Coolest cars your parent's owned?

"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno) 05/17/2014 at 23:18 • Filed to: None

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Hopefully there was one cool thing.

My parents car history is... really good actually. Well, my dad's is, my mom's not so much.

Lets start with the best: My dad had a pea green 70 Camaro SS (which is a hard color to find a picture of)

Apparently this thing was a monster. That is, until he flipped it onto it's roof and totaled it.

He also had a Silverado 454 SS

But this was stolen in 2002, and discovered parked on top of a Cadillac with a blown motor and ruined suspension.

My mom hasn't had much in terms of cool. The coolest she probably had was a Dodge Daytona ES.

It was this awesome electric blue color. It wasn't a very good car and was replaced by a Saturn SC2 in 1994.

She wants a CTS-V Coupe eventually, so cool will come in the future.

So Oppo, what cool cars have your parents owned?

It's a "Porch-uh" > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:20

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My dad has a '69 Corvette with the big block. He bought it new after he graduated college and still owns it.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > It's a "Porch-uh" 05/17/2014 at 23:22

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I wish my dad would've fixed his Camaro. He'd probably still have it if it wasn't for his stupid self showing off.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:22

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My mom drove a Red 1974 AMC Hornet Hatchback Levi's Edition with A V8

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/17/2014 at 23:23

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My mom knew someone who had a Levi's Edition Hornet. What a funny special edition.

But Denim seats sound kind of awesome.

Louros > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:24

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My dad owned a bunch of cool stuff when he lived in Germany in the 80s. A couple E21s, W123s, Ford Capris, and a Porsche 924 among others.

My mom has owned a 2nd gen camaro and a 280zx

lone_liberal > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:25

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My parents had a '57 Fairlane similar to the one shown but with no Continental kit. It had the 312 Thunderbird Special under the hood. They also had a '65 Galaxie convertible with the 390.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Louros 05/17/2014 at 23:25

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That's an awesome list of cars.

GhostZ > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:29

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Like this, but with 850HP, naturally aspirated.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > GhostZ 05/17/2014 at 23:30

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...SERIOUSLY?

Dsscats > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:32

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My dad owned a white Supra and a Triumph TR3. The triumph was his first car and he always had to roll start it on his hill. If it didn't start, he'd use his dad's old Pontiac (I believe it was a bonneville) to tow it back up to the top and try again.

PushToStart > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:33

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Needless to say, I caught the car bug from my father. This one isn't his but looks identical.

jariten1781 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:33

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Dad had a bug eye sprite and a Chevelle SS before I came around. After that it was Tercels, F150s, and recently a Mazda 3.

Mom drove shitty bugs until kids when she got a Colony Park ...Then minivans 4lyfe

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Dsscats 05/17/2014 at 23:33

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That's awesome. My dad had to push start one of his Air-Cooled Beetles all the time. Though he'd just have his two brothers push it for him.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > PushToStart 05/17/2014 at 23:34

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DUDE.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:35

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My father owned a car like this. in 2001, sold it in 2004, and got a Jetta.

My father currently owns this. Fairly rare.

and this.

Blondude > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:35

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Manual Nissan Sentra? Maybe 4Runner? 100-series Land Cruiser?

Needless to say, my parents weren't the ones who got me into cars.

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:36

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My mom has never driven an overly interesting car. The most interesting? Probably her current 2012 Jetta.

My dad is a lot better. He had a 206 GTI that he had for a while in the early 2000's. My dad's more of a bike guy, having owned a K1200LT for 12 years.

My stepdad is the best, since he daily drove a Town car for 3 years in the early 2000's. He lived in Vancouver, but drove weekly to Seattle for work, so he needed a big, comfy car. I know he had a flowmaster set up on it, so It burbled a lot!

Haimatox > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:37

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My mom had a red FC RX-7. Don't remember the year.

GhostZ > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:39

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Step 1: Take a 413 Max Wedge from a chrysler limo that made 500 ft/lbs from the factory already, but had a very low rev limit.

Step 2: Bore it to 460 ci, twin 4-barrel carburetors

Step 3: Get overstock nascar 426 hemi cams, heads, valves, etc. (there were a lot left lying around when displacement was limited in 1971) to raise the powerband close to 8500 (and a tolerable peak RPM somewhere around 9900+) with high quality race parts

Step 4: Hook it up to a Nascar-spec BW T-10 4-speed with nickel-alloy gears to handle the torque

Step 5: Daily drive it on nitromethane

Step 6: ???

Step 7: Horsepower!

vert304 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:39

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My mom owned a Honda CR-X back in the day, and more recently a BMW Z4(Most uncomfortable car EVER!)

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > GhostZ 05/17/2014 at 23:41

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You forgot step 8: WIN ALL THE STOP LIGHT RACES.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > vert304 05/17/2014 at 23:42

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The Z4 is uncomfortable?

vert304 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:43

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Yes I had no idea what it was about it, but the times I rode and drove it My back always hurt before the end of my commute. 35 min commute mostly highway. My mom never had troubles ironically.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > vert304 05/17/2014 at 23:43

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That's strange.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:44

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My dad's college transportation was a 1973 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D'Elegance with the 500c.i. V8 and no muffler.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 05/17/2014 at 23:45

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Carry him and 9 friends at once!

vert304 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:46

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No idea. I loved everything else, but the ride..... Let's just say the one time we took it on a seven hour road trip we both regretted it.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > vert304 05/17/2014 at 23:47

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Ouch. That doesn't sound fun at all if you're not driving.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:47

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I know it carried at least seven on a cross-country summer break road trip. And did massive burnouts in the process.

vert304 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/17/2014 at 23:48

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Not at all, I bought a pillow for the way back, best 10$ ever spent.

Conan > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/18/2014 at 00:39

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Jalop wise, my Dad had an awesome International Travelall (manual) with a diesel swap.

Mom has a Jaguar Super V8.

Jedidiah > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/18/2014 at 00:44

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Too many to choose from.

1972 Cutlass Supreme (Mine Now)

1968 Volkswagen Beetle

1948 Chevy Truck

1970 Olds Ninety-Eight

1972 Olds 442 Convertible

1972 Olds Cutlass S (x3)

1973 Olds Delta 88 Convertible

1968 Olds Delmont 88

1975 Olds Cutlass Salon

1975 Olds Cutlass S, Special Dealership Model

1977 Olds Delta 88

1968 Pontiac LeMans Convertible

1979 Cadillac Fleetwood

1971 Cadillac Fleetwood

2001 Lincoln Town Car Street Limo

2003 Jeep Rubicon (x2)

2001 Jeep Wranglers (x2)

1991(?) Jeep Cherokee Laredo

1986 Jeep Cherokee

1966 Jeep Gladiator

1986 Toyota Celica GTS

1993 Buick Roadmaster LT1

1987 Buick Regal T-Type

There was more, but truthfully I can't remember them all.

MC_Leon6494 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/18/2014 at 00:48

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my dad used to own a crown vic that was previously a police vehicle i believe... err my mom owned some early 70s novas... nothing exciting. a friend of my father has a '65 stang, and my friend's father has a C2 'vette that's been in need of a resto for over a dozen years but he still has it.

mike benson > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/18/2014 at 00:52

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My dad drove a 1930 Model A in high school. He had to drain the radiator in the winder when he got to school and he would then fill a bucket up in the shower after basketball practice to refill to drive home.

After college he bought a 1972 cutlass convertible. Then is was a series of company cars after I was born. We had a 1987 GMC Jimmy when I was a kid, then he bought a 1991 Mistubishi 3000GT VR-4 when I was in middle school. He added a 1967 Pontiac GTO convertible when I was in high school. He sold it and the VR4 when I was in college and now has a 2000 something grand cherokee and a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T

My mom had a 65 mustang in high school that my grandfather bought from a wrecker yard and fixed for her. AFter college she has a MGB convertible until she was pregnant with me and couldn't fit in it. That and summer traffic in Houston was a killer. It would stall if she used the AC while sitting still for very long. Then some green buick coupe, then a blue olds delta 88, pontiac sunbird, then mini vans for the company she had.

mike benson > mike benson 05/18/2014 at 01:05

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These are representations, not the actual cars my dad owned.

1930 Model A

1972 Cutlasss Supreme Convertible

1991 3000GT VR-4

1967 Pontiac GTO

1996 Grand Cherokee

1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

2006 Grand cherokee

1968 Dodge Charger RT

Leadbull > vert304 05/18/2014 at 01:11

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My dad drives a z3.

Consider yourself fortunate.

Opposite Locksmith > Dsscats 05/18/2014 at 01:24

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My dad took me home from the hospital in a red supra when I was born

vert304 > Leadbull 05/18/2014 at 02:49

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Are they rough on the ride side too? Sorry :(

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/18/2014 at 09:03

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my dad had one of 50ish Bathurst homologated LC XU1 Torana's back in the 70's

a triple carb straight six, He reckoned there wasn't much that would keep up with it on a windy road.. but doesn't ever want to drive one again because he's worried it will taint his memory of it.

Brian Silvestro > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/18/2014 at 09:14

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GeoffInKC > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/18/2014 at 09:37

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Well, my dad is limited to a 69 Corvair, which *I* think is pretty cool, anyway, even if no on else really does.

My father-in-law has a much cooler list than that: Bug eye Sprite, Classic Mini, MG, and a Sunbeam Tiger (which both he and I both wish he had kept). Then my wife was born, and there was a need for backseats and practicality. In 2003 he returned to his roots as best he could with a MINI Coopers S, which I bought from him in 2007 and enjoyed for a few years before I figured out that BMW didn't think I was rich enough to maintain it.

Somethingwittyer likes noisy > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/18/2014 at 10:03

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Not parent, but grandparent. Sadly it was an autotragic and ended up being totaled with a run in with a 18-wheeler. Grandfather was fine thankfully.

Leadbull > vert304 05/18/2014 at 10:07

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It's still enjoyable to drive, though, unless the roads are bad or it's a long trip.

staymello > mike benson 05/18/2014 at 13:00

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My dad had an orange z car like the one below, but now drives a toyota prius.

vert304 > Leadbull 05/18/2014 at 13:44

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I know what you mean

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/18/2014 at 13:57

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My mom: Bug-Eye Sprite, some model MG

My dad: Monte Carlo SS, Chevy Malibu wagon (brown) with a tuned 350

ColonialSaab > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 05/18/2014 at 14:42

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Somehow this reminds me of a Jensen Interceptor.

wontacceptthis > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/18/2014 at 16:17

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My dad had a pretty badass mid 70s f150. It was like mint green and dark green. Apparently it was the kind of truck you drove straight through snow drifts into fields to pull out stuck tanks with.

My mom has had various AMC thingamabobbers . . . the coolest of which being an Eagle SX4. Since I was born, its been a lot lamer . . . Lebaron, Intrepid, Xl7, Grand Vitara . . . meh

My stepdad has had some interesting things, like a 79ish Cutlass with one of the various wierd little sub 305 ci V8s they tried in them. A Mk1 Mr2. A nissan hardbody, a suzuki sidekick, and finally two in a row ford rangers. All but the Cutlass and the latest ranger have been manuals.

crowmolly > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/19/2014 at 08:11

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1966 Dodge Coronet 500 Hemi. Black with a 4.30 Dana 60 rear and NP 4 speed.

Not his, but his was just like it. Stolen and stripped out. Eventually recovered but just a shell, so he let it go.

ben loves his new "real" SUV > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/31/2014 at 04:43

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My love of cars came from both sides, so let's see:

While they were married:

Chevy Chevelle SS, Dodge Monaco (Hemi?) wagon (just like Big Daddy Don Garlits' pit crew had), prototype Jeep (it had camper thing like a pick-up where you backed under it and attached it to the Jeep, but it was longer and the end of the camper had a pair of wheels as well), Jaguar XK150 roadster (ex-race car w/ Corvette big block), Jaguar XK-E convertible and a 1970 K5 Chevy Blazer.

After they split:

Dad: Dodge Challenger, Chevy 4x4 p/u, Chevy Suburban 4x4, Porsche 356B, Jeep CJ5, Pontiac GTO, Dodge Dart convertible race car, (bowing head in shame) Cadillac Cimmarron, Audi 4000 quattro turbo, Porsche 911 targa, another 4x4 Suburban, Ferrari Daytona coupe, and a bunch of crap after that.

Mom: VW Super Beetle, Corvette, Audi 5000 quattro turbo, Honda Prelude, Mazda RX7 twin turbo, another Corvette, Mercedez Benz 300CE, and some family crap (Civic, Le Mans, etc).