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

[Rickengeezer]

I always thought these Triumph GT6 cars were cool.


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I had a GT6 way back in college, I think it was a '70, in British Racing Green like this one. The thing couldn't move 10 feet without something breaking on it. The legendary Lucas electrics (from the Prince of Darkness) were particularly wonderful, with things like headlights not working unless the windshield wipers were on (although "wipers" is plural, typically only one would work at a time), and god forbid that you would try to get it to run in the rain anyway. Another fond memory I have of it is driving on a lonely interstate in Michigan, losing one gear at a time. There goes 4th gear....10 minutes later, there goes 3rd gear, and so forth. The predictable end was followed by knocking on random farmhouse doors hoping to borrow a phone.

But it did look cool standing still...which is about all it could do most of the time.

 

[fretter]

Ford Granada estate

 

[fretter]

 

[the harp unstrung]

1969 GTO Wagon
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NEVER have seen one of these!

Oh gawd, the things that can't be Unseen!!

 

[Jeff Scott]

View attachment 3294937...Stutz...

Here's another Stutz, in front of the SF Stutz dealership a few blocks west of Chinatown. I made this print from an 8x10 glass plate.

 

[Mike N]

For many years, thanks to a growing family and gigs, my cars of choice were full size GM wagons like this:

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I had Chevy, Buick, Olds versions. Loved them all. Ex-wife wrecked the Caprice but I still got $500 for the carcass because it had the big block V8. Local race car guys loved them engines.

First thing I noticed in that pic was the 454 emblem on the front fender.

 

[Mike N]

Speaking of iconic station wagons:

1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser from That '70s Show.

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That's a 1971.

 

[saabfender]

That's a 1971.

That's what you get for believing the internet.

 

[saabfender]

Here's another Stutz, in front of the SF Stutz dealership a few blocks west of Chinatown. I made this print from an 8x10 glass plate.

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The old Stutz factory in downtown Indy today. It's surprising how factory-like much of it is still inside. Love the giant elevators. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

 

[osv]

I always thought the Cheetah was sexy.

 

[saabfender]

I made this print from an 8x10 glass plate.

Hang on. You did what?

 

[saabfender]

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I always thought the Cheetah was sexy.

This is the first thing I ever bought with my own money. I was five.

1969 Hot Wheels Redline Mantis in lime green

 

[Richland123]

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[Richland123]

The only time I ever saw a Ford Mustang Station Wagon was in Toronto, Canada. It was a vehicle for a delivery company and it had an emblem on the side that said "Pony Express". I figured there were custom shops making them.

 

[Stempelloos]

About special stationwagons, I remember seeing a special type of Citroën CX regularly;

Someone told me it was a 'Tissier' sixwheeler used to deliver the newspaper "Le Monde" from Paris to Amsterdam on express speeds. I remember seeing ambulances of the same length with 6 wheels in Paris too.

Good base to make a camper.

 

[MonetBass]

Not sure if this one was already posted. Shelby Daytona Coupe:

 

[saabfender]

The only time I ever saw a Ford Mustang Station Wagon was in Toronto, Canada. It was a vehicle for a delivery company and it had an emblem on the side that said "Pony Express". I figured there were custom shops making them.

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As much as I like the idea, it still looks like this to me:

1977 Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon

 

[kesslari]

View attachment 3294937 From any decade? From the 1910-1920 era, it would have to be this one; 1916 Stutz Bearcat. Although, a 1914 Mercer Raceabout, for me, might be a close second. My paternal grandfather had one of these, in fact (Dad's family, before the Depression, was pretty well-to-do). Without the ridiculously expensive ($200!!) optional wire wheels this one has, though; he preferred the wooden artillery wheels... According to Dad, he finally bowed to the pressure to get rid of it (my German Grandmother could be... very persuasive), and sold it to a guy who assured Gramps he was a good driver, and that he would take very good care of the Stutz. And who, on his way home to New Jersey, promptly proceeded to drive it off the (probably) Betsy Ross Bridge, and into the Delaware River... Where it is to this day, covered in mud, muck, and God-knows-what. So, if you really want one of these, I know where there's a free one...

So he sold it after 1974? Wow, he kept it for a long, long time!
If it was earlier and coming from NE Philly it would have been the Tacony-Palmyra bridge. A lot easier to drive off, too...

 

[kesslari]

Well if you're gonna wagon-ify something... This is pretty iconic. It was my dream car for years and years.

 

[saabfender]

Well if you're gonna wagon-ify something... This is pretty iconic. It was my dream car for years and years.
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E-Type? It's hard to tell on the phone.