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I've got a '97 Honda Civic LX with about 180,000 miles on it.
I end up spending a lot on repairs; but, I'm reluctant to let go. After all this time, it feels like an old friend.
Brother Buzz
(36,216 posts)My newest acquisition is a 1995 Toyota Camry with a whopping 52,000 California miles, literally owned by a little old lady.
elleng
(130,156 posts)160,000 miles!!! (WAS owned by my Dad, who put on east coast miles, Florida > NY, N England, and I added FL to/from MD!)
Mopar151
(9,965 posts)1982! Old Homer is a '72 Ford F-350, I'm the 3rd owner. He started life as a farm truck - 300 ci six, 9' stepside, geared for field work (4.56 rear, "truck" 4 spd). I've used him primarily as a tow rig for my hillclimb car, and he's been "fixed up" extensively. Now, he has a "hot rod" 302, a Chrysler Newport radiator, Delco alternator, H4 headlights, guages, big stereo, 8' Fleetside box, BesTop "contractor" cap, 12.50 x 33 rear tires, 8" channel iron bumper, +,+,+.....
I've spent several times his $900 purchase price over the years, but he's still a bargain - price out a new truck of his load capacity, you'll know why!
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)It belonged to my late older brother, who bought it for $50.00 at 16 years old in 1969. He always said that if anything ever happened to him, he wanted me to take it. He passed 5 years ago. I haven't ever yet tried to change the title over, but it's mine. And while it's only been sort of mine for 5 years it's been in the family for almost a half century.
I'm not sure I'll ever get to drive it. It's been on blocks under tarps, in my Moms back yard since the mid '70s. I rode in it a lot when I was little.
I say it's a mutt because the only thing "Ford" about it is the body. After buying it, my brother gutted the original flat head engine, and after some major surgery, dropped in a 394 cubic inch oldsmobile engine with a 3 speed Olds manual transmission. I remember, as a very young kid, my brother and his buddies working on that thing nights and weekends for what seemed like forever, but was really just a couple of years. The rear end and radiator are Cadillac. The seats are out of a 1958 Chevy.
It needs a lot of work. At the very least rewiring. It was a 6 volt system made to work off a 12 volt battery and generator by way of 2 big square ceramic things that cut the voltage somehow. Those things failed and burned up the wiring. Greg parked it in '74 or '75 meaning to one day fix it up, but never did get around to it. By then he also had a '68 GTO. He always said that Ford was way faster than the Pontiac.
Sorry to ramble on so much. This brought back a flood of memories I hadn't really thought about in a very long time.
Throd
(7,208 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)It's not my main vehicle, but in 1985 I bought a used '76 Ford Grenada that I still own and drive. With 225k miles on it, the most work I have to put into itin the past ten years or os is changing oil and plugs. A headlight went out three years ago, but that's been the extent of any major repairs since the water pump replaced in the mid-nineties.