Family Fleet

"SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)" (sammauri)
09/01/2014 at 20:56 • Filed to: None

My baby, as some of you may know, is a 1976 BMW 2002. Her name is Alice. I love her.

Then I have my daily driver (Alice is currently having some work done), which is this unnamed 2010 Jeep Wrangler Sahara. It's actually a dark metallic green in real life, but photographs black in certain sunlight. It's for sale, if anyone sees this and is interested.

My mom has a 2005 JCW Mini Cooper with every option ticked, minus nav. This isn't actually a picture of it, but hers pretty similar, except that hers has white mirrors and the wheels below.

My dad has a 1960-something Ford F100 step side, which I also don't have any pictures of for some reason, but it looks like this:

And he also has a Porsche 930 Turbo, which looks like this but with a grey interior. It has the same painted Fuchs wheels and everything. (sorry guys, I'm seriously slacking on the photos. There are some on an external hard drive, but I don't want to deal with that tbh)

He also has a dark blue late 2000's Ford F250 Superduty but I don't feel like GISing a picture that looks like his.

I would love to add in my uncle's and grandfather's collections, but thats a long list so have a couple of pictures from their garages, which don't even begin to show what they have.

DISCUSSION (28)

jkm7680 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
09/01/2014 at 21:01

I approve, of it all.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > jkm7680
09/01/2014 at 21:02

I just added some pictures of my grandfather's and uncle's garages. Both of their fleets are insane and aren't anywhere near summed up by the photos, but it'll do for now.

jkm7680 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
09/01/2014 at 21:03

Jeez, just looking at the Ferrari I can tell. Great taste in cars they seem to have!

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > jkm7680
09/01/2014 at 21:06

They certainly do. And they act as good inspiration! I would love to have a collection like theirs. My grandfather's is a little out of hand though. I drove past him in HIS Jaguar Mark 2, and he didn't even realize it was his. I think he had been hiding it from my grandmother for so long that he assumed he had sold it or something. But seriously, its a crazy collection.

jkm7680 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
09/01/2014 at 21:07

Wow, If you could get some more pictures they would be worshiped around these parts:)

Have you gotten to drive any of them?

ACESandEIGHTS > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
09/01/2014 at 21:09

Funny how Ford changed so very little about their pickups from like 1958 to 1984. I had two, both F100 RWD: '78 stepside with a short box (same tailgate with the semi-annoying chains) which gave it a cool mean look and that thing was indestructible; and a '64 Unibody with 351ci Cleveland and this fantastic sequential three speed. If you parted them out and reassembled, they would look just like that truck.

To this day when I see a '70s F150 Ranger or any number of F100s, I feel like buying one.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > jkm7680
09/01/2014 at 21:12

I will once I'm back home for break. I've been meaning to do a photo shoot for a while, but haven't gotten around to it for some reason.

I've actually gotten to drive most of them. My mom loves my Jeep, so we trade cars a lot and my dad lets me drive the F100 whenever I want. I've driven everything pictured at least once except for my grandfather's Volvo P1800, and I've driven my uncle's Ferrari 365 GTC, Maserati Sebring Series II, his 991 911s, his Panamera S, and the BMW 2002 Turbo that he no longer owns (but that inspired me to buy my 2002). He has an AC Ace that I haven't gotten to drive yet, but mostly because it's always been in and out of the shop and is now being restored.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > ACESandEIGHTS
09/01/2014 at 21:16

I love that truck. My dad lets me drive it whenever I want. He owns a farm/bed and breakfast and his logo is on the doors so its basically free advertisement for him. It really is a blast, and I always see so many people who seem excited to see it being driven.

jkm7680 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
09/01/2014 at 21:18

Ah, Very nice!

I'm liking the 2002 that you've got, Dat color combo looks great.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > jkm7680
09/01/2014 at 21:21

Thanks!

Though the BBSs are no longer in my possession. I sold them for a set of wheels I've been lusting after for a while now. They're going to be refinished this winter.

Kinja'd!!!

jkm7680 > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
09/01/2014 at 21:23

Oooohhh, Those are pretty nice, You need to post about Alice more!

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > jkm7680
09/01/2014 at 21:28

I will, soon. Alice is currently in for some cosmetic surgery followed by an electrical overhaul. Then, once I sell the Jeep, big things are going to happen and I'll likely be posting about her enough to make everyone sick.

Kinja'd!!!

ly2v8-Brian > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
09/01/2014 at 21:35

Wow. Your family is really into cars! Love the 2002, are you restoring it?

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > ly2v8-Brian
09/01/2014 at 21:39

We sure are. My grandfather even made some money off of it. He owns a really nice restoration shop in Connecticut. As for the 2002, sort of. I don't want it to be so perfect that I'm afraid to beat on it a little bit, and I'm planning a bunch of upgrades, so I guess I'm "resto-modding" it.

ly2v8-Brian > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
09/01/2014 at 21:54

So I take it you want to modernize it somewhat but keep an original look.

Manuél Ferrari > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
09/01/2014 at 21:57

Kinja'd!!!

oh hello there!

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > ly2v8-Brian
09/01/2014 at 21:57

Pretty much. I'm going the dual Webber DCOE 40 route, a couple of IE suspension goodies, and a pair of recaros, plus wheels and brakes at some point. Other than that and a euro bumper conversion and a body molding shave, its staying pretty 70's (visually).

Manuél Ferrari > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
09/01/2014 at 21:58

Kinja'd!!!