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Title: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: ReardenSteel on October 20, 2009, 10:19:31 PM: Tough question eh? Hat tip to FARK for the topic idea btw.

I looked hard at the Mustang's and Vette's from my year but the style just was not right for me. (I like the 60's versions for those guys) Lucky enough, for this topic, I did fall into the muscle car years. Yippee! I "settled" on the 1972 Oldsmoble Cutlass 442. Convertable natch.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/woncothesane/442.jpg)
http://www.flemingsultimategarage.com/1972-oldsmobile-cutlass-442-convertible--c-1051.htm
(nice YT video at the link)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Odin's Hand on October 20, 2009, 10:57:50 PM: 1980 isn't exactly a vintage year for autos. Bring back the Ford Bronco!
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Chris_ on October 20, 2009, 11:10:03 PM: I would be a Bently S2
(1959)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/1962_Bentley_S2_Mulliner_Drophead_Coupe.JPG/250px-1962_Bentley_S2_Mulliner_Drophead_Coupe.JPG)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_S2
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Thor on October 20, 2009, 11:22:47 PM: It would HAVE to be this:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/BigRobT/mufp_0709_04_z1958_ford_thunderbird.jpg)

(1958)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Hawkgirl on October 20, 2009, 11:28:56 PM: 1969 Camaro convertible...my mom actually owned one in the 70's.
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: NHSparky on October 21, 2009, 07:34:30 AM: This one.

(http://www.autabuy.com/Photos/361505_204362980_Original.jpg)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: JohnnyReb on October 21, 2009, 08:13:12 AM: Quote from: Thor on October 20, 2009, 11:22:47 PM
It would HAVE to be this:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/BigRobT/mufp_0709_04_z1958_ford_thunderbird.jpg)

(1958)

OH HELL NO ....NOT A '58

In 1963 as a teenager I got rooked into putting a starter on a '58 T-Bird.....you gotta remove the motor mounts and raise the engine up a few inches to put a damn starter on them.......you never forget those hard lessons.

Modified to add.....But you might forget some parts, like having to take the headers loose and the transmission supports. An old mechanic that knew what was what about the '58 T-birds was laughing his ass off the whole time I was doing the job.
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: JohnnyReb on October 21, 2009, 08:16:30 AM: 1945...hmmmm....I guess it would have to be a IH Farmall M or a John Deere A tractor because I don't believe they made any cars that year. (WW2 and all)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Lord Undies on October 21, 2009, 08:19:33 AM: (http://i34.tinypic.com/2hnt4w8.jpg)

1954 Buick Wildcat II (concept car)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Wayne on October 21, 2009, 08:21:47 AM: (http://www.americandreamcars.com/1940willyscoupsr.jpg)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: IassaFTots on October 21, 2009, 08:34:24 AM: 1967
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Wineslob on October 21, 2009, 09:44:27 AM: (http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k179/Apogeespeaker/1958-ferrari-250-pf-cabriolet-serie.jpg)

1958
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: SilverOrchid on October 21, 2009, 09:51:17 AM: Was there any good cars in 1977? I really want a '73 Impalla, like in "Supernatural".
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: franksolich on October 21, 2009, 09:55:52 AM: I can't get photobucket to work this morning.

Consult my avatar for the best automobile of my birth-year, the 1923 Model T Ford.
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Chris on October 21, 2009, 10:04:16 AM: (http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/6418/porsche911pic004.gif)
1974
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Chris on October 21, 2009, 10:13:05 AM: Quote from: franksolich on October 21, 2009, 09:55:52 AM
I can't get photobucket to work this morning.

Consult my avatar for the best automobile of my birth-year, the 1923 Model T Ford.
1923? :lmao:

Also, the Fark link originally came from Jalopnik: http://jalopnik.com/5384908/what-car-from-your-birth-year-do-you-want
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: thundley4 on October 21, 2009, 10:20:22 AM: I'm waiting for ~~one of the old farts~~ an older person to post this.

(http://www.co.rice.mn.us/historypics/Horse-Buggy.jpg)
:tongue:
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Eupher on October 21, 2009, 10:39:30 AM: Quote from: SilverOrchid on October 21, 2009, 09:51:17 AM
Was there any good cars in 1977? I really want a '73 Impalla, like in "Supernatural".

The short answer for domestic cars is "No."

Very little that came out of Detroit was worth a damn, much less "good."
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: franksolich on October 21, 2009, 10:41:40 AM: Quote from: Chris on October 21, 2009, 10:13:05 AM
1923? :lmao:

Well, I'm being a primitive here.

We all can be primitivish at times.

There's my real date of birth, and my "spiritual" date of birth, which is 1923, the same year Henry R. Luce launched Time magazine, which was unexcelled in journalistic integrity and insight until.....circa 1966.
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: SilverOrchid on October 21, 2009, 10:44:43 AM: Quote from: Eupher on October 21, 2009, 10:39:30 AM
The short answer for domestic cars is "No."

Very little that came out of Detroit was worth a damn, much less "good."

Figures. At least I got KISS and Saturday Night Live.
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Eupher on October 21, 2009, 10:46:42 AM: My birth year: 1956

I can't post a pic (damned firewall) except as an attachment, but there can be no other car for me other than a Cadillac Coupe de Ville.

Two bullet noses, fender skirts, a ride like a boat, air-powered everything (including windows, door locks, and even the freakin' windshield washer system). Gotta love that, especially when it doesn't work!
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Chris on October 21, 2009, 11:06:30 AM: Lots of good Eurpoean cars for 1977... the Ford Capri and BMW 2002 are two nice cars I wouldn't mind owning.
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: BEG on October 21, 2009, 01:52:50 PM: 1966 Mustang Fastback

(http://image.mustangmonthly.com/f/24768011+w750+st0/mump_0908_03_z+1966_mustang_fastback_showcase+front_view.jpg)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: BEG on October 21, 2009, 01:54:55 PM: Quote from: thundley4 on October 21, 2009, 10:20:22 AM
I'm waiting for ~~one of the old farts~~ an older person to post this.

(http://www.co.rice.mn.us/historypics/Horse-Buggy.jpg)
:tongue:

That horse is friggen HUGE.
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Chump on October 21, 2009, 02:01:39 PM: Easy...'81 Delorean.
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Randy on October 21, 2009, 02:09:12 PM: Since model years changed in September this car qualifies for my October birthday. :-)

(http://content.streetkingsarabia.com/wp-content/uploads/1-Christine.jpg)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Chris on October 21, 2009, 02:09:17 PM: Quote from: Chump on October 21, 2009, 02:01:39 PM
Easy...'81 Delorean.

You can still buy one... http://www.delorean.com/index-5.html
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Chump on October 21, 2009, 02:46:23 PM: Quote from: Chris on October 21, 2009, 02:09:17 PM
You can still buy one... http://www.delorean.com/index-5.html

Nice. Now if I can just get my hands on a flux capacitor...
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: ReardenSteel on October 21, 2009, 03:24:03 PM: Quote from: SilverOrchid on October 21, 2009, 09:51:17 AM
Was there any good cars in 1977? I really want a '73 Impalla, like in "Supernatural".

Sure. The obvious choice would be the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am (Burt Reynolds Edition) (http://www.clown-ministry.com/images/smokey-and-the-bandit-burt-reynolds-jackie-gleason.jpg) but you could lean toward something a bit more creative. (http://classiccars.com/Classifieds/Listing.aspx?data=0411587CE8B53ABE868A75B28FF5717694B67FDF34D39D2D2B09DEA82540B79D92CC848B0C71CF449FA6811BA7B668D6&cs=11) (6 wheeler!) :-)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Chris_ on October 21, 2009, 03:29:35 PM: Geez.....since I was born in the middle of WW II, when there was no consumer auto production, I suppose I'll have to settle for a "deuce and a half"........

doc
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Texacon on October 21, 2009, 03:56:41 PM: Why ya wanna discriminate?!

1964 FLH Harley Davidson;

(http://www.hdn.gr.jp/harley-davidson_news_2008/b_img/65l_400.jpg)

Oh yeah.

KC
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Lord Undies on October 21, 2009, 04:03:37 PM: Quote from: Randy on October 21, 2009, 02:09:12 PM
Since model years changed in September this car qualifies for my October birthday. :-)

(http://content.streetkingsarabia.com/wp-content/uploads/1-Christine.jpg)

This was our family car when I was 5-9, except it was light gray/dark gray. My dad kept a car 5 years, then it became my mom's car when the new "family car" was purchased. But my older brother wreck it in '64. My mom got a '64 Dodge.
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: DixieBelle on October 21, 2009, 04:14:33 PM: 1970 Hemi 'cuda. Gotta find a pic....
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Chris on October 21, 2009, 04:22:24 PM: Quote from: SilverOrchid on October 21, 2009, 09:51:17 AM
Was there any good cars in 1977? I really want a '73 Impalla, like in "Supernatural".

'77 was also the second-to-last year for the original Z car from Datsun...
(http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j28/bugman82773/1969_Datsun_240Z.jpg)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Odin's Hand on October 21, 2009, 04:29:39 PM: (http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bDrffN9K3EIBU9OjzbkF/SIG=12jbc1u20/EXP=1256246879/**http%3A//static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1980-1989-ford-trucks-3.jpg)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: NHSparky on October 21, 2009, 04:51:29 PM: On second thought, I might take this one:

1966 Lamborghini Miura

(http://image.motortrend.com/f/8511127+w750/112_0309_01z_Lamborghini_At_40+1966_Lamborghini_Miura+Passenger_Side_View.jpg)
Title: Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
Post by: Randy on October 21, 2009, 05:52:29 PM: Quote from: NHSparky on October 21, 2009, 04:51:29 PM
On second thought, I might take this one:

1966 Lamborghini Miura

(http://image.motortrend.com/f/8511127+w750/112_0309_01z_Lamborghini_At_40+1966_Lamborghini_Miura+Passenger_Side_View.jpg)

If your arm was twisted and all....

:-)