Classic car thread.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Dat 69 Mustang. Best looking muscle car ever.

I prefer a cuda.

Wrong. This is not up for debate. The 69 Mustang is the pinnacle of muscle car design. Perfect in every way.

[max225]

I prefer a cuda.

Wrong. This is not up for debate. The 69 Mustang is the pinnacle of muscle car design. Perfect in every way.

[max225]

[4zilch]

The Goodwood Revival starts tomorrow. Watch flog their rare vintage race cars around an old narrow track. https://www.goodwood.com/flagship-event ... d-revival/

[ChrisoftheNorth]

That's like the Kia of the muscle car world by comparison. Come on now.

[Tar]

[Melon]

I've always had an appreciation for the engineering and design features that have been tried over the years. So, I'll list a few examples.

1948 Tucker Torpedo
Flat-6 Helicopter engine
Safety glass, seat belts, center headlight turned with the wheel.





1937 Chrysler Airflow
This was a collaboration with many manufacturers to design a car what was aerodynamic, and safe.
They came up with a caged frame that proved to be as effective as a roll cage.
There's a video of them flinging it off a cliff and it just driving away.






1960 - 1962 Nash Metropolitan
America's OG Miata. Even available as a 'shooting brake' !






1966 Oldsmobile Toronado
Aside from it's obvious 70's styling cues, and it's chain driven FWD, it's got a good story behind it.
When it was being designed, a little industrial espionage was going on. Someone from Ford caught a glimpse of a sketch, and they thought the body line crease between the two wheels was the belt line of the car (The point where the bottom of the window is) causing a massive panic at Ford.



What list of classic cars is complete without Muscle Cars!

1967 Ford Galaxie 500


1971 Duster 340


1965 Ford Falcon


1969 AMC S/C Rambler

[D Griff]

The Tucker is pretty neat. We restored the Bang Bus at this place in the San Fernando Valley that happened to specialize in music studio commissioning/restoration and classic cars. This dude there, Martin, is the number one (maybe only one) restorer of Tuckers in the world, there were a bunch in the place including some valued in the millions owned by Beverly Hills . Pretty nuts I just backed my truck on into this place sight unseen... if I had hit the Tucker

[D Griff]

[D Griff]

This place in LA is also cool as hell.

[Apex]

Dat 356 is so cool.

[Acid666]

I've always had an appreciation for the engineering and design features that have been tried over the years. So, I'll list a few examples.

1948 Tucker Torpedo
Flat-6 Helicopter engine
Safety glass, seat belts, center headlight turned with the wheel.

You know the most expensive Tucker at an auction went to a guy we did work for in Franklin. He's got it in his storage building in Abbeville, the old Fruit of the Loom plant.
I'll have to double check, but I'm fairly certain that it's a Tucker. We have his old #1 engineer working for us now. I'll get him to verify.



EDIT:
Ok did some digging. Yup it was him. Here's the sale, but it doesn't show him. You can google it and include Ted Mcintyre in your search and find that he's the winner.
We did the Frac trucks for his company MTT and it turned into Greenfield Energy Services. MTT is the company that does the turbine bikes in Franklin, LA

[4zilch]

Moar from Goodwood.

[4zilch]

Cobra nerfs it into the tyres

[Davestr]

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/ca ... 01042.html These are aging well!

[wap]

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/ca ... 01042.html These are aging well!

LOVE those!

[4zilch]

Old car problems:

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Is a 1989 a "classic"?

Love the car, but

[Calvinball]

Is a 1989 a "classic"?

Love the car, but

Legally, yes.


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[Calvinball]

In my state at least.


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[Johnny_P]

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/ca ... 01042.html These are aging well!

Pretty car. DaveSTR-spec doe

Actually it probably suits that car better than the stick anyway. It's a cruiser.

[Davestr]

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/ca ... 01042.html These are aging well!

Pretty car. DaveSTR-spec doe

Actually it probably suits that car better than the stick anyway. It's a cruiser.

It'll get ya to the local Cars n Caffeine in style stick or auto!

[SixSpeeder]

[Davestr]

Dang - Dat black car is hawwwwwt!

[wap]

Dang - Dat black car is hawwwwwt!