# Rare, Non Stock, or Odd vehicles you have owned or driven **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 16, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737 "2014-02-16T02:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/21 "2014-02-22T03:46:39Z")
Owned 68 cougar xr7, put the engine into a ranchero, lost out due to financing on buying a 68 mgbgt with a 6 cyl engine. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 9:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/22 "2014-02-22T09:38:06Z")
One of my best buddies had a 1968 cougar XR7. It was a nice car. In 1975 I had a smoking hot read head girlfriend with a 1968 MGB-GT 6 cylinder. Now days I miss the MG more than the girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 10:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/23 "2014-02-22T10:03:41Z")
Before I describe my second “odd” car I am going to interject another (1970). There was a used car lot called 500 motors. No vehicle over $500. They had a 1960 Chevrolet sedan delivery. I had checked it out. Bright red with white top. 235 [cu.in](http://cu.in). inline 6 cylinder, 3 speed column shift. Very basic with rubber mats instead of carpet. It was in like new condition. Not a scratch or dent. About 20,000 miles on the odometer. It ran and drove perfectly with about 70% tread on the tires. They were asking $500. Three Months later it was still there so I bought it for $400. A couple of months later I came out of the grocery store to find a note under the windshield wiper offering $1,000. OK for me. I wish I had it now. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 10:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/24 "2014-02-22T10:58:39Z")
Ok I’m ready to post my other odd car. I went back to 500 motors to see what they had(1971). There was a 1963 Ford Galaxie 2 door hardtop in perfect condition inside and out. Off white with red interior. I discovered it was a Super High performance 406 cu. in. 405 hp. Aluminum intake with 3X 300 cfm Holley 2bbls. They were asking $500. I offered $450. I should have offered $400 as they jumped on the $450. As it was a 1963 it had the rare cross bolt main bearings like a 427, a Borg Warner aluminum case super T-10 4 speed transmission with a factory Hurst shifter (The same transmission Carrol Shelby used in the 1965 GT-350 Mustang). It was completely “bullet proof”. 11-1/2 inch clutch. 9 inch 2.75 rear end. Oversize brakes with finned drums. Oversized front and rear sway bars. A couple of years later when I replaced the cam the original instead of having a 15 or so alpha numerical part number was stamped with the Ford logo followed by X-8A. It was factory experimental! I drove the car (beast) until 1976. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/25 "2014-02-22T18:53:53Z")
**“I had a friend that had a late 50s Vauxall Victor. Yes they were imported here in the us for a few years”** Yup! During the same time period that Opels were sold at Buick dealerships, you could find Vauxhalls at some Pontiac dealerships. IIRC, this was circa 1958-59, and was a stop-gap measure to try to compete with VW before the Detroit automakers were able to develop their own American-design compacts. During the same time period, some Chrysler dealers sold Simcas, as Chrysler had purchased Simca from Ford a couple of years earlier. Some Ford dealers carried English Fords, and some even sold German-made Fords for a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/26 "2014-02-22T21:10:43Z")
Most exotic car I have driven was a 1966 Jensen Interceptor, a specialty British sports car with a Chrysler 383 and Torqueflite power train. Got it up to 125 mph before I chickened out since I was on a 2 lane blacktop road. ---
**Author:** ![Masterskrain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/masterskrain/32/2432_2.png) [@Masterskrain](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Masterskrain)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/27 "2014-02-22T21:50:34Z")
I used to drive a 1963 Buick Invicta Wagon. Only Station Wagon I have ever seen with bucket seats and a full console, with a 401 Nailvalve engine and a Dynaflo transmission. My other ride is a 1964 Corvair Monza Spyder Turbo Convertible. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/28 "2014-02-22T22:34:57Z")
My brother had a 1963 Buick LeSabre with a manual transmission, no power steering or brakes. I have never seen another stripped Buick Lesabre. He got a very good price on it as a used car because even 50 years ago people wanted air conditioning, automatic, power steering and brakes on an upscale car. He sold that Buick in 1970 and bought a Buick Gran Sport. It has a bench seat, but a Stage 1 engine and 4 speed manual transmission. It does not have power steering. It is fun to drive, but you put effort into it. I owned a 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon coupe with the 4-4-2 trim package. It was sort of the opposite of my brother[s Gran Sport. By 1978, the 4-4-2 was just a trim package. The engine was a 260 cubic inch V-8, the transmission was automatic, it only had a 2 barrel carburetor and a single exhaust. I got it new in October of 1978-the dealer had had the car since April and couldn’t move it so I got it at a very good price. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/29 "2014-02-23T01:06:20Z")
@sgtrock, I envy that '63 Ford Galaxie 2 DR you owned. Just my 2 cents, but I think the lines of the '63 and 1/2 Galaxie makes it the prettiest Ford ever built. I know several people who owned similar Galaxies back in the day but they were more generic cars. Both with 390s, one with an automatic and the other a 4-speed manual. Too bad you don’t have that thing now. The value would probably be into the 6 digits. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/30 "2014-02-23T01:44:10Z")
@ok4450 Thanks. My Galaxie was not a fastback but still looked good. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737/31 "2014-02-23T05:16:05Z")
I’m certainly not knocking any of the 63s. Way back when, a local used car dealer (who used to be the AMC dealer here) had an early 63 Galaxie on his showroom. It belonged to a local go-fast guy and not for sale. It was more of a showroom display draw than anything else. It was fire engine red, 406, dual 4 barrels on a tunnel ram, long tube headers, and clean enough to eat off of. It was also radio delete, no back seat, and no heater. This dealer also had a '37 Cord on the floor which most people fawned over but I liked the Ford better… 🙂 The owner of this car has a younger brother who owned a Mustang CJ428 that was pretty slick. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rare-non-stock-or-odd-vehicles-you-have-owned-or-driven/83737.md?page=1)