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Offline ReardenSteel

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What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« 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://www.flemingsultimategarage.com/1972-oldsmobile-cutlass-442-convertible--c-1051.htm
(nice YT video at the link)

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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2009, 10:57:50 PM »
1980 isn't exactly a vintage year for autos. Bring back the Ford Bronco!
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2009, 11:10:03 PM »
I would be a Bently S2
(1959)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_S2
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2009, 11:22:47 PM »
It would HAVE to be this:



(1958)
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2009, 11:28:56 PM »
1969 Camaro convertible...my mom actually owned one in the 70's. 
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2009, 07:34:30 AM »
This one.

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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #6 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:



(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.
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #7 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)
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2009, 08:19:33 AM »


1954 Buick Wildcat II (concept car)
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2009, 08:21:47 AM »
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2009, 08:34:24 AM »
1967
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2009, 09:44:27 AM »




1958
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2009, 09:51:17 AM »
Was there any good cars in 1977? I really want a '73 Impalla, like in "Supernatural".
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #13 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.
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2009, 10:04:16 AM »

1974
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #15 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
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2009, 10:20:22 AM »
I'm waiting for one of the old farts an older person to post this.


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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #17 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."
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #18 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.
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #19 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.
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #20 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!
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #21 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.
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2009, 01:52:50 PM »
1966 Mustang Fastback



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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #23 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.


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That horse is friggen HUGE.
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Re: What car, from your birthyear, would you want?
« Reply #24 on: October 21, 2009, 02:01:39 PM »
Easy...'81 Delorean.
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