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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 11:40 PM
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Cal_Cobra
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From: Brentwood, CA (no not the OJ Simpson Brentwood, the real city of Brentwood in NorCal)
Default Re: Cars you've owned previously...

Not a long list, but have enjoyed them all:

1967 Ford Mustang Coupe - Got this in high school. Paid $500 for it, and my father and I spent six months restoring it. Gutted it, sanded and painted the interior, all new interior upholstery, all new chrome or rechromed interior parts, exterior sanded to bare metal and painted vintage burgundy with a black top, all new chrome or rechromed exterior parts. About a year later the stock 289 engine was replaced with a real Boss302 engine an old racer had for sale (he also had a real Shelby 428 nascar racing engine, I wish I'd bought that too). I spent two years rebuilding that Boss302, had a custom cam made for it, and installed a Ford 9" with 3:89 traction lock gears in the rear. Probably the fastest car I've had.

1967 Ford Mustang Coupe - Bone stock, but restored by a Vintage Mustang shop in Santa Rosa, CA. It was light metallic blue, with two-tone blue interior. It was a great car, never had a lick of trouble with it.

1989 Saleen Mustang Convertible (seeing a pattern here?) - I lived in San Diego when I owned this car, and it was the perfect SoCal car, practically drove it year around with the top down. Just a fun car and the 5.0 cars are easy to make horsepower with.

1996 Dodge Shelby Edition RT/10 (currently sitting in the garage) - This is a fun car, but it doesn't get driven as much as I imagined it would. Fun yes, but totally impractical. I've installed headers, 3" exhaust, and cat deletes, it's very fast, and sounds awesome at WOT.

2001 Hyundai Elantra - This is currently my commuter car. I live 60 miles from work, and before I found someone to commute with I was racking up over 2500 miles per month on my car (II was driving my Saleen initially, but it was sold and this replaced it until I got the Viper). This car I bought new, and with the money I saved in gas compared to driving the Saleen, it was actaully like getting a free car. I never thought I'd own a Hyundai, but honestly it's been a great, reliable car. No issues with 150K miles on it, and it still gets 32mpg.

2005 Chrysler Crossfire SRT - COMING SOON - I've narrowed my hunt down to a couple so hopefully within the next few weeks I'll have a nice silver saphire blue SRT roadster in the driveway
C3P SC pulley, phenolic spacers and Needwings CAI already ordered
 

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