"Classic" Ride Draft Thread - DRAFT COMPLETED!
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2004 Nissan 350z (another one of my cars)
I bought this car after I sold my RSX-s. I still like my RSX better than this car, but it was pretty fun to drive in the mountains. Below is an actual pic of my car before I sold it.. Love the glossy finish?
I bought this car after I sold my RSX-s. I still like my RSX better than this car, but it was pretty fun to drive in the mountains. Below is an actual pic of my car before I sold it.. Love the glossy finish?
I must admit, for several rounds now I've been consumed with drafting a counter to the Satan-mobile. And admittedly I haven't had an answer ... until now.
I'm taking on the Prince of Darkness with the King of Pop.
1970 Bertone Lancia Stratos Zero (Moonwalker)
This car is just the virtuous white knight I need to combat the forces of darkness, spending its free time saving orphans from a drug pushing mobster and his goons.
It's also bulletproof, flies, creates a fireball with its exahust and most importantly morphs into an evil-fighting super robot as well as the moonwalking MJ himself.
And as a double bonus, it fills the hole in my fantasy garage left by missing out on the one and only Delorean. This is an adaquate silver medal.
I'm taking on the Prince of Darkness with the King of Pop.
1970 Bertone Lancia Stratos Zero (Moonwalker)
This car is just the virtuous white knight I need to combat the forces of darkness, spending its free time saving orphans from a drug pushing mobster and his goons.
It's also bulletproof, flies, creates a fireball with its exahust and most importantly morphs into an evil-fighting super robot as well as the moonwalking MJ himself.
And as a double bonus, it fills the hole in my fantasy garage left by missing out on the one and only Delorean. This is an adaquate silver medal.
Don't want to hold this thing up, so am going to go ahead and just go with this one without a perfect pic:
Corvette Centennial Concept (front view)
Once I decided I was going to take a Vette here it became a question of which one. The clasic Stingray is long gone of course, and one that I had tagged from the very beginning because I used to think it looked cool in my youth, upon going back to check it out didn't really look so cool afterall. So then it came down to the modern versions, and while I think the current ones are some of the best looking in decades, and there is one version in particular with staggering power numbers that tempted me, I wanted something unique. So here ya go. The Corvette Centennial Concept car, so secretive nobody knows exactly what it looks like yet. Released to celebrate 100 years of GM, and appearing in the upcoming Transformers 2 movie, from certain angles it looks like a Stingray on steroids, including bringing back the split rear window. No idea what is under the hood at all of course, but I am going to self-servingly assign it Corvette's elite car stats, which would put it at 200+mph and a 0-60 in the 3.5 second range. As its appearing in Transformers 2 (shot from the set), it also seems a good bet that it can turn itself into a giant moronic robot, but I have had well and enough of that stuff in the children's cartoon, and then the equally childish movie. So unless it can transform itself into Megan Fox (in which case I expect to win the voting in this draft hands down), I'll just take the non-magical car itself this time, thanks.
Corvette Centennial Concept (front view)
Once I decided I was going to take a Vette here it became a question of which one. The clasic Stingray is long gone of course, and one that I had tagged from the very beginning because I used to think it looked cool in my youth, upon going back to check it out didn't really look so cool afterall. So then it came down to the modern versions, and while I think the current ones are some of the best looking in decades, and there is one version in particular with staggering power numbers that tempted me, I wanted something unique. So here ya go. The Corvette Centennial Concept car, so secretive nobody knows exactly what it looks like yet. Released to celebrate 100 years of GM, and appearing in the upcoming Transformers 2 movie, from certain angles it looks like a Stingray on steroids, including bringing back the split rear window. No idea what is under the hood at all of course, but I am going to self-servingly assign it Corvette's elite car stats, which would put it at 200+mph and a 0-60 in the 3.5 second range. As its appearing in Transformers 2 (shot from the set), it also seems a good bet that it can turn itself into a giant moronic robot, but I have had well and enough of that stuff in the children's cartoon, and then the equally childish movie. So unless it can transform itself into Megan Fox (in which case I expect to win the voting in this draft hands down), I'll just take the non-magical car itself this time, thanks.
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I don't know that my next pick is quite as sexy as Brick's concept 'Vette, but it's always been a favorite of mine.
1966 Dodge Dart GT -- My ex inherited one of these (in almost this exact color) from her grandfather with, at the time, only 65K miles on it. It was in beautiful condition (all original), built like a tank, and ran like a dream. Since, several years post break-up, I miss the car more than I do the relationship... figure the apocalypse can finally bring it back to me.
1966 Dodge Dart GT -- My ex inherited one of these (in almost this exact color) from her grandfather with, at the time, only 65K miles on it. It was in beautiful condition (all original), built like a tank, and ran like a dream. Since, several years post break-up, I miss the car more than I do the relationship... figure the apocalypse can finally bring it back to me.
2010 Aston Martin Rapide
In my quest for a Grand Tourismo, I was double outpicked by Brick. First I was in for the Maserati Gran Tourismo, remembering that Brick picked some later model which was of course it. Then I found the BMW Concept CS, which is saweeet, but what was that BMW concept that Brick was talking about the 800 series? Not again! The 2nd page of the draft is currently messed up (I feel for VF), so I actually can not check to see if he grabbed this one as well. I am pretty sure that this one is still on the block and nicer than either of my previous choices that he can have.
In my quest for a Grand Tourismo, I was double outpicked by Brick. First I was in for the Maserati Gran Tourismo, remembering that Brick picked some later model which was of course it. Then I found the BMW Concept CS, which is saweeet, but what was that BMW concept that Brick was talking about the 800 series? Not again! The 2nd page of the draft is currently messed up (I feel for VF), so I actually can not check to see if he grabbed this one as well. I am pretty sure that this one is still on the block and nicer than either of my previous choices that he can have.
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2010 Aston Martin Rapide
In my quest for a Grand Tourismo, I was double outpicked by Brick. First I was in for the Maserati Gran Tourismo, remembering that Brick picked some later model which was of course it. Then I found the BMW Concept CS, which is saweeet, but what was that BMW concept that Brick was talking about the 800 series? Not again! The 2nd page of the draft is currently messed up (I feel for VF), so I actually can not check to see if he grabbed this one as well. I am pretty sure that this one is still on the block and nicer than either of my previous choices that he can have.
In my quest for a Grand Tourismo, I was double outpicked by Brick. First I was in for the Maserati Gran Tourismo, remembering that Brick picked some later model which was of course it. Then I found the BMW Concept CS, which is saweeet, but what was that BMW concept that Brick was talking about the 800 series? Not again! The 2nd page of the draft is currently messed up (I feel for VF), so I actually can not check to see if he grabbed this one as well. I am pretty sure that this one is still on the block and nicer than either of my previous choices that he can have.
1954 Buick Wildcat II
I've long had a love for Buicks, perhaps tied to my great-grandfather who ran both Buick and Cadillac dealerships and while I never met him I received his family name as my middle name and will be passing that down to my son in a few weeks. One of my favorite design elements on Buicks is the portholes which are featured aggressively here.
The Buick Wildcat II was recognized as the sportiest Buick build in the 1950s. Chief Designer Ned Nichols described the wildcat II as an "American adventure in tomorrow's design".
Enamored by two-seater fiberglass cars, Ned Nichols and Harley Earl originally created the 1954 Buick Wildcat II with two spotlights. Re-interpreting tradition, the Wildcat displays Buick's trademark porthole design is uniquely placed on the top of the hood. Originally displayed in blue and later refinished in gold, this dream car featured expanded front wheel wells with polished metal inner fenders finished off with wide white wall tires.
I've long had a love for Buicks, perhaps tied to my great-grandfather who ran both Buick and Cadillac dealerships and while I never met him I received his family name as my middle name and will be passing that down to my son in a few weeks. One of my favorite design elements on Buicks is the portholes which are featured aggressively here.
The Buick Wildcat II was recognized as the sportiest Buick build in the 1950s. Chief Designer Ned Nichols described the wildcat II as an "American adventure in tomorrow's design".
Enamored by two-seater fiberglass cars, Ned Nichols and Harley Earl originally created the 1954 Buick Wildcat II with two spotlights. Re-interpreting tradition, the Wildcat displays Buick's trademark porthole design is uniquely placed on the top of the hood. Originally displayed in blue and later refinished in gold, this dream car featured expanded front wheel wells with polished metal inner fenders finished off with wide white wall tires.
1954 Buick Wildcat II
I've long had a love for Buicks, perhaps tied to my great-grandfather who ran both Buick and Cadillac dealerships and while I never met him I received his family name as my middle name and will be passing that down to my son in a few weeks. One of my favorite design elements on Buicks is the portholes which are featured aggressively here.
The Buick Wildcat II was recognized as the sportiest Buick build in the 1950s. Chief Designer Ned Nichols described the wildcat II as an "American adventure in tomorrow's design".
Enamored by two-seater fiberglass cars, Ned Nichols and Harley Earl originally created the 1954 Buick Wildcat II with two spotlights. Re-interpreting tradition, the Wildcat displays Buick's trademark porthole design is uniquely placed on the top of the hood. Originally displayed in blue and later refinished in gold, this dream car featured expanded front wheel wells with polished metal inner fenders finished off with wide white wall tires.
I've long had a love for Buicks, perhaps tied to my great-grandfather who ran both Buick and Cadillac dealerships and while I never met him I received his family name as my middle name and will be passing that down to my son in a few weeks. One of my favorite design elements on Buicks is the portholes which are featured aggressively here.
The Buick Wildcat II was recognized as the sportiest Buick build in the 1950s. Chief Designer Ned Nichols described the wildcat II as an "American adventure in tomorrow's design".
Enamored by two-seater fiberglass cars, Ned Nichols and Harley Earl originally created the 1954 Buick Wildcat II with two spotlights. Re-interpreting tradition, the Wildcat displays Buick's trademark porthole design is uniquely placed on the top of the hood. Originally displayed in blue and later refinished in gold, this dream car featured expanded front wheel wells with polished metal inner fenders finished off with wide white wall tires.
ok, I checked twice and didn't see it: 1929 "Blower" Bentley
The Bentley 4½ Litre is a British sports car built by Bentley Motors. Its supercharged variant is also known as the Blower Bentley. Famous for his statement "there's no replacement for displacement", Walter Owen Bentley upped the displacement of the Bentley 3 Litre in 1926 to produce the 4½ Litre. Upon taking control of the company, the "Bentley Boys" went in search of even more power and developed the supercharged model in 1929 at Henry Birkin's racing workshops in Welwyn Garden City.
The Bentley 4½ Litre is a British sports car built by Bentley Motors. Its supercharged variant is also known as the Blower Bentley. Famous for his statement "there's no replacement for displacement", Walter Owen Bentley upped the displacement of the Bentley 3 Litre in 1926 to produce the 4½ Litre. Upon taking control of the company, the "Bentley Boys" went in search of even more power and developed the supercharged model in 1929 at Henry Birkin's racing workshops in Welwyn Garden City.
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1940 Plymouth P10 7 passenger Deluxe
The Deluxe P10 series offered a club coupe, a two-passenger business coupe, a convertible coupe, two-door and four-door sedans, a 7-passenger sedan, a limousine, and a station wagon. The Commercial Car line included a pickup (express) and a cab and chassis on the truck chassis, as well as a Utility Sedan and a panel (sedan) delivery on the Roadking chassis.Plymouth was the only low priced carmaker to offer a 7-passenger sedan, which was built on an extended wheelbase chassis. In addition, a limousine with divider window was built as well. Both the Roadking and P10 Deluxe were equipped with twin tail lamps. Access to the bulbs was provided inside the trunk and slots in the bulb mounts allowed the trunk to be illuminated when the lights were on.
The Deluxe P10 series offered a club coupe, a two-passenger business coupe, a convertible coupe, two-door and four-door sedans, a 7-passenger sedan, a limousine, and a station wagon. The Commercial Car line included a pickup (express) and a cab and chassis on the truck chassis, as well as a Utility Sedan and a panel (sedan) delivery on the Roadking chassis.Plymouth was the only low priced carmaker to offer a 7-passenger sedan, which was built on an extended wheelbase chassis. In addition, a limousine with divider window was built as well. Both the Roadking and P10 Deluxe were equipped with twin tail lamps. Access to the bulbs was provided inside the trunk and slots in the bulb mounts allowed the trunk to be illuminated when the lights were on.
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One more Buick concept, and another GM Dream Car:
1956 Buick Centurion Dream Car
Like G3's Olds, here's another Dream Car from 1956 with looks right out of the Jetsons.
The Buick Centurion featured an electric razor-like front grill and deeply recessed headlight pods. Aside from the transparent roof, the most outstanding design feature was the television camera mounted in the rear, which relayed a picture to a screen on the dashboard to replace the rear view mirror. Another feature was a dial in the center of the steering wheel which controlled the gear selections for the transmission.
Unlike my prior two Dream Cars designed by Harley Earl, this was future VP of Design Chuck Jordan's first Motorama design.
1956 Buick Centurion Dream Car
The Buick Centurion featured an electric razor-like front grill and deeply recessed headlight pods. Aside from the transparent roof, the most outstanding design feature was the television camera mounted in the rear, which relayed a picture to a screen on the dashboard to replace the rear view mirror. Another feature was a dial in the center of the steering wheel which controlled the gear selections for the transmission.
Unlike my prior two Dream Cars designed by Harley Earl, this was future VP of Design Chuck Jordan's first Motorama design.
Gotta be quick.
2009 Maserati MC 12
Designed for high level road use it exceeds 205 mph and does 0-62 in 3.8 secs. Supposedly it handles very sweetly and fluidly, yet is still genuinly sporty. I think this one may get the most use when I am just cruising around my city.
A picture speaks a thousand words.
2009 Maserati MC 12
Designed for high level road use it exceeds 205 mph and does 0-62 in 3.8 secs. Supposedly it handles very sweetly and fluidly, yet is still genuinly sporty. I think this one may get the most use when I am just cruising around my city.
A picture speaks a thousand words.
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My next pick is a car that had been on and off my list almost since the beginning of this draft, but after a bit of encouragement from someone else, I just couldn't ignore it any longer. Please pardon the crappy picture (of a replica, no less), as it was nearly impossible to find a decent non-vulgar image.
The P***y Wagon: 1997 Chevrolet C-2500 Silverado Fleetside -- Every girl needs a truck, right? Especially an unforgivably tacky yellow truck with flames, a spoiler, and its own nasty little nickname. Right? Maybe I'll get really, super duper, extra special lucky and find a discarded Hanzo sword somewhere in the back.
The P***y Wagon: 1997 Chevrolet C-2500 Silverado Fleetside -- Every girl needs a truck, right? Especially an unforgivably tacky yellow truck with flames, a spoiler, and its own nasty little nickname. Right? Maybe I'll get really, super duper, extra special lucky and find a discarded Hanzo sword somewhere in the back.
1995 Ferrari F50
Okay, just as last time it was time for me to nab a Vette, this time I knew I wanted to snag a Ferrari, but which one? And with a dozen of them off the board, what was left? Well, this beauty for one. There were only 349 of these made (a Ferrari official snootily proclaiming that they had estimated the market at 350, but that since Ferraris are cultural icons you always want them to be harder to find than the market so they made one less). They were put out to celebrate 50 years of arroga...oh, er, I mean, excellence since the founding of the company, and boy could they move. I wanted to maybe snag the ridiculous GT racing version, of which only 3 were made, and which featured 740hp and a 0-60 of 2.9 seconds. But of course there were only three made, and I could not even find a reliable picture. And as a race car, they would be stripped down, and frankly I'd rather have the whole package. There was also a single super-customized version famously made and sold to the Sultan of Brunei I think it was, but nobody even has reliable pics of it, let alone specs. So I'll just take one of the pedestrian $500,000 349 "normal" F50s thanks, do my 0-60 in 3.7 seconds with my 513hp V-12, look cool in the process to all the little animals overrunning my deserted city, and feel pretty happy about it.
And one will of course note that my Ferrari is NOT RED.
From the looks of it, this car combines all that I've been looking for with my previous picks.
2008 Mazda Furai (Concept Car)
From Wiki: The chassis is based on the Courage Compétition C65 Le Mans Prototype that Mazda last used to compete in the American Le Mans Series, two seasons previously[3] and is designed to use E100 ethanol fuel, it is powered by a new generation 3-rotor wankel engine that puts out 450 bhp. The car bears the #55 number that of its 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans winning ancestor, the 787B. Unlike many concept cars, the Furai is fully functional and is currently being tested at various tracks. It has run at Laguna Seca and Buttonwillow.
2008 Mazda Furai (Concept Car)
From Wiki: The chassis is based on the Courage Compétition C65 Le Mans Prototype that Mazda last used to compete in the American Le Mans Series, two seasons previously[3] and is designed to use E100 ethanol fuel, it is powered by a new generation 3-rotor wankel engine that puts out 450 bhp. The car bears the #55 number that of its 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans winning ancestor, the 787B. Unlike many concept cars, the Furai is fully functional and is currently being tested at various tracks. It has run at Laguna Seca and Buttonwillow.
1939 Ford Deluxe "Sloper" V8 Model 91A
http://earlyfordv8qld.org/images/39 SLOPER.jpg
I'll admit it. I had never seen this car before this draft. But when I stumbled on it looking for a picture of one of my earlier picks, I marked it as something I thought would be fun to have.
http://earlyfordv8qld.org/images/39 SLOPER.jpg
I'll admit it. I had never seen this car before this draft. But when I stumbled on it looking for a picture of one of my earlier picks, I marked it as something I thought would be fun to have.