hey everybody.
i was sitting around this weekend going throught some junk when i found my old "list of cars im going to own".i thought it was funny how my tastes changed so much after i got my Z. so i went throught it and came up with a new list of cars i would like to own and why i want them. now i know that everyone out there has one of these lists, so i was wondering what cars you would like to have and why?
i think that this should be a fun topic and hope to hear what everyone has to say.
so to start the thread ill make my list followed by a "why i want this car".

cars on the list that i own....
1972 240Z.............already have this one and always will.
1972 BMW 2002....have this one two...its a great simple car thats loads of fun.
1971 honda N600...i bought this car because it was cheaper than
a mini, smaller than a mini, and didnt come with "lucus
prince of darkness

cars on the list that are "wants".....
1959 austin healey bug eye....just a great classic british car.
1965 austin healey MK3 the best "big healey" ever. another beautiful car.
1973 BMW 3.0 CSI..i have a thing with bimmers. ever since a saw my first
one of these ive been hooked.
1988 BMW M3.......i got to drive one of these about three years ago. first
its a bimmer second it has such great styling and third
its just plain fast around corners.the most winning touring
car in history.
1953 studabaker.....ever seen vintage airs cool 200.yeaouch.!!! i also saw one of
these in canada once. it had a chevy SB with a richmond six
and burned out through the first three gears.
1962 volvo P1800....the lines on this car are so great, little fins and all.
1975 TVR 2500M....this car is a car that i would love to have. im not sure why
its looks are amazing and with the proper motorvation,
can by very fast.


well...thats about it.. there are other cars i would like to own but not as much as the ones on this list.
so what about yours? lets heat it.

-S

I was a kid, workin' for Kroger, in Camden, Arkansas. I didn't own a car and my family didn't own a car, but I was fascinated with the Tri Five Chevies, the Pontiac Chietans, the Buick four door hardtops and the Studebakers. On a cold morning Saturday morning the manager had me sweeping the sidewalk. As I was sweeping the air started to vibrate, I turned to see where the noise originated. I turned away from three small cars. The little convertibles, that passed me going east on W Washington, had roll bars and were painted in road race trim. The drivers had on helmets and googles. I carried the sonic and visual image around in my head for twenty years before I identified the cars as Austin Healy Bug Eye Sprites.

Last year I finally found a restored one and bought it. Not the same quality as a Z, but a true original.

Lets see:
2000 R-34 Skyline GT-R V-Spec
240 z (hopefully i'll have one soon)
BMW M-3
Porsche 911 Turbo
California Spyder Ferrari
Subaru WRX

These are my dream cars. Most likely the only time i'll drive these is on a video game though.

ferrari 308 gt

lambo diablo

57 chevy

shelby cobra

there was a race car made by ford in he 60's that was cool but i can't remember what it is called. i think some compnay in england makes them now as a kit or turn key.

Ultimate ride: the uss enterpise. theres a few folks i would like to beam off the planet!

A few of the cars Ive owned or still own*
56 chevy 265
57 chevy 283
62 Pontiac Tempest with a 389 GTO motor (Whoee, 2 gear wheelies)
65 Plymouth 383 Magnum (Great car, fast, good for 150 Mph, 8 Mpg)
65 Healy Sprite (What a waste of time, and oil!)
65 Honda 305 Dream (Current resoration project)
70 Duster 240
71 Honda 350 (Out ran most muscle cars, 400 kit with 10.5:1 )
71 240Z Great looks, fast enough to be fun, very reliable *
75 Transam 454 (Beat a 911 while pulling a boat)
75 914 Great 2 seater, but boring styling good for 150 Mph+
84 Honda Shadow 700 Slow for a scooter( 0 to 60 in 4.8 seconds)*
89 Mustang Converable, good looks, lots of rattles, poor handling
90 IROC 350, Great car, good for 150 Mpg, great handling.
2000 Mustang V6 ( 2+2, 6 cylinders, good performance, great styling, all wheel discs, 29 Mpg highway, 21 city, kinda what I think a 00 Z would have been like, except different shape!) *

On my list to own , the origonal 427 Cobra or for a V8 Z.

Chrome

i have most of my list,( 85 300zxt,86 300zx, and a 93 300zx)would like to own a 2001 300zx tt(that would require nissan removing their heads from their....)and a ferrari f-50.i would like to get another 280z.i used to have one and let someone else install a nitrus system,poor car.

Hey Rhino is this the car you dream of?[www.myclassiccar.com]

Ok, I want to play!!!

I have owned the following:

1967 Pontiac Lemans with a Super Duty 421 installed (did not even sweat at 120 mph, but shook like hell with airshocks)

1971 Volvo 1800E (Same as the P1800 with fuel injection)

1972 240Z (Need I say more?)

What I would like to own:

1964 GTO ragtop (The first and fastest production Goat)

1970 Hemi Cuda (actually, just the engine would be cool)

1974 Porche 914 (These little beasts have had a resurgence and with a 911 powerplant have great weight distribution)

1987 Buick Grand National (I don't know why, I just like them)

and...

a late fifties gull-wing Mercedes (one of the most beautiful cars ever)

oh and by the way, anyone know where I can get a 1953 Vette?

Ken...

I saw that episode of car and driver

I saw that one too, i also saw one of those cars sell at the last Barrett-Jackson car auction. When the owner drove it up on the auction block everyone stood up a cheered! quite a moment..

The kit has a/c. i have a boolet o ordered from the company that was doing it about 10 years ago! i still have it. the cars were going for around 40+ and that is out of my range!

Oh, I forgot to say what I own,

Volvo 1800S, Triumph GT-6, Triumph TR-7, Triumph TR-6, Triumph TR-3, Austin Healy Bug Eye, 240Z, 280Z


Ken 72Z wrote:
-------------------------------
Ok, I want to play!!!

I have owned the following:

1967 Pontiac Lemans with a Super Duty 421 installed (did not even sweat at 120 mph, but shook like hell with airshocks)

1971 Volvo 1800E (Same as the P1800 with fuel injection)

1972 240Z (Need I say more?)

What I would like to own:

1964 GTO ragtop (The first and fastest production Goat)

1970 Hemi Cuda (actually, just the engine would be cool)

1974 Porche 914 (These little beasts have had a resurgence and with a 911 powerplant have great weight distribution)

1987 Buick Grand National (I don't know why, I just like them)

and...

a late fifties gull-wing Mercedes (one of the most beautiful cars ever)

oh and by the way, anyone know where I can get a 1953 Vette?

Ken...

we had the third place lemans finisher at our shop about three weeks ago. that is the most beautiful sounding car ive ever heard.i only wish i could see it race. ill just have to wait till the hisitorics to see it.
-S

Chrome, I got your reply from the tech post on being a Stang owner. Unfortunately my ponies are gone with two kids and a mortgage. I did have a 82 Mustang 5.0 4 spd that I bought all on my own as my first paid off car back in 1990 (I was making payments on a Pontiac Grand Am at the time, ouch). I then sold the 82 (and forgot to take my radar detector out of the dashboard and gave back the extra $100 cash the guy paid me by accident in the process...) and bought an 85 GT 5.0 4 bbl with Holley carbs. Man, it was sweet and smooth as it was the last of the carb'd Stangs. It was white with black trim and the only "flaw" in it was it didn't have the T-tops. My dream car at the time was the one my classmate had which was a gloss black 85 5.0 GT with T-tops and tan interior. I couldn't afford it after graduation even though he wanted only like around 5 G's for it (plus I just got married). So I bought the 82 in Cali for $3K, sold it, then bought the 85 for $3K. Back in Chicago, I eventually sold it to a kid in Wisconsin for $2700 after all the work I put into it and he felt like it was Christmas in July.

When I got out of the military, my buddy took his 944 Porsche and I took my 85 GT from California back to sweet home Chicago and we cruised (and raced) on Route 66 and I40. My 5.0 pretty much kept up with him. It was a great adventure too. We made it in 2.5 days and got a warning from a cop in the process, got kicked out of the hotel in Albuquerque in the morning (around 4AM to get an early start) because I was revving my engine due to carb problems due to the altitude and then my throttle got stuck! Luckily, I wasn't in gear or my Stang would have checked into our hotel room. Ha! ha! I only had like 4 hours of sleep in 2.5 days (never, ever will I do that again) as I almost ended up in the desert embankment had my friend not waken me up alongside and fired his horn at me.

Anyways, sorry for the story, but it brought back great memories. The two stangs were the only interesting cars I've owned other than this 260Z I'm working on. Chrome, your list reminded me a little of my dad's. My dad had an interesting list which included a Corvair, Pontiac Tempest, Pontiac LeMans, Oldsmobile Delta 88, Plymouth Valiant, some Brit car called the Hunter, another Pontiac LeMans (white interior!), 84 Pontiac Grand Prix V8 (sweet), Dodge Dart, Plymouth Volare, 79(?) Mustang Grande, AMC Pacer, Buick Sportwagon, Chevy Caprice Wagon (I got my license with this boat). There were others but the fact I picked up this Z he was reliving his youth through me (he's 70). I just ordered my first set of replacement parts from Courtesy Nissan today, so once I get that tank leak fixed, he and I are going to rock and roll!

As far as the cars I want to own (which was the purpose of this post in the first place), maybe realistically, someday I can get a BMW 328 Cis (see July Motor Trend) with the manual transmission. I love the ergonomics. I believe it's a fine mix between class and sport. My dream car is the Dodge Viper Coupe, nuff said. I also gave up my Honda Nighthawk for my Z, so I'd like to also get a bike again one day. My wife and I are wrestling as the only bike she'd let me own again is a Yamaha Virago or some other cruiser but I want a crotch rocket (Yamaha R1, Honda CBR, Kaw Ninja, etc.). But for now, all the focus is on the Z until I loose interest, make no progress, or find some other hobby. If I do make progress on this project, and with the help of this forum and others, it could be a long relationship. Maybe longer than this post...later guys...enjoyed this thread.

I revised my list many years ago, and now I own my dream car....

Yup my Z! It is a one bada$$ set of wheels...

My old list is now just a "would like to also have" If I won the lottery tomorrow, I would dump an obscene amount of $$$$$ into it...BUT as a back up car, I would pick up a Viper GTS coupe....until the Z was done.

1 Viper GTS coupe "Z" like lines with all the balls you could want. Comfy too..ask me how I know....
2 Ferrari 308 Loved that "Magnum PI" car
3 the "time machine" Delorean. gotta love those doors.
4 Ferrari 250 GTO..can you guess why?
5 Lotus Esprit...guess I watched too many Bond movies.

Ehhhhh that ought to do it for a list...a bit typical I guess, but who cares it is my list.

ZR8ED

i remeber while stationed in germany a lotus rental car was on display at the frankfurt airport. it was a deep burbadny (the paint was smooth!) with a burgandy interior. man the car was sweet. please add the lotus to my list! you have to love the anti-theft system bond had!

Okay i gotta bite on this one! Here are my dream rides, i WILL own at least three of these in my life. That i can gaurauntee.

My zcar, turbo of course. I love that damn thing.

My chevy s-10 with a buick grand national swap! im waiting to puke my four banger then im gonna do it!

7? BMW 633csi .... with M3 motor swap, bbs wheels and dark green paint :)

Ducati crotch rocket, l kinda like ninjas n stuff but they dont have the class!

There ya go folks, short and sweet!

Evan

PS... chuck i do love triumphs too!

Aston Martin DB5 - Bond.....James Bond

Aston Martin DB7 - gorgeous styling, fantastic performance

Jaguar XKE

....my old '72 240Z .....wish I never sold it

Porsche Speedster

Triumph TR6

Chord/Dusenberg/Rolls Royce.....any year!

This is one of those questions with NO bad answers!

Ah the Lotus torbo esprit. The almost affordable exotic. I almost bought a wrecked one for four thousand, it even came with a parts car to fix it. Lucky for me I didn't have four grand with me or I probably still be putting it together!!

AVIATORX - are you a pilot by any chance? been thinking of taking lessons for private pilot certification.