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What car did you lust after as a teenager?

Wanted a early 70's Chevelle with a 396 or 427 and Cragers. 60's on the back and 70's on the front. Dad would never let me. No regrets because he is still alive, a great man, and I turned out pretty okay too. Gots me a basic Nissan Frontier pick-em-up truckster these days :)
 
Wanted a Jag XKE. Then it was an Ashton Martin DB5. Yep, I do remember some of the '60s. (grin)
Settled for MGB in oxblood red with knock off wire rims. Fun little car except that Lucas did the wiring.
 
bobabode said:
Wanted a Jag XKE. Then it was an Ashton Martin DB5. Yep, I do remember some of the '60s. (grin)
Settled for MGB in oxblood red with knock off wire rims. Fun little car except that Lucas did the wiring.
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Yeah, Lucas wiring.:eek:
Those things should have been equipped with fire extinguishers.
 
Danddd said:
I was driving to Home Depot on Saturday and saw this 1969 Roadrunner. I had to pull over and check it out. Did this bring back memories. I was fourteen in 1969 and really loved this year of Roadrunner. My all time favorite car. View attachment 1894977
That's a 1963 Olds 98 convertible behind the 'runner.
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That was my first new car purchase. $3000. What I lusted for was a 1957 Corvette.
 
Lucas aka the prince of darkness. ;) In my younger days I worked for a company that specialized in Auto and Marine electrical systems. British Leyland products with Lucas electrics kept our doors open and paid my rent and car payments.

P.S. A good buddy at the time bought a 73 MGB roadster. He said MGB stands for Me Going Broke.
 
mkane said:
I've driven enough supercars.
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But I've always liked to go left & right.

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Before I moved to the US, I was building a Dax Rush, which is/was a clone of the Lotus 7. The one they took me for a demonstration in was powered by a 2 litre Cosworth turbo motor. It actually hurt your chest, the acceleration on that thing. And of course, it would corner like it was on rails.
 
Porsche 911 turbo, but a Carrera would have done.

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But more obtainable would have been a real Mini Cooper 1275S. I was lucky enough to get a Cooper 998, which went pretty well for an engine smaller than a lot of motorbikes. But that Cooper S engine was real special, lots of high quality steel used in the crank, rods and engine block. My brother has an S engine that he bought off me in the 1990s, it's still running today. Might have been rebuilt a few times, but the main parts are still there. Never had it re-bored or the crank re-ground since I did them back in the day.

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Oh, and Lucas electrics. Said it before and I'll say it again. If you can't fix an old British car, you're not much of a mechanic.
 
leesonic said:
Porsche 911 turbo, but a Carrera would have done.

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But more obtainable would have been a real Mini Cooper 1275S. I was lucky enough to get a Cooper 998, which went pretty well for an engine smaller than a lot of motorbikes. But that Cooper S engine was real special, lots of high quality steel used in the crank, rods and engine block. My brother has an S engine that he bought off me in the 1990s, it's still running today. Might have been rebuilt a few times, but the main parts are still there. Never had it re-bored or the crank re-ground since I did them back in the day.

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Oh, and Lucas electrics. Said it before and I'll say it again. If you can't fix an old British car, you're not much of a mechanic.
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My E-type was absolutely trouble free for the 10yrs I owned it using it daily. Sure some of the electrical connections were dodgy when I got the car but it was 40yrs old lol. Once those were sorted it was happy motoring with a smile from ear to ear.
 
55Redneck said:
Lucas aka the prince of darkness. ;) In my younger days I worked for a company that specialized in Auto and Marine electrical systems. British Leyland products with Lucas electrics kept our doors open and paid my rent and car payments.

P.S. A good buddy at the time bought a 73 MGB roadster. He said MGB stands for Me Going Broke.
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If Lucas built guns, there would be no wars! The guns would not work.
 
leesonic said:
If you can't fix an old British car, you're not much of a mechanic.
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Agree wholeheartedly. Unfortunately,that is (largely) the reason why British vehicles have such a poor reputation; Any idiot with a brick and an adjustable wrench can probably get it to run again. And if the brick and the adjustable wrench don't work,then its an electrical problem! :rolleyes:
 
At 14 all I wanted was to drive Dads 48 Willys Jeep that jeep is still my dream vehicle. I drove it during high school 16 to almost 19 it was in storage from 76 to 2004 I have been completely rebuilding and upgrading it since I brought it home it should be back on the road sometime this year.
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Mark W. said:
At 14 all I wanted was to drive Dads 48 Willys Jeep that jeep is still my dream vehicle. I drove it during high school 16 to almost 19 it was in storage from 76 to 2004 I have been completely rebuilding and upgrading it since I brought it home it should be back on the road sometime this year.
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very schveet, looking forward to completed pics
 
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