Top-5 Best American Automotive Designs

1941 Lincoln continental
1932 Ford 3/w coupe
1950 Olds coupe
1953 Studebaker coupe
1957 Chev. 2 door post
I am lucky I own two of them.

 

Man is this list HARD !! I love too mnay different rides......

1932 Ford 3W coupe or Or Roadster
1939 Lincoln Zephyr 3W coupe
1948 Pontiac Torpedo coupe
1950 Oldsmobile 88 Futuramic
1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda

So many tasty rides....so few spaces to include them hehe.

Rat

 

Raymond Lowey was also responsible for the "Aerodynamic" Hupmobiles, which along with the post-war Studebakers are among my favorites.
Gary

 

No order.


59 Caddy
53 Hudson Hornet
49 - 51 Merc
54 Chevy
32 Ford 3W
59 Impala


The 57 Chevy for sure, but its just so over done...


I wish Harley Earl was still designing cars...

 

1957 Chevy Belair
1932 Ford 3/5 window
1968 Chevelle ss 396
1940 Ford Coupe
1970 Goat

 

almost any 57' car or truck just a great year . 1957 corvette Yum. Yum.

 

1971 Buick Riviera
1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
1950 Cadillac coupe
1960 Buick Invicta
1955 Chevrolet coupe

 

32 Ford 5 Window
53 Studebaker Starliner Commander
57 Chevy 210 2 door
67 Corvette Coupe
88 Pontiac Fiero GT Coupe
I'm done!

 

37 Zephyr 3 window
40 Zephyr 3 window
61 Lincoln Continental convertible
56 Continental Mark II
Something else

 

1. 1941 Lincoln Zephyr 3 Window
2. 1932 Ford
3. 1932 Chevrolet
4. 1939 Chrysler Airflow
5. 1955 Chevrolet

Consider each for their pioneering engineering designs, although Chevrolet did have a V8 1914 to 1917 and almost had one--Zephyrs are just nice.
32 Ford "The Flathead", 1932 Chevy just sharp, Chrysler airflow similar to Zephry being unibody and really ahead of its time, and of course the Hot one 1955 Chevrolet.

Its really hard to pic sucha small list, and I am sure next week I would pick a different 5.

 

I must be wierd, cause I start thinking of the model/year cars I like. Then specific cars of people I know come into thought and blow it all to pieces.... so, I'll try this out, but sorry most of you won't know the specific car...
no specific order...

67/68 Chevy Shortbox Fleetside Pickups
66/67 Nova/Chevy II's (Randy at R&D Chassis Orange Race Car)
60/61 Impala bubbletop (it's a local guys copper color BBC pro-touring type car)
59/60 Vette's (A Black '59 Vette a friend Drag Raced from McKinney Texas)
30-34 Ford Roadster (any done right are cool)

 

1. A tweaked '36 Ford
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1936 Auburn 852 Supercharged Speedster

1936 Cord 810 Sportsman Convertible

1938 Cadillac Sixty Special

1962 Lincoln Continental

1965 Buick Riviera

 

Not necessarily the most elegant or expensive cars you can find, but they flip my switch. Five isn't enough!

1912 Model T Ford---a classic look with lots of brass.
1932 Ford woody
1928-1940 Ford Coupes, any one will do, thank you very much!
1932 Chevy Roadster (my Dad had one in the '40's)
Ford GT-40
one more bonus car---1955 Thunderbird.

 

Hard to come up with only 5 but...
69 Camaro RS
39 Lincoln Zephyr 3 window
57 Pontiac Safari custom 2 door
36 Ford 3 window
64 Mercury comet 2 door

My 3 cents (tax included)

 

Old thread but I'm gonna throw mine in there by decade

1927 T roadster
36 Terraplane coupe
41 Plymouth Coupe
1950 Hudson Pacemaker Brougham -- I like the body reveal more than the Merc.
1961 Buick LaSabre Hdtp

Honorable Mention -- 1947 Packard

 

-1958 edsel (sorry,just love them)
-1959 edsel (sorry,just love them)
-1959 ford retractable
-model A roadster/coupe
-1959 cadillac

 

Marmon sixteen victoria
Cord 810
Miller FWD Indy car
70 Chevy El Camino (it all came together on that one...)
1941 Willys Americar

 

Good list, Ryan. Yikes! The more lists I read though, the tougher this gets, but OK, here goes...

1. '57 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer 2 door hardtop (in red & white, with spinner caps, please); Blew my lil socks off when it was new and I was four, and the car that more than any other, still does!
2. '53 Studebaker Starlight hardtop coupe
3. '36-'40 Lincoln Zephyr three-Window coupe
4. '65 Buick Riviera
5. '54 Oldsmobile 98 Starfire convertible & hardtop

...but there are so many others...

 

Any fastback Buick or Cadillac , up to 1950 . Rags

 

1959 Ford Galaxy two door hard top
1959 Buick two door hard top
1960 Ford Starliner
1969 Mustang Mach 1
Cobra

 

this is hard!since I'm such a ford guy I have to have 2 lists ford and not ford!
1932 ford any body style
1956 victoria 2 dr ht
1965-66 mustang fastbacks along with the shelbys
1963.5 ford galaxie fastback
1969 mach-1 mustang
non ford
cord bevery
1937 chevy
1953 stude coupe
1953 buick skylark convert.
1965 chevelle malibu HT/1966 nova HT CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND ON THESE 2

 

bump

 

1933 Ford BB PU
1970 Ford Mustang mach 1
1969 Chevy Chevelle
Ford Cobra all of em

 

33 willys
66ish mustang fastback
32 5 window coupe
40 willys
60,s hemi plymouth

 

32 Ford 5 window
34 Chev 5 window Standard
55 Crown Vic
56 Fury
57 Ranchero

 

1949 Cadillac Sedanette
1967-74 Barracuda
1966-70 Dodge Charger
1939 Plymouth Coupe
1941 Dodge Powerwagon

 

1. Ford 32 3w
2. 59 Caddy
3. 51 Merc
4. 57 Chevy
5. Can't think of #5 for sure

 

Man, it's so hard to narrow it down to five. There are so many great American designs out there. Here are my current top five.

1. 1928-29 Model A roadster
2. 1930-31 Model A coupe
3. 1932 Ford roadster
4. 1959 Cadillac
5. 1954 Chevy.

Other favorites of mine,

1959 Chevy Impala or El Camino
1954 Cadillac
1936 Ford
1968 Dodge Charger
1969 Dodge Charger
1940 Merc
1949 Merc
1951 Merc
1955 Chevy
1957 Chevy
1963 Corvette

 

So many choices.
-Ford GT 40
-36 Ford coupe or roadster
-63 Riviera
-37 Cord
-67 427 L-88 Vette