Thursday Twister: Favorite Car
Today’s Thursday Twister subject is simple — what is your favorite car. No budget, no BS, what is the car that you’d own if money was not an object or a hindrance.
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Me? Why thanks for asking. I’d drive a Ferrari 250 GTO every day of the week. Kids? Yeah, they can walk to school or take an Uber, because my 250 GTO has a full cage and doesn’t have a radio.
What about you? What is your car to drive every day?
1971 Plymouth valiant.
Slant 6 with A/C
Colour: Burnt Orange
1958 Ferrari GT250 Tour de France in white over dark metallic blue with red interior.
I would have a hard to deciding between these three: Alfa Remeo Montreal, Ferrari Testarossa, or Mercedes W124 Hammer
Oh man… I hate to be a pain, but it's down to two as I can't decide:
> Fully restored (yet mildly "restomoded") 1969 Lamborghini Miura
> Fully restored and restomoded 1950 Mercury coupe, 3" chop top, etc. Think the movie "Cobra". Lame movie. Amazing car.
W126 560 SEC with custom 5-speed stick conversion, black on black
Seriously KBZ? You could buy one of those tomorrow! I'm pretty sure I saw a homeless man living in one the other day. I want the REAL unicorn, the insane car you could never afford… 🙂
ha! – i'm a modest guy – it would be a real splurge to have that custom transmission concocted – and you did say "daily" – a GTO on the speedbumps of SoCal? – i know whose kidneys will be happier three days in – but, ok, a brand new Ferrari FF wouldn't suck
residentially challenged guy should be driving the Roadmattress wagon, just sayin'
but getting back to the SEC for a sec, i remember reading an article in C&D or R&T or maybe it was MT back in the late 80s – they had interviewed a bunch of current and former F1 drivers asking what they drove off-duty – 560SEC, 560SEC, 560SEL, 560SEC – made an impression on me – so when i'm driving my SEC I can daydream i'm a 90 year old ex-F1 driver – wait…
Swayze approved choice
i actually had to look that up
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"It's my way or the highway…"
Yeah, but what did Swayze drive to work.. '65 Riviera! Nothing like a nailhead for breakin' heads at the bar.
300SL with battle ship gray paint and red interior.
100% agree on the 300SL! Though I'd take mine in black.
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1969 McLaren M6-GT
In red.
Designed before wind tunnels and ground effects.
Only 1 ever made (Bruce McLaren's test mule for McLaren Racing's first road car).
Options?
A couple dozen copies made my Trajan, when homologation rules changed. So those are pretty close.
Plus a couple hundred copies of the body made by the LoVette brothers in the 80s (molds supposedly taken from Bruce's original car). These have a variety of bodies/frames/powerplants
McLaren Website Mg-GT
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-Stan (the "stuck in the Can Am era" Stan…)
Stan — oooh….this is good. Maybe better than the 250GTO.
Lancia Stratos
S1 E2 Quattro.
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Would love to use that for commuting.
Something about pulling up next to a Prius at a stoplight in one…
Alpine A110
A nice choice.
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Lotus Elite or Alfa 8C2900
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1967 Marina Blue Corvette convertible with hardtop, electric windows, power disc brakes, factory a/c. No stinger hood, no side pipes. Bone stock looking on the outside, with a fully massaged but still carbureted 327 so it looks bone stock under the factory air cleaner and can run on pump gas. Modern 6spd with vintage shifter, and just a little more rubber on the ground than it was born with.
Corvette, like so? – might be a 66
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Close, but with the hardtop in place and with the wheels that I prefer, it looks like the image below.
No snorkus, no computer, no Italian forums, nothing to do but keep it full of gasoline, turn the key and floor it, for a year of trouble free driving.
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Renault Espace F1. *drops mike*
BRAPBRAPBRAPBRAPBRAPBRAPBRAPBRAPBRAPBRAP
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I suck at remembering to close tags.
A Metro 6R4, specifically C869 EUD.
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Oh yeah, I will need one of those houses with a glass living room/garage to go with it, thanks.
'73 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring
since I was probably 12 years old.
I recently got to drive one, and they say never drive your heroes…but in this case, everything I read was true, and the want burns even brighter.
My modern favorite has to be the 288GTO
As a child of the 80's, this would strike most as a Magnum PI special…but as a Group B fan, this makes me all fizzy…
'57-58 Cadillac ElDorado Brougham, in Black please.
I'd take me one of them diamond headlight, whale foreskin leather seat SUVs that made the news a while back or maybe a monster truck commuter. Lake?! We'll just drive through it.
I'll have to say Lancia D50. With it's wonky crooked V8 and all.
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Singer 911.
White with black stripes with red pintstripes. Tartan seat and door inserts. Grommets on the seats. Brushed aluminum(nickel?) accents.
There's just something about them.
Yeah, I was hearing that Singer siren song too. The only reason I chose the '67 'Vette over the Singer was for the versatility of a true convertible and hardtop, and its been a bucket list car of mine for years. I had a '72 911 for my DT in the '80s and it was without a doubt the most enjoyable car I've ever owned.
Singer 911 here too – of all the cars I've been able to see up close… but
One of Colin Mcraes rally winning Subaru Imprezas would be number one fantasy car!
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Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale
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Great choice
Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato (If money is truly no object–my lottery car).
Bueno!
Late to the party, but:
1999-2000 Reynard ChampCar
Porsche 917k
1963 Corvette Grand Sport
If I start saving now I might be able to afford the ChampCar…forget about affording to run it…