If you had to DD a classic, what would it be?

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Terrible Robot: Jul 2, 2010; FRIED CHICKEN; Slippery Tilde

As much as I want to call my '86 Celica GT-S a classic, I know it will probably never get that recognition.

I miss driving my FB RX-7 though, and those are definitely a classic Japanese sports car that I would love to DD again. Someday...

True classic 'Murrica though? gently caress, give me a '71 Plymouth Roadrunner and I could die smiling.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2014 17:49

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Terrible Robot: Jul 2, 2010; FRIED CHICKEN; Slippery Tilde

Kill-9 posted:

61 Thunderbird which I think qualifies as classic also.

My newest car is 24 years old.

Holy poo poo, was there ever a thread on this and do you have a link?

Also, I just realized that even my newest car (that I own personally, anyway) is 18 years old. It's just a 1996, when did that become so long ago?

E: Holy shitsnacks that means the Celica is almost 30 (bought it just after it turned 21). gently caress. gently caress.

Terrible Robot fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Jan 13, 2014

# ¿ Jan 13, 2014 18:22

Terrible Robot: Jul 2, 2010; FRIED CHICKEN; Slippery Tilde

Kill-9 posted:

I never did a thread on it. I picked it up a couple years ago pretty cheaply after it had been sitting in a garage for 20 years. Got her running smoothly, fixed the electrics(no lights, non-working top, no horn, etc) and started driving. There's a lot more to be done but it's a really good 20 footer at this point.

The engine is getting very long in the tooth and I'm getting a lot of blow-by so I'll have to be tearing it down some time soon. There's a bit of rust around the trunk area that'll need to get addressed in the next few years. Also, the interior is shot to hell from a really bad 'restoration' from before it was put in storage. Once I really start taking it apart it'll be time for a thread.

There's more pics of it here if you're interested. http://imgur.com/a/aEcTd

Wow, I can't wait for the thread, it looks really good already. I love the poo poo out of the color combination, that color purple has always been one of my favorites on pretty much any car, but the chrome and white interior really do it justice.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2014 20:39

Terrible Robot: Jul 2, 2010; FRIED CHICKEN; Slippery Tilde

Octopus Magic posted:

1959 Ferrari California 250 GT (with US bumpers just in case of some parallel parking issues). Easy to work on, parts might be hard to get, but if you already own one, you can just get a machine shop to make it. Drive it everywhere, in the rain, in the snow, give people heart attacks.

Ohh, Yeah

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# ¿ Jan 14, 2014 04:54

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VideoTapir posted:

My first car was a 77 four-door.

In that generation, the sedan looked better than the coupe, because the coupe was awkward as gently caress.

See I've always loved the Disco Nova coupes but dislike the sedans. I'd DD the hell out of a coupe with a nice 5 speed behind anything but the stock engine.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2014 21:36