Ever have a car take your breath away?

John Fisher's 36, the 55 bel air that SASS showed at LB Motorama, Mark Skipper's T (which was neat just to sit in) and the Take out T (even though technically i haven't seen it in person), and Adrian's (formerly Jordan's) 29 because its the only true traditional roadster i've ever driven, also the two 60's that starlite just finished (one starliner and one olds).

 

Is that L. T. in the back ground.

 

Besides some that have already been posted. Here are a few that really get the blood flowing.

 

This one, when I saw it restored at the Groundhog Gala a few years ago...

I had goosebumps when I saw it from the street in front of a country dive bar in a not-so-nice section of town...

 

More times than I can remember...starting with the Aztec pictured above.

 

Allow me....

 

after rolling my mopar, i was looking for a lightweight body to drop my hemi into,my buddy picked me up in his stude truck and took me to an old salvage.i was telling the old guy i was looking for a body so i could whip up on the guy that runs the local rootbeer stand.he open the shop door and there set a 41 willys coupe..i gasped and my buddy said " oh it moved" he said i could have it if i out run the rootbeer guy. haha!!!

 

I certinlee agree!!! If it wasn't ALL THIS "STUFF" what tha Hell-o would we be LQQKIN' at this STUFF ENYWAY??


I have a hard time livin' with my wife, But, I'd Never Tried it with HIS!!!!

 

Everyday on this site somebody post something that does just that.

 

This is the only post that makes sense!!Glad i'm straight!!lol
JimV

 

...when my buddy drove this into a cruz nite last summer...

 

No - that's a bit freaky

 

rolled a toyota land cruiser 1 1/2 times, knocked the wind out of me...does that count?

 

This van that was posted earlier took my breath away. Anyone know the history/owner.

 

Cool cars guys. A bunch in this similar thread too.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489804&highlight=takes+your+breath+away

 

Absolutely...These...........................

 

The first pass I made into the 6's at Atlanta Dragway. At about 1000 feet, it started sashayin' left to right 'cause I was trying to put about 1500 horsepower to a greasy, no-prepped racetrack.
Lifting, it still went 6.89 @ 190. Now THAT really took my breath away.
Needless to say, we put 'er in the box and headed to the house after that!

 

Mox Miller's Impala.

 

That first ride in the dual quad 426 Hemi 4 speed did it to me when I was 16. The ride in the 69 Nova did it a couple years later. When I hammered down on my freshly built Road Runner and it did a 360 before I even knew what was happening, took my breath away.

There has been a few that got me from just looking at them, usually unexpectedly something about them caught my eye. Then sometimes there are just those cars that are just right.

There are a lot of things in life that take my breath away, sometimes good, and sometimes not good. If you not able to have something take your breath away sometimes, you really need to open your eyes and look around a little more. Gene

 

First time I slapped the loud pedal on my Fuel Altered. All the answers to life, the universe and everything in one terrifying lunge. If I could live one moment over and over for the rest of my life, that would be it right there.

 

Delahaye... I can look at these pix for hours....

 

my friend built this and it never was finished. He died and the car came apart piece by piece and the remnants of it are at a friends house. Its one car that had everything right for me every time I set eyes on it.

 

Kirk Hammett's Cole Foster-built '36 Ford. Now that's a work of art.

 

same here... albeit not on fuel. my ribs hurt for a week after that first launch from my body cringing in response to the G-forces. i dont think i took a breath until i was off the track.

yep. Fuel and Gas Finals, year before their last year with VRA. car did something really weird off the line (car was like a cadillac, straight and true). this time the car made a hard left, then a hard right then settled in. it was a thrill ride for sure. my buddy at the top end said he saw the top of my helmet and the bottom of my oil pan in the same pass....
that pass stayed with me fora long time.

 

member here on the HAMB, church.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=553720&highlight=vango

 

no, a few women....the grace of God and the birth of my baby....but not a car....

 

This one most recently...



And these...


just off the top o' the head.

 

which finger is that OPRAH avatar??

 

The first car that made my eyes really pop was Evel's. Man I can't get enough of looking at it.

 

I don't have a picture handy,but you guys should know it.

The Ala Kart.