Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Cars we have owned, was: Just A Car Geek

[Jeff Greenfield (coyote]

OK, I'll throw mine in, although not nearly as impressive as some on this
list:

1972 Chevy Vega, first car, paid 100.00 had a 2 speed semi-automatic and
used as much oil as gas.

1976 Alfa Spider *, 'first'real' car, still have it although it is in a
million pieces and doubt I'll ever put it back together. I could buy a nice
one for less than it will cost to put this car back together.

1977 Honda Civic 1200, bought for 300.00 with a blown engine. Put it back
together and it made an awesome beater, until the car literally broke in
half due to rust.

1980 Subaru 4wd 1600 wagon, it was so slow it was pathetic

1966 Jaguar E-Type 2+2 automatic

1986 Honda Civic CRX Si, first new car I ever bought. $9300.00 out the door,
sold to a customer with 30,000 miles.

1988 Honda Civic CRX Si, bought to replace the 86, although a better car in
many respects than the 86, not as much fun.

1986 Alfa Romeo GTV-6, bought from a customer with blown driveshaft donuts
and clutch for $1000.00 when didn't want to fix it. Awesome car when
everything was right. Got rear ended by a kid in a pickup truck a year
later. I still kind of miss it.

1965 Alfa Giulia Sprint GT

1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider normale, no bumpers or top. Traded an
Alfetta sedan parts car and 100.00 for it. A new battery and a set of spark
plugs and the thing ran pretty well. Had intentions of restoring it, never
got there. Sold it to a member of the CT AROC who turned it into a vintage
race car, which I believe he still has and is racing it.

1972 BMW 2002, bought to replace the GTV-6. Had all kinds of cool mods, hot
engine, 5 speed close ratio gearbox and a wide body conversion among other
things. Sold it to make space for the 308 when I bought it. Didn't get squat
for it and kind of wish I had kept it, but it got the 'Boy Racer' out of my
system.

1987 Alfa Spider, found languishing in a local body shop. Bought for
2000.00, needing pretty much everything. Sold it to a friend, got it back
after several years needing yet more work, and just sold it again. Although
technically I only owned it once. 

1985 Ferrari 308 GTS QV *, found in the auto hunter magazine of all places,
wasn't really looking for one, and the only reason I called on the ad was
the car was Black/Black. I have a thing for Black cars.

1995 Land Rover Discovery, traded for a 98

1998 Land Rover Discovery, traded for an 03

1998 Honda Accord 4 door *, Wife's (boring) daily driver

2003 Land Rover Discovery *

1997 Mazda Miata *, wife's car. Decided she wanted her own toy, I tried to
find her a giulietta, gave up and got her this. The thing runs like the
proverbial Maytag and never needs anything.

1989 BMW 750iL *, bought for 1500.00 from a customer needing a water pump,
alternator, transmission and a bunch of other stuff. An amazing car, has in
excess of 212,000 miles on it now. Presently for sale.

2000 BMW 528iT *, bought to replace the 750. Unlike most of my cars, this
one I paid more than I usually do for cars. Rust free CA car bought sight
unseen on ebay last summer.

1948 Chris Craft Deluxe runabout *, ok it is not a car, but it is a way cool
old wooden boat, has been re-powered with a buick V-6. Would love to get an
old truck or woody wagon of about the same vintage to pull it with. 

Numerous other parts cars, projects that never got started, etc

* denotes cars still owned at this time.




-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Bedggood [mailto:gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz] 
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:58 AM
To: Jeff Greenfield
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Cars we have owned, was: Just A Car Geek

Ok I'll play:)

Cars owned and sold....
1970 Ford Escort 2 door sedan
1972 Ford Escort 2 door van
1978 Ford Escort wagon
1970ish Ford Escort 4 door sedan (I am not proud!)
1929 Hillman straight 8
1922 Fiat 501 special
197? Lotus Elite (with rover V8)
1974 Cadillac Sedan De ville
1974 Datsun 260Z 2+2
1978 Datsun 280Z 2+2
1972 Datsun 240Z
198? 327 powered one off NZ built Maclaren M6 (ish) replica
1962 Triumph Herald Coupe
1972 Daimler 4.2 Series 1
Plus 4 Japanese vans.

Current cars....
1915 Fiat Tipo 2 (2816cc) mahogany skiff
1915 American LaFrance chain drive Speedster (14016cc 6 cylinder)
1970 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
1978 Ferrari 308 GTB
Plus a van

Plus 63 bikes owned... with 9 still in the shed.... almostly Italian.

Regards
Gavin
New Zealand.


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