
Tommy