What Did Your Dad Drive?

[cgray21]

My Dad bought a new corvette in 2005 , ever since then I have felt myself becoming more and more a corvette guy.

[Ryan T]

My Dad bought a new corvette in 2005 , ever since then I have felt myself becoming more and more a corvette guy.

:thumbup: you won't regret it. I sure haven't.

[BLINGMW]

Somewhat related, this showed up on Rennlist a few days ago. Make sure you read the third page.

I'll have to take your word for it that it's special, looks like a porsche to me. How'd you know it was the right car?

Pretty cool. I have to assume if I wanted to see any of my previous cars, I should visit a recycling yard. Or maybe a new building....

[Apoc]

The post was actually from my dad; it was my grandfather's. Since there were only ~400, knowing what number it was (82) is easy to keep track of. That and my dad has followed all of my grandfather's cars they sold after he died.

[BLINGMW]

ah. the number. duh.

[JustinG]

Since I can Remember

Dad
70s Jeep J10, like the picture but not as lifted, maybe 3 inches or so.


1986 Ford F150, Manual, small lift as well, but Red and Black. This is the truck I learned to drive stick on after he passed it on to my brother.


1997 F150 Extended Cab, Just like below


Current, 2003 F150 Crew Cab


Mom
I remember alot of stations Wagons and Minivans nothing real cool

I guess i got my interest just from my Dad and Grandpas and over all family interest, I know Dad had a 64 Impala at some point, and my grandfather has/had a 30s ford our cousin is converting to a chopped street rod.

My grandma on Moms side had a 67 RS Camaro, so my Uncle had one restored, a 67 RS and has a 52 Chevy Pickup.

Like this but RS Package, same stripe and Black Vinyl Top


Father in-law has a 71 SS 454 Camaro, built/cammed motor. So there is plenty of stuff, to get my blood pumpin in the family.


To answer the question though, I do have a huge soft spot for muscle cars, but no real reason for my choice in vehicles, other than the Fast and the Furious.

[Jeff]

Well. I can't list them all but these I know.

Dad:
1969 Plymouth Sport Fury 360 4-speed
1971 Dodge Challenger 318 3-speed auto
Some missing here... Rest are that I can remember
1991 Dodge Dynasty
1988 Plymouth Colt Vista Wagon
1990 Dodge Dynasty (This ended up being Sylvia's first car)
1991 Chrysler New Yorker
1996 Chrysler LHS (I loved this car...wanted it in the worst way scrapped it with 250,000 miles)
2000 Chrysler Concorde LXI
1999 Chrysler LHS

Mom:
1968 Chevy Corvair Sedan
1979 Chevy Monza 2+2 5-speed
1986 Plymouth Reliant K Wagon
1988 Plymouth Caravelle 2.2L Turbo
1990 Dodge Caravan 3.0L
1996 Chrysler Town & Country
2001 Chrysler PT Cruiser Base (First PT Cruiser we got...big deal back then)
2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser Limited
2009 Chrysler PT Cruiser Base
1996 Chrysler Sebring Convertible (My old red vert.)

[DierwulfBL]

The one thing my dad passed on to me was that if you work on your own car instead of taking it to the mechanic you will save a boatload of money. This has and will always stick with me because I enjoy working on cars. As far as manufacturers go, my parents had some really bad luck with a caravan and a neon, both died under 60k miles, so that's where my domestic hate comes from. After that my parents drove volvos and I have influenced them more than they have influenced me. My parents are hippies so they want the best gas mileage possible, so naturally they have turned to honda from my persuasion of reliability and bragging of the crx gas mileage :lol:

Just a couple years ago my dad picked up a Del Slo Si(SOHC) for 1500 bucks and loves the "sportiness" of it. He never did much intense work on cars unless it was fairly simple, brake jobs, tune ups, oil changes but I've been convincing him to broaden his horizons. His Del Sol had a clicking axle and he said he was taking to the shop he likes. I told him how to do it and that its super easy and he got it all done with the Haynes Manual and by calling me when he got stuck. I was pretty impressed, especially after I told him to wait for me to be there to help him.

I still can't get him to take the wheel of the STi though and even if he did he wouldnt tach it above 4-5k