What famous car made the biggest impression on you?

Both Dave Riolo and Bob Bunkers 55's had a huge influence on me.

 

The Nick Matranga '40 Mercury made a big impression on me. It had classic, flowing lines, a beautiful interior and paint. It was only around for a couple of years. However, it was the car that set the bar for many other customs that followed.

 

So many of the cars shown on this thread are etched in my brain , but this is the one that turned me into a true Hot Rodder.

 

At different times..

The Lil Coffin show car
Tom McMullin's twin engine Austin
Hirohata Merc
Vern Luce coupe
Fat Jack's 48 coupe
Cadzilla
Royce Gladers 29
The Redhead , bonneville car
Dick Steinkamp's 53 stude coupe

and so on.....

 

The earliest? Probably have to agree with the above = Munsters...
Follow that by Milner's coupe, Eliminator Coupe, California kid.....and my dad's 67 Satellite.

 

Tommy Ivo's Showboat: 4 nailhead engines, 4 wheel drive.

 

Grandpa Munsters coffin dragster

 

Wow, and there were so many that I thought were beyond cool......the Norm Grabowski T, Ed Roth's Outlaw and Tweedy Pie, Daryl Starbird's Lil Coffin, Arnie Beswick's GTO flopper funnycar, Ramchargers 65 Dodge funny, Sox and Martin 65 Plymouth funny....and so many more....

 

Milners coupe for sure,or ralphs rpu on happydays!

 

Non hamb friendly, but for me it was the Duke boys charger, loved that car, still do.

Also the Bandit would be up there as well.

 

This was my first real Life look at a Hot Rod back in 1965, and i was hooked.

 

here is my list.. started with finding the book in grade 2 and it just went from there.

 

thought you guys might like to watch...lol...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56u07rpwbEA

 

Painful to see that 56 Nomad smashed and burned !

 

The Sam Barris 50 Buick!

 

The T-bucket in 77 Sunset Strip.

 

Had to be the Batmobile.

 

Norm Grabowski's Kookie Car (April '57 Car Craft feature story).

 

Ala Kart.

 

Looking at the cars listed, I wonder how many of us actually built many of these cars (in 1/25 scale, thanks to AMT and Revell ). I certainly did.

 

TASCA Ford Thunderbolt!

 

Harris mercury was the one for me.

 

Barris mercury was the first big wow for me

 

For me it'd have to be Bob Falfa's '55 (that prompted me to buy a '55 210 2 door post) and (I hate to admit this one) the 'Vette from Corvette Summer. What they did to the Corvette was borderline criminal but Mark Hamill's obsession with the car struck a chord.

 

Mooneyham 554 34 Ford 5w coupe,blown Hemi.One of my all time favorites.

 

Norm Grabowski's Kookie Car He was 1 cool guy He even signed
my T-shirt .............. Ol Deuce

 

Id say there were four- the 50 and 57 fords from Thunder Road, the route 66 corvettes,and...