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Old 04-25-2007, 01:09 AM
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A post in HP's thread made me miss my old car and thought it would be fun to post your old cars and what was done to them!

My last car was an 01 Focus ZX3 5spd.
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H&R coilovers
Progress Rear Swaybar
B&M short shifter
Front and Rear ebay sway bars
15" ZTS wheels with Falken Azenis
Custom 2 1/4" exhaust
Aem Short Ram intake

European ST front Bumper
Euro front fogs with Hella Lights
Reiger Front Lip
Euro Rear bumper with standard lights





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Old 04-25-2007, 04:04 PM
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wish i had some pics of my vw bug scanned in. that was way back before digital photography...

it was cali-style meaning shaved everything, including the bumpers. Raked stance that scraped in the front and had big ___ wheels in the back. chrome centerline wheels. 2550cc engine (personally built) with dual 44ida webers. stinger exhaust, diamond tuck and roll velour interior, fiberglass front clip, louvered offset decklid, and painted the whole thing guards red.

oh, and a set of wheelie bars, which i got up on more than once.

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Old 04-25-2007, 04:19 PM
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I do miss my 1957 Desoto fireflite. Mods: I paid to have the brakes work. ( I didn't know you could stop a car with only air in the lines. No fluid what so ever)
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HEY !! I remember that car it had a sweet little Hemi in it and a Nice loud PURR while running . Frosty
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Old 04-25-2007, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Gman1028
HEY !! I remember that car it had a sweet little Hemi in it and a Nice loud PURR while running . Frosty
Good memory, 341 Hemi to be exact! Yeah, It's hard to find a car that seats 12... In the front seat.
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Old 04-25-2007, 04:46 PM
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My last vehicle was a 2001 Dodge Ram sport std cab 1500 4x4 (fire engine red)
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I had it lifted 6in.
17" ULTRAWHEELS(PEACE MAKER) 5 spoke wheels
38x14.5r17 bfgoodrich mudterrain t/a km tires
Kenne bell twin screw supercharger
edelbrock headers
magnflow high flow cat
borla dual exhaust
black powder coated roll bar and step/nerf bars
rhino lined bed
Mopar performance cast aluminum valve covers
Comp cams mild lift camshafts
Jet performance underdrive pulleys
Mopar performance roller rockerarm shafts w/hydraulic roller lifters
keith black forged pistons
msd ignition system
optima battery
modified k&n cold air intake


I think I'm gonna stop now i am starting to get nostalgic
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My first car was a 1976 Pontiac Le Mans. I think it was the biggest car in the world.

Then I had these, in order:

1977 Camaro
1967 Camaro
1987 Camaro IROC Z-28
1993 Mazda MX3 (WTF?)
1995 Camaro
and finally, my little xB.

Never modded any of the previous cars at all. Every one of them was bone stock. With the B I think I caught the bug!
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Old 04-26-2007, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Gman1028
My last vehicle was a 2001 Dodge Ram sport std cab 1500 4x4 (fire engine red) I had it lifted 6in. a nice set of 17" spooke wheels 38x14.5r17 bfg mud terrain tires, Kenne bell twin screw supercharger edelbrock headers magnflow high flow cat borla dual exhaust black powder coated roll bar and step/nerf bars rhino lined bed
holy run-on
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Old 04-26-2007, 09:23 PM
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Run on sentences are an easy way to create a mods list on the cell phone problem fixed
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Old 04-26-2007, 10:06 PM
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Well i got you all beat, mine was a pair of Nike shox custom color and all. lol
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Old 04-26-2007, 10:22 PM
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YEAH but you still got a mighty cool first ride Man
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Old 04-26-2007, 10:53 PM
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LOL!
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Old 04-27-2007, 12:31 PM
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My first car was 1988 nissan sentra, bought it for $1100 from a friend, sold it for $2000 2.5 years later! sweet! lol
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We've just had too many cars to list. Scott's very first is the red '72 Chevelle that's still in the garage. My very first car was a blue '68 Barracuda Coupe. (I had a few of those cars over the years).
The car we sold when we bought the Scion tC was a '87 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-r. That was a fun car!
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aww man.. starion kicks butt.. I bet cha it was fast!
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Originally Posted by schwettynuts
aww man.. starion kicks butt.. I bet cha it was fast!
Yeh, it was rear wheel drive madness! Of course we did a lot to it. It had a larger turbo put in it and the boost controller was needed for sure! LOL
I kinda miss that car.
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