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And why? Let's define "classic" in this post as pre-1980. Corvette, Camaro, Mustang and GTO answers are cool but hopefully they don't dominate the thread. I like the Studebaker Avanti mainly for its styling  I also kinda like late 60s Eldorados for their grille, tail and lights   and the Cord 810 for the early pop ups  it's probably clear at this point that I am a styling dork and know little about classic American stuff, so go ahead and school me in this thread. blk fucked around with this message at 08:00 on Mar 25, 2016 |
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1969 Dodge Charger preferably with a 440/4speed. Always wanted to have one, its bucket list material just to drive one. More realistically for me to actually own would be a late 40's or early 50's sedan from any of the big 3. No show queen just something to cruise around on the weekends.
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I'll go ahead and give a cliche answer. I tried to come up with something more unique, but in my heart I know this is the car. 1968 Ford Mustang fastback in dark green with a 390 and a four speed. Inspired by Steve Mcqueen of course, this is the car that if I were told I could only choose one for the rest of my life, this would be it. 
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Mar 25, 2016 12:18
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1959 Buick Electra 225 Just for the angry yet beautiful styling it has. The car also looks like it's about to take off into space.
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Mar 25, 2016 15:06
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1955 CHEVYROLET 2-DOOR HARDTOP Perfect in every way except for no airbags to keep my brain inside of my skull. http://www.american-muscle-cars.net/1955-chevrolet.html
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'66 GTO (I grew up with this car, it even gave Jim Wangers a ride down the 1/4 mile track once.)
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Mar 25, 2016 16:01
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It changes all the time but here's a pretty good standby: I'm partial to Waggy's with the razor grille 
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I'm very much a fan of BIG cars as they simply don't exist here in the UK, just huge swathes of metal coasting down the street. Buick Riviera to me is one of the coolest cars the US has produced.  And this slab-sided beauty is just unreal.  
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i've always been highly partial to the original, corvette-based concept for the Chevy Nomad the production, Bel-Air based one was pretty cool too, though 
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I think it's a tie between the 4th gen Lincoln Continental convertible, the 1st gen Plymouth Roadrunner w/ the air grabber and the 4th gen Dodge Dart.
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Mar 25, 2016 18:42
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2nd-gen Buick Riviera, by far. Anything else is either foreign (BMW E24, M1, 8 series) or too new to qualify as a classic (Alfa 159, Ford Fusion)
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Veeb0rg posted:Dodge Charger Sex Weirdo posted:Ford Mustang fastback Friar Zucchini posted:Buick Riviera Oh, you can add the DeLorean, if it counts as "American". Should anyone choose to mention the GT40 in following posts, sorry, no, it's British, built by Lola. 
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Mar 25, 2016 22:35
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It's like QI for cars. AC Cobra *horns blare*
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Carol shelby's presence on the project says gently caress you. As for myself, I'm partial to the AMC Rebel The Machine and the AMX. The rebel just has that no frills, all purpose gently caress you look that I love. And the AMX is a 2 seat american sports car in the middle of the muscle car craze, whats not to love?
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well i mean if you think about it america was made in great britain so i don't think we can use that to rule anything out
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I'm not really into Fords, but in the 50s they made one of the most American of American cars. I would love to have one.
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Sex Weirdo posted:I'll go ahead and give a cliche answer. I tried to come up with something more unique, but in my heart I know this is the car. So close. For me, it's the 1970 Mach 1 fastback, in this color:  Just a little sleeker than the '68 and '69 editions, and I love the chrome package.
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Elmnt80 posted:As for myself, I'm partial to the AMC Rebel The Machine and the AMX. The rebel just has that no frills, all purpose gently caress you look that I love. And the AMX is a 2 seat american sports car in the middle of the muscle car craze, whats not to love? I love AMCs and I'd love to get my mitts on a Machine. Keep the AMXs and Javelins, I want bargain basement speed. And it doesn't get more bargain basement than Rebels and Ramblers. SCRamblers are cool too, but my heart lies with The Machine.
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Sex Weirdo posted:I'll go ahead and give a cliche answer. I tried to come up with something more unique, but in my heart I know this is the car. Why the '68? Edit: Actually, I'm wrong. Bullitt car was a '68. Still think the '67 looks a little bit better. For me, it's the Javelin or AMX. For some reason I'm partial to the second generation, especially the '71. 
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SNiPER_Magnum posted:I love AMCs and I'd love to get my mitts on a Machine. Keep the AMXs and Javelins, I want bargain basement speed. And it doesn't get more bargain basement than Rebels and Ramblers. Really the cars that I like from the 60's and 70's tend to be economy cars, family cars or the budget/off-brand muscle cars. The maverick, dart/valiant, duster, nova, galaxy, rebel, etc. Also, 74 Javelin, best javelin. Though if I was given a choice between a javelin and an AMX, I'd probably pick the amx, immediatly regret it and just go find a 2 door hardtop rebel to even trade someone. Then paint it satin black. Edit: 
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There are so many 50s and 60s, and even a few 70s American cars that I love, but my favourites are the early 60s Chevys.  Like this '62 Bel Air: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/05/11/super-low-mileage-409409-bel-air-headed-to-auction/  And of course the '64 Impala http://auctionsamerica.com/events/feature-lots.cfm?SaleCode=FL10&ID=r145
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'62 dodge dart for sure. Just fantastic out of the ordinary lines on that car.
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1968 Hurst/Olds
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open24hours posted:There are so many 50s and 60s, and even a few 70s American cars that I love, but my favourites are the early 60s Chevys. I really like the cut of your jib. My favorite american car is the 1970 c10. Lines and class and now you can shove whatever sized chevy motor in them. You could back then as well.
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InitialDave posted:Should anyone choose to mention the GT40 in following posts, sorry, no, it's British, built by Lola. The ones that didn't win are. The Mark IV's have a chassis designed by Ford and built by Kar Kraft
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SouthsideSaint posted:I really like the cut of your jib. My favorite american car is the 1970 c10. Lines and class and now you can shove whatever sized chevy motor in them. You could back then as well. Good call, although I prefer the '71-'72: 
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VikingSkull posted:The ones that didn't win are. The Mark IV's have a chassis designed by Ford and built by Kar Kraft
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InitialDave posted:I didn't know it was Kar Kraft, but yeah. Though in fairness, they were winning stuff with the earlier cars too. Yeah, they did win some stuff with the I's and II's. III's were the street car, and there was a chassis called the "J-Car" that they developed and won quite a bit with in 1966. In 1967 the J-car had evolved into an open top concept to compete in Can-Am and it crashed during testing, killing test driver Ken Miles. The J-Car was also the foundation of the Mark IV's, with Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt winning Le Mans that year. So in 1967 you had American everything, including the drivers, and loving AJ (who had never been to Le Mans before that year) got out after taking the checkered and called it a country road. Goddamn. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Mar 27, 2016 |
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Rhino-grilled J trucks, V2500 suburbans from the 60s through 80s, 69-70 caddy hearse.
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If I didn't care about sheer, raw performance, the '70 Superbird takes it for me. To me a lot of muscle cars try to look sedate, or at least moderately practical. The Superbird takes that and throws it out the loving window with it's nose and fuckoff huge wing and I love it for that. For raw fun factor though? GT40. I guess I have a thing for street versions of race cars.
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 The 1970 Buick GSX. Or, well...  3rd gen GM C-series trucks. I unironically love the boxy, ugly look.
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Dodge Dart Wagon, everything is just right.
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1959 Chevy Bel Air. Just look at those fins! But really, anything that's big and boaty and ostentatious. So basically most cars from the 50s and 60s.
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rndmnmbr posted:
We have a customer with one in that exact yellow that comes up from time to time. He just drives it for the hell of it somedays, including trips to the grocery store, wal-mart and random errands. Dude just loves cruising around in his buick. 
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Elmnt80 posted:We have a customer with one in that exact yellow that comes up from time to time. He just drives it for the hell of it somedays, including trips to the grocery store, wal-mart and random errands. Dude just loves cruising around in his buick. I'm pretty sure that was either the only color option or one of very few options. I think maybe white was the other choice. Either way, quite the car to show up in when you tell people you drive a Buick.
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I've been lucky enough to own basically my dream car (wrong drivetrain, but even a 327 is fun!) since 2008. The '69 Camaro is my other generic answer. But what I'd really love to find is a 68-70 Chevelle.  or  Quad headlights = best headlights. But in all seriousness I never intend to own another "original" example of any classic car. It's too loving expensive to keep it that way. I'd rather have a restomod project where I can actually buy parts at the local store instead of paying top dollar from one of three online retailers that overcharge shipping by 10x and set the price wherever the sole manufacturer says. Why yes, I 'd love to pay almost $50 ($12 for shipping!) for an oil filter bypass valve that would've been $8 in a normal store and didn't cost more than $5 to ship. And it takes a week for everything to arrive. Half the loving summer is spent waiting on parts to arrive or scrounging every store in town for CJ4 spec oil.
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Godholio posted:But what I'd really love to find is a 68-70 Chevelle. Hello, friend!   
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On looks alone I'm a big fan of the 1970 super bee.
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