Ken,

I have to admit that this is the first time that I have ever seen "Lake Pipes" on a Capri.

Back in the early 70's I dated a woman that had a 72 Capri. I have to admit that it was FUN to drive. We use to swap cars once in a while as she enjoyed driving my 69 Firebird. Which was BIG TIME NOSE HEAVY. I enjoyed the more neutral handling of her Capri.

 

Well, let me see if I can remember all of them

1956 Buick Special (hard top convertable) (no B pillars)
1963 VW Bug (40 HP)
1969 Firebird (4.1 Litre Over Head Cam with a 6,500 RPM redline)
1976 Chevy G-20 long wheel base van to haul my Kawasaki S-3 Race bike, the H-2, and an occassional 1979 Honda CBX (one of my favorite motorcycles, In line Six clylinder 1043 CC)
1979 Honda Prelude (company car)
1979 Toyota Supra (company car )
1979 Honda Accord hatchback
1980 Chevy Caprice Classic (company car)
1986 Honda Civic Si hatchback
1982 Cadillac ElDorado Biaritz (company car that I hated)
1988 Toyota 4X4 pickup
1983 Ford Expolder (Five speed transmission, four door XLT, with +1 Michelins, IPD front and rear sway bars, Bilstein gas shocks and a Borla cat back system) Purchased from a friend in June of 2000, it now has just under 211,000 miles on it.
2003 Honda S2000 (that just turned over 71,600 miles)
1999 Infinity I-30

On the motorcycle side I have owned the following:

1972 Kawasaki S-2
1974 Kawasaki S-3 (Production race bike)
1974 Yamaha MX125 play off road bike

I have riden the following bikes as either a race bike or a company owned demo:

1979 Honda CBX (three different bikes)
1980 Honda CX500 Turbo
1974 Kawasaki H-2 ( Highly modified with a Wirges motor. The scariest thing that I have been in or on.)
1982 Yamaha Venturer
1982 Honda Sabre
1986 Yamaha V-Max
1986 Pulse

I am fairly certain that I am forgetting the a few or not mentioning some such as the Yamaha XV-920 that I rode up to the top of Pikes Peak in Sept of 1980. Or the Harley that I rode. etc.

I have to state that when it comes to ground vehicles with wheels my favorites are no doubt distilled down to the following:

The Dodge Viper RT (Skip Barber School)
The Honda S2000
The Honda CBX

My other all time favorite is in my Avatar.

The legendary plane known as the "Big Stearman"

 

 

^ Nice collection! So did you find your "perfect family car" yet?

 

71 Datsun 510
83 Camaro Z28 (what was I thinking?)
88 RX7 Turbo
98 Dodge Ram 4x4 (my only automatic, and still my rainy day and camping car)
then the S.

 

Thanks. I spent a few hundred bucks and had both the driver's and the passenger's seats foam replaced in my CTS. It's made a big improvement.

 

I learned to drive a manual transmission in a '67 VW bug
Moved on to a 69 firebird, later had an MG midget (LOVED IT when it would run)
Had a 60 something corvette stingray
We had a twin turbo 350 ZX and a couple/mustangs before I got hooked on the S2000.

 

I also had a Mazda 626 GT turbo (good car but terrible torque steer) and an '85 Rabbit (what a POS but I loved it, and people used to come up to me and ask if they could buy it).

 

I forgot to list the car that came afer the Miata....my "Silver Bullet". If Toyota brought back the Supra, I must confess I would be tempted.

 

Glad it worked out for ya