[NickCats]

Hmm, amazing how MNBoxster and Lil Bastard owned the exact same cars :

http://986forum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=100523&postcount=36

http://986forum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=145494&postcount=17

MNBoxster
Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Posts: 3,315

Posted 5/27/07

Hi,

In no particular order:


1939 Ford Coupe (1st Car)

1963 Jaguar Series I E-Type Convertible

1959 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite

1966 Ford Mustang Fastback GT Hi-Per 289

1970 Buick Gran Sport Stage I

1976 MGB

1972 SAAB Sonett III

1963 Chevrolet Corvette SW Coupe

1972 BMW 2002 Tii

1973 Lotus Europa Twin Cam SE

1983 Ferrari 308 GTS QV - Chassis #46425

1963 Austin Healey 3000

1970 Datsun 240Z (bought new, still own)

1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7 GT

1985 Lotus Turbo Esprit (still own)

1968 Chevy Comaro Z/28 (Matador Red)

1967 TVR 1800S Mk. IV

1948 Chrysler Windsor Coupe w/ dual quad 327 Corvette engine

1968 Lincoln Continental

1976 Toyota Celica GT Coupe

1974 Lotus Elan SE Series 4

1986 Mercury Sable
(1st one delivered in the US, this car was specially hand-built for Edsel Ford - Pres. of Lincoln/Mercury Div. It had every option for '86 and several not released until '89. He rejected the car in favor of a Lincoln Mark VII, so the Factory sold it and through a friend at FORD, I bought it)

1976 Datsun 280Z

1963 Volkwagen Beetle

1966 Ford LTD Convertible

1968 Datsun 2000 Sports Fairlady - Super Sano

1959 Triumph TR3

1966 Volkswagen Micro Bus w/ built Porsche 912 engine

1968 Porsche 912

1984 Isuzu Trooper 5-Spd. 4X4

1978 Datsun 280Z

1970 Ford F-100 390 4X4

1966 Alpha Romeo Duetto Spider

1978 Chevrolet Biscayne Police Special w/ 454
(this was an old Chicago PD unmarked, a real beater mechanically, which I bought at auction w/ 235000 mi. I bought a CB microphone and parked this thing all over downtown Chicago - anywhere I wanted. I just hung the microphone over the rearview mirror. It was always mistaken for a CPD unmarked and never received a ticket.)

1995 Honda Passport LX 5-Spd. 4X4

1984 Mercury Marquis (wife's car when I met her)

1995 Lincoln Continental

2004 Jaguar S-Type

1999 Porsche Boxster Tip S

1976 Lola T-342 Formula Ford Racer
(co-owned and championed w/ an old buddy)

1990 Protoform Formula Vee Racer (still own)

1968 Triumph Bonneville T120R

1968 Norton Commando Mk I 750

1939 Whizzer Model D

1967 Moto Guzzi V7

So far... - since I was 20, I've never owned fewer than 4 cars at any one time...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

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Lil bastard
Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Du Monde
Posts: 610

Posted 4/27/08

OK - I probably fit the profile - Gray, 50+, etc. When I drive down the street in my Boxster, I guess many think I'm mid-life crisising. But...

At 17, I owned a '66 289 Mustang Fastback as my DD, and a '62 Austin Healey 'Bug Eye' Sprite as my 'Fun' car.

At 20, I owned a '68 Camaro SS396 as my DD, and a '68 912 and a '68 Buick Gran Sport Stage I as my 'Fun' cars.

At 22, I owned a '68 Lincoln Continental Convertible as my DD, and a '63 E-Type and a '72 Dodge Charger SE R/T 440 Six Pack as my 'Fun' cars.

At 25, I owned a '72 BMW 320 I as my DD, and a '69 Lotus Elan SE as my 'Fun' car.

At 27, I owned an '80 Jaguar XJ-6 as my DD, and a '70 Datsun 240Z and a '70 Lotus Europa SE John Player Special as my 'Fun' cars.

At 30, I owned a BMW 636 CSI as my DD, and a '71 Ferrari Dino 246GTS and an '80 Porsche 930 Turbo as my 'Fun' cars.

At 35, I owned a Volvo 740I as my DD and an '85 Lotus Turbo Esprit and '83 Porsche 911SC as my 'Fun' cars. In addition, I acquired a '90 Euroswift Formula Ford for Racing.

At 38, I owned a '92 Corvette ZR1 as my DD, and a Ferrari 308GTS Quattrovalvole as my 'Fun' car.

At 40, I owned a '92 Lexus SC400 as my DD, and a '56 Austin Healey BN2 100M as my 'Fun' car.

At 45, I owned a '99 Mercedes Benz CLK 430 as my DD, and a '79 Maserati Bora as my 'Fun' Car which was replaced mid-year with my '99 Porsche Boxster. Sold the Formula Ford and bought a '90 Protoform Formula VEE racer.

Now, at 54, I own an '06 Jaguar S-Type Sport 4.0 as my DD, plus my '99 Boxster and Formula VEE as my 'Fun' cars.

So while people may see me drive by in my Boxster and type-cast me as a mid-life crisis, they have absolutely no idea how totally WRONG they are.

That's OK with me. I have always owned the cars I loved with no regard to what others may think...

PS - This probably belongs in the What cars have you owned thread, but I list it here to make a point.

( Jim - I could really care less who you are or are not, I just HATE liars ! )

Nick