Ive got my first kombi, and love it, but what else do you people own or have owned that you had a passion for?
Myself, ive owned about 4 rx3 coupes, 1 stock,1 13b turbo that ran flat 12's on street tyres, a tarmac rally car with a 13b bridge port,a rx4 coupe with a 13bt running mid 12's ,and the one i have now is a rx3 coupe running a 12a turbo that runs 10 second quarters with 400rwhp.
And my kombi will soon be having a stockie 13b N/A on gas slapped in the back of it
BloodyPom ·
Ahh....easy this one....
My Old Landrover...which magically dissapeard about 7 months ago....
Still miss the thing as it goes , they are like Leica camera's theres nothing really flash about them...but they do a better job than anything the Japanese can mass produce.
Can count the number of itmes Ive pulled them out of Fraser Island..Blue Mountains..etc etc etc..The Toyo's Bitsamissin etc etc etc that is...hehehehe
[ Edited on 4-10-2006 by BloodyPom ]
[ Edited on 4-10-2006 by BloodyPom ]
ruckus ·
205 Gti
you wouldn't understand unless you've driven it...
empi ·
Mazda 323 SST with loads of BOOOOOOST
h ·
ive had a few subarus.. good vw generics 😵
Volkswagenboy ·
Gotta love my '91 Disco!
Mmm... 3.5 litres of V8 power...
-Staggers.
helbus ·
The good old EH Holden 🙂
seagull ·
H6 subaru outback
91 liberty RS turbo wagon ( should be sold in a week ) great car 83000ks !
96 jeep ( heap of shit ) but as new
nissan wagon with rb20 turbo ( hate the thing ) but burn out machine
VWCOOL ·
Big fat V8s - especially Holdens - and now have a Nissan Pathfinder to play with
But anything with wheels, really
urban_myth ·
just bought a '97 model skyline gts-t for while me and dad build up a beetle
rupewrecht ·
I've also got a Mazda Astina Hardtop thats been turboed with just under 200kw at the front wheels. That's the 'other' project car.
looks a fair bit different at the moment though - its about seven different colors!
rose ·
Hi BloodyPom I love your arvitar.
BMW'S as they are also a german car love them.
beelzebug ·
Apart from the 6 volt swinger
99 MX5 - SO's
06 Golf GTI - mine
58 Triumph TR3A
64 Triumph TR4
Now, who was bagging British cars the other day?
squizy ·
I love the old British stuff, but there's no one marque as such...just snippets of different cars I like. The snarl of a V12 Jag, the over-run of a 911 Turbo, the lines of a Volvo P1800, the sheer power of a top fueler, my old Suzuki Swift GTI, a Rex going full pelt up the old Pacific Hwy, my KG....ahhh.....it's what makes us car nuts init?
frank2112 ·
Mini's - Real ones not the new BMW version.
I actually have grown to like the wife's PT Cruiser.
jo_tas ·
Valiants!
I have no idea why, i fell in love with a '66 VC Valiant once.. but it got sold 10 mins before i turned up with the cash! :cry
One day i'll get one though! Any model!
Warrenm ·
Helbus wrote:The good old EH Holden 🙂
Pay that!!!!
Schmoburger ·
I am very much a sucker for Mini's, particularly Moke's, older Volvo's (240 series and before... and I really love the 142S coupe 🤓), old Morris Commercials, older Holdens (VH Commodore and prior), and I also do have a secret passenger bus fetish... yes thats right, full size 50 seat transit buses heheheh. 😂
I really would love to get my hands on this... '75 Bedford YRT with Custom Coaches step-deck body... IMO one of the prettiest buses ever made short of the Flxible Clipper. 😎
And only $10,000
Not only do they look nice they sound awsome!...imagine an F-350 on steroids! 😎👍
Schmoburger ·
jo_tas wrote:Valiants!
I have no idea why, i fell in love with a '66 VC Valiant once.. but it got sold 10 mins before i turned up with the cash! :cry
One day i'll get one though! Any model!
Our neighbour just bought (and is now selling due to the stupid cost of running it) a very straight original condition VE... has the original factory V8... yummyyumyum! :bounce
Warrenm ·
My nephew has just been given a VC station wagon-one owner-42000ks- never met guy before and he admired his XY which is a rust bucket but too mean to spend money on it.
This is a real bus-not huge but very good
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Fireball xl5 ·
Real Mini's, had more than I can count, pre 73 911's and lotus 7's and older tvr's and, and, and...
fenrayer ·
yeah i am mainly Ford and VW
but at the mo we have a xf ute( lic and for sale ) and a mazda rx7 ( which is unlic and for sale )
and the 2 bugs at the mo
previously have had hornet rambler , 1980 jag sovereign, phantom purple vk v8 and many other commodores and falcons i think last tally we counted 111 cars since we have been together and we have been together for 14 years
ColumBUS ·
i love the minis as well... being a big fella its always a good suprise to see me unfold out of one and look at the faces of other commuters as i do so.
love the big old bedford vans; so huge! i wonder how many surfboards/surfers/illegal immigrants you can stack in the back of one of those...
my dad is a huge fan of the '69 corvette stingray... when i make my fortune i'll buy him one... thats if he hasnt bought one for himself when he retires. did someone say retirement age crisis?
Ich fahre ein Kdf ein Tag ·
Porsche...The best sports car ever built!! German quality and speed! Mid life crisis or not have to get one of these little sports cars...
baybuscamperkid ·
got a soft spot for almost anything rear engined (old renaults, fiats etc) but also Volvo Amazon, Saab 93, Humber Super Snipe, a few older vans.
otanica ·
I love little cars. Got mini's and a moke that was burried in a guys farm. I want a fiat bambino like in the castle of cagliostro anime film. I got a couple of toyota sprinters that are getting silly dollars at the moment which is nice for me.
empi ·
Dude i got a fiat bambino because of castle of cagliostro, so cool suicide doors suicide to drive.
A
Hertz ·
Early citroens and tatras.
Wild1 ·
Volvo P1800 mmmmmm yummeh
kroozzn63 ·
shiat thats hard i owned a bright orange mini panelvan at the same time as a 1300 67 bug
but gotta love a ford xa coupe, a big old valiant 4 door dumped on its arse , a 51 buick straight 8
maserati meraks, mini mokes, big old mercs, and i must say ive got a soft spot for a jag xjs v12 i better stop now.👍
ByronBug ·
:sandrine
2 types of cars here.
VW's & Mazdas
Son's into Mazda...got 2 stb's (sedan & a wagon).
he's always getting notes left on his cars wanting to know if he will sell them...
just a pity parts are so expensive & rare for him to buy
Judy
ancientbugger ·
I just stick with VWs. Had minis, great to drive but bast#rds to work on IMO. Had Range Rovers, brilliant mechanically-nightmare electrics(Lucas ,Prince of darkness!). My sons Honda,you've practically got to dismantle the car just to find the water pump! Wish I could afford to get into classic British sports cars like TRs but as I said I'll stick with the VWs
pod ·
jo_tas wrote:Valiants!
I have no idea why, i fell in love with a '66 VC Valiant once.. but it got sold 10 mins before i turned up with the cash! :cry
One day i'll get one though! Any model!
these were my other favourite cars as well,the last one i had and built back up was a 1963 AP5 regal 225 slant six with pushbutton auto, loved driving it around:thumb
last celtic warrior ·
Good to see some varied tastes amongst the "Dubbers" here.
My loves?
- VWs. All beach buggies, early Notchs/Squarebacks, KGs, early Busses/Kombis, Country Buggies, Schwimmwagens, and all the oddball prototypes. Recently scored a '62 Notch in great structural condition and am restoring it in vintage road racer style.
- Peugeot 504 wagons, because the one I have has earnt more respect than any other car I've been involved with (with regards to durability, versatility and indestructability).
- Volvo 244 sedans especially 242 Bertone choptop, P44, P1800 and Amazon. I had a 244DL (injected) that was a special order by a local doctor with all red interior, lower sports suspension, driving lights and internal rear louver, and the Bertone sports instrumentation. All I did was rework the exhaust and man that thing could go, and handle too.
- Chopper trikes and bikes. They make me weak at the knees. I especially love vintage style retro bikes. I'm currently building a chopper trike with a front mounted 1200 VW motor coupled to a BW35 auto driving through a Subaru diff (with unis, not CVs).
- 70s Muscle cars. The real ones. I'm building a custom HQ Monaro coupe utility, using an original HQ ute with HQ Statesman nose and GTS guards. I'm shifting the rear of the cab back into the tray/tub and bridging it in with coupe windows and a few other mods. It's going metallic "Lettuce Alone" green with midnight blue GTS stripes up it, full Ocelot (cat) fur interior with shag carpet and dropped nose holding a large V8.
- Ferrari P3/P4s, Bugatti Type 35B/37, Citroen D Rallie, Porsche 550A, early Landrover, Jensen FF Interceptor. There are more that I'll drool over if I see them, but can't think of them right now.
Schmoburger ·
I hope thats imitation ocelot fur! :o :puke 😉
I am amazed at how many others are man enuff to admit to liking Volvo's heheheh... really quite extrodinary. I feel like much less of an alien now heheheheh 😂
I can't agree more on the Pug 504... they are such a sweet vehicle and I aspire to owning one one day! 😎
one I also neglected to mention, but absolutely adore and would also love to own, is an early Alfasud. 🙂 I know thy rust like hell... but they are a seriously cool car!... and the 1.3L boxer in the 'Sud delivers the same horsepower as a 2L type 4 engine in a Bay kombi. Dad used to own one... well 3 actually at one stage... I am wishing he hadnt sold it... and i think he is too! 🤪 The Alfetta is awsome too.
One other I also neglected to mention... the Renault 8 and Renault 12 Gordini sedans... tres cool.. although the shape of the 12 seems to be an aquired taste. My grandparents owned a standard Renault 12 (not a Gordini 🙁) which they bought new in 1974, and they owned it until 1994, the only reason for selling it being that a manual was becoming laborious... it still ran like a train right till the day it was sold. 😎
Nirvana-VW ·
ByronBug wrote::sandrine
2 types of cars here.
VW's & Mazdas
Son's into Mazda...got 2 stb's (sedan & a wagon).
he's always getting notes left on his cars wanting to know if he will sell them...
just a pity parts are so expensive & rare for him to buy
Judy
And the rest of his beautiful collection (Jag, Buicks, Pontiacs etc etc), Unfortunately it's either my Land Rover or Charade Cabrio when my dub is out of service.
I love my Yamaha YT 250 too.
-Staggers.
shaihulud ·
Apart from air cooled dubs, I like anything that is a classic, ranging from an 1930s Vauxhall Prince Henry, to a Ford Model T, to a deuce coupe hot rod, to a 3 wheeler Morgan, to a Jaguar D Type or a Lamborghini Miura. The only car magazine that I buy regularly is Classic and Sports Car from England. If its well done or even a bit weird I will like it and maybe want one.
ByronBug ·
:sandrine
Know that site well Nivana..son lives on it...lol
& he belongs to the 7 of clubs (mazda car club)
Judy
kombibob ·
anything old, slammed, and on whitewalls is good:thumb
OZ Towdster ·
I would love another 63 Ford Anglia 105E but this time with a BDA Lotus Twin Cam some serious suspension and brakes and Entry to Targa Tasmania.
VWFREAK ·
Whatever goes hard and fast amd makes alot of noise. Ricers aren't included.
Olds School rocks
reub ·
356A Porsches....drool
Old and low is the go :thumb
I do like some of the modern day classics as well. Exotics sometimes get me going, but will be always out of reach. Rod and customs too....guess I'm into cars in general....
weapon ·
jensen interceptor, dont own one yet will save that for my midlife crisis. italian styling and 7litres of chrysler grunt(sexy and quick). rob.
[ Edited on 7-10-2006 by weapon ]
The_Bronze. ·
I really miss my BMW K100 Motorbike. The best other vehicle I have ever had.
I'm into Subarus at the moment. Tried the Kia Carnival recently but sold it within 3 months. The buzzer was too annoying and the build quality is fairly ordinary. Kept the Forester instead.
If I had the money I'd like to try the BMW A6. Saw one yesterday - Very nice.
Bronze.
pete wood ·
I think I'd probably be into Minis or Alfas if I wasn't into VWs. That said, they are not nearly as interesting or clever as VWs. And that's the thing. I'm more into clever engineering than specific brands. So I love rotaries, but i'm not in love with 70s mazda styling and handling. Maybe a series 1 RX7. I like VL turbo commodores too but I'm a bit over Gtr Skylines. I also have a soft spot for dattos and escorts (especially Mk1 RS1600s), which is probably to do with my interest in rallying. WRXs are pretty awesome in Sti spec but I don't think I want to own one. I often think V8s are totally overated but then I totally fell in love with an LH torana I saw at the drags the other night. I really like the idea of hotrods, but I don't love them. I dunno, I just love clever mechanical things.
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Volkswagenboy ·
I love mine and my fathers Mk 1 Escort, powered by a 351 Clevo.
-Staggers.
VDUBXTC ·
Love utes. Holden and ford it doesn't matter.
tossing between another dub as a project or a HQ up ute.
pete wood ·
I forgot one. I think I could get into Corvairs. Were any sold out here?
whatnow ·
i'm glad i'm not the only volvo lover here.
currently in need of some rust work and a respray (+ engine and g.box rebuilds soon... time to add an overdrive and a B20E head?)
BTW it's a '64 Volvo 122S. (it was fitted with later bits before i got it so it doesn't really look like a '64)
[ Edited on 7-10-2006 by whatnow ]
Oasis ·
ruckus wrote:205 Gti
you wouldn't understand unless you've driven it...
I understand, and I agree. Nothing quite like it, and I wish I still had it.
BloodyPom ·
Err...just want to make a correction from another poster.
Land Rover is def not German Owned...
It was for a year or so (BMW) then sold on to Ford ,the factory is still in the UK and some lumps are assembled in South Africa.
You can still trace the engine number back to the builder in the UK...
I do miss me 90....but gotta move on all the same.
to the other dudes that have landy lumps..you cant go far wrong than registering yourselves with this site
www.aulro.com heaps of info and top lads and lasses posting......or if you want to invite me over to drool over the thing then be my guest :thumb
just dont get angry if I head for the nearest mudpile with the thing 😂
sigh.................
mikey ok ·
Love anything small, old and silly looking! (Especially if it starts with a 'V')
Teenage youth culture affiliations are a plus.
First 'own' car was a Volvo 244 with original blue candy-striped seats, '65 Vespa 125 Super, Late '50s SEARS All-States (Piaggio) - the Vespa sold by a department store! ...
Currently have '73 L, '65 Mini, '64 Valiant Regal Safari AP-5.
Would also like '60s bug, Ghia, Type 3 square.
h ·
hmmm got a soft spot for the 122, an ex a long time ago had the volvo n i drove the 122 heaps.. n loved it..
wouldnt mind drivin one again some day..
Ich fahre ein Kdf ein Tag ·
Oasis wrote:
ruckus wrote:205 Gti
you wouldn't understand unless you've driven it...
I understand, and I agree. Nothing quite like it, and I wish I still had it.
Love these things too, a friend had one on these a couple years back, awesome little car!
1916 ·
Volkswagenboy wrote:I love mine and my fathers Mk 1 Escort, powered by a 351 Clevo.
-Staggers.
yuck....weight distribution has gone out the window..
definately not a good conversion in my eyes. way too heavy