What Performance Cars Have You Owned?
 

I have owned:

1968 383 Dodge Charger
1971 340 'Cuda
1972 400 Dodge Charger SE
1997 4.6 Thunderbird Sport (modded)

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I own now:
70 Challenger RT/SE 440 6pack
99 Grand Prix GTP ( I consider it a performance car, because it's faster than the Challenger from 0-70)

And I also own a motorcycle
04 Honda CBR 600 F4I

I used to own a 68 Charger 440.

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06 Mustang. This is my first.

I have owned trucks most of my driving years.



If you had said vehicles. I have had an Yamaha FZR600 and now an 04 Triumph Daytona.

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Never owned one. Closest I got was driving my Uncle's Corvette from the family Chevy dealership in upstate NY. I can't wait...

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First car I ever owned was when I was 16 I bought a 1972 Hemi orange 340 4-speed Duster. Next I got a 1969 383 Charger R/T. Then I bought my 1971 Challenger. When I turned 20 I bought a 1970 440 GTX auto. In 1996 I bought a 1988 red Conquest TSI 5-speed. And last but not least I bought a 1991 red Stealth R/T. I have all these cars except the Charger and the Duster. The Duster was totaled when a young girl ran a stop sign and hit me broad sided at 60 mph. RIP. The 340 now resides in my Challenger. The Charger was sold to a guy who wanted to make a show car out of it. I've had my share of muscle cars and even some mini-muscle. Fun factor the 88 TSI is by far the most fun. Rear wheel drive a nice 5-speed and a modded 2.6 putting 245 HP to the wheels. But for just sitting in traffic and idling with the wow factor, my Challenger. That rumpity-rump idle sounds so 70s. That is what you wanted to hear when you drove through the local hang out. Its like the big bark, intimidated a lot of cruisers in the day. They would think about the 1/4 mile run, then you would crank her up and the tune would change. Suddenly someone was late for dinner. My cars are a part of my history and each one tells their own story about a different time in my life. Pre kids, kids, and post kids. My boys are the same way. My oldest has 4 cars and my youngest has 2.

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Could you get a 383 in a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T? I thought that the base motor of the R/T was the 440 with an optional 426.

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Well I don't know for a fact what was offered in the Charger R/T, but I do know that the engine I had was a 383. I put a 2x4 bbl. offenhouser intake on it and a set of MT aluminium valve covers along with a set of headers. It had a 727 torqueflite trans with console shift. The speed-O had 150 and it had a 8 grand factory tach on the left hand side. Oil, gas, water and fuel guages. The wheels were magnum 500s and the paint was a redo. Emeral green with a black vinyl top. Man I miss that car. The day we put the 2x4s on it my father had put strict rules down to not modify. We tried to get done before he got home and were not successful. He popped his head under under the hood and asked what we were doing as I tuned the back carb primaries for the task of the main feed. I told him we were putting new spark plugs in and were just about finished. I looked at my friend as if to say BUSTED... But Dad did not notice and asked for the keys so he could test drive it. I said yeah because I wanted that hood closed as fast as possible so he would'nt know what we had done. We stayed and my brother rode with Dad. I heard him drive up the road and turn it loose. He came back later when we were all in the front yard and stopped and did a smokey burn out all the way down the street. When he returned , he said ... man what a difference a set of plugs make. He threw me the keys and said be careful that thing will fly. I about passed out and my buddy said you have the coolest dad. I asked him a few years ago when my two brothers were there, if he knew we put 2x4 bbls on the R/T. He said he had no idea, but that would explain why it ran so fast. We still get a kick out of that story even today. ( I believe the 2 black marks are still on the road 150 feet up) If not they are in my mind and it makes me smile to see him cookin those hides off. I wonder if I can talk him into doing it in my 2008 Challenger and I'll video it.;)

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Assuming half-ownership counts, 1968 Dodge Coronet R/T with a 440 Magnum and auto transmission. Which is why I wasn't impressed with the original Hemis.

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Oh lets see

1983 280 ZX Turbo
1988 iirc ZR-1 Vette
1989 Porsche 928 GTS4
1995 Porsche 911
1996 Porsche 911
1997 BMW M3
1999 BMW M3
2001 BMW M3
2003 BMW M5
2006 BMW M3 ZCP
2006 Mitsu EVO MR SE

2005 Subaru STI

Bikes
2004 Texas Chopper
2007 Triumph Speed Triple
2007 Ducati 1098S

Yeah I think that is all of them.

Current dream car want is the Kermit Green 997 GT3 RS (my dealer has one and has a $50K MARK UP) WTF !!

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What else?

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was it possible to get them w/o the different colored roof's ?? is that called the landau (sic) top.

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Actually, you could order it with or without a vinyl roof. Back then I was one of the few that every spent the money to get special vinyl wax
and wax the roof. My roof always had a shine and it never cracked like most vinyl roofs back in the day and I had the car for 5 years.

Most cars of any color got a black, tan, or white vinyl roofs or a dark color version of the rest of the car. In my case a dark green vinyl roof
to to with sublilme.

Vinyl roofs were popular back in the day but high maintance, prone to cracking from the UV rays and rust from moisture getting under the vinyl.

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A 1993 Grand Prix GTP (3.4L DOHC)

my current car is s 1996 200SX SE-R with a SR20DET engin swap.

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75 Chevy Nova SS (its was a performance car of its time and I learned to drive on it)
71 Olds Cutlass Supr. (first car)
72 Ragtop Cutlass Supr. (turned it into a parts car LOL)
70 Olds Cutlass S (received parts from above)
69 Olds Cutlass S
86 Olds 442 Silver
86 Olds 442 Blue (ok not real street pounders)
93 Mits 3000gt VR4 (almost put me in the poor house)
62 ChevyII (its was a cruiser but worthy of the list)
06 Dodge Daytona Charger
09 Dodge Challenger(If not this, It'll be a hot rod of the 50's style)

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1972 Duster 340
1976 Dodge Aspen R/T 2 door coupe (318)
1979 Pontiac Trans Am (403)
an my present highly modified tuner.

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Paladin06 - The fastest I have ever gone in my life in a car was a 1972 Duster 340 which was 136 MPH on the 610 loop in Houston, TX. and I was not driving.

This was a crazy purple color that had repainted and the engine modified and very low end gears. The take offs were phenominal. The gas mileage was not
all that great on highway cruises but it was not my car anyway. I recall something like 11-13 mpg.

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I started out with a '73 Charger SE with 400 4 bbl slapstick and dual exhaust
'66 Fury with a 440 that was NOT STOCK with a 4 speed
'78 Arrow Jet with a 340 6 pack stuffed in it with 904 behind it / was very hot / fun to drive
'70 Road Runner with a 383 4speed air grabber hood
'86 Conquest / '89 Conquest both TSI cars with all options on the newer

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Conquest TSI are fun little pocket rockets and take to mods real well.

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very interesting, thanks. I don't think that roof will be on the option sheet this time around though :)
Now if a CF roof is avail, OMG sign me up. That is the ultimate pimp mod in my m3 communities

On the ///M's you can shave off 57 lbs and drop the center mass of the car greatly w/ the CF roof on there. And for only $6K for the roof and $3k for the labor you too can be the first in your hood to have one.

of course on the new E92 M3 just like the M6 it will now be std equip woo hoo.

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Have owned the following:
1966 Dodge Charger 383 auto
1971 Plymouth GTX 440 4speed
1971 Dodge Charger SE 383 auto
1969 GTX 440 4speed convertible
1967 GTX 440 4speed convertible
1967 Dodge Coronet R/T 440 auto

Still do own:
1966 Dodge Charger Hemi auto
1967 Dodge Coronet R/T 440 auto convertible

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i owned this 2001 Dodge Caravan with more muscular look and more great, innovative features and crafted with a high quality Dodge performance parts which delivers the perfect balance of performance and economy.

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I have heard of these fabled vehicles, but never experienced one in real life. I hope to never pull up to a stop light and look over to see one of these beast beside me.;)

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I have a 2006 Dodge Caravan and the engine is very perky. My son's 2006 Mustang GT was faster but not that much faster in acceleration as we both ran them both up to 70 MPH.

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Ummm...(toung in cheek) 300M That is all. Last car was a 87 S-10 with a weak knee 2.8
Wants on the other hand: New Challenger (of course)
Third Gen Trans Am with new Hemi changed to Knight Rider body
Fouth Gen Trans Am with new Hemi [sm=gears.gif]
Maybe a 3000GT (I like how they look)
WRX
Skyline or G35