Classic Car Porn ~ What I Would Like To Own
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I got nothing. I think they are cool but if I were with you in a bar and you asked I couldn't spout a single interesting thing.
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I learned to drive on my dad's 1954 MG TF
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If you don't like this you hate America. -
Uh, I don't like that and I love my countrySwaye said:
If you don't like this you hate America. -
One of my dads had a J20 truck like that with a massive front bumper with a winch and KC Daylighters on it. We had an Amerigo camper that went on the back, and we'd go off to the sticks with guns and fishing rods to get away from people.Swaye said:
If you don't like this you hate America.
I can remember a few occasions when the winch and shovels came into play. That truck was hard to stop, and I only remember turning around a couple times in all the years we had it. They still own it, but it doesn't get driven much any more. I think it's the 12 mpg and sore back from the stiff springs that keeps it parked most of the time. -
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^ The old man's first car was a 66 GTO hard top ... navy blue with white interior. He will talk about that car until he takes his last breath.
For me, there is no substitute:
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A beauty. Also, directly from the mouths of four owner/enthusiasts, "a twelve-cylinder labor of love and money."BleachedAnusDawg said:
I would fucking love to have one though. The 60s-era of style in cars is the pinnacle for me. So many awesome and beautiful cars from that tim frame. -
DerekJohnson said:
Uh, I don't like that and I love my countrySwaye said:
If you don't like this you hate America.
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That's bad ass.dflea said:
One of my dads had a J20 truck like that with a massive front bumper with a winch and KC Daylighters on it. We had an Amerigo camper that went on the back, and we'd go off to the sticks with guns and fishing rods to get away from people.Swaye said:
If you don't like this you hate America.
I can remember a few occasions when the winch and shovels came into play. That truck was hard to stop, and I only remember turning around a couple times in all the years we had it. They still own it, but it doesn't get driven much any more. I think it's the 12 mpg and sore back from the stiff springs that keeps it parked most of the time. -
Yeah, you don't buy those to really drive them much. I've seen them at car shows over the years, but never actually driving in or out. Anything with three carburetors is gonna be a pain in the ass.creepycoug said:
A beauty. Also, directly from the mouths of four owner/enthusiasts, "a twelve-cylinder labor of love and money."BleachedAnusDawg said:
I would fucking love to have one though. The 60s-era of style in cars is the pinnacle for me. So many awesome and beautiful cars from that tim frame. -
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The British are also known for their pain-in-the-ass electrical set-ups in their cars, and I am told the Jag XKE is a shining example of that reputation. I was watching a restoration show this weekend ... they were rescuing a Triumph T6 in pretty good condition - stored for 20+ years - and one of the things the guy said is standard is to convert from the old generators to alternators. While acknowledging that it violates the "original parts" standard of maintaining a classic, he also said nobody in their right minds would continue driving the car with the POS electric set-up that the British were using then. For one thing, generators aren't charging much or at all when the car is idle. He explained why but it went over my head.BleachedAnusDawg said:
Yeah, you don't buy those to really drive them much. I've seen them at car shows over the years, but never actually driving in or out. Anything with three carburetors is gonna be a pain in the ass.creepycoug said:
A beauty. Also, directly from the mouths of four owner/enthusiasts, "a twelve-cylinder labor of love and money."BleachedAnusDawg said:
I would fucking love to have one though. The 60s-era of style in cars is the pinnacle for me. So many awesome and beautiful cars from that tim frame. -
Lots of cars I'd love to have but I'll stick with the '63 split window that I have.
My sister has a '68 RSS Camaro that I really want. -
I agree with you, btw, on BMWs. I bought the 335 xi coupe right when the body style changed in 07. The thing was a beauty and when there weren't many of them on the road it turned heads and generated comments on street corners. I loved driving it ... when it would drive.Blu82 said:Lots of cars I'd love to have but I'll stick with the '63 split window that I have.
My sister has a '68 RSS Camaro that I really want.
The water pump went out on the hottest day of the year on my way to Portland. That moment of overheating warped 100 pieces of plastic collateral engine parts and gaskets and begat a 5-year hate/hate relationship with the car.
I will never own one again. If I ever get the itch to get the driving experience again, I'll do a short-term lease on one and get it out of my system. -
My most-of-the-time daily driver is a 1978 300D.creepycoug said:
I agree with you, btw, on BMWs. I bought the 335 xi coupe right when the body style changed in 07. The thing was a beauty and when there weren't many of them on the road it turned heads and generated comments on street corners. I loved driving it ... when it would drive.Blu82 said:Lots of cars I'd love to have but I'll stick with the '63 split window that I have.
My sister has a '68 RSS Camaro that I really want.
The water pump went out on the hottest day of the year on my way to Portland. That moment of overheating warped 100 pieces of plastic collateral engine parts and gaskets and begat a 5-year hate/hate relationship with the car.
I will never own one again. If I ever get the itch to get the driving experience again, I'll do a short-term lease on one and get it out of my system.
You can't hurt it and a head on with a semi would be 50-50. -
Amen brother... after owning and operating a TR2 and TR3 i can speak with confidence about how crap the lucas ignition system is. I'm amazed that they were able to get the Spitfires into the air and do combat on top of the electrical problems they must have had.creepycoug said:
The British are also known for their pain-in-the-ass electrical set-ups in their cars, and I am told the Jag XKE is a shining example of that reputation. I was watching a restoration show this weekend ... they were rescuing a Triumph T6 in pretty good condition - stored for 20+ years - and one of the things the guy said is standard is to convert from the old generators to alternators. While acknowledging that it violates the "original parts" standard of maintaining a classic, he also said nobody in their right minds would continue driving the car with the POS electric set-up that the British were using then. For one thing, generators aren't charging much or at all when the car is idle. He explained why but it went over my head.BleachedAnusDawg said:
Yeah, you don't buy those to really drive them much. I've seen them at car shows over the years, but never actually driving in or out. Anything with three carburetors is gonna be a pain in the ass.creepycoug said:
A beauty. Also, directly from the mouths of four owner/enthusiasts, "a twelve-cylinder labor of love and money."BleachedAnusDawg said:
I would fucking love to have one though. The 60s-era of style in cars is the pinnacle for me. So many awesome and beautiful cars from that tim frame.
The TR engine and the lucas electronics is what they reportedly used for the Spitfire ~ what a clusterF**K. The other thing you really wanted to do [but i didn't] was junk the SU needle point carburetors [even though they were deeply romantic] in favor of Weber tri-power and a tuned exhaust. -
I remember those cars well from my years working the MBZ service shop in Modesto. 123.130 chassis. Solid if unspectacular. Their timing chain gears make pretty good shurikensBlu82 said:
My most-of-the-time daily driver is a 1978 300D.creepycoug said:
I agree with you, btw, on BMWs. I bought the 335 xi coupe right when the body style changed in 07. The thing was a beauty and when there weren't many of them on the road it turned heads and generated comments on street corners. I loved driving it ... when it would drive.Blu82 said:Lots of cars I'd love to have but I'll stick with the '63 split window that I have.
My sister has a '68 RSS Camaro that I really want.
The water pump went out on the hottest day of the year on my way to Portland. That moment of overheating warped 100 pieces of plastic collateral engine parts and gaskets and begat a 5-year hate/hate relationship with the car.
I will never own one again. If I ever get the itch to get the driving experience again, I'll do a short-term lease on one and get it out of my system.
You can't hurt it and a head on with a semi would be 50-50.
For many years my daily driver was a 1980 Volvo 242GT. B21F engine, designed to run indefinitely at 5200RPM. Donated it in 2002 after it hit 300K miles -
66-68 side pipe 'vette
I like to call the Chevrolet Corvette the 'vette. I like to call it that. It's something I like to do. -
I've never understood the obsession with classics. Classic anything. Progress is good, and usually things improve over time. I think AC Cobras are pretty timeless. So is the design of a lot of old British roadsters. Old 911s. Then again, you know what's better than an old 911 in every single way possible, including looks? A current GT3RS (or, hell, even a Cayman GT4 for a lot less money).
My FIL owns about 50 cars. I think about six of them run and drive. One is an early 1960s Jaguar XK 160 that used to be a race car. It looks pretty cool, but it was shit to drive. Ditto the Austin Healey Sprite. That thing was downright scary. No motor, no brakes, no seatbelts...
There was a time when I had a poster on my wall of a Ducati 998R. I thought it was the most beautiful machine that had ever been or ever would be built. I've been proven wrong so many times since.
I've always wished I had the time to pick up an old car and restore it (something tiny and light like a BMW 1600 that you can't get anymore), but my idea of "restore" would be pretty much to ditch the entire power train, chassis underpinnings, and interior and modernize them. At which point just buying a new car and saving myself the 1000 hours of work starts to sound more appealing. Look up "Project Binky" on YouTube for my kind of crazy (that I have no time and/or money for). -
Yah, I agree ~ the 54-68 Vette family is one of the most spectacular builds of all time ~ would love to have one.GrundleStiltzkin said:66-68 side pipe 'vette
I like to call the Chevrolet Corvette the 'vette. I like to call it that. It's something I like to do. -
The 60s era Vettes are on the creep's list too. Stunning cars.GrundleStiltzkin said:66-68 side pipe 'vette
I like to call the Chevrolet Corvette the 'vette. I like to call it that. It's something I like to do. -
I can't say that I haven't had that run through my mind. You line up a 63 356 with a modern-day 911, and, yeah. You know which one is faster, safer and can do moar shit.1to392831weretaken said:I've never understood the obsession with classics. Classic anything. Progress is good, and usually things improve over time. I think AC Cobras are pretty timeless. So is the design of a lot of old British roadsters. Old 911s. Then again, you know what's better than an old 911 in every single way possible, including looks? A current GT3RS (or, hell, even a Cayman GT4 for a lot less money).
My FIL owns about 50 cars. I think about six of them run and drive. One is an early 1960s Jaguar XK 160 that used to be a race car. It looks pretty cool, but it was shit to drive. Ditto the Austin Healey Sprite. That thing was downright scary. No motor, no brakes, no seatbelts...
There was a time when I had a poster on my wall of a Ducati 998R. I thought it was the most beautiful machine that had ever been or ever would be built. I've been proven wrong so many times since.
I've always wished I had the time to pick up an old car and restore it (something tiny and light like a BMW 1600 that you can't get anymore), but my idea of "restore" would be pretty much to ditch the entire power train, chassis underpinnings, and interior and modernize them. At which point just buying a new car and saving myself the 1000 hours of work starts to sound more appealing. Look up "Project Binky" on YouTube for my kind of crazy (that I have no time and/or money for).
Still, a mint condition 356 is just a beauty and it's about nostalgia. I think that's it. Like many things in life, it's not rationale. -
I mean, come on ...creepycoug said:
I can't say that I haven't had that run through my mind. You line up a 63 356 with a modern-day 911, and, yeah. You know which one is faster, safer and can do moar shit.1to392831weretaken said:I've never understood the obsession with classics. Classic anything. Progress is good, and usually things improve over time. I think AC Cobras are pretty timeless. So is the design of a lot of old British roadsters. Old 911s. Then again, you know what's better than an old 911 in every single way possible, including looks? A current GT3RS (or, hell, even a Cayman GT4 for a lot less money).
My FIL owns about 50 cars. I think about six of them run and drive. One is an early 1960s Jaguar XK 160 that used to be a race car. It looks pretty cool, but it was shit to drive. Ditto the Austin Healey Sprite. That thing was downright scary. No motor, no brakes, no seatbelts...
There was a time when I had a poster on my wall of a Ducati 998R. I thought it was the most beautiful machine that had ever been or ever would be built. I've been proven wrong so many times since.
I've always wished I had the time to pick up an old car and restore it (something tiny and light like a BMW 1600 that you can't get anymore), but my idea of "restore" would be pretty much to ditch the entire power train, chassis underpinnings, and interior and modernize them. At which point just buying a new car and saving myself the 1000 hours of work starts to sound more appealing. Look up "Project Binky" on YouTube for my kind of crazy (that I have no time and/or money for).
Still, a mint condition 356 is just a beauty and it's about nostalgia. I think that's it. Like many things in life, it's not rationale.
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The point is not buying something that's better. Of course newer cars are better. Shit, some modern minivans are faster than many of the old thumping V8 muscle cars of the 60's. The point is the style, the era...that the classic car is something that an entire culture was built around. Go cruise a new GT3RS and most people assume you're just another rich asshole who has more money than taste. Drive a 1963 Corvette and people think you're probably a cool guy to hang out with and talk cars.1to392831weretaken said:I've never understood the obsession with classics. Classic anything. Progress is good, and usually things improve over time. I think AC Cobras are pretty timeless. So is the design of a lot of old British roadsters. Old 911s. Then again, you know what's better than an old 911 in every single way possible, including looks? A current GT3RS (or, hell, even a Cayman GT4 for a lot less money).
My FIL owns about 50 cars. I think about six of them run and drive. One is an early 1960s Jaguar XK 160 that used to be a race car. It looks pretty cool, but it was shit to drive. Ditto the Austin Healey Sprite. That thing was downright scary. No motor, no brakes, no seatbelts...
There was a time when I had a poster on my wall of a Ducati 998R. I thought it was the most beautiful machine that had ever been or ever would be built. I've been proven wrong so many times since.
I've always wished I had the time to pick up an old car and restore it (something tiny and light like a BMW 1600 that you can't get anymore), but my idea of "restore" would be pretty much to ditch the entire power train, chassis underpinnings, and interior and modernize them. At which point just buying a new car and saving myself the 1000 hours of work starts to sound more appealing. Look up "Project Binky" on YouTube for my kind of crazy (that I have no time and/or money for).
Classic cars are also limited-supply assets - they are never building more of those cars.
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