Now, KW could you PLEASE paste the below in my first reply and delete all the chatting you find unnecessary?
Took me big chunk of Sunday afternoon to make it accurate (hope it is)
Thanks

I hesitate to do it for long years as it might not get good response, but now might be a good time before I start forgetting.
First vehicle when I was 16 back in Poland in 1970 was
1965 WSK motorcycle with whooping 6 HP, making 80 khp downhill
1977 Fiat 126p (2-banger 21 HP)
1979 Fiat 125p
1980 Skoda
1981 VW Scirocco 1.6I (that one hit 240 kph peg driven on autobahn)
Now in US what include cars I bought for drivers in my family
1980 Toyota Corona
1981 Oldsmobile wagon 350 diesel
1982 Oldsmobile wagon 454
1980Peugeot 504 diesel times 2 (actually 3 as I bought one with engine apart and got another crushed, but with good engine)
1982 Toyota Dolphin motorhome 20'
1984 Volvo DL (served us for 14 years)
1984 Porsche 924 w 2l
1984 VW Scirocco 1.6l
1976 Peace Arrow motorhome 27' (that one blow Toro-flow engine in Ottawa and was quickly replaced by)
1984 Bounder motorhome 32' w 454
1978 VW pickup 1.8l
1981 Chevy El Camino w 5l
1981 VW pickup 1.6d
1984 Barth motorhome wb 32' w CAT 9824
1989 Country Coach motorhome 40' (that one I bought for quick resale, but we put like 5000 miles anyway) w CAT
1976 GMC 350 flatbed with 454
1998 Mercedes ML320 (the only new I bought in US)
1981 Mercedes 300tdt times 2 (bought 2nd for resale)
1998 BMW 750 iL
1990 Mercedes 300dt 2.3
2003 VW Jetta 1.6 tdi
2005 Mercedes E320cdi
1999 Ford F450 SD 7.3
1999 Mercedes E320 wagon 4M
1997 Mercedes E300d
1998 Mercedes E300dt
1972 Prevost bus conversion 40' w 8V71 Detroit
2001 Audi A4 w 2.3l
1998 Mercedes E300dt (2nd of the same MY)
2001 Ford F250 SD 7.3l
2007 Ford F350 SD 6l
2004 Mercedes E320 wagon 4M
Not all the model years might be accurate, but that is the best I can do.
I have gift for machinery and for years was buying vehicles just to explore them. I buy "TLC" drive them, fix them and 80% of them resold for profit after +- 2 years of driving.

 

Historical list:

1981 F150 Custom 4x4: 302/C6 farm bed (modified flat bed)

1973 Mercury Cougar XR7: 351C/FMX. Rebuilt it myself to fix an overheating problem. After swapping all external cooling components, I found the water jackets blocked.

1980 Bronco: 302/C6/BW1356. Hunk of junk, it was a poor mans junkyard rescue

1946 Chevy truck: told a neighbor I could get it out of their yard, but never could

1999 Mercury Cougar: 2.5L V6/ 5 speed. Mistake to ditch that car

2005 HD Sportster base: totaled on a back road in AZ

2007 HD Sportster Custom: the bike that got the wife

2004 Mazda 3: 2.0/5 speed, zoom-zoom car. Fun, but too small for the family

1999 Explorer Eddie Bauer: Dad bought it for us. Nothing but problems

1986.5 Toyota Supra: NA 3.0/5speed. My Japanese muscle car. 67K on the clock when bought. Wife said it had to go

2004 Nissan Xterra: see previous comment

2011 Dodge Journey: 3.0/6 speed auto. Never again. Too many issues.

2010 Explorer XLT: Wife's

1981 F250 Ranger Lariat: the Beast, and a continuous work in progress

 

Well, you know how threads evolve....

 

OK, I am not going to list them all but, I did a quick vehicle purchase review which includes kids wives and er, um ex-wife.

A lifetime total of 51 vehicles. All to be driven. Including the transmission Am which I original picked up as a FLIP potential but, er, um, that may not happen. (Shhh...don't tell the Queen I said that. )

Plus, 3 motorcycles, 3 boats, 3 slightly modified golf carts (and I don't even golf), two Wave Runners and a Polaris Ranger side by side.

 

Well if we're gonna list everything we owned since we were able to drive...
76 Datsun B210
87 Ford Tempo
90 Buick Regal
92 Mustang 5.0
66 Mustang 6 cylinder, body shell only
77 F100 302
74 F250 460
81 Toyota pickup 22r
94 Pontiac Firefly
82? Toyota Cressida
85 Bronco 2
02 Ranger Edge (my favorite)
02 Chevy Tracker ZR2 (wife's, I listed it because it was registered as mine, and because it was a convertible)
06 Expedition Eddie Bauer

 

"Currently",
1994 F150 4X4 RCSB 4.9L M5OD H9
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2002 Escape 4x2 3.0L DOHC
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2014 Transit Connect 2.5L DOHC
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Licensed and on the road:
1986 F250 SC 2wd, long bed 351W C-6 4.10 200,000+ miles
1987 F250 SC 2wd, long bed 460 C-6 4.10 about 77,000 miles current tow vehicle NY to VA and back
1989 Station Wagon about 112,000 miles.
1997 Crown Victoria 4.6 about 108,000 miles
2004 Grand Marquis 4.6 about 80,000 miles.

 

I really like the Connect, big and small. In '76 I bought a new E-150 with no seating 'cept for the driver. Over the first year I completely customized the interior with er, um...shag carpet , (4) Captain's Chairs, insulated walls behind paneling and hand built "U" shaped bench seats. Each bench top had a hinged secondary top that would flip out in a way that made a double'ish size bed. The seat cushions (bottom and back) were made out of 4" thick foam and were designed to lay out flat, like a puzzle, to make the bed. It was pretty damned cool. Fender flares and front spoiler. Wide oval tires on white spoke wheels. A stunner she was.

Every time I see a nice Connect, or some of the other new vans, I recall those days and wish these new units would be a jump start for that era to retro. The $ 65,000.00+ robot jobs just don't cut it for me.

 

We did something very similar to that with my step-dad's Dodge Tradesman 100. The van came with the driver's seat. We swapped in swivel Captain's chairs and added everything else behind that, including the bed with storage compartments, insulation behind the panels, roof vents, and side-windows at the back on each side, and yes, shag carpet, too. I think shag carpeting and customized vans was mandatory in CA in the '70s.

 

Yeah, not to mention two way radio communication devices...I ran twin antennas on mine.

Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end......

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Here ya go Bill:

Originally Posted by BKW :
1936 Lincoln Zephyr 4 Door
1940 Lincoln Continental Coupe
1955 Lincoln Convertible
1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible
1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III
1948 Mercury Station Wagon
1953 Mercury Coupe
1972 Mercury Comet
1958 Edsel Citation HT
1959 Edsel Station Wagon
1960 Edsel Villager, Hardtop
1939 Ford Convertible
1947 Ford Sportsman
1947 Ford Station Wagon (3)
1951 Ford Crestliner
1952 Ford Victoria
1954 Ford Country Squire
1955 Thunderbird
1956 Thunderbird
1956 F100 (3)
1957 Ford Fairlane 500 (8), Ranchero, Skyliner
1959 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible
1960 Ford Galaxie 500 HT
1962 Ford Galaxie 500 HT 406
1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL HT (10)
1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL FB (7)
1963 Galaxie 500 XL Convertible (2)
1964 Galaxie 500 XL HT (3)
1965 Shelby GT 350
1965 F100
1966 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau
1968 F250 Ranger
1968 Ford Torino Talledega
1971 Ford F100 Ranger XLT
1976 F250
1979 Ford Thunderbird Landau
1979 Ford F150 Lariat Scab
1983 Ford LTD Brougham
1988 Ford F150 Lariat Scab
1992 Ford F150 Lariat Scab
2004 Ford F150 Lariat Screw

Now: 1965 F100; 1963 Galaxie 500 XL HT, FB; 2004 Lariat Screw;
1934 Packard V12 Dietrich Conv. Victoria; 1939 Packard Super 8 Sedan;
1962 Bentley Continental Flying Spur; 1963 Studebaker R-2 Super Hawk.

 

Thank you Sean.

Subtract all of "Now."

Add: 2008 Fusion / 2011 F150 5.0L Lariat 2WD Super Crew / 2013 Escape.

 

I have a 2000 Dodge 3500 maxivan hand control wheelchair van, and a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan 14 inch lowered floor, zero effort steering, stand by auxiliary steering system, zero effort hand control, drive from wheelchair mini-van. That is it for me, had to sell my Mack Camper truck, Jeep TJ and a few other things I could not use anymore, like motorbikes, sports cars, specialist equipment, tractors, etc etc.