All the " Barn Finds " are neat but who has owned their ride more than 5 years ?

I enjoy seeing the new " barn finds " and recent acquisitions of vehicles and projects, but who here has owned their licensed, tagged and insured ON TOPIC Hamb vehicle more than 5 years ?

The coupe in my avatar has been on the road since the mid 1980's.

 

Never more than 2 years....By then, it's time to move on to the next build..........

 

Built the Cadillac in 1996, still got it.
The Ranchero in 1998, still got it.
The 1923 dodge in 2005, still got it.
I keep everything because I'm an incurable pack rat.

 

I've had mine for 14 years.

 

<--------Truck in my avatar. 31 years.......and counting.

 

i car 32 years, the other car 10 years on New Years.

 

I owned this from Feb 97 - October 2006



Bought this in October 2004, as a pars truck for the 61 pictured above, ended up redoing it also, still own it, trying to sell it now



Bought this in December of 2005, still own it



And the rest are all within the last 3 years...

 

Definitely not me, but I have a friend 61 years old that still has the first car he bought when he was 15 years old. A five window 34 Ford. He drove it all through high school, raced it at drag strips fom Sacramento to L.A. and drove it to his 40th high school reunion a couple of years. The guy is one pure hard core hot rodder.

 

i have owned mine for 26 years and still cant drive due to eyesight problems. so it sits in the barn for me to dream about one day someone can drive it for me .


Jen

 

My ol'lady and I just celebrated 7 years together...oops wrong ride!

 

'57 Chevy Nomad. Bought it as a project in October, 1968.. My son, TxRat, drove it to high school in the '80s.. It's sitting in the garage awaiting a 2nd "resurection"..

 

Including the cars from a barn to completion?
My 30 Model A and two T Roadsters were "Barn Finds" in 2004 and the Model A I just Sold and the Model T is still under the same name for the same time as well.

 

14yrs for my Chevy in the avatar. Its undergoing a beautification program.

 

the one as my avatar, i've had for 21 years.

 

I have owned this thing since 1988. It just gets better with time.

 

Owned the roadster for 30 years, the 56 pickup for 26 years, the 33 coupe for 28 years.

 

Me since 1977

 

You better pick up the pace if you want to finish it before your dead!

 

Meeeeeeee !

 

ive got a 54 ford ive owned for 13 years and still going.....never for sale....................john

 

I've only had my 50 for 3 years, But I've moved because the landlady didn't like the "junk" parked on her property. I'm sure that counts for somthing.

 

I've owned my 1937 Ford since 1979, finished and driving since 1987.

 

How about 21 years.

 

<======Owned parts of the 32 pickup for 25 years...but it's been on the road for less than a year.

Owned the GMC for 29 years...been on the road for the last 25.



Neal

 

My 56 (at the left) since 86 and had a 69 Chevelle from 79-05

 

Still driving my first car ('64 Rambler 392 hemi) - I got it '84 as a stocker - been driving it since '85. Started with the factory 6, then a 327 in '85 ...sometime in the 90's I put the 392 hemi in there. Bought my next car in '89 - a '34 Plymouth coupe 392 hemi. Still have it too. Then a '37 Chevy ...the 47, the '56, a 29-30 in pieces (only one not running)...aww crap I still have 'em all - I'm NOT into selling them. It AIN'T about the money - I just like them too much.

 

Owned the '32 2dr in my avatar almost 30 years and my '32 5w 37 years.

Frank

 

bought the body in 1988 , got it on the road in 1996

 

I have three Fords, a '40 Coupe, '41 Pickup, and a '29 Highboy. Got them in '67, '75, and '82, respectively. I have a really bad record about getting rid of hot rods; never happened. Two out of three under their own power today, above the recent average. One of them gets me to and from wherever I need to go.

 

Had this ride for 14 years. Drive it daily from spring to fall. Few years back i won the most miles driven in my club 3 yrs in a row. Build it...drive it!