Welcome to Pop's Garage!

Pop's Garage, not a real place, so don't look for it in the Yellow Pages, lol. Actually, my wife has called me "Poppa" since before we got married, and I thought it would be a good name for a garage if I were to ever open one. So I'm using it here.

On to the purpose of this blog. I love pretty much anything to do with cars. Mostly old muscle cars, classic trucks, mini trucks, diesel trucks, hot rods and some sport compacts. Some times, I either get to working on a project, or have ideas for one and I like to share the info with others. There are also times I am working on a car for someone and I need to complain about the engineers bad ideas, or rave about the good ones. So this is my place to do that.

A little background on me and my automotive experience. I have been driving since 1992, when I turned 16. I have worked in the automotive industry in some way since 1994, off and on, either selling parts, delivering parts, installing parts or making parts. I have been in to building custom cars for just as long. I have built about 10 cars of my own and helped my friends on dozens more in the past. I have been in 5 car clubs since I was 16, and president of 3 of those 5. The club names were Syndicate (Dayton, OH), Furious Stylez (president), Crossroads Customs, 0-60 of Dayton (President), and Positive Perception (President, current club my wife and I have been trying to start since '08).

So that's all about me. Later I'll post about some past, present and future projects. C-ya!


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

How Many Cars Have You Owned?

Are you like me and have, on average, owned 1 car for every year of life, or even since you've started driving? I sat down one day and thought about this subject and I was amazed to see that I have owned about 30 cars since I turned 16. For American vehicles, I've owned primarily GM products, with Chrysler in second place and Ford third. The 3 foreign vehicles I owned were just cheap transportation. I prefer my American cars over anything else, although I would not mind owning any European cars like a Mercedes or BMW, I just can't afford the ones I would want.

Here is a current list of cars that I have owned or still own. I would have put the year I bought them, but I can't remember any of them except maybe the last 5. The ones in red are what we own now.

Feel free to post a comment with your car list.


Cars Owned

Year
Make
Model
Cost
Notes
1979
Buick
Regal
 $     250.00
junk
1965
Chevrolet
Panel
 $     300.00
sold
1973
Chevrolet
C-20 Pick-up
 $     250.00
parts
1976
Chevrolet
El Camino SS
 $       30.00
parts
1978
Chevrolet
Monte Carlo
 $            -  
sold
1982
Chevrolet
C10 Diesel
 $            -  
current
1983
Chevrolet
Caprice
 $       50.00
towed
1986
Chevrolet
Caprice
 $     100.00
parts
1986
Chevrolet
G30 Van
 $     300.00
sold
1989
Chevrolet
Camaro
 $   4,900.00
totalled
1992
Chevrolet
S10 Blazer
 $     500.00
sold
2009
Chrysler
Town & Country
 $ 29,000.00
Current
1982
Dodge
Aries Wagon
 $     500.00
sold
1984
Dodge
Caravan
 $   2,000.00
junk
1985
Dodge
Aries Wagon
 $   1,200.00
sold
1986
Dodge
Caravan
 $     500.00
junk
1998
Dodge
Neon
 $   7,000.00
repoed
1980
Ford
Mustang Cobra
 $     250.00
sold
1985
Ford
Tempo
 $     100.00
parts
1986
Ford
Escort GT
 $            -  
junk
1986
Ford
Tempo
 $     100.00
sold
1986
Ford
Mustang GT
 $            -  
sold
1985
GMC
S15
 $            -  
junk
1984
Honda
Accord
 $     500.00
sold
1970
Oldsmobile
Cutlass Convertible
 $            -  
sold
1982
Pontiac
Firebird
 $     100.00
sold
1989
Pontiac
Firebird WS6
 $     350.00
parts
2005
Pontiac
G6 V6
 $ 13,115.00
traded
1983
Toyota
Corolla
 $       50.00
junk
1984
Toyota
Pickup
 $     400.00
junk

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