Pick your favorite iconic car from any decade....

[Aberdumbie]

Maybe stereotypical, but if I had the cash to buy any old car it'd probably be a 63 vette

Good luck finding one with the split window! That is a holy grail car if there ever was one.

 

[Aberdumbie]

My kind of thread.... I am an all in late 60's to early 70's Mopar guy. My weekend cruiser is a 71 340 Dodge Dart Swinger.

 

[buldog5151bass]

My second car was a 1961 Ghia hardtop. Wish I STILL had it! I've had a bunch of VeeDubs-I think they fantastic. In the market for another bug right now, but boy have they appreciated.

Gotta go out west. I have a 66 hardtop now. Now that there has been snow, it's in the garage for the winter. No rust, and I want to keep it that way.

 

[Brad Johnson]

57 Nomad wagon

My first car.


My pick would be a 1950's Mercedes 300SL Gullwing. Or a Talbot Lago.

 

[Tom Bomb]

 

[D M C]

Yeah, I'm predictable. The 60's:

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Awesome.

In the 60's there was a Jaguar dealer in my neighborhood. On nice days they would park all their new XKE's out in front of the building, along with a few Sunbeam Tigers. I had to walk past them on my way to school. Stopping to gawk made me late for school more than a few times. It was worth it.

Had a friend in HS that had a Sunbeam Alpine that I loved.

 

[D M C]

I loved the mid 60s Chevy II.

 

[Tom Bomb]

 

[5StringBlues]

I'm not sure why these weren't more popular.

 

[FilterFunk]

Speaking of Studebakers - the '63 Avanti:

 

[FingerDub]

 

[Jeff Scott]

 

[cripula]

drool

 

[bolophonic]

1960 Buick Lesabre

 

[Stewie26]

The same guy who designed the Corvette Stingray designed the GM Opel GT. We use to call them Mini- Vettes.

 

[FilterFunk]

The same guy who designed the Corvette Stingray designed the GM Opel GT. We use to call them Mini- Vettes.

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They always reminded me of 'Vettes; I never knew their was an actual connection!

 

[FilterFunk]

1960 Buick Lesabre

That's like a pseudo-Batmobile!

 

[PWRL]

I always liked the looks of the 71-73 Mustang Fastbacks. Second would be 67-68 Pontiac Firebirds. Third would be the Vokswagen Thing. Always dug 'em.

 

[D M C]

My parents had this car when I was born. It was all red though, not a 2-tone. One of the nicest Fords ever!

Edit: I love 2 door wagons.

 

[two fingers]

Early 80s Chevy Silverado. My family was pretty much poor in the 70s. We had one GranTorino station wagon and my father drove it to work. So my siblings and mother and I walked everywhere. In '79 my father got a job at a papermill in maintenance and that, to our family, was like winning the lottery. In late 1980 he pulled into the yard in something similar to this.

It was one of many signs that things were getting better financially for my family. To this day I can't help but smile when I see one. I am actually trying to find one to ride around in as a beater just for fun.