Money no object car collection

[oggbashan]

If I had unlimited money, a large covered space, and two resident mechanics, I would like a collection of these cars:

Humber Pullman of the late 1940s - like one I used to ride around in on Gibraltar.
Austin A40 Somerset - my parents' first car.
Ford E493a Prefect - my first car.
Morris Oxford MO - my first civilised car.
Wolseley 6/80 - my first powerful car.
Hillman Minx Mark VIII - the first ohv Hillman
MG YT Tourer (or Morris Eight E Tourer - the only tourers of that era with enough room for my feet!
1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible - who wouldn't want one?
Rolls Royce Silver Wraith Mark II
Standard Vanguard Phase 1a - My uncle's car
Ford 10 cwt van converted to Utelicon- I went on many a pub crawl in one.
Bedford 1960s motor caravan - small enough to park anywhere, large enough to be a useful day van.
1959 Ford Fairlane hardtop - an Australian neighbour had one.

What would your list be? And why?

 

[jaF0]

What would your list be? And why?

Whatever I can fit an 8' 2x4 fully inside of and not worry about ripping a seat or dinging the paint.

 

[pointless]

a few million gallons of sea water.

 

[HisArpy]

I have owned all kinds of hot rods, convertibles, motorcycles, and other iconic and classic cars. I only have 1 left on my list.

One of these:

 

[Adre]

1971 280SE Mercedes Benz cabriolet
1975 BMW 2002 Tii
1996 Porsche 911 Carrera cabriolet
1998 Jeep Wrangler V8
1992 Mazda Miata
2012 Audi S8

And my current ride, a 2020 Porsche Macan

 

[thør]

Since money is no object, a 1954 Mercedes 300SL (gullwing, of course). I have always liked these cars since I was a little boy.

 

[hobbit.]

What would your list be? And why?

In A-Z order.

 

[Conager]

1957 Chevy Bellaire four-door convertible hardtop in a coppery red metallic. Convertible would be acceptable. First car Dad bought new. Paid for it logging ski runs at Snowbowl up in Flagstaff.

Early 1964 Tempest Le Mans with GTO pkg, sans badging, in Burgundy. He wanted something faster.

1963 Split-window Corvette Stingray, red. I'd restored it with 60's components. 65 disc brakes, 427. Trii-Power. Wouldn't mind two, one set up for autocross with upgraded subframe and the other tubbed with drag slicks and a gnarly Roots bird-catcher blower erupting through the hood. Dad sold his for $2,500 in 1972. His shop foreman bored it .60 over in his spare time down in Lou-z-anna

Those ^ are my hypothetical inheritance.

1969 Imperial with a 426. Triple avocado green. Grandad gave it to Dad, dad sold it for $500

1968 Firebird Convertible. 400 short block. Upgraded aftermarket subframe suspension. I had the 350 version. Suspension was toast. Door hinges were sagging badly. Ran like a house a fire. 110,000 miles. I bought it for 1,100. Frame was tweaked, body rusted s bit in the usual places. Maryland car. I put wider, correct looking rims on the back from a Catalina. Sold it for $900 but kept the wheels and tires because mandatory insurance was $1,000 a year.

Modern Hellcat Challenger with 1970 rear clip and front doghouse with chrome bumpers. Neighbor's son was a deputy sheriff over in California and would drive a blue '70 to visit his folks. Loved the look of that car

The General Lee - 1969 Charger with a blown, 426 hemi. Wheels - turbine mags. -because that car taught me drifting. Well. I actually learned in a 1982 Caprice with an H.O.V6 but who wants one of those? Especially with the soft top and Landau lights.

'57 Ghia. Had to sell that project before I ever started it. Sat too long as I worked lots of overtime with a young family to support.

65 Bug, dropped and blown. My '65 (dropped, not blown) got wrecked along with a tooth and an elbow. My replacement 65 that I bought (ostensibly) for my oldest boy and traded him for a CRX got stolen by a crooked tow company. My '63 might be obtainable, still. Maybe.

65 Porsche 365C maybe earlier. James Dean cool.

1956 Gullwing Mercedes. Coulda woulda shoulda inheritance.

Early FJ. The longer version. Miss my 89 Toyota 4x4. This is cooler.

1969 (I think) 3-Door 4x4 Sububan. Nostalgia. A friend that passed years ago had one. I've been thinking of seeing if his family still has it.

66 Mercury Wagon with a Ford Galaxie 500 front dog house. Shelby 428 aluminum FE block and heads. Torque-thrust D mags. Unfinished project that disappeared. Mine was a 65, I wanted to hamg the Ford doghouse amd make a "California Special" wagon. 66 has better taillights.

Henry J with something silly stuffed in it. I'm always liked the idea of stuffing a big engine in a little car. The Ford 427 Cobra would be the way to do it if you were just going to pay for a factory built.. that should probably be on my list but it's almost to passe.

32 Ford, fenders please. Cool.

32 Ford pickup.maybe more cool.

48 Chevy Pickup, bone stock. My first vehicle shoulda been that. I remember it as a 46 which is probably unlikely because of the war but possible. It was for sale in a farmer's field for $600. I was 14 years old and had the money. I couldn't get permission to buy it.

LaSalle don't know enough about them to be specific but I love the look of a lot of them. If we're talking unlimited money though perhaps I should substitute an Auburn speedster

Packard. Same as above I like that whole long straight 8 hood look and if you're going to have one of those I think I want to Packard. Probably should consider a Duesenberg though.

Model A. I think the small one would get a kick out of it. Preferably convertible something for Sunday drives and going to brunch in.

56 Ford Pickup slammed. Always thought that had one of the best grills ever. It just looks mean. Never had one never knew anyone that did but I've always admired them.

Basic drift car, probably a mild 240SX. I've been thinking about re-acquiring my old hot rod which was a 92 Civic hatch with a 95 Acura GSR motor. It was fast but I'm really not a fan of front wheel drive and if I were to do it all over again I probably would have done a 240sx as my midlife crisis. The fact that I'm not so sure that my EG makes the cut for my dream garage probably towels me that I shouldn't bother getting it back.

REO Speedwagon. Saw one for sale for $1500. Kind of kicking myself that I didn't buy it but then and now I didn't really have any place to work on it.

Airstream Trailer. I'm nostalgic about an ugly little camper that I used to have but I don't really want it back I would have rather had what I would have wanted at the time which was an Airstream.

Piper Twin Commanche. Since I already need a hanger size shop for all of the above my ass well toss a plane in there and put the house on a private air strip. The plane I used to fly in with my dad and the only plane I've ever landed. Since I know I can get it into the air and back down on the ground it seems like a reasonable choice and it's got that nostalgic tie-in. Probably because it was the first plane I was exposed to i just think it's a really sweet looking plane it just looks like what a small twin engine playing ought to look like. I've only been in the forest version but they're is a rare 60 variant where the rear seats are for tiny people. I'd probably take that version. If I was being practical I would probably pick up a Piper Navajo instead because it's a legitimate 6 passenger plane.

 

[tjernst]

Classic

A pearl white 63’ split window corvette

 

[Conager]

Whatever I can fit an 8' 2x4 fully inside of and not worry about ripping a seat or dinging the paint.

1965 Mercury wagon will take not only that, but 4×8 sheets of plywood laying flat between the wheel wells. The 1964 is probably roomier since it is technically illegal for width.

Standard Vanguard Phase 1a - My uncle's car

That was sounding like a car I looked at recently. I saw a car that look like a Henry J and I went to check it out and it turned out to be a Vauxhall. I guess not a Vanguard. I had to think for a minute about what car I had looked at.

Since money is no object, a 1954 Mercedes 300SL (gullwing, of course). I have always liked these cars since I was a little boy.

It's the car (a '56 though) that my Dad regretted not buying for $4K around the time I was born. Had he bought that, instead of the 63 'Vette, my earliest memories would be of that car.

A pearl white 63’ split window corvette

Dad's '63 was white, but someone had top-coated a red car. I might rather have a white one, but had I inherited Dad's I would have made the car agree with the VIN tag.

 

[Ziggins]

A fleet of electric streetcars for urban and suburban commuting.
A fleet of train cars to other cities.
More fleets of streetcars in other cities.
VW Rabbit diesel pickup. I never had a diesel.

 

[butters]

not entirely sure if it's the right model as the one that used to sit in a shop front window back in the late 70's/early 80's had its roof off, but it may be a 1950 Jaguar MK V 3.5 Convertible.

It was a deep, decadent shade of burgundy with black, and the softest, creamiest cream leather trim all inside, wooden steering wheel/dash. Its lines were all rounded and swoopy and curvy and it took my breath away. Every day when I came out of the Barbican tube station in London, there was a choice to hop on a bus for a few stops or walk the 10 minutes to work; if I wasn't late, if the bus wasn't arriving, most times I'd choose to walk just to get to see it. The most beautiful car I've ever seen and the only one that has ever pleased me aesthetically enough to be blown away by it. It just looked as if it rode like a dream (I never considered driving it, just in passenger terms). The images I've found are close but not as nice-looking, but those back wheel coverings and the running boards place it as the likely model.

apart from that?
a vintage austin mini cooper in navy with white stripes because FUN!

 

[thør]

Piper Twin Commanche. Since I already need a hanger size shop for all of the above my ass well toss a plane in there and put the house on a private air strip. The plane I used to fly in with my dad and the only plane I've ever landed. Since I know I can get it into the air and back down on the ground it seems like a reasonable choice and it's got that nostalgic tie-in. Probably because it was the first plane I was exposed to i just think it's a really sweet looking plane it just looks like what a small twin engine playing ought to look like. I've only been in the forest version but they're is a rare 60 variant where the rear seats are for tiny people. I'd probably take that version. If I was being practical I would probably pick up a Piper Navajo instead because it's a legitimate 6 passenger plane.

Chieftain.......

 

[thør]

A fleet of electric streetcars for urban and suburban commuting.
A fleet of train cars to other cities.
More fleets of streetcars in other cities.
VW Rabbit diesel pickup. I never had a diesel.

I've had that VW diesel in a 4-door Rabbit. Decent fuel economy (had gotten over 40 mpg on the roads) but head issues. Still, it ran with cracks between the valves, and I sold it for $500 to a student who needed a beater with a heater. Even with that cracked head issue, it started all winter for him as long as he had it the frost plug heater on below 35°F.

 

[Conager]

Chieftain.......

I would obviously take one, but stretching the PA-31 Navajo looks adapted, where the Navajo looks like a plain-sheet design. It would be more practical, and by practical, I mean faster.

I'd take any Piper.

 

[islandman]

1966 Renault Alpine - because I want it
1966 Jag E-Type (2+2) - because I want it
1993 BMW 850csi
2016 Renault Trezor (concept) - F-Type without the Brit snootiness
Mercedes 250 SL (the Cali Coupe version) - just cause
1965 Chevrolet Corvair (love that ca-forward look that 70s Beemers copied as their "shark nose design)
Opel GT (most any year)
Ford GT40 Mk II - you shouldn't have to ask
1979 Aston Martin Vantage V8 - you'd have to be blind to not fall in love with it
Citroen 2CV (it's just plain cool)
Volvo P1800 (it's just plain cool times one gillion)
KITT - duh
1972 Ferrari 260 Dino
1974 Vette (the Targa option)
LR Series 1 (iconic)

...............these are a few of my favorite things..........

 

[PaxNurgle]

I don't remember a Mercedes model 250 SL- I remember a 450 SL (70's/80s model) and a 280 SL (late 1960s) And I think they made a 230 SL also, back in the early 1960's. I didnt know there was a 250 model SL.

I'd take a Mercedes C-111. The one with the louvered rear hatch. They built several different versions of this car but none of them ever reached private hands.

Plus, a Ford GT- most awe-inspiring car Ford ever built.

I'd take a 1983 Mercedes 300D "Cat" because they look so cute and fuzzy, and would make a good pet.

Plus a Subaru Forester, just for daily driving into the hills.

And, finally- a 1985 GAZ Chaika sedan as a luxury car, because nobody outside of Russia even knows what that is, and they are pretty cool, big luxurious land yachts.

 

[thør]

I don't remember a Mercedes model 250 SL- I remember a 450 SL (70's/80s model) and a 280 SL (late 1960s) And I think they made a 230 SL also, back in the early 1960's. I didnt know there was a 250 model SL.

I'd take a Mercedes C-111. The one with the louvered rear hatch. They built several different versions of this car but none of them ever reached private hands.

Plus, a Ford GT- most awe-inspiring car Ford ever built.

I'd take a 1983 Mercedes 300D "Cat" because they look so cute and fuzzy, and would make a good pet.

Plus a Subaru Forester, just for daily driving into the hills.

And, finally- a 1985 GAZ Chaika sedan as a luxury car, because nobody outside of Russia even knows what that is, and they are pretty cool, big luxurious land yachts.

A local guy had a 190SL. Quite a head turner.

 

[Tryharder62]

I'm not in for a collection, but I would like a new car once. Not just one that is new to me....This.....

 

[Conager]

Talk about odd timing. I just got a text from the guy who has my old EG hatch. He selling it in the only wants mm. I've got $1,000 worth of suspension under that. He un-swapped out my old mill and it's got a ZC in it now. He's still got my old drivetrain which I kind of like back in there but I want to see how that thing handles with the lighter ZC. The old GSR swap with the custom built trans was way more powerful but it was heavier in the front an tended to plow. It's only saving grace, handling wise, was that it had enough power to dig out of the corner.

Having just decided above that I don't need that car I'm definitely taking it.

 

[Ziggins]

I might rent a car for a day, but the closest location does not currently have economy cars. If money is no object, I could take a compact with lower mpg instead of going a few extra miles.

 

[BrokenBarbie]

1965 AC Cobra, 427 ci.

1966 Pontiac GTO convertible Tri Power

1993 Jaguar XJ220

1992 Lamborghini LM002 with the 7.2L marine V-12

1935 Auburn 851 Speedster


Edited to fix Cobra year.

 

[bellisarius]

Have to think about this for a bit but I'll start my list with a;

Mercedes Unimog. Customized of course.

 

[Celand]

I have owned all kinds of hot rods, convertibles, motorcycles, and other iconic and classic cars. I only have 1 left on my list.

One of these:

More of my style

 

[oggbashan]

I left off my list:

1930/1 Bentley 8 litre - back in the 1960s I was a passenger in one. A very civilised ride. They only made a few.