what cars have you owned

[ric baribeault]

seemed like a natural progression from the track thread.

let the reminiscing begin.

caldwell D9 FF
titan mk6 FF
lola 342 FF
royale RP31 FF named priscilla. evil twin druscilla came occasionally
march 79b FA
reynard 82-83 FF
reynard 86 ff
prs rh01 CF most fun to drive
VD rf86 FF
VD rf92 FF
VD rf95 FC
crossle 45 CF
VD rf95 FC (same car, 2nd time)
VD 01 zetec FC easily the biggest PIA, but all my fault
VD rf99 FC (never sat in the car. laid eyes on it for the 1st time the day i sold it)
VD rf94 FF 5th at 40th
piper DF5 FF the BEST car thanks to FastForward

[Keith Carter]

I didn't own any part of the first or second car since I was a kid when Dad got into club racing.

Formula 440 (no idea what make)
1972 Merlyn - FF

Then once I graduated college and had a job we were able to split the costs on:

1990 Reynard 90SF - FC
1994-5 VanDiemen - FC
1999 VanDiemen - FC

[Purple Frog]

Purpose built racecars:
64 Karmann Ghia Solo Special
Cockroach MK1 (1975 - much like a Formula First today, but more radical)
Cockroach OR1 (1976 - 2 seat tube frame off road racer)
84 Reynard SF2000
89 Reynard SF2000
98 Tatuus RC 008
89 Reynard SF2000

[-pru-]

My list to date:

'64 Beach SoloVee 1600
'85 Reynard 85F FF1600
'88 Swift SE3 FF2000
'82 Reynard 82F FF1600
'85 Swift DB-1 FF1600

Taking the tread a step further, here's my long-term wish list:

'05 Piper DF-5 FF1600
'99 Stohr F99 FF1600
'07 Stohr F1000
'93 Lola 9320 Indy Lights
'94 Reynard 94D F3000
'91 Ferrari 641 F1

Okay, the last one is a huge stretch, but I'd settle for a test ride!!!

[RussMcB]

Just open wheel cars, right?

1970 Royale RP3A
1980 Zink 14-C
1983 Ralt RT-5
1990 Swift DB-4A
1994 Van Diemen RF-94

[Dave Belz]

Just so the new people on to this forum don't think EVERYONE ELSE on this site has owned cars by the dozen. In the order that I drove them:

- Swift DB2 S2000 (Loaned to me for driver school and reg'l race by Dave Miller)
- Lazer MKII FV (assembled from a kit with lots of support from Larry Campbell and Bob Lybarger)
- Lola 340/342 (wanted to go faster and shift more often, I also HATED changing FV gearboxes!)
- Van Diemen RF95 FC (purchased a little more than 2 years ago)

The VD 'satisfies' my goal to own a 'modern' race car, one which uses at least some technology less than 35 years old... Unless I can con Matt Conrad into trading me an F1K-07 for lift tickets!

Dave

[stonebridge20]

Dulon MP15-B F/F
81 VanDiemen F/F My favorite!
78B March F/A
86 Ralt RT4 F/A
72 Datsun 510 Vintage B-Sedan racecar Still have it and will never sell it!
89 Swift DB4 F/A
79 Ralt RT1 F/A Ex "works car"
76 Lola 440 F/F Never drove it! Too scary for me!
77 Datsun 200SX GT3
01 Nissan 240SX GT3 Gota sell this car so I can make it an even 10!

All in order. Now if you want to talk about street cars,.....I just couldn't type that much!

I cut this out of a Readers digest when I was a kid and it now hangs in my office. I don't know who wrote it, but it's very true.

Inhabitants of another planet may one day visit our dead and ravaged world and come upon a salvage lot full of wrecked cars. "This was their religon" they will say. They will be right. author unknown.

Agnif

[rickjohnson356]

First time on this Merry-Go-Round (1968-1976):

not OW, but important: 1963 Porsche 356B Super (got me started in autocross in college)
..................................1964 Porsche 356 SC (more autocross) OMG, I really want it back!

Beach 5C FV - more autocross until 1969- drivers schools etc
Zink Z4 FV - more competitive car than the Beach
Elden PH10 FF - standard body, not Falconer (had a chance to make $, pd:2600, sold 4500)
.......................didn't need 2 race cars and was really into FV so sold to fund the FV effort
.......................only raced a couple of times, wish I still had it.
Caldwell D10 FSV - early model, Type 3 motor, before Hewlands allowed.
...........................totalled at exit of T12 at Rd. Atl., when it was a dirt bank.
...........................still have what is left of the motor and 4 original Minilite wheels.
Zink Z4 FV - got me back on the horse

Then came the kids......, so no race cars for a while.

First one out of college started the Modern Era: (1999 - )

Caldwell D13 FV - didn't own, but did a ground-up in exchange for driver school use.
Crossle 45F FF1600
Crossle 35F FF1600 - basket case, but didn't complete it because of current car:
Crossle 71F FF2000 -

[Rene Gimenez]

Crossle 16F #1 - a basket case I couldn't finish - (I was 19, in college, and broke)
Formula Vee - homebuilt
Sparton 82FF
Crossle 45
Lotus 51/61 (A 51A with a 61 body)
Merlyn Mk11A
Titan Mk6A
Anson SA6 Super Vee
Lola T644
Lola T620 Super Vee
Crossle 16F #2 - (Ex Works, part of the team that won the 1969 Euro FF Championship)
1982 Toyota Corolla (ITB)
1996 Dodge Neon ACR (SSB)
1968 Mustang (Vintage "A" Sedan)
Van Diemen RF-84SF (FF2000)- What I currently race

Cars I've raced for other people-
Lotus 20 FJ
Lotus 51C
Lotus 61 FF1600 (had an F3 designation on the chassis plate)
Titan Mk6C

[Larry]

Elva FC, circa 1963
80 Van Diemen
83 Van Diemen
84 Reynard
88 Reynard (3 of 'em)
90 Reynard
Lotus 51
96 Swift
95 Swift
77 Zink

I'm sure I've forgotten a couple...

Larry Oliver
International Racing Products

[Whoomah]

F440 Red Devil
F Prod 64 Triumph Spitfire
FC VD RF93

[SStadel]

'73? Mazda RX2 (ITA)
'73? Titan Mk6C
'84 Reynard SF2000
'89 Reynard SF2000
'77? Mazda RX3SP (GT3)
'98 Van Diemen FF
'03 Van Diemen FSCCA


First car ever raced at an organized event was a '74 Capri that I autocrossed in college. I was still 17 and my Mom had to sign a waiver. What the hell was she thinking.

[Douglas Kniffin]

77 Lola T440
88 Reynard FC
97 VD FC
94 VD FC
99 VD FC
06 VD Zetec

[EYERACE]

owned? ........67 MGB-GT Special for Vintage

own?.......like i'd want to get rid of them.......Crossle 32F [one year on frame up]
.......Van Dieman 94/5 FC

[Bob Wright]

Triumph TR4 (DP)
BMW 2002 (BS)
Toyota Celica (SSB)

Crossle 32F FF(finally got religion)
Crossle 50F FF
VD RF84 FC
Reynard SF2000 ('86)
Swift SE3 FC ('88)
Swift DB6 FC ('90)
VD RF95 FC
VD RF98 FC
VD RF03 FC Zetec

[M.L.Sauce]

Chevron B15 FC
68 Triumph Spitfire FP
73 Triumph Spitfire 1500 FP
Lola T-252 SV
Ralt Rt-1 FA ex Hector Rebauque
75 March FA ex Gilles Villeneuve-ex Dorsey Schroeder
82,83,84 Reynard FF's
Crossle 35
Ansons Sa6 SV (2) ex Johnny O'connell
84 Ralt RT-5 SV
Lotus 51A
Merlyn MK24 FF
Swift DB1- (85)
Swift DB1 (84)
Swift DB1 (85)
Swift DB5 2 litre YAC Cosworth
Swift DB2 with Olds CSR
92 Reynards FA(3)
93 Reynards FA (2)
Royale RP33 FF
Lola T340 FF
Euro Swift se-3 90 FC
Euroswift FF 97
Euroswift FC 99
Euroswift FC 96
Merlyn Mk 20a FF Vintage( under rebuild now)
Sauce FF (designed built and still race)
Sauce FC ( still buliding)
Swift DB6 FC
Star Mazda Fm 99 for sale now
98 Van Dieman FC
I am always looking for more cars.

[Dennis Russell]

Great thread!

I've owned:
1970 home built kart
1971 Bug Stinger kart
1972 Rupp Enduro kart
1973 Margay Enduro kart
A slew of Emmick karts

1962 Kurtis Kraft Midget-Chevy II
1981 Edmunds VW midget
1999 VD FC
2005 Mygale Zetec

[Rick Kirchner]

How about going back and editing your posts to show:

Most fun
Most evil
Biggest PITA

Use Bold test to set those off....

[Bob Devol]

Crossle 35F (Skip Barber School and Race Series)
Spridget FP (Most Evil...Biggest PITA)
Crossle 45F CF (rediscovered religion and Most Fun FF/CF)
Zink Z-10C (Runner-Up: Biggest PITA)
Van Diemen RF-81 (Close Second -- Most Fun FF/CF)
Spec Racer -- Renault, then converted to Ford (Most Fun, Overall)
Swift DB1 (now for sale on ApexSpeed)

Heading back into Spec Racer Ford during '07 race season.

[Swift17]

Lotus 61 FF (1977-79 and me, the other Italian American driving a Lotus Ford)
Royale RP 16 (1979-83 great, after I added a 3rd radiator on motor's left side to cool it)
VD RF 82 - (1983 - 87 wow - just a baby carriage and still today, the BEST braking car)
Swift db-1 - (1987 - 1991 must be so so tidy ... but oh so fast) (2005 - my son drives it)

Very small interest in a MAZDA GTU RX-7 (1985 - 1992) IMSA - 12hrs of Sebring, Atlanta, Daytona 24 hrs + Central America, etc. more fun than I deserved to have w/ great co-drivers)

[Charles Warner]

1964 Ex-Bob Sharp Datsun Fairlady GP
1966 Beach FB
1965 Cortina-Lotus BS
1964 Triumph GT-6 DP
1980 Lola 592S S2
1985 Lola 598 S2
1980 Argo JM-9 Atlantic
1980 Ralt RT-4 Atlantic
1989 Reynard 89h Atlantics (2)
1989 Lola 89/90 ACRL OLDS CSR (current)
1992 Ralt RT-24/Judds F3000 (RT-24-01, RT-24-02)
1979 Shadow DN9-b1 F1 (current)
1987 March F1s (871-02, 871-03)
1989 Reynard 89d/Judd F3000
1981 Ralt RT-4 Atlantic (current)
1982 Ralt RT-4 Atlantic (current)

[dpchamp87]

1965 Mini Cooper 998
1971 Royale PR16 FF
1972 Elden Mk10c FF
Another 1972 Elden Mk10c FF
Borrowed 1971 Lotus 69 FF
1985 Lola T644E (1985 Festival winner/works car)
1980 Argo JM6 F3 (Ex David Sears)
1978 Hawke DL20 FF
1976 Zinc Z10 FF
1989 Swift DB3/89 FC (Joint most fun and biggest PITA)
1979 March 79B FA (Joint most fun and biggest PITA)
1971 Lotus 69FF

[John Green]

I see we are working hard today!

1976 Lola 342 #hU211 (looking to buy back if found)
1976 Lola 342 converted FB
1972 Hawke DL2A
1948 Fiat Altered drag car
1988 Chevrolet Camaro IMSA Firehawk GT class
1980 Camaro IMSA Kelly American
1983 Tiga S2000
1984 Tiga S2000
1986 Ralt RT-5
1994 Van Diemen FC
1995 Van Diemen FC
1984 Van Diemen FC
1994 Bailey Mini Sprint Midget
1965 FP Midget

[anthonywill3]

Good thread Ric!

Need some "younger" representation here (and by younger I mean experience, not age!):

1989 BMW 325is (ITS) 3 races 2005
1997 Van Diemen rf97 FC- 8 races 2006

[Ted and Nancy]

Lotus 61 ff
ADF MKii FF
Crossley 30 ff
Crosley 31 ff
Astech DSR built one and she drove another one. One Fiat and one Yamaha powered
Lola t292 FVC
Zink air cooled SV
2 zink z-14 water cooled SV
Tiga SC80 CSR vw water cooled
Ralt RT1 FA
Ralt RT4 FA
Lola T??? water cooled SV
March 77b FA
March 77b CSR-ASR One 1600 cosworth and one Serra 2.0 cosworth
GT40 MK III
BMW ITB
AMAC DSR Honda powered
Radical SR3
Radical 1500 Pro Sports
Second AMAC with 1600 cosworth CSR. Then Suzuki DSR
410 Winged Sprint car
Swift DB4 present
Stohr WF-1 DSR present

Owned all but 4. Nancy liked them all execpt for the RT4, no warning wicked car even after a new tub. And the RT1 which she said rolls around like a Cadillac sedan from the 60's.

[J Mabee]

Wow, I had no idea people go through race cars like I go through street cars ! How about some pictures!!

[chuck cecil]

Lotus super 7
Macon Phoenix FF
RF 82 Van Diemen FF
RF 88 Van Diemen FC
RF 96 Van Diemen FC

[jattus]

FC VD 94/95
FC VD 96
FC VD 98- On the way

Holy smoke, I just realized that I'm averaging about 1 per year (This will by my 3rd season racing)

[Brad Smith]

Fun to look at other peoples cars!


1970 Datsun 510 solo
Royale RP-3a
Eldon Mk10
Royale RP-26 (same car twice)
Van Dieman RF-90 (travelled to the FF festival to buy it)
Van Diemen RF-81
Reynard SF-90 FC
Swift SE-3 FC

Cars rented: EuroSwift 91 for FF festival

Car I wish not to have ever sold: the 90 VD 1600

[John Green]

Now, if ya'll want to really challenge yourselves......cross reference which cars on these lists were previuosly owned by someone else on the list!
I'm still waiting for my old Lola 342 to show up!

[John Merriman]

Van Diemen RF76 - 1983
Macon MR7B - 1984
Lola 342 - 1985-1988
Crossle 35 - 1988-89
Lola 342 - 1988-1996
Citation-Zink Z16 1996-today

[Mark Walthew]

Zink Z-10B CF Joint ownership with Eric Cruz
VD RF-85 FF 1991 - today

[RobLav]

Tui SuperVee
VD RF96
VD RF99

[racer27]

VD RF-85 FF, Chasiss #988
Current - '03/95 Citaion FC

[Sean Maisey]

I cant seem to own a car for more than three years before I loose interest:

In chronological order:
1976 Zink Z10B
1980 Zink Z-10C
1978 Van Diemen Formula Ford
1989 Swift SE3
1989 Reynard F2000
1998 Van Diemen FF1600
2000 Stohr DSR (s/n 001)
2001 Van Diemen Zetec FF2000
1995 Van Diemen FF2000
Next car - TBD soon

Sean

[bryancohnracing]

Car, Class, Year (s) Owned, (Notes)

AH Sprite GP 1981 (got it at 16, never raced it)
Home built FV (once owned by Kendall Smith of Ocelot DSR fame) 1985
Autodynamics Mk4 FV 1986 (wish I still had this for vintage racing)
Ford Escort ITB 1993
Dodge Neon SSB 1995 (worst racecar I've ever owned or driven, if you can call it a racecar)
84F Reynard FF 1998 Cliff Johnson, Russ Rudeseuli, and about 3-4 other folks who all had great success in it. My first FF, fond memories...)
Lola T342 FF 1999 (Took it on trade in toward the 84 Reynard, bought and sold many times to different people)
93 Citation FC 1999 (I like Richard Pare and Steve Lathrop, but geez guys could you build a car a little easier to work on...)
Royale RP24 FF 1999 (rental car)
Swift DB1 FF 2000 (1984 model, never drove it, gave it to Justin to drive for the season)
88F Reynard FF 2000 (Traded the crispy Citation to Bert Swift in KC for the Reynard)
Van Dieman RF 98 FF 2001 (shared it with Justin)
Van Dieman RF 86 FF 2004 (great car, wish I coulda kept it)
Royale RP 24 CF 2005 to present (This is noit the same one as the previous RP24, and I plan to keep it for a long time)

Note: Except for the recent Royale, I've not owned a SINGLE racecar for more than one racings season.

Oh for the money I pissed away in that inevitable search for the perfect ride........
And yes, there are many mant more racecars I've driven but not owned. I did a ton of trading drivers for wrenching in my day!

bryan

[Bob Coury]

GP Midget for one drivers school in the 70's
Hawke DL-2A 70's & early 80's
Crossle 32F clone early 80's
Drove a 97 VD FC for a patron last year
88 Swift SE-3 at tis time.

[andyllc]

None, thank god for that!

[Phil Picard]

Hawke DL2B (worth more now than my current car)
Reynard SF90
Lola T440 (came as a package with a trailer. Didn't want it, now Racergrls car)
Reynard SF84 Phil Jr
VD RF 94

[stonebridge20]

Phil,

Buy a racecar and trailer package and "toss" the racecar! Now that's funny !

Agnif