Howdy from the Sunshine State!

Howdy there! Got any pistachios?

 

Thanks for all the comeback and welcomes! I did finally get two pics posted of our
current rides, the T & C and my truck, Bruiser.
Just sold our '08 Dodge Caliber & '03 Chevy Astro ---- and just before that, my
1995 Caprice SS clone wagon! Have pics of those, but since they are all old news,
won't waste the space for their pics.
Found this site while looking for info on 1963-64 Plymouth Belvedere wagons.
I had a '63, that got totaled just one month after getting a new, rebuilt 318 V-8 engine. Insurance would not fix, due to its age at the time.
Still like the concept of that one, wish I could find another one, that was within my
budget.
Wagon-wise, I've had many. ---- 67 Dodge Monaco 9 pssenger version, what a boat!
Then went into vans, although really my first one was a '61 Volkswagen type 2.
Next a '73 Dodge Maxi that I had a partial conversion done to it. Then a '78 Maxi,
that was LeFrance fire-engine YELLOW, a fleet over-run from a State of FL. order --
that I bought in Illinois!
Last one in that vein was a '82 LOADED Dodge 350 one-ton model, that was loaded,including many faults,
the big one being the head of Chrysler at that time, Ioccoca. Swore would never own
another Chrysler product again until he left! Switched to Chevy Astros --- and wound up having 4 of them at various times, until GM pulled the rug out from under them. Lost $700. in value in one week.

Oops! Forgot two, traded the last van in for a '89 Chevy Suburban 2500 with a 454. Then had a 2001 Chevy Express 12 passenger extended van in KY, but had to sell it when we moved to FL. No room to park it, and had too many other needed cars, that were paid for!
--- then switched back to Chrysler when they came out with Stow N' Go. Needed that feature since my wife could not move seats with me any more, and boy, those Astro seats are heavy! Got a 2005, trading in my 2000 Astro. Then down-sized for mileage to the '08 Caliber but got soured on that when
drive-by-wire problems reared an ugly head! Needed a bigger wagon so bought the '95 Caprice SS clone of an Impala SS from a fellow club member. Loved it! --- but we got a
new puppy, and she grew! Her crate would not fit in the back of that wagon, so sold it and bought another Astro! We needed the height! Then when the DBW problems occurred on the Caliber, wound up trading it, and the Astro for our current '11 Town &
Country. What a few years improvements can make! Love it --- so far!

 

Sounds like your tough on cars and go through alot. We seem to be a bit of a dog, wagon and what's cooking kinda forum. I just got a pup myself( almost 6 months old), as for my wagon she's still in the garage waiting patiently to see the light of day again...soon, really soon.

 

Not me. I do like dogs and I do like food. But I'd rather pet yours and eat your food! As for cars and other vehicles, as long as it's got wheels and tires I like it!
Yes, I have a poster in my garage about tires and things. They all cause trouble eventually!

 

We just don't let them stand still and collect dust & rust! ---- and,
as with most active families, times do change.
I did not indicate a timeline on the tale I told above, but to put it into perspective, we are talking a period of over 53 years!

 

RKM

lookin forward to seeing the cars.... and you and CAT thumb wrestle over whos the oldest