Hot rods

[KillerMuffin]

If you had to own one (YES I'm holding a gun to your head, you may only choose ONE! No honorable mentions, no it's either this one or that one, just ONE!!! Can you do it?) which one would you pick?

Which ONE (as in singular!) hot rod or muscle car would you pick?

 

[Silverlily]

1969 ZL-1 Corvette
(in blue)

 

[Neale]

*gulp*

Ma'am! Lamborghini Diablo, ma'am!

 

[DevilMayCare]

http://www.grubbsauto.com/cp/img/cruiser_stone.jpg

My neighbor just sold his Model T blown and chromed street machine so he could buy a PT Cruiser which is awaiting pinstripes and a blower.

I started with a '55 Chevy with a 327 fuel injection engine with two-four barrels, then moved to a '56 Corvette, then to two '65 Corvettes, one a roadster, the other a coupe. I love rods in every shape and form, but for driving around town the PT Cruiser is one head-turning machine.

I'll take one in purple -

http://www.grubbsauto.com/cp/img/pt_color_swatches.gif

 

[Xander]

67 Ford Mustang, GT shelby 500

 

[OUTSIDER]

Reliant Robin in flame red...

 

[RudeNastyAssBitch]

A Flaming Pink With Purple Sparkly Stars

StingRay Corvette!
A REAL Stingray. The One With The Chrome Bumpers

KillerMuffin! PLEASE Don't Go! I Love Reading Your Threads!

Lottsa Yelling There...LOL
I Love The Bitch Posts

RNAB

 

[Comshaw]

A sleeper; 1967 Ford fullsized 4 door sedan. Tucked under the hood; a factory installed duel quad 427 with cast iron headers. The factory rated it at 425 HP but it was probably putting out closer to 475 HP. A close ratio 4 speed behind that with the rear fender wells tubbed to take 12 inch tires.
WHOWAAAAA!
And by the way the fucking PT Cruiser is one ugly mother of a car reminds me of a bathtub Nash. It's companion and predecessor, the Prowler was and is a lot better looking and a hell of a lot more distinctive.

Comshaw

 

[Burner]

Xander i am definetly with you seems we both have sumthing for ol eleanor eh? hehe
p.s. you won't get that unless you'v seen gone in 60 seconds

 

[DevilMayCare]

And by the way the fucking PT Cruiser is one ugly mother of a car reminds me of a bathtub Nash.

Comshaw

http://www.chrysler.com/pt-cruiser/img/home_p1_pt-cruiser.jpgSomeone disagrees with you Comshaw, but I think you knew that.

The 2001 Motor Trend Car Of The Year

It takes a special type of vehicle to receive Motor Trend's Car of the Year Award… one that stands out from the pack - an innovator unafraid to break free from automotive status quo in an effort to create something new and exciting.

The 2001 PT Cruiser has that kind of alluring charm. Rounded fenders, a purposeful grille and an elegantly sloping liftgate are heritage design cues from an era that produced cars you loved. And still do.

It's all that and more. PT Cruiser is as practical as it is stylish. With 120.2 cubic feet of interior space, it offers nearly endless versatility to pack, stow and carry almost anything. PT Cruiser also has many thoughtful features, like a rear shelf-panel that holds up to 100 pounds.*

Follow the new trend in automotive design. PT Cruiser.

You can check it out for yourself - http://www.chrysler.com/pt-cruiser/

 

[Cheyenne]

Probably a Viper. But the practical side of me just won't spend that kind of money for a car!

 

[mig]

Ford Capri mark 3,Cosworth V10 3.5ltr,6 speed sequential gearbox.Building that is the reason I can't afford to buy a PC.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

I like to build (via kit).....

A tube framed - alluminum big blocked - fiber-glassed body...

AC Cobra.

 

[willywanker]

I love all the old classics, owned a 68 chevelle with a 327, 3/4 oversized cam, headers, dual line, dual pumper Holley , 4 speed with a low geared rear end, set up to run the 1/8 mile. Got really shitty gas milage but gas was 49 cents/gallon.

But I'd love to have an old GTO to restore and rebuild. Mopar truly made some of the great muscled cars.

 

[LittleRedDevil]

The car Drew Barrymore has in Charlie's Angels. (Sorry guys and dolls, not a car buff, so I couldn't tell you what it is)

I DO think guys in muscle cars are sexy though. I have a need for speed.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

That was a '69 Camaro.....

I believe it was the Official Pace Car for Indy that year - white with orange stripes and interior - convertable too. Think it came with a 396/350 but not sure.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

I do love the classics.....

And they are worth so much more stock.

But the technolgy/engineering back then - well by today's standards - it really sucks.

So for me the really cool thing is to take the shell of a classic - like the Camaro mentioned above - and nearly totally rework it and re-engineer it.

Today's brakes, suspension peices, ignition systems - everything from powdercoating the engine internals to the sound systems - needs to be brought into this century.

Then - you've got the best of both worlds - a modernized classic.

 

[Sparky Kronkite]

And as far as those PT curizers above......

Not a bad idea - affordable to the masses for sure - but.....

MacHotRod. Too many of'em out there allready beeing driven by white belted retiree's with huge black sunglasses - golf clubs in the back.

Just not cool.

 

[LittleRedDevil]

Re: That was a '69 Camaro.....

I believe it was the Official Pace Car for Indy that year - white with orange stripes and interior - convertable too. Think it came with a 396/350 but not sure.

Thank you Sparky.

 

[Xander]

Xander i am definetly with you seems we both have sumthing for ol eleanor eh? hehe
p.s. you won't get that unless you'v seen gone in 60 seconds

Like 26 times......

 

[DevilMayCare]

Sparky - You do know how to hurt a guy, but I get what you mean about the PT Cruiser. I see a lot of refuges from the fifties and sixties driving these cars. Most of them have long hair, beards and tattoos rather than white belts though. My neighbor, as I said, is seriously into cars and the gorgeous rod he sold to buy the PT Cruiser was one he'd built himself.

Every May there's a street fair in a town I live near devoted to old rods. They block off all the streets downtown for the weekend and people bring in the cars. I never miss it! Sparky, you mention the Cobra kit. There was one there last year in a bright blue finish that was spectacular.

I know there are shows like that all over the place. I was visiting family one summer in Minnesota and inadvertently drove by the old state fairgrounds when a show for rods was on. I parked and sat for hours watching the cars cruise by. What a delight.

If I were serious about building a car, I'd probably do exactly what I did many years ago when I owned a 1956 Corvette with a bobbed rear end, 327 fuel injection short block with two four barrel carbs, Mallory ignition, cutouts, rolled and tucked interior, with both soft and hard tops. I had it painted with hand rubbed lacquer a candyapple red that glittered. The car was a screamer!

 

[mig]

Further to..My Capri Cosworth has now been track and road tested and it actually works**** track speed(so far) 166mph.Acceleration breathtaking.And,what's more important,on the road it is very docile.