favorite classic car?

snorlax

ford mustang preferably an older model!

DoctorEdgeWild

Shelby Mustang GT 350 or Ferrari Lusso 250 GT

Alfasudcrazy

For me its the TR6 - once you get a good one to start with they are one of the most entertaining classics. Nice to drive, easy to work on and an easy supply of new parts at reasonably cheap prices.
Only thing that can be a bit of a trial is the lucas mechanical fuel injection system - nobody in Ireland knows anything about it.
But as a classic you can't beat it IMO

camarobill

1969 camaro or 65 mustang,if i won the loto.a real gt40

snorlax

the TR6 is a nice car so much fun to drive compared to some of the more boring models nowadays, driving should always be fun!

ds20prefecture

There are so many.

Current dream is a Tatra 603

hawkmoon269

The Porsche 959, an under-rated 1980's supercar. Admittedly a modern day 911 Turbo would probably out-perform it but I've always liked the 959.

I also like most 1970's and 1980's Ferraris - the 308 and 328, and the Mondial convertible.

snorlax

the Tatra 603 could kinda pass for a trendy hearse, well at least if it was black!

eljono

There are so many, but today I'm in the mood for a Ferrari Dino 246GT. One of my favourite new/old cars

Alfasudcrazy

Yum Yum - god that's a nice Dino - just had to have it displayed more prominently

Dades

With Lotto money - Ferrari Daytona Spider.
(Thanks Miami Vice!)

v-deniso

Its has to be the Ferrari 250 GT California

http://www.paoloscars.com/57Ferrari250gtcalifornia_4.jpg

weemcd

Dades

v-deniso wrote:

Its has to be the Ferrari 250 GT California

http://www.paoloscars.com/57Ferrari250gtcalifornia_4.jpg

That was my next choice. (Second car runabout )

Interceptor

Bugatti Royale every time. Probably getting tricky to find an affordable one what with only six in the world and the French National car Museum owning four of those....

'c

Keyzer

The sexiest car of all time bar none....

jay567

Merc,
SL 300 Gull Wing.

v-deniso

I know I'm a little biased but it has to be the Jaguar XK120...As you can see from the picture in the link. What gorgeous lines!

http://www.cf-server.de/Content-Express/index.cfm?domain=www.auto-schrauber.de&fuseaction=galerie&galerieaction=detail&id=3463&rubrik=165

Just imagine post war England...very depressed...then a car this beautiful and fast (Fastest Production Car in the world, 120+ MPH) including a brand new type of engine too (First mass produced DOHC Engine 3442cc) arrives at a price that was affordable...It just blew away the competition.

Jaguar at their very best!

eljono

v-deniso wrote:

Its has to be the Ferrari 250 GT California

That is gorgeous

Squirrel

Fiat 130 Coupe, beautiful

mr potato head

Ginetta G4.
I think this is fairly nice and different. Bubbly roof but it suits it.
Came across it while playing Grand Tourismo 4...
Lots of engine types though!

mike65

Ooooooh, a picture thread!

I'll go for the ever fabulous Aston Martin DBS



Mike.

lomb

Squirrel wrote:

Fiat 130 Coupe, beautiful

do ya reakon? it looks like a box with wheels on it to me.

Dades

lomb wrote:

do ya reakon? it looks like a box with wheels on it to me.

And the interior looks like it was designed by squirrels.

:eek:

Squirrel

It's 1 of the first cars I was ever in, my uncle who lived in Italy had 1, it just must be special to me

Gatster

Maybe a Jensen Interceptor MKII or BMW 3.0CSL if my shares rose sufficiently, Jag C or D type when the lotto comes in.

ambro25

qz

It's gotta be the Ford GT40

corelon

heh guys, I came across this by total accident.. What a car. bugatti!!!!
Wonder if there is one in ireland!!

vibe666

can't be beaten imho:



loved it since the day i knew it existed. which was a long time before nicholas cage had one in gone in 60 seconds!

Dr.Feelgood

Check out Datsun 280z

you'll like it

ScabbyLeg

Saw a beautiful Stingray yesterday in University of Limerick. Looked in really nice condition


I'm partial to the Gullwing aswell.. found some really nice pics / desktop backgrounds for those !interested!

Streamload

ambro25

@ streamload... yup, aside from a Cobra, that one does it for me too

Horatio

Got to be the 1972 Dodge Charger........What a sweet ride

rabbitinlights

1st: Original Ford GT40:


2nd: GTO 250
Id prefer black but I wouldnt be too picky!


3rd: 427 Cobra


4th: Pre-War Cord coúpe

aaronk

Ford Capri.......................

2manyturbos

For me, it is also the Ferrari 250 Lusso.

Just beautiful.

Never can understand why people keep picking the 250 GTO. It has a shortened wheelbase, is stumpy looking, the lines do not flow, so how can it be beautiful?

People mixing up the adrenaline of race credibility with the visual caress of a genuinely balanced shape maybe? Don't know. But race cars, with a few notable exceptions like Bizzarinis, tend to be functional looking rather than beautiful.

Alfasudcrazy

Mmmm I see what you mean :cool:

Alfasudcrazy

WOW - you learn something new every day – I have never heard of Bizzarini’s before – would not say no to one either

http://www.europeancarweb.com/features/0205ec_bizzar/

2manyturbos

They are extremely rare. They also sell for funny money.

I think a lot of cars from the early to mid sixties had this wonderful "look" to them. Almost as if all the car designers at that time had taken a course in sculpture, then applied the theory to the moving shape.

Computer aided design these days makes them all look the same, and in particular, would not allow for the extravagance of the flowing shapes that the 250 Lusso and the Bizzarini race cars enjoy. This is because this dart-like profile does not allow for the interior space the marketing people and the buyers want these days.

Picture one of these things standing beside the current model BMW 645 coupe, and you will see what I mean. We can forget about flowing shapes these days. They can do chunky, or they can do chunky with a stripe. :rolleyes:

Flowing shape? Nah!! No room for golf clubs.

PaulK_CCI

2manyturbos wrote:

For me, it is also the Ferrari 250 Lusso.

Just beautiful.

Never can understand why people keep picking the 250 GTO. It has a shortened wheelbase, is stumpy looking, the lines do not flow, so how can it be beautiful?

People mixing up the adrenaline of race credibility with the visual caress of a genuinely balanced shape maybe? Don't know. But race cars, with a few notable exceptions like Bizzarinis, tend to be functional looking rather than beautiful.

By the way 2manyturbos, you can slate the GTO, but don't condemn it for the wrong reasons because what you may not know is that both the Lusso and the GTO are built on exactly the same chassis and are both on a 'shortened chassis'! The Lusso was the Road going version of the 250 GT SWB (short wheel base), with a sleeker body and more luxurious interior. The GTO was developped to replace the rather aerodynamically limited 250 GT SWB racer. They used the same chassis as the 250GT SWB (and therefore also the same chassis as the Lusso!!!), and none other than Giotto Bizzarini (!) designed the body of the GTO !! So when you claim the GTO doesn't have the appeal, and the Bizzarini's do, then you probably didn't realise that Bizzarini designed the GTO

But, I have to agree, I don't think the GTO is the most beautiful Ferrari. For me personally it's the 500 superfast, followed by the 330/365 GTC.

2manyturbos

Thanks for the info Paul.

I was aware that the 250 GTO was on the SWB chassis, but not that the 250 Lusso was on the same chassis.

As a long-time classic car fan, I'm aware that one man's meat is another man's poison. So generally I avoid berating other peoples' choices. It is just that in the case of the 250 Lusso and the GTO, them being brother and sister and all, it is really really difficult to understand how anyone who had ever seen a Lusso, could pick a GTO over it as a favourite.
[But loads of people do, it is a valid choice, a real supercar before the mid-engined ones took over the universe.]

As favourites go, I have quite a few, not all of them as elegant as a Ferrari Lusso. A particular favourite is the recent Alfa Romeo SZ {Zagato} coupe. The styling is unique, causes some to throw up. Well, their arms, anyway. But I like it, and you could not call it elegant.

So yeah, sorry for knocking the GTO, I'm sure it's mother loves it. :rolleyes:

MercMad

Its certyainly hard to beat the Italian styling of that era !

The GTO is fabulous its form dictated by what was good for racing, whereas the Lusso can put form over function and I agree its a tastier car as far as the eye is concerned , and having seen one in the flesh at Citywest its stunning !

2manyturbos

I'm glad you agree with me MercMad. Thought I was out on my own for a minute.

Favourite classic does not necessarily mean the prettiest, or the most elegant, or the most technically advanced, or the most avant design of its time, or the best rally/race car of its day.

It can mean any or none of these. Many people's favourite classic can refer back to a car Dad had during their youth, or an uncle or aunt, or something less mundane driven by a local bigwig. For the most part though, most people do prefer sports or sporting cars as a classic choice.

And it is hard to beat the Italian designers from the sixties.

county

snorlax wrote:

ford mustang preferably an older model!

can you not spell(favourite)

ds20prefecture

county wrote:

can you not spell(favourite)

Troll.

PaulK_CCI

2manyturbos wrote:

So yeah, sorry for knocking the GTO, I'm sure it's mother loves it. :rolleyes:

Don't get me wrong 2manyturbos, I'm completely with you on that you prefer the Lusso over the GTO, because I also think it's a prettier car. I just felt you were using the wrong arguments, that's all...

Perhaps the main reason why people would see the GTO as a more collectable car would be because of it's racing pedigree (in the days that you could drive your car to a race, compete with it, and then drive it back again!!!!) and because they've only made a few: there were 350 Lusso's built, as opposed to just 39 GTO's

In fact the GTO was the last in the line of Ferrari's purpose built "Track" cars, that were suitable for road use, but they didn't quite pull it off, because to have the GTO genuinely qualified for Circuit racing, they had to build 100 cars to homologate (Hence the "O" in the GTO name) it, but they only got as far as 39, so the GTO wasn't allowed to compete in most races.

Audiodelic

God, there are just too many, but I have a big soft spot for American cars. I love Mustangs and Dodge Chargers but I would die for a Chevy Bel Air. (I saw a Turquoise one in mint condition parked in a driveway in Walkinstown last month and nearly cried). I'm also very partial to Corvette Stingrays, particularly the 1972-75 makes. I saw a white one up by Christchurch on Friday evening and it was really something else. Also love E-type jags, late 60's Pontiac Firebirds... I could go on for ages really.

knipex

AC Cobra coil or leaf sprung versions, 289 or 427 it dont matter.
E-Type roadster (series 1)
Ferrari dino
XJ120
Lotus Super7

okistag

There Are So Many
Number One For Me Is A Tr6, Then Stag, Tr5, E Type, Db5, Xk120/150, Merc Coupe 280 3.5 Conv