What is your dream car?

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 10, 2012

hoopty5.0 said:
Right again, sir. My dad's '69 Camaro Pacecar is miserable to drive. It stops, but only because its got nice discs all the way around. It goes, but its got a 402 with gobzzzzz of torque. But other than that, it is miserably uncomfortable to drive. Plus he's been working on it for 25 years, doing all the work you mentioned above. (I'll spare the list.)

The one thing that it has that my fox doesn't is the lines in the body. First gen camaro lines are iconic IMO. I looove the big ass on the Galaxie. My fox is light, but that's all I can say about the body that I like, other than its a notch.

I agree on the bodywork thing,Some of the 60's cars are amazing to behold visually....a 69 mach1 for me has lines that equate to car sex.

Hell, when I had the stiffy for the 69 mach1 I bought as a kid, I carried around an old motor trend mag where they did a review of the 5 currently available pony cars in 1969. ( Article was called 5 car stud) They reviewed #1 69 mach 1(351); #2 69 Cougar (351); #3AMC Javelin (343); #4Pontiac Firebird Formula (350); and #5 a Camaro RS (350). The Camaro came in dead last in ride, stopping, and creature comfort. Yet to the Chevy boys, they obviously didn't care That there were no options available, or that it rode like sh it, and took the state of Kansas to get it to stop. It went fast, and it was a............. Camaro.

Are you still on the boat? Isn't it bedtime?

hoopty5.0 · Mar 10, 2012

Yeah, still on the boat. Got another hour and a half on shift. Got to walk around Bergen today though. Tried smoked whale, not bad!

I come home April 5th then its roll cage time. Also going to do a golf cart with a ninja motor

88LX5.Oh · Mar 10, 2012

My dream car has been, and always will be, a 60's model Mustang. My first car was a '69 Mach 1. Me and my dad picked her up for $1200, put a few new body panels on it and then had some money issues and sold her for $3000. That was 6 years ago. I can still see this car today, but with a $9000 price tag and nothing new done to it that me and my dad didn't do. I sadly lost all my pictures of it.
This is how I would have went with it, if I were still the owner.

FastDriver · Mar 10, 2012

Yeah, wow! That Mach 1 sure does look sweet!

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 10, 2012

FastDriver said:
Yeah, wow! That Mach 1 sure does look sweet!

It IS the Mustang of all Mustangs available to the common man,....And it I could have afforded even a workable body,..I'd have one.

But,...
You gotta give it to me. JR,..meet Daddy,...Daddy, Junior.

1991notchbackLX · Mar 10, 2012

madmike1157

Mike, you need white letter tires like... yesterday. I'm biased, but I think it would really complete the "old school" theme. Firestone Firehawk Indy 500s, BFG Radial T/A's, or Kelly Chargers would be the sh it.

David Pepiton · Mar 10, 2012

its a baby mach 1 hahaha love the car mike

NIKwoaC · Mar 10, 2012

madmike1157 said:
Naaah, Your instincts were correct. You Chose .........Wisely
I've owned two mid 60's Fairlanes. ( One was a Cyclone). Neither of them were worth dreaming about.( But that Galaxy is Very Cool.) They were nice enough cars alright, But the interiors were boring, they handled like junk, they stopped equally bogus (Drums on the 'Lane) Disc/drum on the Cyclone.
It's probably been said here earlier, but so many "dream cars" become not so dreamy after reality sets in. Part of what makes a car fun to own (for me at least) is how nice it is to drive. Some of the 60's dream cars pictured above would be a disapointment to drive after owning and referencing the experience against the Mustang we all own.
I'm sure many of us have the Fox and the DD beater. If that DD is truly deserving of "beater" status, and has worn out suspension, A/C that doesn't work, Is a pig to get going and to try and stop, then you already know what it's like to actually own a mid sixties, mid size 289/2bbl/single exhaust/drum/drum Fairlane 500. Put an FE under the hood, and the Go part is better, but going around the corner, (while sliding all over that mile wide "bucket" seat) and stopping still sucked ass.

Go down to the Classic forum. After they get done fixing all of the rusted crap that comes w/ a 50+ a year old car, Most upgrade just about everything about the cars except the skin.

HMMMMM Now there's a thought...... Wonder if there was a way to build a fox w/ a 60's feel, but still retain all of the current technology that makes it go, handle, and stop .

Recognize though, there is a difference between a car that rides like crap and one that rides with character. Some of the most fun I've had in a vehicle was in a early 70's Triumph, a beat to hell Land Rover Defender and a 19-teens Model T. None of those cars had an even remotely acceptable ride, but that's part of what made the experience so awesome.

ill advised · Mar 10, 2012

C6 ZR1

More attainable and likely my next car:

hoopty5.0 · Mar 11, 2012

NikwoaC said:
Recognize though, there is a difference between a car that rides like crap and one that rides with character. Some of the most fun I've had in a vehicle was in a early 70's Triumph, a beat to hell Land Rover Defender and a 19-teens Model T. None of those cars had an even remotely acceptable ride, but that's part of what made the experience so awesome.

1st gen BB camaros ride like crap with stock suspension and such. There's an ad from '69 calling the camaro the "grabber". The only thing I grab is the seat - in fear that even though the wheel is turned, this boat might not make it around the corner.

I do understand the "character" aspect though. My buddy who owns the shop I built my car at has a 100% original '29 chevy sedan that makes me salivate eveytime I see it. That would fit the character bill to the T.

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 11, 2012

NikwoaC said:
Recognize though, there is a difference between a car that rides like crap and one that rides with character. Some of the most fun I've had in a vehicle was in a early 70's Triumph, a beat to hell Land Rover Defender and a 19-teens Model T. None of those cars had an even remotely acceptable ride, but that's part of what made the experience so awesome.

Yeah I know what you're saying too. I am referencing what people would expect after buying/and or restoring such a car against my experience. They get it, (either in the above condition, of restore it to there) and make that first few drives around to the local things w/o any problem. Then they make one big trip,.....alot of people will be sorry they traded "character" away for comfort, ergonomics, safety, and the "all around" performance they had in their non-dream car.

Adams91LX · Mar 11, 2012

I regret not having A/C in my car... especially in Houston, I'm not looking forward to this summer.

CarMichael Angelo · Mar 11, 2012

Adams91LX said:
I regret not having A/C in my car... especially in Houston, I'm not looking forward to this summer.

I am!

Noobz347 · Mar 11, 2012

2013 Vista Blue GT500 hard top with no stripes.

LarsD · Mar 11, 2012

My 70 Dodge rides terrible (1.20" autocross bars), is loud, hot, slower then my GT/LX, and has a bench seat that holds onto my ass about as good as a park bench covered in Crisco. However it brings as big a smile to drive as my GT/LX does, its just a different experience.

lemers · Mar 11, 2012

Dream car (unreachable) Auto Union D-Type Silver Arrow, a more reachable dream car is a Nissan GT-R, Shelby GT500, or a Lotus Evora.

88LX5.Oh · Mar 11, 2012

I have this picture saved to my phone lol. I uploaded it to my Facebook (and of course told them it was a build on a forum I was on) and all my car friends loved it. It's one awesome car!

tannerc91gt · Mar 11, 2012

I have a hard time coming up with a desire for an unobtainable car (maybe its my "im poor" realistic side) I WILL own a cobra in the next few years (hopefully when they stop being so cool) and a fox drag cars pretty high on the list but these are the ones I drift off about from time to time.

458 italia- assuming it wouldnt burst into flames and kill me

yellow ZR1- because if im droppin that kind of coin on a plastic GM product ill be damned if everyone cant see me 10 miles out

Saleen S5S Raptor- 5.0l supercharged engine, they're so ugly they're beautiful and id image JUST uncomfortable enough to be a pain in the ass to drive around

redpwny · Mar 12, 2012

Koenigsegg Agera
Porsche Carrera GT
Lamborghini Aventador
Noble M600

I'm a sucker for hypercars

RacEoHolic330 · Mar 12, 2012

^ pics or it didn't happen!

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