I love cars

Since my father owned a couple of body shops, tool and supply, and a frame and alignment place when I was a kid, I was always around cars. I've been working on them since I was tall enough to reach over the hood. Before that, I would crawl right into the engine compartment and work from there.

I love cars, I like the way they smell, even old rotten musty car odor. One of my favorite things is to do is browse through old junkyards, car shows or a field full of abandoned cars.





I can even do a small amount of archeology by pulling out the back seat of an old beat up car and look at all the stuff that was dropped back there. I've found lots of cash, toys, old receipts, women's undergarments, and anything else that slipped out of a pocket.

Most of my life I've owned old beat up cars. Up until recently I never paid more than $1000 for a car. It gave me a true sense of freedom not having to worry about door dings, car theft, car jacking and especially a monthly car payment. I think I've owned at least 20 cars in the last 20 years

Here are the ones I remember, there were probably more.

1974 Cutlass.. lasted one week got my money back

1974 Dodge Dart sport ..my first real car.

1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88.. The first car I bought on my own and one of the best.

1977 Chevy Nova.. practical and tough as nails

1973 Plymouth Satellite Very cool. I traded $300 worth of clothes for it.

1977 Ford LTD 2 door. Nice car but unreliable and slow

1986 Mercury grand Marquis. Great car. It got 50mpg on the highway at 55mph with cruise control on. I should have never sold it.

1978 Lincoln MK V Paid $300. Loaned it out and it was wrecked by a friend.

1976 Volkswagen beetle. I rebuilt the car only to have the engine blow out..junked it with no money to fix it.

1985 Isuzu pickup long bed. given to me by my father after the VW blew up. The truck had one bad cylinder and would only go 50mph..lots of pissed off people behind me on the way to work.

1994 Mitsubishi mighty max pickup. Indestructible, the first new car I ever owned, 5 people wrecked into me and it still runs. Gave it to my father in law as a gift. He still drives it to this day.

1981 Ford F150 farm truck. I traded a computer for this truck and drove it for a couple of years. Very solid and dependable despite all the terrible abuse it got before me. It was painted white with a latex roller brush. Gave it to my father who still uses it as a ranch truck.

1962 Cadillac Sedan de ville. Bought this beat up wreck for $400 with hopes of restoring it. but I ran out of money and it got towed by the city for being an eyesore.

1992 Nissan Sentra SER. Very cool little car. My wife drove it for 9 years decided to trade it for a safer kid friendly car.

1974 Chevy Impala. I loved this car. Bought it off an old lady for $500. I used it for my door to door computer repair business because nobody would imagine a car that shitty containing $10,000 worth of computer equipment.

1990 Lincoln Town car. Very nice, very comfortable and respectable. I drove it until it had a problem that was costing me too much to keep fixing.

1999 Dodge Durango. My first SUV. Nice vehicle but too many service bulletins... had to trade it when ten things broke at once..

2001 Nissan Maxima 20th anniversary edition. Good car...terrible turning radius not comfortable for someone 6ft 5in.

2002 Ford F150 XLT. Probably the most reliable vehicle I've ever owned. It could do anything.

2004 Ford F150 XLT Nicer on the inside than the 2002 but not enough torque. I adopted my kids so I had to trade up to a bigger vehicle.

2004 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer. Despite some electrical problems a good solid vehicle That I drive to this day.

1977 Ford Granada. I bought this car when I worked as a bouncer and a DJ in a bar. The drunken asshole clientele would not stop smashing beer bottles on my new truck, so this became the bar car.

2006 Dodge Charger SRT8.

Bought this for my wife for a 15th marriage anniversary present and 20th anniversary on her job present. This car is scary fast, drives and handles like no other car I've ever driven. 3 traffic tickets so far. Gets lots of stares. If I had this car when I was 20 I wouldn't be alive right now. I think this one is a keeper.

I'm slowing down in my old age. The only thing I want now is an old classic car that I can restore with my kids and go cruising. My kids love cars as much as I do. I don't want to deny them the same experiences I had.