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I have just joined this group, a longtime Ford fanatic, though I have owned everything from AMC to Yamaha in my life. 

I currently own a 1997 Thunderbird LX with a 4.6, a 1990 Bronco Eddie Bauer 5.0, a 2002 Taurus wagon with the DOHC 3.0, a 1976 Pontiac Ventura, 2 owner car with 42k original miles, and a 75 Dodge Dart Sport 360.

I've owned about 140 cars, trucks and motorcycles over the last 45 years, including several Torinos, mostly 74 to 76 models.

I look forward to being part of this group.

We pulled the head off the MGB's 4 banger, (ok, he did while I watched and tried to make myself useful), as well as pulling the heads off the Mercury and sending them to the neighborhood machine shop. (Remember those?) 

The MGB was treated to a thorough soaking of diesel fuel, followed by a generous application of a wooden block, driven by a hammer on each piston head until the engine turned freely. The engine was then reassembled and actually ran pretty good, until he over revved it and bent a pushrod or two. That MGB was the first car that I actually "drove", backing it out of the garage one day, and right into the front bumper of the now repaired family car 1971 Mercury, at the ripe old age of 10. 

The MGB was sold off, much to my mother and older brother's dismay, and the Mercury was eventually traded for a new 1973 Dodge D100 pickup and slide-in camper.

Fast forward a couple years when at 15 I bought my first car, a 1967 Dodge Charger, 318 automatic with 4 bucket seats and a full length console, and plenty of bondo. I sold that car a few weeks before my 16th birthday and bought a 1968 Ford Fairlane 500 2 door formal roof with a 289 2V and C4. It looked a lot like this, except for the hood scoop.

7 1/4 differential the third or fourth time, a friend of my brother persuaded me to sell him the Dart, and I bought a 1978 GMC 1/2 ton, 350 4V automatic, and more rust. 

That truck took me across the country and back, during which time I found my next 1970 Dodge Dart, this one a Custom trim level, 2 door 318 2V with a 904 automatic transmission. That car was with me for over 20 years, after being fully restomodded with a mild .040 over 360 and 727 automatic transmission, full restoration and paint, upgraded interior to cloth high back buckets and console from the original vinyl bench seat/column shift configuration. It also featured a full 3 inch exhaust system, 3.23 geared 8 3/4 rear axle, manual front disc brakes, subframe connectors, Edelbrock Air Gap intake and 750 Performer carburetor, and upgraded factory Chrysler electronic ignition, plus cruise control. I drove that car daily from April until late October for many years, drag raced it regularly, (best time of 13.78 seconds @100mph on drag radials), and took it on the Hot Rod Power Tour in 2005, long hauling all the way to Kissimmee Florida.

The restoration of that 1970 Dart resulted in me purchasing 13 parts cars, as there were no reproduction parts available for that car until the early 2000s when 1/4 panel skins became available. In that time I also owned a 1974 Dart Sport 360, triple black car, sold to finance the completion of the 70 Dart, and a 1975 Dart Sport 360, also a triple black car, but too far gone to restore, it donated it's freshly built engine and transmission to the cause.

During this time, there were numerous other cars that came and went, but for today, that's all, I will pick this up again later.

Thanks for following along!

Randy

I sold my 75 Dodge Dart Sport in late October, just no motivation to continue on with it, I guess age and arthritis are catching up to me. 

In addition to all those mentioned prior, I have owned;

1971 Ford Galaxie 500 4 dr

1972 Pontiac Parisienne 4 dr

1978 Mazda GLC

1982 Ford Fairmont 2dr

1978 Plymouth Fury s/w

1983 Mercury Cougar LS 5.0

(2) 1987 Thunderbird 3.8 V6

1987 Thunderbird 5.0

1988 Thunderbird LX 3.8

1973 GMC p/u

1979 Chevy p/u

(2) 1980 GMC p/u

1981 GMC p/u

1982 Chevy p/u

1984 Chevy p/u

1979 Mercury Marquis 2 dr 5.8

1980 Ford Crown Vic 2 dr 

(2) 1987 Toyota Camry

1988 Toyota Camry

(2) 1977 Olds Cutlass Supreme 2 dr

1976 Dodge Aspen 4 dr

1986 Subaru XT Turbo Coupe 4wd

1980 Olds Cutlass Calais

1983 Dodge Aries s/w

1985 Dodge Aries 4 dr

1983 Plymouth Turismo

1983 Chevy Monte Carlo

1975 Chrysler Cordoba

1972 Plymouth Fury 2cdr

1973 Plymouth Fury 4 dr

1975 Dart Swinger

1976 Dart Special Edition

1980 Cadillac Sedan d'Ville diesel

1981 Olds Delta 88 Royale Brougham 4 dr

1983 Olds Delta 88 Royale Brougham 4 dr

1985 Olds Delta 88 Royale Brougham 4 dr

1991 Ford Econoline 150 

1995 Ford Econoline 150 5.8

1987 Dodge Ramcharger 2 wd

1984 Lincoln Towncar

(2) 1994 Olds Cutlass Ciera

1992 Olds Cutlass Ciera

1987 Olds Cutlass Ciera

1981 Honda Goldwing

1987 Lincoln Mark VII LSC

1999 Chrysler Sebring convertible

1993 Thunderbird LX 3.8

1987 Ford F150 reg cab p/u

1987 Mercury Grand Marquis 4 dr

2002 Ford Explorer

(2) 2003 Ford Explorer

(2) 2004 Ford Explorer

1992 Ford F150 s/cab 4 wd 5.8

1994 Chevy Camaro

2001 Saturn L300

2001 Chevy Malibu

1998 Toyota Tercel

1997 Ford F150 supercab 4 wd p/u

2002 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer

1997 Buick LeSabre

2003 Ford F150 Supercrew 4 wd p/u

1983 Mustang GLX coupe

1983 Mustang GLX hatchback

1995 GMC 2500 ext cab p/u

1996 Mercury Sable s/w

1994 Ford Thunderbird LX 4.6

2003 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer

2005 Dodge Magnum R/T hemi

2007 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer

1972 Plymouth Duster

2007 Mercury Grand Marquis

2003 Dodge Ram 1500 quad cab 4 wd

2011 Chevy Camaro 2SS

2013 Mustang GT convertible

That's pretty much all that I can remember at least, I know there were a few others, but that's the lion's share. I have no doubt that other members have also a good number of cars and trucks as well, it seems to be a sickness for many of us.