What famous car made the biggest impression on you?

The only cool cars we had in the little town I grew up in where Lowriders and Streetrods, so naturally that is what I was into. Then one year when I was about ten years old, at the Houston Autorama I saw Jimmy Vaughn's 51 Fleetline and Mike Young's 60 Impala sitting side by side and I haven't been right since. In essence, you could say that Gary Howard saved me from a life of despair.

 

Wild Willie Borsch (1930-1991) and the Winged Express
No-one drove with one hand like him!



Gone but never forgotten.

 

james dean merc ,the munster coach,anything westerguard

 

Very cool guys! thanks for sharing! keep posting!!

 

I too was taken with the starring Willy's in the movie "Hot Rod" and I can't remember how old I was then but even American Graffiti didn't stop me loving those Willy's.

 

Growing up time was mid/late 60's, so yeah SWC Swindler II and Ohio George's 33 for gassers. Custom 'show-biz' cars were big, so as a 8-9 year old I was nuts about all the wacky ones. Munster coach, Grandpa's rail, Monkee Mobile GTO, Roth's Mysterion. The best at the drags for me was 'Wild Willy' Borsch and the Winged Express AA Fuel Altered. That was crazy sh_t every pass. So is today's version with Mike Boyd.

 

Karol Miller's 56 Victoria. How many Bonneville records? 7?

 

always have loved the fords!

 

This one

 

Love the California Kid....

 

goldenrod

 

i should also mention that me being a 90's born kid, i grew up watching Home Improvement. I loved the baby blue roadster Tim Allen built on that show. from the frame up too. i always loved watching that show and seeing that. then he got that 46 coupe too

 

Goldenrod

 

i remember that Blue roadster...that was sweet!!!!

 

i was more partial to the nomad!!!

 

that nomad was a nice car as well

 

ooooooh forgot about that one ah i hated it when that beam dropped on it even though there was two nomads, still, ONE got ruined. but yes that too was a great car

 

was that the episode that he drove it to the construction site???

 

man...wish i could have been at fremont or lions..for that matter...any drag strip in the 60's!

 

California kid and a 60,s white corvette with flames Red white and Blue

 

"Greased Lightnin'" and the ragtop Merc with the flame throwers ( also in "Grease") did it for me. I was born in '72 and that came out in '78 I believe. Honorable mention should also go to the "Smokey and the Bandit" T/A and the General Lee.

 

oh i loved that merc! that thing was BAD!

 

Frank Mack's Track Roadster ( I had a intimate knowledge of about every square inch of that car) Frank was a very good friend, a Dutch Uncle,... and a Hot Rod mentor to me.



But a car that still gives me chills when I see it,... The Gray/Rizzio Webber Cam special,... A solid contender for coolest Hot Rod of all time, in my book.

 

Doane Spencer's 32.




Then, if your an Aussy Shawry's T was famous and it truly inspired me




Doc.

EDIT:
I have to mention one car, not a hotrod as such but I think it gave me a good 'Driving Base' to work from. That is an ex-Chicago Patroll Black and White driven by two Brothers who also were the greatest influence in my musical tastes too!!
C'mon, I don't have to post a pic do I??

 

When I was young, it was Starbird's "Lil Coffin" and Cushenberry's "Silhouette" from the first run of Hot Wheels. Later on it was the SWC Willys and the Pierson Brothers coupe.

 

...Ok, I couldn't live with myself if I didn't say this one, too.

Pics pirated from S.R. mag.

 

Well for me, I've seen a lot of beautiful cars both street and strip. My most fond memories at the age of 13-15 years old were the Sox and Martian cars, loved them but my favorite has to be a porsch 911.

Flame away

 

sox and martian cars have always been neat. they have made quite an impression on many people.

 

I was six when Christine came out (1983) and I never stopped loving the FL Mopars.




Close second would be the cars in American Graffiti, third would be the yellow '73 Eleanor.

 

77 Sunset Strip tbucket (formerly Norm's bucket).
40 ford two door sedan J-2 olds powered (guy rented from my parents)
32 ford full fendered pickup...chopped and channeled...chromed everything ... first candy paint job in the area. (neighbor)