If you could have any classic car (aka Official Bears Winn, Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegence Thread)

[Swaye]

You fags need some culture. Two picks here, one for cruising with @Doog_de_Jour and the other for surviving the end of the world.

34 Ford Special Speedster. Coolest art deco hot rod ever made by American hands.

If the apocalypse is happening, I choose a 1949 Willy's Pickup with a hemi. Fist full of Fuck Yeah!

 

[UW_Doog_Bot]

You fags need some culture. Two picks here, one for cruising with @Doog_de_Jour and the other for surviving the end of the world.

34 Ford Special Speedster. Coolest art deco hot rod ever made by American hands.

If the apocalypse is happening, I choose a 1949 Willy's Pickup with a hemi. Fist full of Fuck Yeah!

If we want to go with some class then Bugatti Royale it is.


One of my parents best friends while I was growing up had a Willy's Jeep out on one of the islands in Puget Sound that we used to crush around the place scarring deer with. Fuckers got the last laugh though as one ran into his prop plane during take off and killed him. Still, apocalypse car 9/10 for sure.

 

[Swaye]

You fags need some culture. Two picks here, one for cruising with @Doog_de_Jour and the other for surviving the end of the world.

34 Ford Special Speedster. Coolest art deco hot rod ever made by American hands.

If the apocalypse is happening, I choose a 1949 Willy's Pickup with a hemi. Fist full of Fuck Yeah!

If we want to go with some class then Bugatti Royale it is.
View attachment 17185

One of my parents best friends while I was growing up had a Willy's Jeep out on one of the islands in Puget Sound that we used to crush around the place scarring deer with. Fuckers got the last laugh though as one ran into his prop plane during take off and killed him. Still, apocalypse car 9/10 for sure.

View attachment 17186

The 38 Delahaye is pretty bad ass as well.

I wanted to stay American though. Also considered a chopped 39 Lincoln Zephyr.

But if you are going that way with an American car, why not just go with the 49-51 Merc? God I love these.

 

[Gilbystaint]

All great cars!
My dad drove this when I was growing up.


And this always stirred my soul

 

[YellowSnow]

All great cars!
My dad drove this when I was growing up.
View attachment 17187

And this always stirred my soul
View attachment 17188

My Daddy used to own a small Chevy / Oldsmobile dealership on the 80s. Sad to see how far Oldsmobile has fallen by then.

 

[Gilbystaint]

All great cars!
My dad drove this when I was growing up.
View attachment 17187

And this always stirred my soul
View attachment 17188

My Daddy used to own a small Chevy / Oldsmobile dealership on the 80s. Sad to see how far Oldsmobile has fallen by then.

That ‘66-67 442 was a rocket with a light front end. Dad used to lift the front wheels when he got into it. Late models had big engines but weren’t the same.

 

[LebamDawg]

if trucks are out I am too

what I want eventually


What I have

 

[Bad_MotherDucker]

Dream car

Older brother had a 71 Cuda with a 426 Hemi. Damn that car was fast and loud. Could hear him coming home from blocks away

 

[YellowSnow]

Dream car

Older brother had a 71 Cuda with a 426 Hemi. Damn that car was fast and loud. Could hear him coming home from blocks away

A real Shelby Cobra is the GOAT.

 

[YellowSnow]

if trucks are out I am too

what I want eventually
View attachment 17203

What I have

View attachment 17204

You don’t live in Seattle I take it??

 

[Blu82]

All really great cars/pickups.
I will counter with my baby blue split window.
No, I won't post pics.....family concerns.

 

[MisterEm]

1959 BMW 507 Roadster. Light chassis. 3.2L high revving V8. 4 speed getrag. Only 200 still around.

Even shitty examples with late model American V8 swaps fetch 7 figures. Fred Astaire, Elvis among others had flings with the car.

 

[IPukeOregonGrellow]

If I'm going to go all in on a fantasy I'll never obtain on a gas pumper's salary, I'm for the moment Henry Ford II told Enzo Ferrari "You can't beat America, bitch."

More realistically, a nice early to mid 70s Datsun Z is probably the next classic car bubble to exploit.

 

[dflea]

I like the 427 Cobra and the GT-40

 

[UW_Doog_Bot]

If I'm going to go all in on a fantasy I'll never obtain on a gas pumper's salary, I'm for the moment Henry Ford II told Enzo Ferrari "You can't beat America, bitch."

More realistically, a nice early to mid 70s Datsun Z is probably the next classic car bubble to exploit.

Realistic goals, I'd like to get my hands on an early 90's Nissan 300ZX TT aka "Z32 Fairlady"







Totally unassuming Ferrari killer that you can go crush some canyons with on pacific coast highway. Also still pretty reasonably priced.

 

[BearsWiin]

The Vette makes 'em wet!! '67 Stingray convertible with 427 is GOAT.

Funny you should pick that particular car. My dad won the 1960 Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild national prize for designing pretty much that car. When his design won the regional and was submitted to the nationals, GM sent some people out to interrogate my dad to see where he got that design from. He said it was something he thought of himself, and they told him that that was what the next generation of Corvette was being designed to look like. He had to sign a confidentiality agreement and promise not to say anything about their plans.

When I was a small kid, my favorite matchbox car was a gold Lamborghini Miura. Had it for nearly ten years. My dad, who obviously had a bit of experience designing cars, had got it for me, and he told me that it was the most beautiful car he'd ever seen (along with the Ford GT40). Hard to argue with that.

 

[IPukeOregonGrellow]

If I'm going to go all in on a fantasy I'll never obtain on a gas pumper's salary, I'm for the moment Henry Ford II told Enzo Ferrari "You can't beat America, bitch."

More realistically, a nice early to mid 70s Datsun Z is probably the next classic car bubble to exploit.

Realistic goals, I'd like to get my hands on an early 90's Nissan 300ZX TT aka "Z32 Fairlady"

View attachment 17221

View attachment 17222

View attachment 17223

Totally unassuming Ferrari killer that you can go crush some canyons with on pacific coast highway. Also still pretty reasonably priced.

My second favorite UCLA alum behind @BallSacked used to drive that car in the late 90s. When I had a drink with him in LA a couple of years ago, I was disappointed when he merely showed up in an Audi A6.

 

[LebamDawg]

if trucks are out I am too

what I want eventually
View attachment 17203

What I have

View attachment 17204

You don’t live in Seattle I take it??

I bought the truck when I lived in Mukilteo - then moved - people ask why I moved and I explained that I was forced to move because my truck was too large. Now it is too small...

 

[minion_doog]

I've always been a huge fan of the 71-72 Chevelle SS or Malibu.

Also the 64-65ish Mustang Hard Top. Both are super simple and clean, subtle monsters.

 

[YellowSnow]

I've always been a huge fan of the 71-72 Chevelle SS or Malibu.

Also the 64-65ish Mustang Hard Top. Both are super simple and clean, subtle monsters.

IFL all the Chevrolet’s from 1966- 72. Because grand pappy Yella was a Chevy dealer my dad always had sweet cars at UW. He had a 1966 Chevelle SS with a 396. Bench seats and 4 on the floor.