"Classic" Ride Draft Thread - DRAFT COMPLETED!
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1966 Chrysler Crown Imperial "Black Beauty"
This car was created for the "Green Hornet" series by Dean Jeffries, Hollywood conversion wizard. Jeffries created a car that was fully functional after all there were no digital effects in the 60's. The car has front and rear facing rocket banks, front and rear gas, oil, water, smoke cannons. Rotating headlights, four green and two white. A closed circuit TV system, front and rear cell phones (real big deal in the 60's) sweeps that sweep up its tire tracks, remote control spy camera with a 4 mile range and a host of other crime fighting gadgets.
I am all alone! I need a car with many weapons! I thought it was very cool that this car could do everything that was shown in the TV series.
I am definitely one that likes the "fantasy' car aspect. I also enjoy looking at the classics and even the speedy cars. That is what makes this draft so fun! Variety is the spice of life!
This car was created for the "Green Hornet" series by Dean Jeffries, Hollywood conversion wizard. Jeffries created a car that was fully functional after all there were no digital effects in the 60's. The car has front and rear facing rocket banks, front and rear gas, oil, water, smoke cannons. Rotating headlights, four green and two white. A closed circuit TV system, front and rear cell phones (real big deal in the 60's) sweeps that sweep up its tire tracks, remote control spy camera with a 4 mile range and a host of other crime fighting gadgets.
I am all alone! I need a car with many weapons! I thought it was very cool that this car could do everything that was shown in the TV series.
I am definitely one that likes the "fantasy' car aspect. I also enjoy looking at the classics and even the speedy cars. That is what makes this draft so fun! Variety is the spice of life!
And to start ROUND 14
1955 Chrysler Falcon Concept
The Falcon had a 276 cubic inch overhead-valve Hemi V8 engine with five main bearings and a cast iron block and heads. It put out 170 gross horsepower - a lot for the era - with 255 lb-ft of torque at 2,000 rpm. The compression ratio was 7.5:1, and a two-barrel downdraft Stromberg carb was fitted. This connected up to a two-speed PowerFlite automatic. The differential had a hypoid final drive (3.54:1 ratio) with semi-floating drive axles. It was, needless to say, rear wheel drive. The front suspension used individual unequal-length upper and lower control arms, coil springs, and hydraulic shocks — no torsion bars. The rear suspension had the usual rigid axle and leaf springs. Acceleration was good for the time, with a ten second zero-to-sixty sprint, a 17.5 quarter mile (at 82 mph), and a top speed of 115 mph. Gas mileage was quoted at about 13 city, 16 highway.
This pick was all about looks. This is a beautiful car. This is a must have for my top 20!
1955 Chrysler Falcon Concept
The Falcon had a 276 cubic inch overhead-valve Hemi V8 engine with five main bearings and a cast iron block and heads. It put out 170 gross horsepower - a lot for the era - with 255 lb-ft of torque at 2,000 rpm. The compression ratio was 7.5:1, and a two-barrel downdraft Stromberg carb was fitted. This connected up to a two-speed PowerFlite automatic. The differential had a hypoid final drive (3.54:1 ratio) with semi-floating drive axles. It was, needless to say, rear wheel drive. The front suspension used individual unequal-length upper and lower control arms, coil springs, and hydraulic shocks — no torsion bars. The rear suspension had the usual rigid axle and leaf springs. Acceleration was good for the time, with a ten second zero-to-sixty sprint, a 17.5 quarter mile (at 82 mph), and a top speed of 115 mph. Gas mileage was quoted at about 13 city, 16 highway.
This pick was all about looks. This is a beautiful car. This is a must have for my top 20!
If there are zombies or creatures of the night or anything else roaming in the city, this beauty will mow them down like blades of grass. Detroit steel at its best.
1953 Buick Roadmaster
The one in the picture was originally owned by Howard Hughes, who added a few little enhancements that just might come in handy in the post-apocalyptic environment.
PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2005--Aviation genius Howard Hughes's 1953 Buick Roadmaster sold for $1.62 including bidder's premium at no reserve at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Collector Car Auction on Saturday, April 2, 2005. The 3rd Annual Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction is running from April 1 - April 3, 2005, at the South Florida Expo Center.
"$1.62 million is a phenomenal price for this one-of-a-kind piece of Americana," said Craig Jackson, president of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. "There was a fierce bidding war between three parties for this gorgeous vehicle that ended with the setting of a new world record for the sale of a Buick. The winning bidder is building a world-class automotive collection and is a connoisseur of aviation. He felt the Hughes Roadmaster would be a perfect fit for his future plans."
Hughes drove the Roadmaster while he stayed at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where he suffered his second nervous breakdown that amplified his strange behavior. The pastel blue and sea foam green Roadmaster was so important to him that it would stay with his most prized possessions to keep it safe from tampering until decades after his death when it was re-discovered.
Hughes, obsessed with germs, redesigned the system for air to flow through a dust trap and bacterial filter mounted in the trunk of the Roadmaster. In addition to the car's typical 12-volt system, Hughes had a full 24-volt aircraft electrical system installed with a plug-in attachment under the trunk. The attachment gave him the ability to drive onto the tarmac and personally jumpstart his plane, thereby outsmarting his enemies and traveling undetected.
http://newcarbuyingguide.com/index.php/news/main/3807/event=view
1953 Buick Roadmaster
The one in the picture was originally owned by Howard Hughes, who added a few little enhancements that just might come in handy in the post-apocalyptic environment.
PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2005--Aviation genius Howard Hughes's 1953 Buick Roadmaster sold for $1.62 including bidder's premium at no reserve at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Collector Car Auction on Saturday, April 2, 2005. The 3rd Annual Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction is running from April 1 - April 3, 2005, at the South Florida Expo Center.
"$1.62 million is a phenomenal price for this one-of-a-kind piece of Americana," said Craig Jackson, president of the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. "There was a fierce bidding war between three parties for this gorgeous vehicle that ended with the setting of a new world record for the sale of a Buick. The winning bidder is building a world-class automotive collection and is a connoisseur of aviation. He felt the Hughes Roadmaster would be a perfect fit for his future plans."
Hughes drove the Roadmaster while he stayed at the Beverly Hills Hotel, where he suffered his second nervous breakdown that amplified his strange behavior. The pastel blue and sea foam green Roadmaster was so important to him that it would stay with his most prized possessions to keep it safe from tampering until decades after his death when it was re-discovered.
Hughes, obsessed with germs, redesigned the system for air to flow through a dust trap and bacterial filter mounted in the trunk of the Roadmaster. In addition to the car's typical 12-volt system, Hughes had a full 24-volt aircraft electrical system installed with a plug-in attachment under the trunk. The attachment gave him the ability to drive onto the tarmac and personally jumpstart his plane, thereby outsmarting his enemies and traveling undetected.
http://newcarbuyingguide.com/index.php/news/main/3807/event=view
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2008 Honda Civic Si
Might as well go with pretty much the most popular car on the road for about 30 years and counting. The civic gets good gas mileage, and it also has the greatest amount of mods that you can buy to trick it out. Most out there are considered "rice" but if you actually do it right you can easily have a V8 eating 4 banger w/o having to put a turbo on it!
I am actually considering purchasing a Civic just to mess around with and make it a fast car that gets good gas mileage, and that can beat a V8!
Might as well go with pretty much the most popular car on the road for about 30 years and counting. The civic gets good gas mileage, and it also has the greatest amount of mods that you can buy to trick it out. Most out there are considered "rice" but if you actually do it right you can easily have a V8 eating 4 banger w/o having to put a turbo on it!
I am actually considering purchasing a Civic just to mess around with and make it a fast car that gets good gas mileage, and that can beat a V8!
Why, my next pick is automatic
It's systematic
It's hydromatic
Why it's Greased Lightning
1947 Ford "Greased Lightning"
Go Greased Lightning you're burning up the quarter mile
Go Greased Lightning you're coasting through the heat lap trail
You are supreme
*explicit lyric*
For Greased Lightning
ZZ Top Eliminator? Pink Caddy with Fins? Chandelier hood ornaments?
Nope, I'm trusting Danny Zuko here. THIS is the ultimate Pimpmobile.
It's systematic
It's hydromatic
Why it's Greased Lightning
1947 Ford "Greased Lightning"
Go Greased Lightning you're burning up the quarter mile
Go Greased Lightning you're coasting through the heat lap trail
You are supreme
*explicit lyric*
For Greased Lightning
ZZ Top Eliminator? Pink Caddy with Fins? Chandelier hood ornaments?
Nope, I'm trusting Danny Zuko here. THIS is the ultimate Pimpmobile.
1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III Customized Satanmobile
I was unsure of which direction to go with this pick, so I decided why not just give myself over to Satan.
Introducing "The Car" from the 1977 movie of the same name. We don't know much about The Car. We know its black. We know its evil. And not evil like Christine, in a naughty lowercase "evil" sort of way, but rather I mean it quite possibly IS Evil. Or at least Satan. Or maybe Satan is its driver. Or just its sponsor. In any case, its not a nice car. At all. Its sole purpose is to drive around the desert looking for people to run over. Or push off cliffs. Or chase into graveyards. Or...you get the idea. Sometimes it runs people over, and then backs up and runs them over a second time just for the hell (get it?) of it. Gotta love the 'tude. Its got an evil sounding horn. Evil looking headlights. You can't run from it, as it can not only run down anything on the road, but quite possibly has the ability to teleport itself, or disappear into another, presumably evil, dimension, or some such. In any case, it always catches you, and can't be caught. Unless it wants to, which is generally bad news for you. And you can't hide from it. Try to hide inside, and it will just race up to the building, leap off the ground, and behead you while blowing a car shaped hole in the wall. Its also bulletproof (including the tires). In fact apparently damage proof, unless you happen to have a truckload full of dynamite handy to blow up an entire canyon on top of it. So bring on your tanks and cute little possessed Plymouths, I got Satan on my side.
NOTE: Now admittedly there are some difficulties I might face with this car. First off it has no door handles. At all. And this was before the era of keyless entry. So combine that with its indestructibility, and getting into it might be a problem. And if I did get into it, the windows are blacked out. Not tinted. Blacked out. Entirely. Including the front and rear windows. So driving it could be a tad difficult. Of course given that it is indestructible I guess it does not matter much if I hit anything or not. But the final problem is that the car in fact may BE Satan. Or if not, Satan may be driving it. And it occurs to me that bumping the Prince of Darkness off to shotgun in his own ride might take some convincing. But this is my post-apocalypse damnit, and he's just going to have to get used to it. Besides...as long as he does not ask me to sign anything, Satan and I might get along just fine. We could go out cruisin' and discuss the big issues. Like what Eve looked like naked and stuff.
Other angle 1, and 2.
P.S. For safety's sake I think maybe I store this one on the other side of town. Or maybe the next town over.
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My next pick will the the 1952 Hudson Hornet.
Here is yet another selection with a rich racing history, but unlike some of my more recent picks also one that will allow me to stretch out a bit or bring a few friends along as the Hudson was equipped to seat 6. The Hornet featured a unibody design and the largest displacement six-cylinder engine in the world (for its time). In 1952 the "Twin-H" version was introduced with dual single-barrel carbs which put out 170hp, tuned it would reach 210hp when equipped with the "7-X" modifications that Hudson introduced. Despite being ahead of its time in design principles, sales would fall because the unibody construction did not facilitate major cosmetic changes while the Big Three instituted a policy of "planned obsolescence" where each year would see major redesigns to induce new sales for each model.
The Hudson Hornet dominated stock car racing in the early 50's when "stock car" meant "stock car".
During 1952, Hornets driven by Marshall Teague, Herb Thomas and Tim Flock won 27 NASCAR races driving for the Hudson team. In AAA racing, Teague drove a stock Hornet that he called the Fabulous Hudson Hornet to 14 wins during the season. This brought the Hornet's season record to 40 wins in 48 events, a winning percentage of 83%.
Overall, Hudson won 27 of the 34 NASCAR Grand National races in 1952, followed by 22 of 37 in 1953, and 17 of 37 in 1954 — an incredible accomplishment, especially from a car that had some legitimate luxury credentials.
When I was young we had a magazine ad style framed poster of the Hornet on the wall of our family room. My dad would tell me wild stories of how he and his buddies got in and out of trouble in the 50's and 60's and the Hornet on the wall served as a representation of those times.
The Hornet was also featured in Pixar's Cars a few years ago as Doc Hudson, the town Judge who had a secret past as a champion racer who had won 3 straight "Piston Cups" and 27 races in one season - number matching the championship totals of the real Hudson Hornet.
Here is yet another selection with a rich racing history, but unlike some of my more recent picks also one that will allow me to stretch out a bit or bring a few friends along as the Hudson was equipped to seat 6. The Hornet featured a unibody design and the largest displacement six-cylinder engine in the world (for its time). In 1952 the "Twin-H" version was introduced with dual single-barrel carbs which put out 170hp, tuned it would reach 210hp when equipped with the "7-X" modifications that Hudson introduced. Despite being ahead of its time in design principles, sales would fall because the unibody construction did not facilitate major cosmetic changes while the Big Three instituted a policy of "planned obsolescence" where each year would see major redesigns to induce new sales for each model.
The Hudson Hornet dominated stock car racing in the early 50's when "stock car" meant "stock car".
During 1952, Hornets driven by Marshall Teague, Herb Thomas and Tim Flock won 27 NASCAR races driving for the Hudson team. In AAA racing, Teague drove a stock Hornet that he called the Fabulous Hudson Hornet to 14 wins during the season. This brought the Hornet's season record to 40 wins in 48 events, a winning percentage of 83%.
Overall, Hudson won 27 of the 34 NASCAR Grand National races in 1952, followed by 22 of 37 in 1953, and 17 of 37 in 1954 — an incredible accomplishment, especially from a car that had some legitimate luxury credentials.
When I was young we had a magazine ad style framed poster of the Hornet on the wall of our family room. My dad would tell me wild stories of how he and his buddies got in and out of trouble in the 50's and 60's and the Hornet on the wall served as a representation of those times.
The Hornet was also featured in Pixar's Cars a few years ago as Doc Hudson, the town Judge who had a secret past as a champion racer who had won 3 straight "Piston Cups" and 27 races in one season - number matching the championship totals of the real Hudson Hornet.
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I am a horrible commissioner...
Prophetess sent me her picks several days ago. I saw her on the board yesterday so thought I wouldn't need them and deleted them from my Inbox. Unfortunately, it appears as though I may have done so prematurely. I do know one of them was the Jeep CJ3. I cannot, to my unending embarrassment, remember the other one.
Prophetess sent me her picks several days ago. I saw her on the board yesterday so thought I wouldn't need them and deleted them from my Inbox. Unfortunately, it appears as though I may have done so prematurely. I do know one of them was the Jeep CJ3. I cannot, to my unending embarrassment, remember the other one.