TheSamba.com :: View topic - Besides old VWs, what is your favorite "Iconic" car?

Fri Apr 13, 2018 12:34 pm

I'm not talking about run of the mill Camaros and Mustangs and '57 Chevys necessarily.

What do you think is cool or interesting and why?

Fri Apr 13, 2018 12:37 pm

I think all those west coast rappers made the SIX-FO Impala pretty iconic....

Fri Apr 13, 2018 12:59 pm

ROCKOROD71 wrote: I think all those west coast rappers made the SIX-FO Impala pretty iconic....
Yeah, but a '67 Impala SS fastback is a much better looking car.
I mean... looks at dat ass!!!

The paint shop couldn't believe that I wanted them to paint it Plymouth Prowler orange with a heavy orange metallic flake in the clear coat but they asked me to leave the car there for a couple of weeks afterwards because they were selling so many paintjobs after it was done.

Jaguar E-Type!
Jaguar D-Type.
Porsche 356.
Porsche 550 Spyder.
Aston Martin DB-4.
Austin Healy 3000.
AC Cobra.
'57 Chevy.
'57 Cadillac.
MK1 mini.
Damn near ANY Delage.
Deusenburg. It so totally encompasses luxury & decadence that a word was made from it to be used to describe something that's over the top.

Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:09 pm

I'll second the E Type Jag, also a big fan of early C3 Vettes (flat back window). Favorite all time are Ferrari 250LM and Cobra Daytona Coupes.

Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:18 pm

Two that I owned ^^^^^^^^^^^^ back in the 80's

The 1973 Opel Gt., cool little car, great for the twists & turns of Colorado's mountains. And my 1st car, 1969 Dodge Charger, great stock Hot Rod, Rolling along the highways @ 120mph, long before a certain TV show made it famous...... :roll:

Fri Apr 13, 2018 2:05 pm

‘68-‘69 b-body Plymouth...

Fri Apr 13, 2018 2:37 pm

gotta agree with the Mopars of the late 60's

Fri Apr 13, 2018 3:10 pm

Ever since I was a kid, it's been the '63 split window 'Vette.

Sexiest. Body lines. Ever.

Fri Apr 13, 2018 3:48 pm

Mine has always been a 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 in blue with white stripes. Vrooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!

Fri Apr 13, 2018 4:21 pm

Porsche 917
Ford GT40
Ferrari P3
These just look ferociously/frighteningly fast standing still.

Older SL Mercedes. Both '50s and '60s.
'63 Split and '68 Stingray 'Vettes. I can hear the Jetsons theme as they drive by.
Studebaker Avanti & Citroen DS (ages ahead of their time)
E-Type Jag. Just sexy as hell.
GTO (the Italian one)
...more of course.

Fri Apr 13, 2018 5:20 pm

Fri Apr 13, 2018 6:39 pm

Gremlins, I know, I know..still....!!! Either you get it or you don't.

Fri Apr 13, 2018 6:57 pm

Maybe it's a slightly different question. But what cars would you like to see if you were going to an automotive museum?

Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:02 pm

My Dad got me into cars and i also caught the bug of liking odd ball makes and models. Came home from being born in an early 60's Fiat 1100D. Like the old Fiats. He had a 63 econoline pickup. Still like those as well as Willys FC models, Dodge A100 pickup and corvair pickups as well as corvairs. He also had a Citreon Mehari. Google that one!!! I like the 97 Land Rover Defender though my bank account doesnt so i don't see that in my future. I like old woodie wagons as well as any 50's to mid 60's wagons. Those are the ones off the top of my bald head.....

Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:11 pm

Porsche 356 Carrera GT.

73 Porsche RS Carrera

Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:19 pm

car...

Fri Apr 13, 2018 7:20 pm

motorcycle...

Sat Apr 14, 2018 5:13 am

Manfred58sc wrote: Gremlins, I know, I know..still....!!! Either you get it or you don't.

YESSSSSSS! I agree. I would LOVE to have one.

Sat Apr 14, 2018 5:56 am

I also have to vote for the Jaguar E-type.

Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:07 am

Anytime I think of bucket list cars....This is what happens.....Yeah Continental Mark II...No wait - 64 Riviera...but the 66 Grand Prix is awesome....Supercharged Cord....no make that an Auburn boat tail....and on and on and on.....