How many years have you owned a performance/classic vehicle ?

[Dennis H]

Bought mine at age 35. I’m twice that now.

 

[WileE]

Still not sure it’s classic or performance, but I like it.

You may like it... I don't like it....

 

[Budnicks]

I'm on my 114th car & like 16th truck now, most were 4wd...
Had a performance car, street/strip or a racecar
of some sort since I was 15 y/o 1974, now 50 years...

Not exactly a performance car, it's a performance truck
Now my 1999 Dakota SLT 4x4 5.2ltr V8 Magnum
with a bunch of blot on stuff, 1.7:1 HS roller rockers
cat back Flowmaster 3" Delta 50 system
AEM swirl TB spacer/K&N gauze air-filter & 4" intake/airbox
Hypertech tuner, maybe 40+ HP/40lbft over stock now
really woke it up for driving in the mountains, elevation
bigger 32x11" Open Country Toyo Tires
performs well for what it is 4800+# midsize PU
bought it new at the old Motherload Motors, Now CDJR dealer
Nov 1999 will be 25 years in Nov.
Great sporty truck (now) probably keep it until I'm no longer here...

my current 68 RR RM23 HT, owned since Dec. 2005
19+ years a counting will be 20 years in Dec.
(I had several RRs at the same time this is my 13th 68-70 RR, 1 of 8 68s)
I got it from the 2nd owner, went & found the org. owners daughter
talked to her a bit, got some history
It "was" pretty much bone stock a lil' rough, lots of dents & a crease
only 60k miles, it was rode hard put away wet nightly
by the old man, an old Carpenter's car
it's a real performance car today

shortly after I got it looked far better, no photos of when I got it
"it was fugly", but had serious potential, very lil' rust
like 6 years later & another house, in 2011

another 6 years later, color on it, now since 2017 to today
almost 20 years how time flies, still not done, probably never will be either
always messing with something

my F350 2002 4x4 7.3lt PS I owned from Nov. 2001 to Nov 2021, 20 years
traded in on my Gladiator Rubicon Launch Edition Limited
had a few mods too, tuner/chip, pipe/exhaust, bigger turbo & intercooler,
lil' bigger injectors, maybe 150 more HP like 200ftlbs more torque,
that stock for a tow rig
won't bore you with photos of that

 

[WS23U1]

From 1968 till today. I still have one from 1969.

 

[58belvedere]

I bought my 1958 Cameo in 1977, Senior in high school, still have it 283/3 speed, 3.36 ratio. Bombay Ivory, Cardinal red, red and silver interior.

 

[RoadRunner1970]

Purchased first car and first B5 Blue 383 4 speed Road Runner in 1979, lost license for drag racing and sold it. Then ended up getting another yellow 70 383 4 speed Road Runner and sold it to a State Cop and then got my 70 Blue 440-6 4 speed still have it..........almost 45 years of fun

 

[AR67GTX]

I don’t think my 4 year old Sport Fury or 2 year old 70 GTO would qualify at the time. So, I guess my 66 Corvette I bought in 1980 would be the start unless you want to include my 72 Datsun pickup I rattled around in as a daily driver for awhile. Then I got a wild hair and sold the 66 in 85, bought a new Corvette and owned it for 3 years before getting bored and selling it. Bought another 66 Corvette in 1988 (still have it), my GTX in 2000, built my Cobra in 2009 time frame and bought my 66 Satellite in 2020. I still have all of the last 4 and it will probably be one of those - when they pry my cold, dead fingers loose - final closure deals.

 

[gkent]

'69 RR bought in '73. My first car. Still have it. 51 years.

 

[Coelacanth]

I was 18 when I bought my 1970 Charger 500 for my first car back in 1986...I'm 56 now, so I've had her 38 years. My longest relationship thus far, by far!

 

[Rob R]

1977

2023 gtx

 

[440 4 speed]

67 Charger 53 years, this past October 16th. Our oldest son’s 1st birthday. Jim Rodebaugh still has the Charger he bought new in 1966.

43? That sounds a little light.

For the record, our son was born on October 16th 1969, their first daughter October 16th 1999, second daughter October 16th 2001.
We bought the above mentioned Charger on October 16th 1970.

 

[Jerry Hall]

57 years for me. I ordered my first one new in 1967, a Satellite 383 4-speed. I don't think I've missed a year since then, of having a performance car. All have been mostly Mopars, but I did have several C3 Corvettes, and a Porsche in 86. I started my collection of Mopars in 1990 with a 66 Satellite. Still have over 2 dozen Mopars from 1956-2022. A lot of them I've owned for 20 plus years. I also still own that 66 Satellite from 1990.