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What was your dream car when you were 16?
various | 5/6/16 | me

Posted on 05/06/2016 7:18:17 PM PDT by mdittmar

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To: bgill

I worked for a guy who had several Corvette’s, Jaguars and an AC Bristol. His everyday driver was a Pacer. He loved it.


101 posted on 05/06/2016 8:12:45 PM PDT by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people.)
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To: ConservativeStatement; JBW1949
Beach Boys - Little GTO
102 posted on 05/06/2016 8:13:11 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: Yardstick

That was my dream car as a kid. That’s a 240Z...’72, I think. The 260’s were even nicer but as a brand new driver, I was lucky to get mom’s Rambler wagon for a night out. The only other car that I liked as much was the Triumph TR6. Sucked having great taste but no bank.


103 posted on 05/06/2016 8:13:50 PM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: mdittmar

My mother’s ‘57 Chevy 210 with a yellow side-stripe, a hidden overdrive gear, and room for 8 girls. Had it all. Life was good.

Mom wouldn’t let me touch her ‘72 Chevy Nova with a racing engine. She wanted to be “the little old lady from Pasadena” and was. Could lay rubber with the best of them.


104 posted on 05/06/2016 8:14:13 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: mdittmar

Great song!!!!!!!


105 posted on 05/06/2016 8:14:13 PM PDT by JBW1949
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To: mdittmar

Studebaker Avanti


106 posted on 05/06/2016 8:15:06 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: doorgunner69

You need a drip pan under one of those. For the testosterone.


107 posted on 05/06/2016 8:16:00 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Socialists are just communists in their larval stage.)
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108 posted on 05/06/2016 8:16:59 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it? Do you like it, Scott? I call it, "Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili.")
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To: wally_bert

Vanishing Point...........


109 posted on 05/06/2016 8:17:00 PM PDT by Osage Orange (The GOPe.....are actually worse than the Dim's)
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To: mdittmar

Mine was/is a ‘67 Camaro RS.... Blue with white stripes and black interior.


110 posted on 05/06/2016 8:17:05 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Pretty cool looking car............


111 posted on 05/06/2016 8:18:00 PM PDT by Osage Orange (The GOPe.....are actually worse than the Dim's)
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112 posted on 05/06/2016 8:18:15 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: Yogafist
"Those are still beautiful cars." They are. Very nice stance, one of the more wheel-oriented British designs. Excellent exhaust note straight from the factory, beautiful old world interior with the entire dashboard fascia being wood. I've seen some very nice TR4's around too, especially with the factory "Surrey Top," a sort of precursor to the Targa Top. A little too retro under the hood in general for a daily driver, but very pretty. Palm Springs commercial photography
113 posted on 05/06/2016 8:18:34 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: mdittmar
There are dream cars...

...and the car you actually get.

Mine was in slightly better shape, but rusted in the same spots! Paid $100.00 for it.

114 posted on 05/06/2016 8:18:53 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: 867V309

Yep. That was the poor man’s version. My brother had one. It was a POS. Trans went out on it right after he bought it.


115 posted on 05/06/2016 8:21:23 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: mdittmar
I wanted a '32 Ford roadster, chopped and channeled, wit '39, '49, or '41 front axle w/hydraulic brakes; a 59A block, bored and stroked, balanced crank, aluminum pistons and cylinder heads, dual carburetor manifold, dual exhausts with glass-pacs; and Naugahyde tailored seats; cycle front fenders, done in metallic midnight blue,

Comin' right up. Don't I wish. The most I got of it was a fancy shift knob. And a lot of Hot Rod magazines, back when they were $0.50 each. Dreamin' on ---

116 posted on 05/06/2016 8:21:39 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: smokingfrog

That exact 1971 Sox & Martin car is coming up for auction at the Mecum collector car auction in Indianapolis the weekend of My 18th-20th, I believe.


117 posted on 05/06/2016 8:22:04 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus headsConservatus)
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To: mdittmar

1970 Chevelle SS 454


118 posted on 05/06/2016 8:25:20 PM PDT by Trumpnado2016
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To: newfreep
My dream car in High School was a 1967 Jaguar E-Type. And oh yeah, I worked two jobs as a junior and senior and bought one. This is a picture of my high school car, a 1967 Jaguar E-Type Coupe (incorrectly called XKE by Americans) as it looks today. It is currently owned by a gent in Denver (I sold it in 72 when I entered the US Air Force and it changed hands a couple times). Today I own a 1967 E-Type roadster which I bought in 1981 or 2. The red C5 in the background is mine.
119 posted on 05/06/2016 8:26:18 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (n1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
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To: mdittmar

Easy. AC Cobra.


120 posted on 05/06/2016 8:26:49 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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