How long have you had your mini? Is it just a summer vehicle? I'm sort of half looking for one to use as my summer baby and my current mini as my daily driver. I like your 10" wheels.

Wait until next year, they'll be cheaper. Just look at the pricing for the charger which is basically the same car.

i've got a 75 vw bug, the first year of fuel injection (a couple of extra hp) and a factory sunroof. it's been stored in a garage for a few years, always meaning to get it restored.

hear is a pic of my 2002 Supercharged Ford Harley Editon. that is if my attachment worked

about 9 years, i bought it as a pile of rust and 8 years and about 8 grand later.. and ya its just a summer car. may end up selling it to buy a import mini i can drop a yamaha r1 engine into so i can run under 12 seconds:mrgreen:

Well I guess I could buck up and post my cars.

First is my 1966 Caddy. This pic was taken the day we picked her up from down in the good ol US of A:
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...023/caddy1.jpg


Next is my 1951 Merc that has been "murdered". Flat black paint, whitewall tires...hellooooooo greaser!
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...r_023/Merc.jpg


The other half's 2002 Vette...
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...tertank010.jpg

The best Ski Van EVER
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...tertank011.jpg


aaaaaaand I just bought this beauty yesterday. 1949 Hudson. Can't wait to get her pretty.
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...023/hudson.jpg

hopefully this pic shows up, just figured id put my baby in the thread too, this is my daily driver in the summer.:biggrin:


http://profile.ak.facebook.com/v223/...08272_5319.jpg

NICE. '65 or '66?

65 all original

Man alive I want to live your life when I grow up. Where on earth did you unearth this beast? What an awesome find, bet it's going to be a fun little project.

Me and a couple of friends just got back from a car show in Perris California on Monday..this is the car we took, a 68 Caddi..we built this car in 9 days.

http://www.streetsource.com/uploads/...4758PM4976.jpg

If you had taken a little more time and not rushed it you wouldn't have forgotten the shocks :)

There's a hot rod/body shop in Stavely (near Nanton) and the guy there worked on my Merc. I don't know where he found it, but I got a call a couple of weeks ago saying "I think there's a car here you'll want to buy" So I headed down there a few days ago and voila

That is one Sexy car Parker. I love flat black on big cars. I think, though, when the time comes for paint on the Hudson I'll go a pearl midnight blue or something like that...classic with a bit of whooopa

I laughed so hard my monitor is covered in spaghetti sauce.:Banane43:

I get that a lot.. :mrgreen: or your tires are flat. How do you drive that thing that low? It's fun to watch people scratch thier heads..

My 2002 M5

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3..._A_neer/m5.jpg

and I just sold my 2005 VTX1800F

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...Picture002.jpg

Here's my Audi Cabriolet (picture taken in California when I bought it last summer):
Attachment 4127

And my Porsche 928S4 currently awaiting an engine rebuild :-(
Attachment 4128

Here is my ride.
http://www.amarketplaceofideas.com/w...l-tricycle.jpg

Ain't nothing finer than 2mm of hardened plastic rolling down steep hills. I be rolling and Barbie Big Wheel be hating. Peace.

Snaz - I want your ride! Bet it's good on gas!

Ron99 - who's doing your engine rebuild? I trust you're not going with MCL or Weissach.

Good to see some Porsche's & BMW's on here.

Except for 2 cars, I've only ever owned German vehicles.

a '67 Resto Cal Beetle with Gene Berg blue printed Engine, MK2 Golf GTi 16v (totally stock & mint condition) & '02 Mini Cooper S with John Cooper Works mods being the highlights. (although you can argue that the Mini isn't really German).

Here's my current rides...

Daily Driver (Sorry for the low quality cell phone pics)

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...eemie_01-1.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...eemie_04-1.jpg

Weekend/Summer Car - although it gets driven more than we intended!

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...schie_04-1.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...orschie_02.jpg



.

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/h...srandom027.jpg

This is my beast. I am currently in the process of building it up to build the ultimate surf/dive/camping base. Are there any other Cruiserheads out there?

Matt

Hey VFX. I have also tended towards the German cars and have driven all the brands at one time or another. My rebuild will be done by myself and a buddy of mine who is a tech at MCL and also does alot of custom VW/show car stuff as well. He is very talented. I dealt with Weissach at one point and liked the folks there. However, they were expensive and tended to charge book rate. I moved over to Scan Automotive in North Van and was quite happy with them. But having a buddy who can do it for me will save me a bundle on labour which would probably be 80% of the cost. We are also going to do some customizing during the process. We have had the intake and valve covers powder coated and we will use alot of nice stainless fasteners. Upgrading all the vacuum line to silicone and I have made some custom gauge faces and am upgrading some of the cabin lighting to LEDs.

BTW, love the boxsters. it's a great roaster. Have you driven the Cayman? I got to drive a Cayman S on an autocross course and it was a blast. Then had a professional race driver take me for a lap to see what it could really do :-)

hey Ron

Sounds like your 928 is gonna be real nice!

You're so lucky having a Porsche tech as a buddy. If I had that I would probably save myself at least $1000 a year!

It's cost me $1200 for a service & fluid change, $1000 for front rotors & pads & $120 for a set of locking bolts already this year and it's only March! But they did give me one of their trucks to drive whilst the work was being done.

My 987 is totally stock. It's probably the slowest car Porsche make (I don't count the truck!) but it's totally awesome to drive. Especially when the sun's out.

I drove the Cayman S & I was blown away. I think with the '09 model being available with LSD it's probably the best handling current Porsche. I'd love to have one but my want for a convertible took over.

Do you go out for Porsche meets with PCA Vancouver or any other club?

Any more Porsche owners on Canreef?

.

Hi VFX,

I think the 928 will be great as my friend does fantastic work. If I took it in to a shop I would probably be looking at $1000 to $1500 in parts and $4000 or $5000 in labour. That's just not in the budget right now! I am hoping we won't need many new parts. Depends on how many valves may have bent when the timing belt slipped. But it was idling in the garage when it happened so hopefully its not too bad. We haven't pulled it all apart yet to see.

I also generally order all my parts from the US. Even with shipping etc. it's way cheaper than Porsche Canada prices. When I had to do front brakes 4 years ago I think they wanted $600 or so for each front rotor. I upgraded to the larger Big Red type front brakes by ordering a kit from the US. It was front calipers, rotors pads, wear sensors etc for about USD $1200. Sold the old calipers on eBay for $150 so that offset my costs too.

I haven't really been to many PCA events. Just once to the Whistler get together. I do go to alot of vintage races on the West Coast and I made the trek to the Rennsport reunion in 2007 at Daytona. That was an amazing gathering of Porsche racing cars. I think I took close to 4000 pictures. Rumour has it they may try to bring it to the West Coast in 2010.

nice rides :)

mmmm Porsche.

still looking for my DREAM DREAM car....1953 BMW Convertible, black with tan interior..

Like this one, but driveable:
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...3/IMG_0228.jpg

Ron - good luck with the engine build. That V8 seems quite complex but it looks like it's in good hands.

Give me a shout if you're headed out to any races, meets or cruises. As long as I'm not working I'll be up for it.

I should look into getting parts from the US more often.

Rbacchiega - That '53 BMW looks fantastic. I also love the 507 roadster from around that era.

I've always loved old Beemers.

I saw these on Granville Island last summer... not quite as vintage but still nice.

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...P9060081-2.jpg

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/e...P9060080-1.jpg

.

Here is a pic of my last toy... Had to sell her to support my reef addiction
:lol::lol::lol::lol:

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/q...F6240Large.jpg

Here is the new girl in the family

http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/q..._2607Large.jpg

Cheers

Daily driver.
Very comfortable, handles decent and it's fairly quick. Crappy pic though.:cry:
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2318/300c1.jpg

Another 3SI owner here. '93 Stealth R/T Turbo. I can't afford a new car so I'm stuck with it.

http://www.hyperdream.com/stealth/sp...000013_std.jpg

http://www.hyperdream.com/stealth/sp...000010_std.jpg

I have to wait until 2014 to get my car, a 1999 Nissan Skyline GTR V-Spec II but for now I have fun with this little baby. 2007 Ram QC/SB 5.7L Hemi with a few mods to bring it up to 345RWHP. She walks by Titans, Tundras, Chevy SS, and the 09 Rams no problem. I want to supercharge it next spring but am afraid after I go over 400RWHP I might have to put some bigger parts into my drive train.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g7...e/100_2574.jpg

Let's hope the government does not change the import rules. ;)

Ya I might have to settle on a R33 with an R34 body kit and the RB26DETT engine. Or an RX7 with the Fortune body kit (Orange and black car on Tokyo Drift).

I thought the import law has already changed? Also can you find that RX7 Body Kit anymore? Last I heard it was long discontinued.

Ya there is a couple kicking around but with an $11,000 price tag its worth more than the car its going on.

They changed the rules for importation from the U.S so it is now a bit easier to import cars from south of the border (no more bumper modifications needed). AFAIK the other rule for anything 15 years and older is the same.

I'm dying for a vintage Mini...

We have a VW Golf for our winter/all-around car and so far we are quite pleased.

I'd love a classic car, particularly a Mini. I'm jealous of everyone's pretty little vehicles!

it was a bumper issue but alot of car's were black listed because of it and illegal in canada (eg VW r32, mitsubishi evo's) only way before to get around this was to wait till they were 15 years old.

The changing in importation laws from anywhere but the US has been up in the air for years due to the increase of japan imports presence. This law has not changed and if they were to change it, it would be changed to 25 years instead of 15 years. But some importers have found loop holes in the usa to get around the 25 year rule, which is why people are driving nissan s15 silvia's and r34 skylines.

I am in the same boat waiting for the S15 spec R to be legal which is still 5 years away. Don't settle with the r33, was the worst skyline ever produced. I would take a r32 gtr over a r33 gtr any day.

Ya I heard about those R33s I see they make a R34 Body Kit for the R32 but for the money I think by the time you swap out the engines and throw a mody kit on there just buy somthing else and AM parts the hell out of it.

Catherine....I almost got permission to buy another mini.....I was so close...but then it sold. I was looking at this beautiful '79 mini one hour south of Calgary last Saturday. $3000. I would have bought it right there and then. I had a feeling my wife was going to let me for my birthday (May 4th), but the seller informed me that it has been sold today. It is a sad day!