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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 21:34:56 GMT -5
This is what I intend to build in a few years, time and money permitting. 1964 Ford Fairlane. I have never had a true classic, always practical cars. I am going to enjoy at least one build. Any of you have a classic or exotic car to show off? Or like me, one you desire?  |
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Post by Darin on Jan 3, 2017 22:16:57 GMT -5
That's a beauty! I've always liked the 1970 Chevelle SS in "Racing Green":  |
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Post by sparks on Jan 3, 2017 22:22:00 GMT -5
1947 Series 62 Cadillac Convertible. Something about the lines of this car. Classic. My birthday is in August, so you guys have plenty of time to get the money together.   |
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Post by papipeguy on Jan 3, 2017 22:40:19 GMT -5
My MGB. Built in December 1976. A fun drive. I just passed 70,000 miles. Not bad for a 40 year-old car.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 23:15:15 GMT -5
Had a couple of friends with MGBs in high school. I always liked those. Looks like yours has been very well cared for, John. Had another friend who had both a Mini Cooper S and a TR-5 that he had done full restorations on. The British cars were a lot of fun back then. The Mini was a sticky little go-cart of a car. The cornering was incredible.
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Post by puffy on Jan 3, 2017 23:28:14 GMT -5
Those are really beautiful cars
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jan 4, 2017 0:18:42 GMT -5
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Post by antb on Jan 4, 2017 1:55:50 GMT -5
 Only one, if it qualifies, Shelby Cobra!
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Jan 4, 2017 6:55:00 GMT -5
...Great looking cars folks...one of my favorites is the Packard Twelve 1936...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 7:48:00 GMT -5
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Post by sparks on Jan 4, 2017 8:40:29 GMT -5
rdpipes, that 37' is one fine looking vehicle.
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Post by tastail on Jan 4, 2017 10:09:09 GMT -5
Aye, a nice collection of fine vehicles here.
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Post by papipeguy on Jan 4, 2017 12:04:00 GMT -5
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Post by sparks on Jan 4, 2017 12:39:19 GMT -5
Wowsa!
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Post by papipeguy on Jan 4, 2017 12:44:08 GMT -5
Yeah, he sold a Lamborghini Espada and bought this car. He got $475,000 for the Espada. 2 years later the Espada was worth close to $2 million. The car market is that crazy. The oher cars in that building are Ferarri's, Porsche's and a BMW M5.
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Post by Motto on Jan 4, 2017 18:24:48 GMT -5
G'eve, In my younger days the 1960 racing green Morgan , & 1920's Silver Ghost were the ultimate dream machines, classics !!!   |
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Post by Motto on Jan 4, 2017 18:32:22 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2017 21:55:43 GMT -5
Morgans are so primal. Love 'em.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2017 12:24:27 GMT -5
More Detroit goodness.  |
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Post by Lady Margaret on Jan 5, 2017 13:35:06 GMT -5
my Dad had this car, in hardtop
this is my dream car
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Post by crapgame on Jan 5, 2017 15:14:02 GMT -5
Mine is something rather off the wall...I want a 67 Plymouth Belvedere police special just like the car on "Adam-12" or 1970 Matador that was also used.
I would also like to have a Karmann Ghia as well.. See i told you all my cars are off the wall!!
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Post by crapgame on Jan 5, 2017 15:16:17 GMT -5
G'eve folks, my dream machine now, a Renault Twizzy 2 seater electric car , for me & Pop's successor, I will but a batman symbol on the side & call Pop's successor, (a Corgi mongrel hopefully) , named Robin  I saw the Twizzy when James May used drove it Russia on a Top Gear episode!! Very neat car indeed! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2017 16:52:04 GMT -5
rdpipes , that 37' is one fine looking vehicle. Yes sir, maybe when I become a world famous pipemaker I'll have both in my garage...................and then I woke up.  |
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Post by jitterbugdude on Jan 6, 2017 18:52:10 GMT -5
I have a 73 Ford F100 with 3 on the tree, a 74 Ford van and something that's a real chick magnet.... A 72 Vega Wagon! (4 cy). I also have an 86 Disel Jetta but I don't really consider that one a classic.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 21:59:35 GMT -5
Randy, my first car was a '73 Vega wagon. Man, you really sit on the ground in those. I thought I had a sports car. Engine blown at 140K. None of the salvage yards would take it in my small college town, not even when I offered to pay $75. I pulled the plates, wheels and stereo and abandoned it in front of someone's residence who had poorly treated my future wife. Heehee!
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Post by jitterbugdude on Jan 7, 2017 4:46:48 GMT -5
Don, I had 3 Vega's as a young dude. Most guys that go thru a mid-life crises go out and buy a hopped-up expensive sports car... I bought myself another Vega!
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Post by papipeguy on Jan 7, 2017 9:56:34 GMT -5
A guy I worked with had a Vega. At about 90,000 miles we went over a railroad crossing and the chasis broke in half. They tended to do that at the time.
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Post by jitterbugdude on Jan 7, 2017 11:39:22 GMT -5
Truth be told- I got my first Vega in '78. I took the engine out and had steel sleeves put in the cylinders (and had the block shaved). I also had the head shaved. When I got it back I was getting 38 mpg. I totaled that car which was easy to do. Basically if your side mirror fell off the insurance companies would total it.. ! So, I bought another for about $50.00 and transferred the "good" engine to the new car. That one got totaled so I got myself a 3rd Vega and transferred the engine yet again. The 3rd Vega was a wagon. I took it all over the U.S. one summer on a 4 week vacation with my girlfriend.
The Vega has an interesting history. It was the first car that used an electrostatic paint method (the car was charged "negative" and it was dipped into a vat of positively charged paint) It was also the first car line to use robots in car assembly. It was probably also the first car that started burning 1 quart of oil per day before obtaining 50K in mileage.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2017 21:35:19 GMT -5
Mine had the worst brakes and manual transmission I have ever had on a car. But it was mine.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2017 21:35:39 GMT -5
Spent a lot of time riding around in one of these:  |
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