{"id":68693,"date":"2020-01-20T14:32:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T22:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=68693"},"modified":"2020-01-20T14:32:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T22:32:53","slug":"whats-your-favorite-car-that-youve-ever-owned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/whats-your-favorite-car-that-youve-ever-owned\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Your Favorite Car that You&#8217;ve Ever Owned?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s your favorite car that you&#8217;ve ever owned? A question that brings up a flurry of emotions for every car guy, everything from extreme giddiness like when you remember the great deal you got the car for&#8211;to absolute sadness when you had to sell it for less than that. So we asked our Facebook community the same question and these are a few of our favorite responses!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Colby Crowe&#8217;s 1965 Ford Falcon Futura<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">65 Falcon Futura. My dad bought this car when he was in high school, so around 74, and it\u2019s been in the family ever since.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"68723\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/whats-your-favorite-car-that-youve-ever-owned\/image5-10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image5-e1579558761191.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image5-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image5-e1579558761191.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image5-e1579558761191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Darren Rapp&#8217;s 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>My 63 Plymouth Sport Fury. 12 years of enjoyment from my initial $1900 investment&#8230;with a little more added along the way<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"68720\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/whats-your-favorite-car-that-youve-ever-owned\/image2-11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image2-e1579558833335.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image2-300x124.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image2-1024x423.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image2-e1579558833335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>David Rowl&#8217;s 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1970 Boss 302 mustang, and still have it&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"68721\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/whats-your-favorite-car-that-youve-ever-owned\/image3-11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image3-e1579558943858.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image3-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image3-e1579558943858.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image3-e1579558943858.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>David Flemming&#8217;s 1970 Plymouth GTX<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>My 1970 GTX. God, I wish I hadn&#8217;t sold it&#8230;after 27 years of ownership.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"68719\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/whats-your-favorite-car-that-youve-ever-owned\/image1-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image1-e1579559195528.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,373\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image1-300x175.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image1-1024x597.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image1-e1579559195528.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Otis Brink&#8217;s S\/3 Mercury Capri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>S\/3 Mercury Capri with a V-6 4speed. First car I ever lowered. They only made about 2,000 of them. I traded my 1972 Porsche 914 for it. This car handled like a go kart. I would destroy 280 Zs and 510 Datsuns up on Mullholland and Palos Verdes Drive back in the late 70s. One I should have hung on to.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"68722\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/whats-your-favorite-car-that-youve-ever-owned\/image4-11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image4-e1579558926753.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image4-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image4-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-68722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image4-e1579558926753.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A question that brings up a myriad of emotions to car guys. <\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":68719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3447,3700,3470],"tags":[7444,7445,7446,43,7443,6650,2279,64,41,477,7442],"class_list":["post-68693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-classic","category-featured-vehicles","category-news","tag-boss","tag-cars","tag-facebook","tag-ford","tag-ford-mustangs","tag-gtx","tag-mercury","tag-mopar","tag-news","tag-plymouth","tag-whats-your-favorite-car-that-youve-ever-owned"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image1-e1579559195528.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-hRX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68693"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68725,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68693\/revisions\/68725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}