I was unaware that the Monte-Carlo Coupe was called the Scorpion in the US.
Great car. Made out of shitty steel. Welcome to Italy in the 70s.
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I was unaware that the Monte-Carlo Coupe was called the Scorpion in the US.
Great car. Made out of shitty steel. Welcome to Italy in the 70s.
Mitsubishi Starion VR was almost my first car (excluding my folks' shitbox Corolla that I drove). Guy took amazing care of it, and was my soccer coach as a kid, so was cutting me a screaming deal. Don't recall why it fell through, but was probably for the best.
Star of Orion, my ass. That's Engrish at its finest.
http://gomotors.net/pics/Mitsubishi/...starion-01.jpg
I've had 5 series and shit is just crammed into every nook and cranny of those. I tried doing a few things but always hated life by the time I finished. I've worked on a number of pre 70's American cars so I have been spoiled a bit. Those usually just require brute force and a flexible body to muscle old connections free.Quote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
I still have a thing for the Delta. Saw one dominate a local rally in San Marino. The thing was beat to hell, but absolutely killed it. I tried to talk to the driver, but my Italian is unbueno. I think it ended with me saying something like "Lancia...Bella", which he got a kick out of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Conway
Great car with a screaming engine but a fucked up instrument panel. Possibly worse than a late 80-'s Vette. i can not buy a car unless I like the panel. After all, everyone else appreciates the exterior while I'm driving it but I'm looking at the panel.Quote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
I had the use of an Integrale for a week years and years ago in UK. Fun car.Quote:
Originally Posted by bagtagley
The sundancer is cool but I don't think it fits my rugged personality as well as my SX/4 did. I'm acquiring the parts to build a hot one whenever I find one either clean or cheap. I could maybe go for the wagon with the sport package or the ultrarare Kammaback.
I should have never sold mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
Had a 1990 that I bought new. By the time I sold it it had a 2.5L engine with Euro cams, all sort of Motorsport bits on it. A wonderful car.
Pardon me while I cry.
I like cars for car sakes..... I do not ever see myself as a serious collector as have a ton of other things I would like to blow the $$ on. my reasonable project is a 95' dodge 1500 that I want to lower and turn into a rat rod some day...
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Although... I do have a soft spot in my heart for early year C3 Vettes ever since my high school buddy had a 427 69' with a 4 speed.... and a rather ravenous coke habit.... good times.
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edit: not his car... ^ 68' but love the color
New name + US regulations of the 70s = :(Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
Us regulations of the 70s best described as add weight, uglify, cut power
For cheap collector cars BATs had some dirt cheap Soviet/Eastern Block metal that would be fun. $1k?
But who really wants a Lada?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Conway
Oh, they've got zero mass appeal, but the Samara did make a half decent rally car and the Niva's an odd little SUV.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdironRider
I really, really want a Lotus Elise. In this color to the point where I am a regular visitor to a Lotus dealer in NJ every time I am in NJ for business. I expect that one of these times I will be driving home instead of flying.
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Or how about building a Polski Fiat based Fiat 131 rally car replica?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Conway
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I never really liked the 912...previously, I had alwayss thought that the 912 is to the 911 as the 924 is to the 928.
But looking at this particularly sweet 912 targa, I think I can become a believer.
http://porschew.com/wp-content/uploa...orsche-912.jpg
E30. Great car. Mine serves partially as commuter and topless...at least during the good months. Easy to wrench on, relatively cheap to own. Have had a timing issue that I took it to the shop for, and it was a pretty penny, but it now runs as good as the day it rolled off the assembly line.Quote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6...fe7a6e3a_z.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...4AB32B338F.jpg
My other cars aren't exactly affordable, so I won't bring them up. I would really love to find a serious off-road action Jeep - say CJ5 or CJ2 flat-fender, but Jeeps are crazy pricey sometimes.
I WILL own one of those at some point. I got in one and the thing fits me like a damn glove.Quote:
Originally Posted by assman
E30's really are amazing. Best model BMW ever made overall IMO.
r3vlimited.com is an excellent resource if anyone needs anything for an e30.
That's a great example.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alaskan Rover
The 912's definitely have a little more 356 in them.
I will have a VW T3 Synchro at some point.
(do yourself a favor and turn the audio off)
http://youtu.be/JX1iiqgkILQ
You mean the 4-cylinder leftover from the 356? Because the body's are the same on the early series as well as the later '76 E. Nothing like the comparison between the 924 and the 928 (WTF with that one, anyways). 928's are another one of those GT's which would be fun, 'cept for the high parts + maintenance and how difficult it is to find a good one.
Yeah, I wasn't going to address that one. Have you ever seen a 928 with a manual transmission? Every one I've ever seen has the auto. Dont' know anything about the tranny other than that there's no way I'd buy a Porsche with an auto tranny - even today. Not that the new trannys are bad news, just not the experience I'm looking for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Conway
"Because the body's are the same on the early series as well as the later '76 E"
What do you mean here - I know the 912 has a similar engine to the pushrod in the 356, but I didn't know they shared the same body. I do know you can get a nice 912 for about 1/10th of what you'd pay for a nice 356.
Goddamn the older 840i's were sweet....
http://www.motorstown.com/images/bmw-840i-05.jpg
I'd give up a nut for a Lancia Delta Integral Evo
http://www.mycarportal.net/wp-conten...Carbone_05.jpg
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My cheap-rare-cool lust has long been focused on the Jensen Interceptor. I've also thought it might be fun to find a nice example of the Fiat 850 for summertime fun. I had one in the '70's. Little, tiny, pretty underpowered, but akin to driving a go-cart and you could one-hand the rag top at a stop light.
Those Maserati Quatroportes are cool too, but I've heard nightmarishly expensive to keep running.
It's like a Golf GTi, but less dependable!Quote:
Originally Posted by shirk
with fender flares though.
and 4WD. Golf Countryman aren't exactly common.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
yeah, I've heard the Q3 aren't cheap to repair/maintain either and they drink fuel. Still would be an interesting vehicle.
That's what the Audi Quattros were for, Hugh. :D
I have owned some cool cars in my day, including a 65 Mustang and a 70 Mach One. But my favorite of all was a 76 BMW 2002. Had that car for 20 years.
Didn't read any of this really, but from the title I vote for owning:
A Datsun 510
An E30 M3
The sexy RX7
BMW 2002 69-73
A Supra
Porsche 944 turbo
one of those two door convertible Mercedes, like a 280sl or something
A BMW 740IL
A 6 speed BMW 535i from the late 90s
An Acura nsx
An integra type r
A miata
The engine in the turbo MR2 is arguably one of the best Toyota has made. And god damn Sport Compact Car was a good mag. I still remember reading about their project MR2 lifting the front wheels on a test run.
There are other cars I'd buy first, but this model would eventually make it in the garage.
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/181u...g/original.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_udCURVyNCo...jX9ap_5965.jpg
Always wanted a late 80's M5. Something about the visual balance of the car.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....drive01opt.jpg
I will own one of these before it's all said and done.
http://saabfans.files.wordpress.com/...rbo-2-door.jpg
Nope they aren't. I can't tell you how many guys I've talked to at shows and Porsche track days looking to get into the game with a 912. Hard to find a good specimen these days from what I'm hearing. That and the lift-throttle oversteer on those was worse due to the lighter weight. Whheeee!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Conway
For some reason I've always thought that vintage 240 was a good looking car. Would never buy one though if I could spend the $ on something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by schuss
Maybe I'm not reading your sentence correctly but both are collectors. Hell, to any Porschephile a brand new one is a "collector"! :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by hutash
Interesting. All I see is a less-dependable 914 though.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
Guruu, if you're talking a 90's 740 you want the Sport Short, not the iL; they can be found in good shape too these days.
That's a 1979 if I'm not mistaken, last year of the 99. I had an '80 900T with those same rims known in the Saabista world as 'Inca mags'. Then I had an '86 900T, still driving a '97 9K Aero. All have been a bit modded. I love those cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by GBB
One of these days...
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