My past cars:
Black, w/black & silver interior.
This was my first car and I still get a little smile on my face
everytime I pass one on the road. Engine was stock, but I did upgrade the stereo, speakers and ran the wires and did the install myself. My baby was taken from me by
the ignorance of an unlicensed driver who decided to run a stop
sign and stop perpendicular to me on a 4 lane highway, 30 FEET
IN FRONT OF ME. Well, she was totaled. This happened only 2
days before X-mas my Senior year. Mom was pretty mad and said
I ruined X-mas that year for her....
White w/maroon interior. Auto trans, cloth interior, Kenwood
headunit/subs and amp. I purchased her from a friends dad. He
was the original owner and had kept her for a weekend car (and the rare Fri night he would let us borrow her). I put over 70k miles on her and the only problem I ever had was the radiator cracking. Really says something for Toyota engineering! I decided that an auto just wasn't fun to drive so I sold her and moved on.
Graphite w/camel leather interior, 5 Speed. This was the first year this
model was imported to the US. In 1978 they were introduced at
the Frankfurt Auto Show. In 1979, only 1000 of these were imported, half having an oil cooler and 5 speed trans, the other half were automatic or 5 spd w/o the oil cooler. In case you don't know it's a V8, 16valve engine that put out 245 HP stock and was the first watercooled Porsche car. The first night I had her I dropped the clutch at 4k rpm and floored the gas. I had no idea the power this car had and while checking my mirrors for smoke from the tires the rpm's went way over the redline! Needless to
say this did just a little bit of engine damage and blew almost every engine seal immediately which led me
to rebuild the engine during the following 3 weeks. I put a $3500
stereo in and spent over 60 hours on a custom install in the dash, rear center console and hatch only to have all my hard work quickly reversed with the help of several local hoodlums in the West Philly area in less than 3 minutes.
They destroyed the interior and I was so heart broken I sold
her. Well, she also needed a new clutch and I was going to move
to Colorado for a ski season, didn't think that she'd be all that
happy with 3 feet of fresh snow each morning. You can see in this picture just how well a Porsche does in the white stuff!
Black w/tan interior. Ok, so I wanted to have fun and didn't
care about the truck considering I only paid $500 for it. I bought
it when I came home from Colorado after an incredible season snowboarding.
It had 60k on the engine and ran strong. It sat approx. 3"
in the front and 4" in the rear off the ground. Fresh black
paint and sport bucket seats. The top was cut off by a friend with a
torch so it became a hardtop convertible (yes, it leaked a little in the rain). There were deep dish
chrome rims, with chrome fender trim. Driving at no faster than
50 mph (it was a 3 spd Auto.) soon became real annoying and my
blood was screaming SPEED! SPEED! SPEED! In reality I needed a pick-up to haul around my DJ equipment and this was a funny way to do it!
My little red head was bone stuck when I bought her...that didn't last long. Although I never got to take her to the track in her completed state, I did have a ton of fun doing these mods myself. I spent the most time (and money) on this project and probably got the most speeding tickets with her too!
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BLOCK/HEAD ARP Head Bolts w/Moly Lube. HKS 2.0mm MHG Shaved Head Nology Silverstone Plugs Nology wires Nology Profire Coil Amplifier Castrol Synthetic Motor Oil (20w50) Brikken Stainless Steel Cam Cover Bolts 5 angle valve job JE Forged Pistons (.20 over) Balanced/Blueprinted engine Oversized Valves Aluminum Radiator/electric fan TURBO Turbonetics Garrett T-66 Turbo RPS Equal length arms SS exhaust manifold and downpipe Turbonetics Racegate Wastegate HKS EVC IV w/remote Scramble Boost button Greddy Turbo Timer (to match with red dash) SPEARCO custom intercooler Turbonetics Godzilla BOV w/horn Intercooler hard pipe kit INTAKE K & N 6"x14" cone Custom 4" aluminum plumbing Direct intake (mk4 style) Relocated Throttle Body Custom Intake Manifold EXHAUST 3" RPS SS Downpipe 3" mandrel bent exhaust piping Straight through exhaust (cats bypassed)) Dynamax 3" straight through mid-muffler Twin Supertrapp 4" Stainless Steel Rear mufflers w/aluminum end caps |
Level Ten Modified 5 spd Tranny Raysbestoes Blue Plate clutch Mueller Lightened Aluminum Flywheel Red Line 75w90ns Aeroquip Teflon Braided S/S hose for Clutch Master to Slave line Short Shifter |
HKS Sport Springs HKS TEMS Compatible Shocks Cusco Rear Strut Tower Brace |
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Oil Filer Relocation Kit, Braided SS -8 AN Aeroquip hose and fittings Power Steering lines upgraded to Aeroquip Braided SS -8 and -10 AN hose/ fittings. Relocated Resevoir to charcoal canister location Purosil colored vaccuum hose under hood (all 3.5mm and 6mm hose) Toyota Red Coolant w/Redline Water Wetter TRD Aluminum Oil Filler Cap Redline Synthetic Gear Lube in LSD Redline Synthetic Power Steering Fluid Motul 1 600F Brake Fluid Battery Relocated to trunk |
(done by Jet Hot Coatings) Intake Manifold Intercooler Piping Engine Lift Mounts Turbo Heat Shield Intake Plumbing Valve Covers (powder coated red) Thermostat Housing |
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HKS 60mm EGT, peak hold/memory playback Turbonetics 60mm Boost, color changing face (set at 14 PSI) Autometer 2 5/8" Water Temp |
STILLEN X-drilled rotors AXXIS Metallic brake pads TRD Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines |
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Alpine Alarm (model withheld for obvious reasons) |
89 climate control unit complete 89 interior panels 92 mirrors 92 3 piece spoiler 92 tail lights |
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Processor Alpine 7949 CD head unit Alpine PXA-H600 Time Delay, Digital EQ Alpine fiber optic cable connecting head unit to eq Front Boston Acoustic Pro 6.43 (6 1/2", 4", neo 4t tweeter)componets Rear Boston Acoustic Pro 5.4 (5 1/4", neo 4t tweeter) componets (2) Orion NT 10" DVC Subs (woven carbon fiber baskets) Miscelaneous Alpine Fiber Optic cable (h.u. to eq) Monster Cable 201 RCA cable (eq to amp) Pheonix Gold Saphire Blue Speaker Wire, Saphire Blue RCA Cables, Power/Ground Wire, Connectors, Fuses XTC Foam Baffle Speaker Surrounds 2 gauge Monster Cable Power Wire/fuse block connecting rear mounted battery to engine Optima Deep Cycle (Yellow Top) Battery |
Interior Completely repainted in Black w/ carbon fiber trim panels Recaro SRD front seats (black cloth, reclining) w/ sliding brackets Rear seats done in custom black cloth MOMO Formula Steering Wheel MOMO Cobra leather shit knob Sabelt 5 point, 3" Cam-Lock Race Harness Short Shifter Mod Black Leather Shift and Red E-Brake Boots Sparco polished aluminum pedals w/ left foot rest and "blue bumps" Custom Black carpeting Black floor mats with red "SUPRA" stitching Gauge Overlay and various trim painted matching exterior red (inside of vents, grill covers, switch plates) Custom Warning and Monitor lights in Gauge Overlay White face gauges w/red lettering (Red Superman Symbol on Tach) Green neon lighting under front seats 3 socket cig. lighter installed in glove box |
1983 Sabb 900 Turbo (link to pic)
Green w/tan cloth interiorI needed a spare car to run and get parts while the Supra was apart on the weekends and this was just too fun to pass up. The turbo was modified, added an intercooler and larger injectors and an exhaust system. The car was mildly fast and fun to drive, but a total POS junker in any other light. It served it's purpose though so I can't complain I guess.
Blue w/silver cloth interior. I got sick of my Supra getting vandalized downtown at school so I bought this as my daily commuter to school. I wanted something I didn't care about, didn't have to lock the doors on and could care less if it got beat up while parking. I can't believe someone actually wanted to buy this from me when I was done.
White w/black leather, 6 speed, Targa top. Maybe the fastest car I've owned. I did extensive stereo work with relocating the battery to the rear with 0 gauge wire, fiberglassing new custom speaker enclosured for the front doors to house Boston Acoustic 3-way Pro Components in the front and 2-way Pro Componets in the rear. X-overs, Amps and other hardware was all installed in a custom rack in the rear hatch. Recaro SRD race seats replaced the stock front seats, HKS Exhaust, Turbo Timer and Intake system. I ran the turbo's in a true twin set-up and put a Turbonetics color changing adjustable boost gauge in the dash
White w/grey leather interior, V-12, 6 Speed. Do I need to explain why this car was so desireable! Unfortunatley the car spent more time at the autobody shop than in my hands and after a getting her back from the second accident I didn't want to risk fate and sold her. Upgrades included a full authentic Zeemax body kit, Remus Exhaust, AC Schnitzer rear spoiler, Shark engine chips. I would have liked to have done more, but she spent so much time in the body shop, I never had the time! The last accident was from a stripper's car loosing it's breaks and rearending me at the intersection. How do I know she was a stripper? Well she managed to flash the State Police a few times during the accident investigation and that's all they remember, they have no idea how they accepted her insurance info which had expired over a year ago. My insurance refused to cover the full repair and I ended up putting over $5k out of pocket to fix the damage.
Black w/tan leather. After the BMW accidents, my insurance pretty much refused to insure another sports car. I thought an Infiniti would have some power to it, but this car was a boat. Slow to start moving, even slower to start, no turning radious and swayed from side to side with the slightest turn of the wheel. The only cool feature of this car was the Bose stereo and the analog clock in the middle of the dash.
Green w/grey leather interior. I was somehow convinced a SUV would be a good choice for a next vehicle. Although I admit having the extra storage space in the back was nice, it killed me not being able to go over 60 MPH on the highway and the handling characteristics of a tractor trailer.
Blue/Red/Silver (Rossi). This was my first motorcycle. First year into the US, VIN # 57. One afternoon something ran out under my rear tire as I was taking a righthand corner on a back road and ended up high-siding. The bike was totaled and I coldn't find another one in the same paint scheme so I went a little overboard and bought the more advanced race model, the Mille-R