Family heirloom vehicles?

[BarfBag]

My dad bought this wagon when I was a freshman in high school. We found it when he got off the interstate and took backroads to avoid the state trooper that spun around after we flew by him exceeding the speed limit.

He drove it often through the mid 90s, but he got busy and it got stuck in the barn. His Parkinsons has progressed to the point of him not being able to drive, so I decided to drag it out and get it road worthy to cruise him around in.

He has a good time everytime we cruise in it, especially if my kids come along with us.

Next up is the 1975 F250 High boy he bought brand new, also in the barn, undriven for about 20 years.

 

[AK_F250]

Tons from the teens through the 60s, I’ll have to dig up some pictures. My grandparents came to Alaska during the Korean War and afterwords started a house moving company. A lot of their business was moving surplus Quonset huts all over the state. While they were doing that they’d pick up cars and truck from remote areas and bring them home to restore. Dad and I keep the fleet maintained and add to the collection, we’re probably hovering around 20 right now. All the restorations my grandparents did will be in the family forever, but the cars we’ve picked up in recent years could get sold at some point.

 

[spaceman]

My older brother is good at collecting the family heirlooms - he has the 1969 Dodge D200 Camper Special my dad bought brand new. Hasn't been running in a long, long time. He also has our brother's first vehicle - a 1967 Chevrolet Pickup. That also hasn't run in a long long time.

I have the 1985 Toyota single cab 4x4 pickup that my sister bought off the showroom floor. Still runs, bed is long gone (rusted) but it starts and runs, and is just waiting for some TLC from me...

 

[engineerjoe]

Step-Fathers '63ish GMC Brush Firetruck. 305 V6 to a SM420.
Factory engine is toast (needs a re-sleeve on a couple cylinders). My goal is to have it running on a 4.3L Vortec (to keep it a V6) before summer, then he can take his time doing the cosmetic fixes. I will keep the original engine and eventually get it fixed up and put it back in.

Colorado truck it's whole life, so very little rust. It has something like 20k original miles.

It'll be passed to me when my step-dad is done with it, and I'll pass it down to one of my kids.
My step-dad worked for this fire district for a long time. He bought this truck (with the locked up engine) 10 years ago for $50.

 

[A_G]

dads first car that im currently trying to make it drive Ive got a thread over in other builds

 

[JR4X]

Got access to a few excellent examples. This ones my favorite though. Grandpa finished this resto-mod in the 80’s, it still looks like this now.

 

[TRINDU]

1967 F100 Ranger my grandfather ordered new. The rear end and 32V 4.6 of the Lincoln Mk8 my grandmother bought new will eventually live in it. Someday...

 

[Aggie06]

1967 F100 Ranger my grandfather ordered new. The rear end and 32V 4.6 of the Lincoln Mk8 my grandmother bought new will eventually live in it. Someday...

Careful, Jimmy8675309 might harass you for letting it sit under a barn without doing anything to it.

 

[RUGER]

my grandfather bought a new 87 f150 4.9 auto 2wd the year he passed away. my dad got it and drove it fer years with doing minimal work on it. he was selling the camper shell that was on it and they guy asked how much fer the truck and dad sold it, think it was 2004. i learned to drive in that truck and have many fond memories with it, i still miss that truck.

RUGER

 

[Thefishguy77]

I'm getting ready to start redoing a 77 f100 short bed 4wd. My uncle bought it new. Then my dad had it and I got it from him in my early 20s. Our (wife and i) first date was in that truck. I sold it back to dad right after we got married...30 years ago. Dad kept it all this time and gave it back to me.

The bed Is shot and it's going to need a grill. I'm going to swap out the tired 360 for a 2000 explorer 5.0 and keep the 4spd.

It may not mean much to anyone else but I wouldn't trade it for a new truck.

Do as henery ford intended and swap a SBC into that bitch

 

[TRINDU]

Careful, Jimmy8675309 might harass you for letting it sit under a barn without doing anything to it.

I *use* to be that guy. Now I'm on the other side of the fence and dgaf.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

I *use* to be that guy. Now I'm on the other side of the fence and dgaf.

Sounds like it will be a pretty cool hotrod if you ever get around to actually doing it.

 

[Thumping]

Do as henery ford intended and swap a SBC into that bitch

The only thing I'd put a chevy boat anchor in besides a chevy....is a jeep.

Because you can add all the corn you want but if you're working with a pile of shit....its still going to be a pile of shit.

 

[Kriptonite]

I have my mom's 86 MB 300sdl. It sat under her carport for 5 years not driven (she's 93). I ask her what she wanted to do with it and she replied "give it to you I guess " so of course I took her up on it. It had 76 000 and change on the odometer and after checking the vitals I put it a new battery and it of course started right up. Took it straight to a MB repair shop and had them fix a few things that needed attention then to a detail shop to get it cleaned up right. It is kept in a climate controlled garage now and gets driven regularly on longer road trips. Man that thing although slow on take off still hits the road like a champ. I'm very proud to have it as it was the last in a long line of Mercedes that she had owned. 88thou on the odometer now. The wife and I plan to drive it to Niagara Falls for our 45th anniversary this year.

 

[Grnd93]

Hard to say for me, I've sold mostly everything.
The only thing I do have is my grandfathers 1946 Bantam trailer. It was his, given to my dad, given to me.
It's not mint, my grandfather cut off the pintle hitch and welded on a 1 7/8 hitch, my dad cut all that off and put a 2" hitch on it.
It's had a few sheets of "flooring" installed, and tons of paint jobs.
It's a good trailer, I've used it a lot taken it as from CA to Arkansas, been on the Rubicon a ton , but it normally just holds aluminum scrap in my yard.
In the epic here it has my flooring for the house in it, I forget the weight, but it was close to 4k.

I have one of those rusting in my backyard

 

[BillyBronco]

I had one and sold it. My grandpa bought a 1981 Ford Bronco new. A few years later he gave it to my Dad. It was always an extra vehicle for us growing up. My brother drove it as his first car for a couple years. Then I drove it for a couple years and put a baller 2” lift and 33s on it. Then I got a newer vehicle when I went off to college. Nobody else to drive it at this point but I convinced my dad to keep it around so I could get it when done with school. Well 2nd year into school I made it my off-road vehicle. My wife and I met on a off-roading trip in college. After college I hung onto it for about a year but my place I lived at made it a challenge to keep and it had been 5+ years since it had been on the road and I didn’t have the resources to get it back to road worthy. I sold it to a friend as a deer lease vehicle. He used it for another 6 or so years then he decided to sell it. I still had no place for it and by that time it needed more work to put back into reliable road worthy shape. It was sad but I didn’t buy it back. I still miss it and think “one day” but realistically it just isn’t feasible for me.

 

[Poriggity]

I have my mom's 86 MB 300sdl. It sat under her carport for 5 years not driven (she's 93). I ask her what she wanted to do with it and she replied "give it to you I guess " so of course I took her up on it. It had 76 000 and change on the odometer and after checking the vitals I put it a new battery and it of course started right up. Took it straight to a MB repair shop and had them fix a few things that needed attention then to a detail shop to get it cleaned up right. It is kept in a climate controlled garage now and gets driven regularly on longer road trips. Man that thing although slow on take off still hits the road like a champ. I'm very proud to have it as it was the last in a long line of Mercedes that she had owned. 88thou on the odometer now. The wife and I plan to drive it to Niagara Falls for our 45th anniversary this year.

This is an awesome story!! I need to see pics of said MB!

 

[DirtDrill]

Unfortunately, my family weren’t car people, and being from the north everything rusted out anyhow. I am trying to rectify that. These will be family heirlooms going forward, 71 Bronco, 74 F100.

 

[Eman Resu]

Dad picked this car up in '77, has had it ever since.

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[BDK]

I also inherited my parents RV. Its a 2002 Dolphin W22 Workhorse chassis and its set up for remote dry camping with a Xantrex whole house inverter and six golf cart batteries. I updated the solar to 600 watts, installed a 40" flat screen up front, 24" flat screen that's 12 volt with a built in DVD player in the bed room, and a phone signal booster. Going to upgrade the sound system soon, but it already has surround sound that works off the radio. Added a bunch of 12 volt USB and charge ports throughout. Also has load assist air bags at all four corners and it drives very nice. If I register it in Arizona I am going to have the trans and engine PCM's tuned. I'm not sure it classifies as a legacy vehicle as it might get sold someday, but its a good, solid RV that meets all of my needs. Its been garaged since new and has been very well maintained. I sold my smaller class A when I got this one.
Truckhaven

Flat screen I installed

 

[Add]

My 85 custom cab. I will never sell this one

 

[Projectjunkie]

How about heirloom cars you don't want?
My dad isn't a car guy, he bought a 97 Celica new, with the little engine, the little wheels, and a 5 speed.
it's a terrible color, and a no option car with manual windows and dealer installed key fob for power windows. He loves it, he would, and still does blast up and down the curvy roads around here, squealing his 185/70r14s
I had it painted for him once, then he popped a head gasket over Christmas a couple years back, oil to coolant, easy fix, I'll get it done next week, nope, he panics, takes it to a shop, drops 2 grand, they fuck up his engine, but that's not all, his hood, windshield, and roof are fucked too, and there's video in the shop of the mechanic taking off with the hood up, then coming back and basically jumping up and down on it to get it closed.
he got fired, the shop kinda fixed the engine, I made a claim against their insurance, got a check, tracked down a hood for an obsolete girl car that nobody liked when it was new. Got it painted, again, but sent the seats to an upholstery shop while it was being painted.
then last year the timing cover was leaking, so I'm back in there fixing hacked shit. Ordering factory parts, while he's driving my DD, and I'm logging miles on my tow rig. I finally get his piece of shit car running, and he tells me he's going to leave it to me in his will
I can't help myself, I'm laughing and tell him i don't want it
I seriously thought about crashing it on a test drive so that he could buy something reasonable, like a 2 door accord with a spoiler, or a v6 mustang.
He has hell cat money, but likes his little girl car.

I'm still thankful for the driving lessons. At 15 we'd go out in the dry river beds in our then late model 4runner and he'd let me absolutely flog it, sideways steering with the throttle. To this day I never over correct. I'll bring this bitch off the shoulder when I'm ready....


My grandpa bought used Lincoln's, then bought himself a 2001 Lincoln LS V8 brand new. It was a huge piece of shit and a pain in the ass to work on. I kept up on it for years. Then I heard the great news they gave it away, I was ecstatic. They gave it to my mom. Fml. i carried it fur another couple of years until she gave it to my sister. Not my problem. She finished it off in short order. Now a town car would still be kicking....

 

[PressTech]

The '40 Dodge was my dads first car...man had a tendency to hang on to stuff.