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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: Dcuda69] #3143476
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I wouldn't EVER own anything but a Mopar but it's an interesting question. IF IF IF I were ever going to sway from Mopar, which I won't, I always liked the '70-'72 Oldsmobile Cutlass. Doesn't even have to be a 442, just a regular Cutlass with a 350.

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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: Kudakidd] #3143486
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I hate to admit it, but when I graduated high school in 1979, I had a 70 Ford Torino SCJ 429. It was right after the gas crunch and I bought it for $900. That car would do burnouts for blocks without power braking. It's biggest downfall was I kept bending the rear trailing arms from all the burnouts and the ten miles to the gallon.


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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: Kudakidd] #3143492
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1985 Nissan 300ZX. It was the third and last "Z" car that I owned and it was the best of the three. It was a fuel injected V6, 5-speed, T-Tops, plenty of power, A/C, fun to drive, etc.

It was my daily driver for years and I put 315,000 miles on it but it failed an emission test and I already had two unfinished Mopar projects, so it had to go. Looking back, I probably should have kept it just because it was dependable and fun to drive.

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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: ro23_j] #3143493
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Lots of cars. Two that I still own are the 69 Mercury Cyclone that Diego helped me find and my HS car, 78 Trans Am SE just like the one that a member here had burn up in his garage. Heck, 69 Mach 1 would be nice, 68 Cougar, 65 Riviera,


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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: Kudakidd] #3143496
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G-body Malibu.

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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: cudaboy] #3143499
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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: larrymopar360] #3143509
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Originally Posted by larrymopar360
I wouldn't EVER own anything but a Mopar but it's an interesting question. IF IF IF I were ever going to sway from Mopar, which I won't, I always liked the '70-'72 Oldsmobile Cutlass. Doesn't even have to be a 442, just a regular Cutlass with a 350.


I had a 71 in high school...ended up wrecking it. Bought a 72 ragtop about 20 yrs ago for the wife.....ended up not driving it much so we sold it a few years ago...great cars!!

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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: Dcuda69] #3143524
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The one non-Mopar I'd really like is a '68 Pontiac LeMans Sport Sedan (4-door hardtop). It was a very smooth design and looked great with the windows rolled down. We had a couple of them as rental cars when our '65 Coronet was in the shop for insurance repairs.

Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: Kudakidd] #3143541
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Originally Posted by Kudakidd
Originally Posted by wingman
Favorite that we have actually owned, or fantasy favorite if money was no object?


Actually owned


Actually owned three 2002's. Two '72's (one stolen two years ago, one totaled in '86 that I owned from the early '70's, along with my hip in five pieces now with a pin into the hip socket and a 9" plate with seven screws but that's a long painful story). I still own the '73 tii O=00=O the dark gray with driving lights on this end of the third photo.

That's my wife's '81 Scirocco and my '86 Jetta GLI that we also still have. The green 2O=00=O2 on the far end and in the single photo was the one that was stolen two years ago, and owned it from '86 when I lost the Colorado Orange 02 first image. frown

Mike

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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: A12] #3143546
05/09/23 11:11 PM
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My previous daily driver...2002 Buick LeSabre. Very comfortable cruising car. It came with the bulletproof 3800 series V6. Got 30-32 MPG on the highway, had loaded leather interior... cheap parts when doing maintenance. They are great cars, but you have to get a car that has a clean frame and undercarriage. Alot are rusty underneath, so you have to be choosey.


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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: topside] #3143547
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Originally Posted by topside
Hands-down favorite, my 73.5 Porsche 911T - I miss it dearly.
Not far behind:
My '69 Mustang FB Gulfstream Aqua stick car, my red '67 El Camino, the family '73 Nova 350 hatchback I got from my grandparents.
I really liked my '89.5 Mustang LX 5.0 stick car, too; more than my existing '97 Mustang GT stick car, actually.
The Mopars I let go & would like to have back is another list...but ya can't keep 'em all...


An engineer friend from Austria bought this one a while back in Northern California and had it shipped to him (near Saltzburg, Austria), it's a '73 911T with a 2.4 liter engine. He loves it, like you. up up

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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: A12] #3143562
05/10/23 02:28 AM
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Currently,I only have one non Mopar car,it's the other American two seater sports car. It's a 69 AMX 390 4 speed car.


70 Charger R/T SE 472 Hemi 70 Charger R/T convertible 70 Charger R/T V Code Sixpack 69 Charger R/T SE Sunroofcar 68 Charger 383 68 Charger 318 71 Charger R/T 70 Challenger convertible 71 Challenger convertible 71 Cuda 340 09 Challenger R/T Classic
Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: chargervert] #3143563
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Mostly Mustangs and different sports cars.

I had a 62 Austin Healy Sprite I put a Fiat Spyder DOHC engine in
A 72 MG Midget, 66 Triumph Herald, 85 Mustang GT vert, 87 Mustang LX 5.0, 93 Mustang Cobra, 93 Mustang GT, 04 Mach1, 01 Z06 Vette, 2012 Base Vette, 2017 z51 Vette, 94,19 and 20 Miata’s and right now I have a 2019 718 Porsche Boxster.

Oh and tons of VW Beetles back in the day. At one time I had 8 in the back yard. We used to buy and flip them.

Lots of Jeeps but I guess they are Mopar now


77 Macho Power Wagon LWB factory 440 70 Coronet 440 N code 3 speed
Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: 69superbee383] #3143570
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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: BevoHoosier] #3143575
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I've only ever had two non Mopars...a Kia I bought from a co-worker for $150 (vacuumed it out, then resold it 3 weeks later for $800) and my '79 Buick LeSabre. I paid $700 for the Buick in March of '22, and have put 27k miles on it since. So I'm partial to the Buick...lol.

Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: sixpakdodge] #3143578
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i have personally bought and sold a LOT of cars.
the one with the most fun memories had to be a 84 turbo colt.


i really enjoy my supercharged 08 Bullitt mustang.
i have a Department Of Boost intake to let me use a TVS 2.3 supercharger from a 14 GT500, upgraded the trans to a 6060 6 speed from a 14 GT500. upgraded the brakes from a 14 GT500. upgraded the suspension. car so it handles really good for what it is.
makes 650 rwhp on pump 93 octane gas. car does 10's in the 1/4 mile all day long yet still gets 20+ mpg.

the best part is i have less in the entire car than it costs to build the 572 hemi that was in my 72 road runner.


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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: Kudakidd] #3143592
05/10/23 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Kudakidd
If you had to admit it, what was/is your favorite non Mopar vehicle that you ACTUALLY OWNED. Mine was a Toyota Tacoma pick up.

Datsun 510

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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: Kudakidd] #3143604
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I loved my 2005 Holden Monaro (Pontiac GTO). I felt bad b/c I always laid waste to any 6.1 Hemi cars that were out when I owned it, the LS2/6 speed was a great combo in that car.


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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: racerx20] #3143605
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Well, never owned one, but I would love to own a 1970 BOSS 429 Mustang. These two Mach 1's were ones I owned back in the early 80's.

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Re: Favorite Non Mopar Car [Re: Kudakidd] #3143607
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" vehicle that you ACTUALLY OWNED. "

1972 Firebird Formula

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