Looking at my original list (post #6), there's nothing I'd kill, although my affair with '36 Fords has cooled somewhat. Rather than make a new list with a bunch of retreads, I prefer to think in a "Hall of Fame" mode, and name another bunch of favorites: - '29 A Roadster, as a full-fendered hot rod - '38(?) Alfa Romeo 2900B, almost any body style - '40 Merc 2-door sedan - '41 Buick Special sedanette - '48 Olds 98 2-door fastback - '53 Stude hardtop - '68 Dodge Charger
my top 5 american mainstream rides 49 fleetline 34 ford 3W 62 chevy bubble top 47 chevy fastback 62 corvette worth mentioning (almost made the list) 40 ford woodie 78 2 dr caprice (bubble rear window) 85 montecarlo fastback 66 Riv 58 Corvette
Deuce roadster.....hiboy, of course. any Model T. 36 Ford 3 window.....chopped. any Ford woodie....just cuz! Bugatti type 35 and 37.....pure racecar. Miller 91... racecar or jewellery? Kurtis midget.....statistically the winningest racecar ever built. 49 Ford coupe.....styling breakthrough. Porsche Speedster....minimalism at it's best . 289 Cobra....so pretty. Watson indycar....the last of the roadsters Ferarri Lusso.... as sexy as Salma Hayek! Ferarri Daytona coupe....172 mph right out of the box....35 years ago. Mclaren F1 (the road car)....$1million,218mph,BMW V12...just about right. Hemi Dart...turn key racecar before the age of product liability laws. running out of room in this little box...how much bandwidth left...I could go on...
my dad was tellin me about an advertisement where a car went over a bridge but no water got in and it said "If Kennedy was drivin this, he would be president"
Pre-War 1. '38 lincoln zephyr 2. '40 merc 3. '36 ford 4. '40 ford 5. '34 ford Post-War 1. 1958 Pontiac 2. 1949-1951 merc 3. 1958 cadillac 4. 1960 cadillac 5. 1957 oldsmobile My favorites as of right now. I'll probably go to some thread on here and it'll change within the next fifteen minutes. '40 fords and '36 fords are a constant on mine
I’ve never done this before (at least not “out loud”, so here goes... 1. 1932 Ford roadster 2. 1928-29 Ford coupe 3. 1965 Ford Galaxie convertible 4. 1947 Chevrolet Fleetline Aerocoupe 5. 1952-54 Ford Country Squire -Dave
1. 40 Ford Deluxe Coupe 2. 64 GTO 3. 57 Chevy 4. 40 Dodge Coupe 5. 36 Ford Anything 6. 39 Ford Standard Coupe 7. 53 Chevy 8. 49 Ford Business Coupe 9. 62 Chevy bubble window 10. 63 Split window vette 11. 70 Corvette LT1, 4 speed, Red! Gotta be Red!
I love a ton of cars for their design, especially Exner's stuff. But I really think the '57 Fury is way underrated.
I do not wish to re-open the invitation to HAMBers to express their opinions regarding favorite auto designs, but it is certainly not my place to stop you . . . I just find it interesting that among early HAMBers (first 5 or 6,000 members) represented here, these are the unscientific results: Approx. 65 total opinions . . . only 20 listed the '32 Ford . . . and only 14 listed the '33/34 Ford. There seem to be nearly as many votes for the '53 Stude as the early '30s Fords! Goes to show that the early HAMB was mostly pure car folks with a deep, broad appreciation for the auto world, hotrods and customs being simply a part of that. Can we say the same thing about the current make-up of the HAMB? Beyond me to say . . . Just some musings on a slow day in the sunny South.
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