Your Dream Car

[David]

Post a photo of your DREAM CAR, the car you would own above all others if you were able to.

My dream car is the 1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost "Picadilly" roadster in white with brown leather trim (coachbuilder: Merrimac).

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3645/1924silverghostbymerrimac5gw.th.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1924silverghostbymerrimac5gw.jpg)

The coachbuilder, Merrimac Body Company in Merrimac, MA, was one of several coachbuilders that supplied finished bodies for Rolls-Royce's manufacturing plant in the United States. I think the work Merrimac did for Rolls-Royce in the 1920s ranks as a legendary high point in the history of the motorcar.

Rolls-Royce's Silver Ghost motorcars, built from the 'teens through the 1920s, are nonpareil in the annals of luxury automobiles.

[amber]

small.convertible.red.stick shift. But in realidad, I would get a hybrid.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/MazdaMX-520Miata.jpg

*sings* "little red corvette...baybeh yo much too fast..."

[MacMan]

I think I'd be very happy with one of these:

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/5340/maybachexelero1910247qd.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=maybachexelero1910247qd.jpg)

[wondergirl9847]

http://www.ig1.ru/catalog/images/articles/carmusic/bigimages/Pontiac_Firebird_front.jpg

I've loved the Firebird since watching Knight Rider as a kid.

ETA: Sorry about the gigantic pic! Found a smaller one.

[estranged4life]

1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda (Preferably the last car which came off the production line, which was production number 666), I prefer either the Mopar/Cuda green (See below) or the evil as sin Gloss Black 'Cuda (One recently sold on the Jackson/Barrett auction for $210,000)

<div align=center><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/AAR-Cuda-1970.jpg"></div>

[ryan8472]

http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/2002_Aston_Martin_Vanquish-1.jpg

2002 Aston Martin Vanquish. ;) :nod: :laugh:

[bikerchic]

1969 Chevy Nova or a Chevy Chevelle.

http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/69chvy02.jpg

[tuigirl]

woah...I'd love one of these 1936 Ford trucks

[DavidMn]

I'd want a Ford Mustang sonvertible. I dont need to much to be happy, just a decent car.

[bretonbanquet]

I'd like an Alpine A110 and the space to use it properly :wavey:

http://sameens.dia.uned.es/Trabajos/T2A/ESalmoral/wall3.jpg

[DavidMn]

I'd like an Alpine A110 and the space to use it properly :wavey:

http://sameens.dia.uned.es/Trabajos/T2A/ESalmoral/wall3.jpgHow old is that car about?

[bretonbanquet]

How old is that car about?

Early 1970s :)

[DavidMn]

Early 1970s :)I'll bet youd have some fun in that!:cool:

[bretonbanquet]

I'll bet youd have some fun in that!:cool:

Oh, you know it! :nod:

They say it's illegal not to have fun in one of those :laugh:

[DavidMn]

Oh, you know it! :nod:

They say it's illegal not to have fun in one of those :laugh:Unfortunately for you, I'm guessing its probably also illegeal to drive one of those on the streets. :sorry:

[madformac]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/madformac/f430_3_4_ant_basso_grigiacopy.jpg

Ferrari F430 in silver.

How shallow am I? :laugh:

But I can be shallow at speed and in comfort.... :D :nod:

[bretonbanquet]

Unfortunately for you, I'm guessing its probably also illegeal to drive one of those on the streets. :sorry:

Nope :blob2: All perfectly road-legal, that's part of the joy :wavey:

[JazmenFlowers]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/fulghamjc/GX-125.jpg

Lexus GX

one day, bitches...

[estranged4life]

besides the 1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda I would happy with a 1969 Camaro SS:

<div align=center><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Camaro-1969.jpg"></div>

[DavidMn]

Nope :blob2: All perfectly road-legal, that's part of the joy :wavey:Cool. I wouldve thought since it was a race car that it would be.:cool:

[bretonbanquet]

Cool. I wouldve thought since it was a race car that it would be.:cool:

They had to be sold as road cars in order to be eligible for rallying - they were hotted up a bit for competition but basically they were the same as the ones you bought from showrooms - $20-25K now though :( Mind you, that's cheaper than a lot of the other cars on this thread! :laugh:

Here's a road-going one:

http://www.clubalpinerenault.org.uk/images/a110.jpg

[DavidMn]

They had to be sold as road cars in order to be eligible for rallying - they were hotted up a bit for competition but basically they were the same as the ones you bought from showrooms - $20-25K now though :( Mind you, that's cheaper than a lot of the other cars on this thread! :laugh:I'll bet one now in good condiditon would be alot more than that.

[bikerchic]

besides the 1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda I would happy with a 1969 Camaro SS:

<div align=center><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Camaro-1969.jpg"></div>
Oh ya baby :thumbsup: My kinda car. My husband says I'm going through a "Gone in 60 Seconds Angelina Jolie" stage. :laugh:

[estranged4life]

1969 Chevy Nova or a Chevy Chevelle.

http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/69chvy02.jpg

the Nova's and Chevelle's are also up on my list (Especially the 1969 Chevelle SS), deb even wants a Nova so that is cool in my book (I dont care for any newer model cars, though the 2006/2007 Dodge Challenger Concept Car is a throwback to the classic Challenger, Somemuch that they look identical to the 1970 Challengers with the awesome 'Cuda body style!)

[BTFLCHLD]

this car would be "tits!" :]

http://i1.tinypic.com/v4tlx5.jpg

[bikerchic]

the Nova's and Chevelle's are also up on my list (Especially the 1969 Chevelle SS), deb even wants a Nova so that is cool in my book (I dont care for any newer model cars, though the 2006/2007 Dodge Challenger Concept Car is a throwback to the classic Challenger, Somemuch that they look identical to the 1970 Challengers with the awesome 'Cuda body style!)
Totally :thumbsup: I would have some awesome exhaust on it. I just loooove when you're sittin' at a light and the car is just rumblin' and shakin'. It's all about the exhaust. :nod:

[DrummerDeanna]

http://www.velmadinkley.com/smallmm.jpg

[JazmenFlowers]

I don't know...this may be ahead of my Lexus by a bumper or two...:]
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/fulghamjc/11-12-02-pwagon.jpg

[estranged4life]

Totally :thumbsup: I would have some awesome exhaust on it. I just loooove when you're sittin' at a light and the car is just rumblin' and shakin'. It's all about the exhaust. :nod:

my much loved and missed Mother, She has "Cherry Bomb" glass packs added onto her 1976 Pontiac Trans-Am (454 Chevy V8) just to annoy those in other cars when she would sit at a stop light.

Her car looked similar to the one below (With the "Honeycomb" wheels and front grill) but her TA (Which she said meant "Tits & Ass"...Because when she would get pulled over for the "occassional" speeding ticket, she would tempt the officer with a lil' look of the "T" and her "A" wouldnt never get a ticket just a warning!) was a golden yellow color and not the lame "T-Top" version (She had a 1978 T-Top T.A. too along with the 1968 Camaro SS she bought)

<div align=center><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Trans-AM-1976.jpg"></div>

[estranged4life]

http://www.velmadinkley.com/smallmm.jpg

the "Mystery Machine" is chic...But I prefer the following car:

<div align=center><img src="http://www.1966batmobile.com/nate2004.jpg"></div>

Kinda a funny story, but just last week the Batmobile broke down on the side of the highway going into OKC after the transmission line broke (I guess Batman forgot to ask Robin to check the thing before making the drive to OKC), So the OKC PD & the OHP "Viligently" guarded the "Caped Crusader's" car until it could be repaired :lol:

[SteveMacD]

Eh, my dream car is one that is paid off. I can't really post a photo of that..

[JazmenFlowers]

Eh, my dream car is one that is paid off. I can't really post a photo of that..
lol. you got that **** right. sigh, to not have a car note.

[bikerchic]

my much loved and missed Mother, She has "Cherry Bomb" glass packs added onto her 1976 Pontiac Trans-Am (454 Chevy V8) just to annoy those in other cars when she would sit at a stop light.

Her car looked similar to the one below (With the "Honeycomb" wheels and front grill) but her TA (Which she said meant "Tits & Ass"...Because when she would get pulled over for the "occassional" speeding ticket, she would tempt the officer with a lil' look of the "T" and her "A" wouldnt never get a ticket just a warning!) was a golden yellow color and not the lame "T-Top" version (She had a 1978 T-Top T.A. too along with the 1968 Camaro SS she bought)

<div align=center><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Trans-AM-1976.jpg"></div>
Wow, your mother sounds like she was really cool! :thumbsup: How old was she when she had these cars? My mom used to drive a 1972 Buick Skylark convertible and I used to take it to high school. Lets just say, I was quite popular! :)

[estranged4life]

Wow, your mother sounds like she was really cool! :thumbsup: How old was she when she had these cars? My mom used to drive a 1972 Buick Skylark convertible and I used to take it to high school. Lets just say, I was quite popular! :)

mid 30's when she owned her muscle cars...She used to drive my oldest brother to high school in her '76 TA, And my brother's friends were interested to know "Who is that groovy chick that drove ya to school" (This occurred about 1979-1980) and he had to tell 'em "That's my Mom" :lol:

[strandinthewind]

Here is my 64 eldorado, which is HOT!!!!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/strandinthewind/eldo64a.jpg


My dream car is an Isotta Franschini (do you know an ISOTTA FRASCHINI :laugh: -- points to the non-queen who can name that film :laugh: )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/strandinthewind/77086563_1.jpg

[amber]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/madformac/f430_3_4_ant_basso_grigiacopy.jpg

Ferrari F430 in silver.

How shallow am I? :laugh:

But I can be shallow at speed and in comfort.... :D :nod:


Apparently just about as shallow as me. Love the car.

[GypsySorcerer]

Apparently just about as shallow as me. Love the car.

Me three. I'd take one...black, please. :woohoo:

[strandinthewind]

Apparently just about as shallow as me. Love the car.

That car is smoking hot. A friend has one (of many actually) and you can recognize that engine's growl from a mile away.

[sara1998]

besides the 1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda I would happy with a 1969 Camaro SS:

<div align=center><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Camaro-1969.jpg"></div>
That's MY dream car... I will have one....

[sara1998]

1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda (Preferably the last car which came off the production line, which was production number 666), I prefer either the Mopar/Cuda green (See below) or the evil as sin Gloss Black 'Cuda (One recently sold on the Jackson/Barrett auction for $210,000)

<div align=center><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/AAR-Cuda-1970.jpg"></div>
My dad has a '71.... it's in pieces in the garage. :shocked: I'll have it restored when he's dead! (at least, that's the joke between us!)

[amber]

That car is smoking hot. A friend has one (of many actually) and you can recognize that engine's growl from a mile away.
Oh, it's loud? :( Yuck. I might be able to get over it, but I hate loud cars. I guess you've ridden in it, then? How was it? *drool* - I'd love to drive that thing like a (relative) bat out of hell on some of the superwindy scenic roads around here....mmmm....

[madformac]

That car is smoking hot. A friend has one (of many actually) and you can recognize that engine's growl from a mile away.

Yeah my new boss has got one (so far in the past 7 days I've seen him in this, his Ferrari 550 Maranello and his Lamborghini Diablo). I know which I prefer to drool on. :nod:

The F430 is my favorite car, it just screams and wails like a racing Ferrari and is the best car they have produced for many years.

Just to give it some street cred (as if it needs any!) Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell) will be pounding it around the causeways in the new Miami Vice movie too. :cool: It's cool, he's not..

[madformac]

Oh, it's loud? :( Yuck. I might be able to get over it, but I hate loud cars. I guess you've ridden in it, then? How was it? *drool* - I'd love to drive that thing like a (relative) bat out of hell on some of the superwindy scenic roads around here....mmmm....

It's not how loud it is amber, it's the sound itself. Like a screaming snorting animal, it sounds wild.

[madformac]

Me three. I'd take one...black, please. :woohoo:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/madformac/F430360_007copy.jpg

:wavey:

[strandinthewind]

Oh, it's loud? :( Yuck. I might be able to get over it, but I hate loud cars. I guess you've ridden in it, then? How was it? *drool* - I'd love to drive that thing like a (relative) bat out of hell on some of the superwindy scenic roads around here....mmmm....

The engine has a growl to it that is sublime to these ears. So, the car is a little loud, but not that bad. Or, like madformac says, it is like a wild animal :cool:

[amber]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/madformac/F430360_007copy.jpg

:wavey:
ooo! And my red one is right there, too! We should caravan across the country, like bikers do. We'll be Ferrariers. :cool:

[madformac]

ooo! And my red one is right there, too! We should caravan across the country, like bikers do. We'll be Ferrariers. :cool:

GypsySorcerer in the nero car, Amber in the maranello red and madformac in the argento.

We still have a giallo fly (yellow) left if anyone wants to join us. There are 4 passenger seats but no music in my car, I'm listening to the engine. :D

[Richard B]

So many cars to choose from. I would love a kick ass sports car, this one specifically Saab Aero-X.
http://www.km77.com/marcas/saab/2006/prototipos/aerox/med/03.jpg
http://www.gmcanada.com/ss/images/en_CA/saab/aerox/gallery_hero_03.jpg

However, these extreme cars come with extreme insurance rates and extreme risk of tickets. The speed is pretty useless, especially here in CA.

So I might have to go with a classier ride:
2005 Bentley Continental
http://www.coolhunting.com/images/bentley_continental_gt.jpg

Although Bentley has this sweet diddy of a concept sports model:
http://www.1blkbarbie.50megs.com/images/bentleysports.jpg

[ragandbone]

http://www.velmadinkley.com/smallmm.jpg
Hey! That car lives up the highway from me - I pass it every day!

[ragandbone]

Well, if it is a fantasy then I would say:
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~hnw/DW/GypsyCaravan.jpg

If you insist that I must have an engine then I would say, maybe this one:5388 '57 300SL

The truth is, though, if I had the money for my dream car, I might just take off around the world, and not drive at all.

[strandinthewind]

The '57 300SL is one of the most fab. cars ever!!!!!!!

[ragandbone]

The '57 300SL is one of the most fab. cars ever!!!!!!!

I saw one once at a used lot in Hermosa Beach: it was iridescent white, with that red interior. It took my breath away, and I obviously haven't forgotten about it.
Imagine how much fun it would be to arrive at a restaurant, and then send the valet flying into the air when you open the car door.
;^)

[tuigirl]

However, these extreme cars with extreme insurance rates and extreme risk of tickets. The speed is pretty useless, especially here in CA.


See now I agree (out comes my practical side!) Where does the shopping go in these fast cars?? Where are you able to use the speed for which these things are designed? Insurance would be thru the roof, I'd be worried about leaving it on the street at night..so many sensible q's.Hmmm....If these cars reflect our inner personalities, then there's a lot of fast racey Ledgies about..haha.:lol:

[strandinthewind]

I saw one once at a used lot in Hermosa Beach: it was iridescent white, with that red interior. It took my breath away, and I obviously haven't forgotten about it.
Imagine how much fun it would be to arrive at a restaurant, and then send the valet flying into the air when you open the car door.
;^)

I know!!!!!!!!

When I had my 62 Thunderbird Factory Roadster, my ex and I once grabbed these two girls we know and got all dressed up like swells from the late 50's early 60's and went a Mel Torme concert. The valet guy was laughing so hard at the phillies in their pillbox hats :laugh: I have a pic of that somewhere :eek:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v602/strandinthewind/6220TBird-220W.jpg

[Richard B]

Here's my very dreamy dream car:
http://www.a-limousine-ride.com/images/black-stretch-limo.jpg

I actually hate driving. I used to love it, but now...fuk it. Let someone else deal while I kick it in back with a Martini and someone I love.
Life is so much easier this way.
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