# To All the cars i've loved before (with apologies to Willie Nelson)

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [August 31, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-all-the-cars-ive-loved-before-with-apologies-to-willie-nelson/86913 "2014-08-31T05:04:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/to-all-the-cars-ive-loved-before-with-apologies-to-willie-nelson/86913/21 "2014-09-03T01:37:23Z")

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Cars and bikes since 1965 or so.

1953 Buick Special  
1961 Dodge Lancer  
1958 Ford Prefect  
1963 Ford Econoline van (went to Woodstock with this one!)  
1963 Plymouth Station wagon (towed the 46 Chevy pickup from Colorado to New England, blew the engine)

- 1946 Chevrolet pickup  
1964 Corvair Monza conv.  
1965 Plymouth wagon  
1958 Triumph TR-3  
1965 Dodge Dart
- 1965 Pontiac LeMans hardtop
- 1966 Pontiac Lemans convertible  
1959 Volvo PV544  
1963 Chevrolet pickup
- 1972 Chevelle wagon (first car I paid more than $1,000)  
1975 Datsun 710 wagon  
1965 Triumph Spitfire  
1975 Dodge Colt  
? Mail jeep (RHD)  
1973 GMC pickup 4WD
- 1979 VW Rabbit diesel (first car I bought new)  
1982 Volvo 245  
1984 VW Rabbit GTI (new)  
1961 Triumph TR-3  
1961 Lincoln Continental  
1987 Plymouth Voyager (new)  
1991 Ford Ranger  
1991 Plymouth Voyager (new)  
1987 Chrysler Conquest (Mitsubishi Starion) (new)  
1990 Nissan 300ZX – TT  
1995 Nissan Maxima
- 1995 Mazda Miata  
2000 Nissan Maxima (new)  
2002 Mazda Miata  
2005 Lexus IS300 Sportcross

Also:

1946 Cushman Eagle scooter  
1959 Jawa 250  
1994 Suzuki Intruder 800  
1995 BMW R1100R  
2001 Suzuki Bandit 1200  
(4) 1985 Honda Elite CH250’s  
1986 Honda Elite CH250  
1987 Honda Elite CH250  
(2) 1990 Honda Elite CH250  
1987 Honda Helix  
(2) 1987 Honda Elite CH150  
1980 Honda CB125s  
1978 Honda CB750K  
1978 Honda CB400Tii  
1975 Honda CB360  
1985 Honda Gyro  
2008 Xinyang 260cc scooter  
1981 GL500 Honda  
1971 CL175 Honda  
1972 CL175 Honda  
1986 Honda Rebel 450 CMX450

The cars with the \* by their names were the better ones, all things considered. The current Miata and IS300 are also very good machines. The bikes I buy, fix up and then sell mostly.

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