Car Porn.......beauty meets speed (SFW)

**schindlerpiste** · 05-12-2016, 04:05 PM

Buster, I used to own a 1976 TVR 2500M. Very nice. Twin Webers....but very tempremental!

**PNWbrit** · 05-12-2016, 04:13 PM

The TVR S I was going to buy from a colleague caught fire a week before we concluded the purchase.

Loved the interior of that car...

Jensen FF anyone?

**schindlerpiste** · 05-12-2016, 04:23 PM

Yep. Really nice leather, and a very comfortable shifter position.

**Alaskan Rover** · 05-12-2016, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

I think the Sebring is my favorite of that vintage.

Nice...reminds me a lot of the...what the heck was it called? Facel Vega?...of the same approximate vintage. Very similar cowl on the hood. Not that I've seen a lot ofFacels, but my dad used to have these yearly auto compendiums that literally had pictures and a write up of every single production car made ANYWHERE that year. I can't remember the title..."Universal Automotive" or something like that. They were great hardcover books of 'coffee table' size. Anybody remember those?

As a kid I would spend hours pouring over and dreaming about the cars found within its covers. Really an amazing publication...I'm sure it ceased publication eons ago. When I said compendium, I meant exactly that!!

The only reason I remember the Facel Vega was because of that book.

EDIT: Thanks, Buster and PNWBrit for pics of all those vintage eye-candy!!

. I realize the new cars are lightyears ahead in terms of technical innovation and suspension tuning...far Superior in most every regard....except one, and I speak for myself when I say this, but the new cars just don't flutter my heart as much as the vintage ones. Sure, they have ridiculously narrow and high profile tires, (cept those Dauer 962s!!!

),perhaps looser steering than the modern stuff, but those old vintage makes .....there's a feeling about them you can't easily define. I don't know...I guess I just wax nostalgic over them. But there are worse things. Anyway, thanks.

**HankScorpio** · 05-13-2016, 06:57 AM

Its not pretty, but its got 727 hp and a factory warranty for $40k. The money you save over a Hellcat will buy lots of rear tires.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...ngs-for-40000/

**Bobby Stainless** · 05-13-2016, 07:03 AM

Just think of all the people those will run over.

**HankScorpio** · 05-13-2016, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by Beer Drinker

Just think of all the people those will run over.

There's a reason why high horsepower cars used to be expensive and hard to get.

**liv2ski** · 05-13-2016, 08:04 AM

Jeezuz, reminds me of the old 1984 Vette I had. Bunched it on the freeway on ramp and almost lost it when the back end broke loose. Scared the shit out of me.

**schindlerpiste** · 05-13-2016, 08:05 AM

Buster, was that black Fiat yours, and did you live in Hünfeld?

**stfu&gbtw** · 05-13-2016, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by Beer Drinker

Thank you for making my point. I am working on getting a 512 and a Dino right now.

512s are in the 300-400 range. Same with the Dino.

All are pretty ugly.

My dream Ferrari to own, not sell, is a 410 Superamerica.

shit...

That is a pretty car.

Funny enough, as I know most people hated them, and by sports car standards they didn't perform very well, but I really like the lines on the later Mondials...

**HankScorpio** · 05-13-2016, 09:18 AM

When I was kid I always had a certain eye for the 456 GT. A gorgeous, underrated 2+2 GT car. They can be had now for $65-80k. I bet these will sky rocket in value. V12 and a gated shifter. Done.

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**Buster Highmen** · 05-13-2016, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by schindlerpiste

Buster, was that black Fiat yours, and did you live in Hünfeld?

No. I live E. of Seattle, but I do have one of these:

Mine's BRG with a 1750 dual Weber dcoe40s.

**schindlerpiste** · 05-13-2016, 09:49 AM

Sweet. I've always been a big fan of Alfa's. I would love to find a clean spider.

**stfu&gbtw** · 05-13-2016, 10:07 AM

**BmillsSkier** · 05-13-2016, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by HankScorpio

When I was kid I always had a certain eye for the 456 GT. A gorgeous, underrated 2+2 GT car. They can be had now for $65-80k. I bet these will sky rocket in value. V12 and a gated shifter. Done.

Something about a Ferrari GT in that midnight blue is just gorgeous.

**Buster Highmen** · 05-13-2016, 02:56 PM

Alfa A6G Zagato.

**VTeton** · 05-13-2016, 03:08 PM

Some goofballs in Boston.

**Bobby Stainless** · 05-13-2016, 03:28 PM

Don't see a lot of Spykers.

**PNWbrit** · 05-13-2016, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Buster Highmen

Alfa A6G Zagato.

Eye wateringly beautiful.....

So is the Maserati A6G

**PNWbrit** · 05-13-2016, 04:09 PM

Sauber C9 was probably the prettiest '80's race car.

**schindlerpiste** · 05-13-2016, 04:12 PM

I want one of these with AWD and a small block V8

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**east or bust** · 05-13-2016, 05:33 PM

can't wait for the Zora release, me thinks it's going to surprise a lot of folks.

**BmillsSkier** · 05-13-2016, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Beer Drinker

Don't see a lot of Spykers.

Saw Hammond wreck one on that endurance race episode of TG. Ouch, that had to be hard to look the other owner in the eye.

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

Sauber C9 was probably the prettiest '80's race car.

Was that the one that got airborne every so often?

**PNWbrit** · 05-13-2016, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

Saw Hammond wreck one on that endurance race episode of TG. Ouch, that had to be hard to look the other owner in the eye.

Was that the one that got airborne every so often?

No that was the CLR. Later than Sauber.