Something to pass the time away One of my boys asked me last night how many cars i'd owned since i had my license brought back some good and bad memories. Doesn't have to be volkswagen but must have been registered and company cars not included. eg
'63 Beetle, 74 landcruiser, xc fairmont, fx holden, hq monaro, gemini, mazda ute, 67 beetle, hj ute, xd falcon, hz ute, toyota hilux (current), ef falcon (current) and '69 beetle (current).....馃榾
bugboymatt 路
Umm 68bug,69bug,76kombi,oval, 2 bmw 318is's,325 motorsport convertiable,a 2xM3's,2 honda crx vtec's,
Carn't think of any more. sure there must be.
67 beetle, 57 baja, 87 Corolla twincam, 78 kombi ex army bus with 4.4L V8 conversion, 91 Subaru Liberty 4x4 wagon, which I then turned into RS turbo, and now current, 73 1303 Beetle. And I'm only 24.
XXX-1.8T 路
99 Audi A3 1.8T and 1966 Beetle Deluxe (Shazza:kiss)
Brad 路
This topic may make people think I am a little bit weird but I have owned way to many cars. I tell myself that everytime I think about it. Well once I got to 30 I began to get a little fuzzy although I am sure I have more beetles than I can remember.
Easy 1977 Kombi Deluxe bus 馃榾
The joy of borrowing cars in mine :thumb
I do have a string on non registered ones though as we all do.
Stanley 路
I think that will be tough to beat Brad.....:o
cray 路
'80 toyota cressida, '68 beetle (current), '70 fastback
Jay_1965vw 路
:o
'65 beetle 馃榾
squizy 路
Sheesh......馃檨
Triumph Dolomite, 1970 VW Type 3 Notchback, 1960 Kombi, 1960 Karmann Ghia, Suzuki Swift GTi, Honda Integra, Hyundai Lantra, Ford Escort, Toyota 4Runner, Honda Accord, 1966 Beetle Sunroof, Mitsubishi FTO, Subaru WRX, Honda HRV, 1976 Beetle Cabriolet.....plan to change again soon.
Squiz.....
amazer 路
Started out with SSS Datsun 180B since then... 1984 AR ford telstar, 76 honda civic, 70 KE something corolla, 93 CC mitsubishi lancer, 97 CE lancer, 96 EF falcon, 90 something TR magna, 70 something notchback, 70 fastback, 73 fastback, 2 x 74 kombis. I was averaging more than one a year but sadly got married.
Mostly they were legendary cars except, the notchback was the first VW I bought and I got severely burnt. It didnt grace the drive for long. The Magna was a stupid thing to buy and lasted about 3 months (think I was trying to sell it for 2 of them). The falcon .. well... kinda on the fence about that one. For some reason the honda is my favourite car after kombi #1. The BEST one was lancer #1, which is why I have lancer #2.
I wouldnt mind adding a beetle to the list but the guy down the car yard is holding out on me, and now that I am getting the kombi back the mrs prolly wont let me get it anyway. I'll keep hassling just to see how I low I can screw a car salesman.
kombikim 路
:jesus
in order and up to 4 vehicles at one time
starting from 1973 all registered & normal daily use
1958 Lloyd Alexander 600
1958 Goliath 1100 Deluxe
1960 Borgward Isabella TS Saloon
1960 Lloyd Alexander TS
1960 Triumph Herald Coupe
1972 Yamaha DS7 250cc
1975 Suzuki GT250
1958 Austin Healey 100/6 Bn4
1971 Honda CB70
1962 Morris Mini 850
1964 XM Falcon
1966 Hillman Imp Mk11
1979 Toyota Hiace
1973 Honda Z360 Hardtop
1954 Austin Healey 100/4 Bn1
1976 Suzuki TS185
1964 Morris Mini Cooper 997
1975 Diahatsu 360 Cabvan
1972 Mini Clubman 998
198? Kawasaki Z250
1962 J&S Hunter Coupe
1975 Mini Clubman
1971 Hillman Hunter HE
1970 Hillman Hunter HC
1969 Sunbeam Rapier Fastback
1972 Hillman Hunter HE
1971 Hillman Hunter HE Safari
1964 Humber Super Snipe Series IV
1965 Humber Super Snipe Series V Estate
1963 Humber Super Snipe Series IV
1964 Humber Super Snipe Series IV
1982 Suzuki Hatch 800
1976 Kombi Panel Van
1982 Toyota Crown MS112 Royal Saloon
1975 Kombi 1.8 Microbus Camper Convers
1984 Toyota CFrown MS123 Royal Saloon
I think that is all, only 2 failed restoration projects 1954 Austin Healey
& 1951 Fiat 500 C Topolino
Kombi Kim,
Man You have owned some Unique cars in that lot... Lloyd- Goliath- Borgward- Hillman - Sunbeam - Triumph-etc.... names that have all but disappeared from the english .... and german languages...
You have probably had the MOST unusual range of Cars.... collectors items now...
Lee
daz67 路
Quote:
"I think that will be tough to beat Brad.....
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I will need to come back to this and update as I get time, but lets say I lost count around the thirty car mark and the same with motor bikes.......Might be easier to just leave it at that.
Now If we want to count company cars as well?
Lets see on average different car each week for the last 9 years, thats allowing for a break inbetween years where I had my own cars only.
Bizarre 路
kombikim wrote::1958 Lloyd Alexander 600
1958 Goliath 1100 Deluxe
1960 Borgward Isabella TS Saloon
1960 Lloyd Alexander TS
What the hell are these????
" yeah man - i drive a Goliath 1100 deluxe. That will crap on any WRX man!"
Got to have a beer with you Kim - you need serious help!!!
68AutoBug 路
1959 Beetle
1961 Beetle (Rolled)
1959 Beetle (chassis of 61)
Ford Falcon XM ??
1970 Renault 10 rear engined
1971 SuperBug
1972 type 3 Variant plus
1973 Mitsubishi Galant Rally Car
1982 Mitsubishi L300 8 seater
1988 Mitsubishi Magna
1998 Mitsubishi CE Lancer
2001 Mitsubishi CE Lancer Current
1968 semi Auto Beetle Current
Lee 68AutoBug :thumb
[Edited on 7-9-2003 by 68AutoBug]
68AutoBug 路
Blue74l ,
The only place You will see these cars nowadays, is in Unique Cars magazine...
they are collectors items.. (to somebody!!)
the Borgward was a German sedan, the others I call... "funny cars" .... Lee
kombikim 路
68AutoBug wrote:Kombi Kim,
Man You have owned some Unique cars in that lot... Lloyd- Goliath- Borgward- Hillman - Sunbeam - Triumph-etc.... names that have all but disappeared from the english .... and german languages...
You have probably had the MOST unusual range of Cars.... collectors items now...
Lee
yes wish I could have kept some of them
Yes shame you can not keep everything - If I did not sell one then I would not have had the next
byronbus 路
:thumb 82 gemini, FJ 40 Landcrusier SWB, 79 Lancer, Subaru Leoni, 71 Corolla, 79 Volvo, EF Falcon, 91 BMW 323, VS Commodore s/w, Toyota hiace, 66 Kombi, 56 Oval, 76 Kombi, 77 Microbus (current), 75 Single cab Kombi (current), 55 Kombi Panelvan (current), and many unregistered to varying degrees VW's...
Bugged Again 路
77 Fiat 1283p (first car)
87 Camira Wagen
76 Merc 280CE Coupe (still in family 920,000km made it thru the oodnadatta track)
88 Camira Wagen
70 Beetle
95 Daewoo 3 door
87 Merc 230TE Wagen (current)
64/70 Beetle (current)
64 Baja (not running)
77 Micro bus (not running)
have to say the coupe merc was my favorite 185hp 2.8l in line 6, factory chop top, tough as guts
kombikim 路
blue74l wrote:
kombikim wrote::1958 Lloyd Alexander 600
1958 Goliath 1100 Deluxe
1960 Borgward Isabella TS Saloon
1960 Lloyd Alexander TS
What the hell are these????
" yeah man - i drive a Goliath 1100 deluxe. That will crap on any WRX man!"
Got to have a beer with you Kim - you need serious help!!!
So, to answer part of your question
a Goliath 1100 was a mid range high quality German saloon about the size of a type 3 it had frontwheel drive water cooled 11 FLAT FOUR engine, the transaxle was allmost identical to the Subaru but predated it by many years the car evolved thru badge engineering to become the Hansa 1100 & twin carb Hansa Tiger!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tazz 路
Hmm....
registerd ones...
HK munro, Gemini, Torana,
58 Hillmain Minx,
69 Hunter, 71 Safari Hunter,
70 GT Hunter,
XW,XY,XA,XB.XC,XD,XE......
XM ute
XP coupe
Cortina GT 2door.....
XA Superbird coupe, XB GT Coupe
Dodge 2 tonner.....
Chrysler BY Chrysler Coupe....
Datsun 180B
Automatic mini.....sposed to Rare.....
VW's...
58 BAJA (MY first)
72 beetle ( was her's)
67 Fastie (Kermit)
69 Fastie ( Bluebelle)
UNregisted Type 3's
5 fasties.... 3 notch's and a 66 wagon ( project Square)
And a Bitsamissing Triton 4X4......
Soon to be traded for a Pissin Patrol.
Tazz....... 馃檨
Holy Crap..... and there the ones i remember and owned for more than a month..
TheGermanFolks 路
in my 5 years of driving, its been like this. In order.
71 superbeetle
59 hardtop bug
58 standard microbus
90 honda civic 4 door with hydraulics
90 acura integra 4 door.
88 Jeep cherokee
62 AMC Rambler custom 400
64 bug(still own)
95 Ford Escort wagon Layed out and shaved
99 Honda Civic Hatchback dumped on 18's
2002 Mazda Protoge 5 (still own)
56 oval AKA: the bucket (still own)
61 hardtop bug
58 Euro Bug
helbus 路
1964 EH Holden - still have after 15 years
1975 Kawasaki Z200 - ridden in bush only
1962 EJ Holden - stripped for parts
1991 Yamaha XV250 - rode for 6 years
Datsun 180B - written off by a third party
1966 Holden HR - sold it before it was registered
1964 EH Holden - sold before it was registered
Datsun 120Y - written off
Datsun 180B - sold it because it was crap
1985 Mitsubishi Magna TM - Motor blew up
1983 Holden V8 VH Commodore - written off
1995 Holden VR Commodore Wagon - sold
1963 Beetle tourer (chop) - sold it because I didn't want it
1963 EH Premier sedan - project car
1964 EH wagon - project car
1977 Honda CB750 - Currently riding
So after all that it was only the EH that saw me through all those years.
The HELBUS and the Beetle are not mine, they are Fleur's 馃榾
[Edited on 5-9-2003 by Helbus]
modulus 路
1962 Fiat 600
1964 XM Falcon Van
1965 Kombi
1964 Beetle
1954 Triumph TR2
196? Renault R4
1965 Mk 1 Cortina
1955 MG YA Saloon
1963 MGB
1970 Valiant Ute
1972 Valiant Wagon
1962 Mercedes 220 SE
1970 MGB
1975 BMW 3.0 Si
1980 Audi CD 5
1972 HQ Monaro
198? XF Falcon Wagon
1986 Citroen BXGti (England)
1985 Ford Escort (Brazil)
1990 VW Santana (Brazil)
1994 Commodore
1976 Volvo 760
1997 Commodore
1975 Dual-Cab
That I can remember. The Ciroen was the most entertaining; a real rocket.
Secoh 路
I have seriously lost count (around 80 all up including parts cars) but the gist of it is below:
bloody hell. you arent prejudiced against any make are ya..
oval TOFU 路
I feel so humble....
and loyal 馃榾
first car: 1972 Beetle
written off after 11 monthes.
second car: 1964 Beetle
sold after 3.5 years
now: 1954 Beetle
status... not starting!
Secoh 路
amazer wrote:bloody hell. you arent prejudiced against any make are ya..
nope 馃榾 it means that when I tell you that pommy cars are rubbish for example, it's from experience not rumour 馃榾
Grey 57 路
Had to think about this one! From first to last.
1948 Studebaker Champion
1961 Ford Prefect
1957 Studebaker Champion
1964 Falcon Futura Coupe, 289 V8 and 4 speed (loved this one to death yeehaaa)
1970 Holden Torana. Killed this one
1970 Holden Torana replaced the killed one.
1981 Honda XR200. Tried bikes for while
1977 VW Golf - first VW, the start of the problems.
1955 VW Oval
1956 VW Oval
1965 Ford Cortina Mk 2 (this was really low miles one owner original)
1967 VW Beetle Sunroof (swaped for the Cortina)
1969 T3 Squareback Auto
1984 Subaru Coupe
1996 Mitzubushi Verada
1957 VW Oval
1957 VW Oval (the one I have now)
2000 Nissan Pulsar SSS (wifes old car) I liked this one, pretty fast.
2003 Holden Astra CD (wifes current car) I dont like this one much.
This doesnt include the 10 or so company cars I have worn out over the past 20 years.
Phew
amazer 路
I should start a thread 'cars killed in the name of valla'
1. telstar. oil all through the engine bay when I got home???
2. dads VK commodore. expired in blue smoke cloud somewhere around gosford I think.
3. hellbus I. dropped valve seat at Mt Isa.
4. Hellbus II. twice in one weekend. 2 dead heads and whatever else I find on the 2nd strip down.
But im not hard on cars at all.
david 路
fc panel van ,eh holden sedan, eh panel van eh ute ,3x minis (all crashed)suzuki lj 50 ,nissan king cab ute,vw passat(my first vw),vc commodore ,xw falcon,xd falcon,ford econovan,chevrolet malibu ,dodge crown victoria (or somrthing like that) ford escort wagon,71 kombi camper,75 kombi camper,62 kombi ,63 beetle,64 kombi, 2x toyota hiace minibuses, ford fairlane stretch wagon,63 baja,74 kombi camper,toyota hiace camper,and around 8 falcon wagons ,a bedford bus and a leyland atlantean double deacker ,toyota troop carrier, mitsubishi express and that is just the registered ones ,if i can think of more i,ll get back to you
[Edited on 5-9-2003 by david]
Brad 路
If we are gunna start on bikes, projects and company cars then I think we will need more space 馃榾馃榾
Here is another one for you.. I got a letter from the council in 2001 telling me that I was going to be taken to court as I was operating as a wrecker. When the Council guy came around to deliver it I told him that was crap. So we went for a walk around the yard and he counted 34 VWs, a Corolla and a Hilux. mmmmmm had fun talking my way around that one. 馃榾馃榾馃榾
Now I have a 2m high tin / timber fence and a few extra sheds to hide them. Oh and a wife who has suggested I stay under 10 at a time..:kiss
KruizinKombi 路
11 Austin 1800's (don't ask)
HQ wagon with Hz statesman front & GTS original guards
68 Transit (V4 converted to 186 and Powerglide!!)
Mazda 1500 high-roof station wagon
1990 Magna wagon
'68 International 4x4 Ute
Datsun 1500 Ute (shitbox!!)
'76 kombi, 2L fuel inj.
'70 fastback
'72 squareback
'66 International 4x4 panelvan (steel body)
'75 kombi
'68 bug
early notch
fish 路
have ten cars in the yard at the moment, only three not reg. looking for a 1975 porsche targa, has to be yellow though !!! oh!!!! happy fathers day guys, i'm off for a surf, see ya!!
[Edited on 6-9-2003 by fish]
Spook 路
First road bike was & still is a 77 GS400 twin.
First car was a Ford "single spinner" hearse in the great 70's "shaggin wagon" era. But there was such an outcry about "THAT SORT OF VEHICLE" being parked in the cul-de-sac I lived in, I sold it to a mate 4 hours later.
From there;
CA Bedford
4 or 5 HQ,s ( I really don't remember)
HJ
73 kombi (still got it)
62 baja
VB condomodore
Nissan Prairie
93 mazuda 626 (the wife,s current car).
The projects, well, there has been a bit of everything.
The most memorable was a 1938 Leyland Titan double decker bus. It's in a museum now.
Still got the 57 kombi & the country buggy.
Menangler 路
Heres my list, the ones I can remember, not counting wreckers, or bog n floggers.
'70 Beetle (my 1st car)
'73 Kombi panel
'74 Kombi Camper
'57 oval beetle, (my red one)
'55 oval Beetle (still have this one)
'70 Type 3 wagon
'74 Kombi 1600
'70 Type 3 TLE fastback
'70 Type 3 fastback
'77 Delux micro (best car I have owned)
'70 Type 3 wagon
'61 Sunroof Beetle (still have the remains)
'66 beetle (still have it)
'64 Splitty single cab (still have it)
'64 type 3 turbo notch
'67 1300 custom beetle
'66 Splitty westfalia (still have it)
'69 Beetle (still have it)
'89 Caravelle (wifes driver)
'96 TDI golf (my driver)
Only VW's nothing else!, Do I have a problem?馃檨
[Edited on 6-9-2003 by Dave Becker]
type82e 路
I started out with a
mini 850
mini 1000
mini 1100
ej holden sedan
62 beetle sardine softtop
63 beetle 1600
74 1600 kombi
hj panelvan
68 beetle
88 nissan pulsar
68 beetle unfinished project
toyoace twincab motorhome
85 commodore wagon
85 falcon ute
79 ford trader 3t truck
85 ford spectron van 8 seater
80 ford escort
94 commodore wagon (still drive)