11-26-2012, 10:51 PM
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What else do you drive???
My daily driver is my 02 4 Runner. I also have my 94 wrangler which will be stored up at my family home in the Poconos.
But my pride and joy is my restored 68 Firebird. I bought this car in 1984 when I was 16 years old for $650.00. I saved up the money working after school and weekends for my uncles lawn maintenance company. It started life as a 6cyl OHC Sprint car with a 3 speed manual trans.
That combo soon came out and in went a junkyard 400 with a Muncie 4 speed and the car was seriously street raced throughout the late 80's. In 1989 when I enlisted in the Marines the car came off the road and was stored in my dad's garage while I accumulated the parts to restore it. It's been done over twice in the past.
Currently the car is restored to look like a Firebird 400. It's painted the original color of Verdoro Green with the factory white vinyl top. It has a healthy .030 over 400 with a set of lightly ported 6X heads, a Ram Air II cam, an Edelbrock aluminum intake and a custom tuned Rochester Q-jet carb. It has a Muncie M-21 4 speed trans and a 10 bolt rear with an Eaton posi unit and 3:55 gears. I converted it from manual drum brakes to power disc. I run a larger front sway bar and a set of custom made rear leaf springs.
So what interesting rides do you guys have??
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72 Camaro Z-2/8 454, Tremec 5 speed, 12 bolt rear with 3:73 gears
95 Wrangler 4cyl, 5 speed soft top
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11-27-2012, 12:14 AM
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That Firebird is beautiful. Love the white interior. Hows that 10-bolt holdin' up? My DD is a 88 4RNR. I also have a 85 Hi-Lux SR5 longbed 4x4. And a 06 Jeep Wrangler Unltd.
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11-27-2012, 01:14 AM
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Brunette 5-7, 130 lbs. Pure excitement.
I do love your Firebird.
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11-27-2012, 12:20 PM
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11-27-2012, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Lineman
Brunette 5-7, 130 lbs. Pure excitement.
I do love your Firebird.
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11-28-2012, 01:18 AM
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It's junior year of college currently, don't DD anything, i alternate between a few of my cars, i drive the land rover the most (locally). So far its been all manuals. I am liking that Firebird, always loved those years firebird/camaro's.
74 Land Rover Series 3, Saved pennies for a long time for it:
96 Ford Ranger (work truck/craigslist runs) Im about $650 into it total:
Drive a few other cars, i don't own them though.
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11-28-2012, 02:59 AM
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2001 4Runner 4WD Sport Package, Millennium silver, 110,000 miles, 2nd gen TRD Supercharger, Toytec BOSS coilovers, 890 OME rear springs, Bilstein 5125 rear shocks, custom Baldlands front bumper, PIAA 520 driving lights and fogs, 4x Innovation Sliders (welded on!), 18" Magnaflow muffler, JDM corners, 65" Thule bars, 20% tint, 16x8 FJ80 wheels on 265/75-16 Duratracs, Husky mats w/ cargo, rear diff breather mod, 3M clear bra, remote start, Pioneer AVIC-8200NEX
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11-28-2012, 11:06 AM
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There is like 15 of these threads, i like shameless plugs of the land rover though.
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11-29-2012, 09:50 AM
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2012 SR5 Black/sand Premium, leather,etc Wife's Daily Driver
1968 Corvette vert LS2/6speed, R&P, Vintage Air, side exhaust restomod
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11-29-2012, 09:35 PM
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I used to have 2010 Nissan Maxima fully loaded sport package with 19' wheels and switch on speed senser to watch DVD while driving, which also made the car faster, cause it turn off the speed senser. I had to buy an SUV for my job and i had two cars, but them my lovely wife came alone and i kept the 4r, but trade the maxima back, i greatly miss it, it was beautiful car, but i love the 4r
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11-29-2012, 10:14 PM
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Nice Vette....I'm loving the restomod with the LS2.
More pics please!
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11-29-2012, 11:19 PM
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Before the 4Runner purchase 2 weeks ago I switched between these as my daily drivers.
1987 Porsche 944 Turbo with an LS1 swap and a 1977 Bronco with an 5.0 EFI swap and Addicted Off Road custom cage.

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