Where are my auto enthusiasts?

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(05-16-2022, 09:36 AM)Wyche Wrote: Me. I buy vehicles, and if they don't give me major issues, I keep em and fix it myself. The wife has been pretty hard on them though, so I'm buying her one every few years.

We used to have my grandparents' 1969 Chrysler 300, with the 440 Magnum under the hood, but my old man ran off the road and totaled it.

Right now, I've got my 2001 Dodge Dakota crew cab with the 4.7L that I've had since 2003, and my 1990 Honda CRX that I've had since 1998. I've got a Toyota Sienna for the wife currently. She totaled my toy a few years ago. I had bought her a Turbo Volkswagen Jetta I was going to build a little and buy her something else....lol, oh well.

Very cool.  Although my collection is hardly "classic", they are old enough that they aren't overly complex like today's cars.  Love the CRX.  One of the most fun cars of all time.   A friend had a race-prepped one that he used to autocross.  It was insane.  Had everything not essential stripped out of the car and had the motor built professionally.  The thing could corner like it was stuck to the road.  Had 13" lightweight rims that were about 9" wide.  They also fit the Miata because I bought them off him when he was done with them and the Miata looked hilarious with them on.

I didn't have a trailer, so I would put my racing tires on at home and drive to Kil Kare (Xenia) where the autocross used to be held.  The Hoosier racing tires were so gummy that if you hit a pebble, the tires would grab it and fling it at you.  Since they stuck out of the fenders about 4" on each side, I actually wore my helmet when I drove it one the street.  Looked like I was racing just out in the open road.  My miata was in C-street prepared and so was his CRX.   That was the only year I didn't win.  My miata just wasn't modded enough to compete in CSP.  You could do a TON to cars in that class and all I had was koni adjustable shocks with eibach springs and a borla exhaust (and an open air intake).  

I did a lot better in E-stock in my 1993 Saturn SC2 (those really did well) and C-stock in my 1988 Fiero Formula.  Won 4 championships in different years with those cars.

Back to "classics".  I had a 1969 Firebird convertible that I sold when I got married.  Damn market blew up on them RIGHT after I sold mine.  

I have always like Corvairs for some reason and thought it would be fun to Restomod one of those with a hotted up powertrain.  Probably won't ever do it.   My dream Frankencar is still that LS-powered DeLorean.