Cars you should have kept.

[Scott Danforth]

I forgot about my '78 Jeep Scrambler. and handed me $100 bills and said, "It's mine now, let's do the paperwork."

Probably worth 7-8k today as a rust bucket that doesn't run

 

[guy48065]

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'85 Daytona Turbo
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This is a car that deserves more respect than it ever got but because it was yet another variation on the K-car chassis I think everyone wrote it off as a dud.
Mine (5-speed) handled like it was on rails. Caution sign says "slow curves 35mph max" Ha! 70 minimum, not even any tire squeal.
I had a house full of toddlers at the time so maybe I just needed to get on the road and vent some frustration. Lol

 

[southkogs]

'85 Daytona Turbo

This is a car that deserves more respect than it ever got but because it was yet another variation on the K-car chassis I think everyone wrote it off as a dud.
Mine (5-speed) handled like it was on rails. Caution sign says "slow curves 35mph max" Ha! 70 minimum, not even any tire squeal.

I had the '85 Chrysler Laser Turbo. It was a dog off the line, but once that turbo kicked in it was a jet. And curves were just dares in that car: man did it handle.

Two funny ones that I wish I still had were a '76 Pinto Rally and a '94 Escort.

 

[kd4pbs]

Yep. Mine was a 5 speed as well. I don’t know why the K chassis got a bad rap from so many. It was well balanced and just plain fun. Did not come as close to curve sticking abilities as the ‘84 Corvette with the Z-51 option though. Apparently that was the first factory Corvette to do >1G lateral on one of the major car magazine’s skid pad test 100% stock.
Scott… How easy was that Astro to get a clutch and a brake? I had an Astro work van and I seem to remember barely enough foot room for one foot and two pedals, much less three!