For those on the forum who do not know what a Fiat 500 is, here you go!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1165054884.jpg

Fun little car but rarely seen outside of Europe.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1165055832.jpg similar color

1980 Rabbit Diesel. Slow. AM radio with one speaker. Hot air always came out the vents, even in summer.

Just read in Hemmings Sports and Exoitc Car that Fiat will bring back the 500 in late 2007. One of the varients may be a 1.4-liter, 120hp turbo engine...in a 500:eek:

82 Prelude. Bought for $650 in '96, gave it away in '99.

I love Fiat 500's almost as much as Mini Coopers. (the real mini cooper of course) ohhhhh just notice that one is an Abarth...sweet!

1974 Buick LeSabre

A 1949 Packard hearse, which my father picked up when I was 15 for $250.00 over in Charlotte. Lot's of fun. For a while, I had "access" to a 1959 Fiat 1300 Spyder. He took it in trade for a TV at his appliance store. Man, did that thing smoke.

Joe thanks for the pics ..... after the 500 I 'upgraded' to a 600 to later become an 850 Abarth, not as radical as this one

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1165106644.jpg

but really scary-fun to drive, 847cc and almost 70hp, some friends at the time where lucky enough to get the 1000 Abarth; 982cc and 112hp at 8200rpm

High School graduation present in 1974 was a 2 door, baby blue, '64 Ford Galaxie 500 that my dad owned for 9 years. It sat in the garage for a couple years with a bad trans waiting for me. The good ol' dependable 289 wasn't enough to move that land yacht very quickly and that probably saved me a few tickets.

It was also the only car I ever totaled....

64 Corvair

really bored here... just figured out I have owned at least one auto or bike who's make name starts with 18 different letters of the alphabet.. example.. American motors, Buick, Chevy, Dodge.. etc etc.. can anyone beat this? I fail to remember any cars manufactured by any company starting with E, I, K, N, Q, U, W, or Z I might have owned long ago. . stupid game I know.. just curious

I'm not even close:

BMW
Chevy Truck
Ford Trucks
Fiat
Honda
Izuzu
Lotus
Mazda
Porsches
VW
Willys

Strange that I have never owned an American car

1955 Ford Fairlane
Club Sedan (2door)
292cid Y-block
Ford-O-matic auto tranny
White over red..... With a HUGE back seat :)

-Nick

I had a Rambler American, a gift from my Aunt. It was also the first car I ever worked on, instructed by my very Tomboyish handyman, Hazel. 3 Speed, on the column.

Found this page on them. Amazing they got 35 mpg with a 6cyl in late 50's


http://www.fixrambler.com/art61.html

I remember drag racing (if you can call it that) with an old Corvair down foothill blvd near San Dimas with 2 friends in the car. The lack of speed in the race had us laughing for hours after ;-)

First Car
 

1981 Porsche 911SC was my first car, my girlfriend bought me it for my 20th birthday. Its been PITA since I got it, but its still a P-car

This is going to be painful but... first car was Dad's purchased-new '55 Chevy two door hardtop. I rebuilt the front suspension - A frames bushings, ball joints, tie rod ends, and replaced the shocks, universal joints, tuneup, etc on my $1.90/hr Sears paint department job. THEN is an act indicating I was to be a future rocket scientist...I gave it back to him so I could buy a '66 Chevy (gulp!) VAN. Yes, I was THAT stupid! Built it out nicely; it was captured in some side shots at a
van "run" in the Aug or Sept '74 HotRod.

EPILOGUE: My Dad sold that car for $450 (!!!!) a month or two later. I have been kicking myself since I was about 19 or 20. Gawd, it still hurts to remember.

1961 Olds Super 88 Coupe

'72 340 Plymouth Duster

Age 19 - 1966 Sedan de Ville, bought for $200.

My first car was a 1962 VW Beetle with 1200cc and 40hp - bought it from my mother in 1977 when it was still original.

By the time I sold it in 1983 only the shell and left door were original - man I had some fun learning how a car works and how to make it handle.

By the time I finished it looked like this.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1167390817.jpg

Tim