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billh1963
I'll start:

My first car...1969 Datsun 2000. Bought non-running for $300 in 1978 and sold for $750 in 1979

My first NEW vehicle...1985 Chevrolet S-10 with 2.5L four. The only option it had was a/c and AM/FM radio.. No power anything, vinyl bench and floor, Stripped down truck but it was mine. I LOVED that truck. Traded it in on the Buick because my g/f (later my first ex-wife) wanted me to have a car.

1987 1/2 Buick Grand National - One of the last 50 built and I ordered it with every option. Paid $17K...drove it 10K miles in 10 months and sold it for $18K

1967 AH 3000 MKIII ph. 2 - Bought in 1988 for $5500 with new engine. Sold for $10K in 1990 and thought I was king of the world. Now I look like a dumba$$

1996 Porsche 993 C4S...bought in 2003 for $42K. Sold it a year later for $43K
ben*james
If I would have just held onto and only driven my 74 Honda civic hatchback I'd be money way ahead. It would have 7 digits for miles, but hey...Hondas run forever right?

Seriously though, the only contender I my book would have been a late 60s bug. smile.gif
dcecc1968
1968 Barracuda cut-back w/ 318, 4bbl, immaculate interior, original AM/FM radio, original A/C. Sold it in 1991 for $1,500 to a Guy who bought it for his son.......6 mos. later, he totaled it
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7TPorsh
1976 Lancia Beta Coupe
1981 Fiat 2000 Turbo Spider
1973 MGB Coupe
1967 Cadillac Coupe de Ville...slammed

....soon to be Porsche 914? NOT

SLITS
1974 2.0L /4
1973 2.0L /4
carr914
You can see my List on the other Thread
boxsterfan
1970 Datsun 240Z
1978 Datsun 280Z
1970 914 1.7L
1986 911 Targa
mgp4591
66 Nova SS, 70 Nova SS, 65 GTO, 70 GTO Judge, 70 GTO RA (only 623 made), 70 Dodge Super Bee, 67 RS Camaro, and last but not least, my 66 LeMans Sprint... Geez I'm old...
76-914
'56 Chevy 210 w/ 409 sad.gif
'65 Chevy C-10 w/ 327/300 w/^^heads and Muncie 3 speed w/overdrive sad.gif
'69 Datsun 2000 sad.gif
championgt1
1990 VW Corrado G60.
jeff
This is kind of on topic, I've been pondering this for quite some time now, I have a BMW E30 M3 and I've used it as a daily driver and tracked it a little.. It's been the best car I've owned but it now has 170,000 on the clock and will need some paint.. All the magazines say its the cats meow and it will be worth a bundle soon but I've heard this for quite some time now and they hover around 12-20k.. There are 5 thousand to America so you don't see many driving around. I could use a dose of money for my 914-6 project and kart racing.. So keep or sell? I sure. have trouble with this...
Chris H.
KEEEEEEP. Never seen a black one.
StratPlayer
Bought it new when I got out of the army..... wish I still had it 67 chevell SS 396 375 horse
biosurfer1
My first 914 was a '74 Delphi green 2.0. Bought it for $1800 in great condition and drove it around for 2 years before selling it for 2x what I bought it for. $3600 is cheap, I assume, for that car these days...live and learn, I won't let my current 914 go for so cheap!
effutuo101
My 64 Falcon future coupe. Oh the memories.
mgp4591
QUOTE(StratPlayer @ Oct 17 2013, 01:52 PM) *

Bought it new when I got out of the army..... wish I still had it 67 chevell SS 396 375 horse

Nice mean looking SS! And yet another sad, winsom post from SLC...
iamchappy
65 Mini Cooper, 68 AMX 390, 82 lifted 4x4 1 ton Dodge Van, My brother 69 Nova SS 396.. Not mine but i should of bought it from him, he sold it and bought a 72 914!
Jeffs9146
67 Mustang Convertable 289ci
70 914-6
67 VW Bug (Grandfather bought it new in Germany, Black w/Red int)
67 Porsche 911s
68 Porsche 912
74 VW Thing
74 BMW 2002tii
2-73, 4-74 and 2-75 Porsche 914's.......and many more that were just parts!
79 Volvo 242 (lowered IPD suspension, Big 3 part rims, late model Turbo Motor)

You can see some of them in this photo from 1989!

I am sure I forgot some! blink.gif
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Ian Stott
69 VW Fastback, I was a private in the Air Force in 1973 when I bought it and I saved up and bought 4 new Michelin X tires, I was ahead of my time!! Wish I still had it.

Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada
shoguneagle
1969 Chevelle Malibu SS, 73 Camero, 65 Chevelle Malibu SS, 77 Lotus Esprit, 1974 Porsche 914, 1964 Corvette convertible with H/T, 1966 Alfa Romeo GTC, 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV, 1964 Alfa Romeo Spider, 1969 Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto, 1990 Corvette, 1974 Alfa Romeo Spider, and "That's All, Folks".
billh1963
Some of you guys miss a lot of cars! lol-2.gif

shawn914
1971 Land Rover 88
Only car (truck) I regret selling. Should have kept it because it was a survivor with 55,000 miles, I was the second owner and I could wrench it myself (along with a Haynes). And then there are the memories of my kids bouncing around in the back on 50 different weekend trips. Good times.
Mike Bellis
This one... sad.gif

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And many more...
dlkawashima
'84 Rabbit GTI, purchased new from Carlsen VW in Palo Alto. For its day the car was brilliant. Marriage and little ones forced me to sell it and buy a station wagon.

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dlkawashima
'66 Mustang with 289 V8 and factory air conditioning. Sold it cuz I had bought the 914.

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carr914
I forgot to add to my List on the other Thread my 2000 Ford F-150 Harley Davidson . Such a Cool & Luxurious Truck. It was made in Canada for the Canadian Market so the Speedo read in Km instead of MPH. It was so cool the 1st Time my Kid was in the car and said "Dad, you going 120!", which was really about 75. biggrin.gif

I traded it for my 88 Diamond Jubilee 911 Cabrio

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