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A 1967 Sunbeam Tiger.

65 Plymouth Valiant three on the tree

Our corn stalk car was a 65 Studebaker.

My 1st car was a 1969 Firebird convertible. I paid $500 for it in 1974. Then $200 to get it repainted and some minor body damage fixed.

Morgan plus four - 250+ hp - weighs about 2200lbs - Awesome!

Testarossa was my dream car as a kid. I’d still love to have one. 69 L88 Vette ain’t far behind. Would love a ride in either.

Did get a ride in a ‘70 LT1 Vette in high school.

'83 Mustang GT, last year before they had went to fuel injection. Although my first car was pretty fun. A "73 Ford LTD. I cold fit 6 people and still hit 100 mph.

My father was a GM of a Chevy dealership in the mid-‘60’s to mid-70’s so I got to see some good ones. For a couple of summers I worked as a “Lot Boy”, starting all the used cars in the AM, detailing used cars, prepping new cars, sweeping out the body shop, you name it.

A local drag racer ordered a ‘69 (?) Camaro with what, IIRC, had a 396cid engine with a claimed 375 horsepower . For insurance purposes I think it was down-rated from 425 HP. When it came in, my father asked me if I wanted to drive it? 😁 Of course I took him up on it. Now this sucker had a clutch that was either “on” or “off”...no slipping this baby as you started moving. Pulling out of the lot on a side street, I “chirped” the tires a bit 😀 and my Dad got a little excited. That sucker wanted to run.

Also got to drive a used first year Corvette. Rode like a go kart with no suspension and didn’t really have too much muscle. The owner’s son had a 427, 435 HP tri-power with the side pipes and I got to drive it too. Loved those side pipes.

I drove a ferrari 328 GTS that belonged to a friends dad several times. Met a man while racing (road cycling) that had a 64 ferrari, a 1938 BMW and little lotus left hand drive racer. Those were fun, both a trip around the block is not near enough time to get a feel for the cars.

My folks bought one of those new Fiat Spiders last year. For a little 2 seater, it gets up and moves quite nicely.

I drove a red Ferrari convertible (1985 308) into the warehouse from the transporter back around 1987, it was a grey market import. Not much of a drive, but I did it!! A pox on FedGov for putting an end to that party, the American people were getting what they wanted - versions of Euro cars not sold here.

After that I test-drove a 2004 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra convertible with the supercharged V-8, that was a really fast car and I regret not buying it.

Dad had a black 1987 Buick Grand National with the turbocharged V-6 - incredibly quiet car (well, Buick!) that was deceivingly fast. Fun car to drive and no bad characteristics (for 1987, anyway).

The sportiest car I owned was the only new car I've bought, a 1985 Ford Mustang, the last year with an Autolite carburetor with the T-5 5-speed transmission.

I'm boring and practical, now: two Nissan Frontier p/u's

Shelby Cobra kit car with the 427...Scary fast

Have had 6 Vettes....The current 2016 is smooth and quick....Just enjoy cruising with it for the most part.....

Starman: List from me:

#1: 1973 De Tomaso Pantera
#2: 1957 factory fuel injected 4 speed Chevrolet Bel-Air
#3: 1962 Corvette convertible fuel injected
#4: 1969 Corvette big block

Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

1985 was the last year for an Autolite (Holley) carburetor - I had one. The automatics had fuel injection:

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/3-years-5-0l-high-output-fitted-holley-4180c-carburetor/

The Holley 4180C four-barrel carburetor was originally factory installed on all 1983-1985 Mustangs equipped with the 5.0L High Output engine and manual transmission. Models with Automatic Overdrive got CFI (central fuel injection), which was fired by EEC-III or EEC-IV depending upon build date. The 5.0L-4V was GT only in 1983-1984, then also LX models for 1985.

Use to have a 1960 Vette

I have a 77 vette with all new suspension and a few extra ponies under the hood. It’s fast enough to be fun plus it looks cool

Not as fast as some of the newer sports cars, but about all I can handle

Back in my body shop days I restored a Pantera for a fella he had me take it for a spin. It had a big block Ford mid engine. Pretty rowdy little highway star for its time....

Porsche 911 Carrera S. Very fast and fun.

Jr High and HS friend's dad restored a sports car and let him take it out once in a while on weekends. He would come over and we'd do some cruising for a couple hours. I asked if I could ever drive it and in a weak moment he said OK. Didn't get to drive it very far, maybe a 1/2 mile or so, but damn, it was a 1961 Austin-Healey Bug Eyed Sprite. Buddy made me promise to NEVER say anything to his dad. Never did.

Worked on a MG for a gal in the 70's and it was a hoot to drive.

Before i got the carbs tuned it could not get out of it's way,but after it would do some scooting.

67 Alpha Romeo GTV sprint veloce....DOHC 5speed top end speed for days..not to mention the handling. Rarely see them on the road.