Posted on 09/25/2016 11:29:21 AM PDT by ETL
Beautiful color, too.
Beautiful!
The best American art form IMHO.
We can’t really afford one either but always looking :)
Yep. Old Camaros just nail it - whatever “it” is, and dark colors are the best.
But, the attendees were mostly geezers, with a few in their forties, a handful in their thirties, none that I saw in their twenties or teens. There were some young people from the local 4H and FFA groups but that was because this is a benefit event for them and they were not even looking at the cars. So I am afraid this love of the automobile as a symbol of American freedom, creativity and industrial might may be fading fast. Sad ...
Probably right. I learned to drive at the tail end of the Mopar pony car era, but the cars I was wide-eyed about as a snot-nosed little kid were really the slightly earlier cars. Thus, I'd pay far more money for a '67 GTX than a '56 Chrysler 300, because I don't have enough memories of the latter to interest me.
Unless there is great intrinsic or utility - or even "bullion value," in the broadest sense - in an object, it becomes somewhat meaningless with the passing of the generation that came to love it in childhood. "Mom and dad's stuff" may remain important, but "grandma and grandpa's stuff" is a bit less so, and "the great-grandparents' stuff" is so abstract as to often be meaningless if not valueless.
The other thing I have noticed - particularly in my own hobbies - is that the bottom fell out around 2008 and it isn't coming back.
Mr. niteowl77
That is what is great about the "collector anything" business. Because if someone really wants what you got, the standard market value goes out the window.
“Unless there is great intrinsic or utility - or even “bullion value,” in the broadest sense - in an object, it becomes somewhat meaningless with the passing of the generation that came to love it in childhood. “Mom and dad’s stuff” may remain important, but “grandma and grandpa’s stuff” is a bit less so, and “the great-grandparents’ stuff” is so abstract as to often be meaningless if not valueless.”
Insightful analysis. I love antiques but I have zero interest in driving a car with mechanical brakes. My dad owned a 1950 four door Plymouth Deluxe. I spent hours in it pretend driving as a child. I find myself drawn to that an other cars I have fond memories of; mostly four doors.
I have a house peppered with inherited antiques that should be valuable, but aren’t. They aren’t even useful.
Our increasingly liberal-dominated culture has turned many of our kids' minds, hearts and souls into mush. All they seem to ever do is monkey around on their "smartphones", even while out on a date or in a group.
With nearly every car on this thread you have a combination of both. Gorgeous old-school body styling with modern (or relatively modern) car engineering.
I love antiques but I have zero interest in driving a car with mechanical brakes.
bkmk
Including them with the other truly hot cars on the slideshow is like including Harleys in a slideshow of MotoGP bikes.
IMO
Yep, good point - they now live through their phones, not through their cars. Plus most of them now just see a car as an audio system with an engine and wheels. Also, US auto manufacturers have not been targeting products that young people can afford, partly thanks to "help" from the government and unions, so the American car is in retreat. Does not bode well.
Other than that, though - thanks for an awesome thread with what seems like a couple hundred great car photos!
Don't forget, most millennials could not even drive one of the cars in the list, they likely are all manual transmission. Imagine a 21 yr old trying to figure out "three on the tree", not to mention a clutch.
Which specifically are you referring to, that you would place in the same category as Mexican lowriders? American car builders have been creating these works of art for something approaching 70 years. They are cruisers and show cars. Not track cars. I, and I would think most here, like both.
Looking through all those photos gave me a huge sense of nostalgia, and reminded me so much of what’s best about our people.
In fact, those images stimulated a whole cascade of thoughts and emotions concerning our beloved country. There’s no doubt in my mind that we’re the beneficiaries of the finest, most incredible country that has ever existed in human history.
God, I love this land.
They’re all beautiful, but some of the charm and appeal has been lost due to all the kits and reproduction OEM bodies, a lot of them aren’t “real” anymore, meaning they’re reproductions. Shouldn’t matter, but somehow for me it does.
Now, the trucks aren’t reproduction, not yet at least. The ‘56 Ford with Crown Vic chrome spear trim was inspired, I don’t know why it works but it does. The Chevy in Black Cherry paint from B-J auction was very nice, too, canting the tailgate inward at the top really made it so much more sporty, like the tailgate on a Nomad. Probably not practical for hauling, but that truck won’t be used for hauling anything.
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