Both 50's, but both much younger than me.
Want a 1950 birth year car? I'd choose this:
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Pick your favorite iconic car from any decade....
- Thread starter Iridescentone
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how's about a 1950 ford
its kinda cool 
i will chuck a quid in
its a start 
Both 50's, but both much younger than me.
Want a 1950 birth year car? I'd choose this:
Sorry to disappoint you. The 300 SL didn't go into production until 1954. The first racers appeared in 1952.
O.k., my birth year car would be a green 1964 Ferrari 275 GTB.
As a kid I had a green Matchbox model car of it, given by my granddad.
That my brother swapped with a neighbor friend of him, who turned out to become a Ferrari model car collector.
how's about a 1950 ford View attachment 3463924 its kinda cool
The '50 Fords don't do much for me. I like the '50 Studebaker Champion convertible better - my mom drove one for years, same color as this one which is in a museum on Vancouver Island.
Rats. I'll go with the Stude.
cool always go with your mums choiceThe '50 Fords don't do much for me. I like the '50 Studebaker Champion convertible better - my mom drove one for years, same color as this one which is in a museum on Vancouver Island.
Rats. I'll go with the Stude.
Yeah, that's nice - if all you want to do is sit in it and make "Vroom vroom" noises. The problem with those things is that
I have not had the pleasure of working on one, but I am quite familiar with many things Ferrari.
Lotus Seven!Donkervoort
A 1950 airplane nose Studebaker IS pretty iconic, innit?cool always go with your mums choice
there are better and faster cars than this. also worse as wellYeah, that's nice - if all you want to do is sit in it and make "Vroom vroom" noises. The problem with those things is that
View attachment 3465250 THIS is what lives under the hood. And, unless you can set 6 Weber carbs up yourself - or you have the $$$'s to pay somebody else who can? It's just eye candy. And, in case you're wondering; yes, those things are a REAL mother chicken to get right. I know: I've done it - on a guy's Series 1 250GT racer, when I pit crewed for a couple of fighter pilots who raced non-streetable, Stage III kitted Jaguars. Lots of those amateur racers who had Webers on their car eventually wound up coming to "that American kid that works on those Yank's Jags. He's a whizz with the bloody things"... I finally got the mess working right - and then got to drive the car to test the set up. On a race track (Snetterton, I think). I was 16 at the time...
to be fair the ferrari is fast enough for most people
there are better and faster cars than this. also worse as well
Yeah...the Reliant Robin. To be honest, I'd rather have one of those than a Ferarri. But, if I could have anything, it would be one of these 3-wheelers;
a 1934 Morgan Super Sports. With the barrel-back body, naturally. This one has a J. A. Prestwich engine - commonly known by its initials, which somebody here keeps turning into "MIJ" (fairly common in the SS models), but... I'd prefer the water-cooled Matchless engine if possible. You can tell this one's a Super Sport by the bent suspension struts... I had a chance to buy a Mog when I was a teenager - and pit crewing at the time. Sadly, it was- a '36 Aero Sports model (they don't corner quite as well) with
- a "turtleback" body (like the modern Morgan trikes have - and rather ugly, IMO), and
- a Blackburn engine (very hard to find parts for, and down on HP), and worst of all
- it was literally a basket case. But, it could have been mine for 600 pounds. I probably could have gotten it back on the road, since it was all there, and in good shape; but, due to military overseas shipping regulations at the time, I would have had to leave it in the UK when Dad got transferred. They would only ship one vehicle, which had to be the family car. My mom had to leave her '61 Bugeye Sprite behind as well, which was bad enough for all of us...Leaving a Morgan behind would have been just too much...
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i say this you know your beansYeah...the Reliant Robin. To be honest, I'd rather have one of those than a Ferarri. But, if I could have anything, it would be one of these 3-wheelers;
View attachment 3466200 View attachment 3466201 View attachment 3466202 a 1934 Morgan Super Sports. With the barrel-back body, naturally. This one has a J. A. Prestwich engine - commonly known by its initials, which somebody here keeps turning into "MIJ" (fairly common in the SS models), but... I'd prefer the water-cooled Matchless engine if possible. You can tell this one's a Super Sport by the bent suspension struts... I had a chance to buy a Mog when I was a teenager - and pit crewing at the time. Sadly, it was
- a '36 Aero Sports model (they don't corner quite as well) with
- a "turtleback" body (like the modern Morgan trikes have - and rather ugly, IMO), and
- a Blackburn engine (very hard to find parts for, and down on HP), and worst of all
- it was literally a basket case. But, it could have been mine for 600 pounds. I probably could have gotten it back on the road, since it was all there, and in good shape; but, due to military overseas shipping regulations at the time, I would have had to leave it in the UK when Dad got transferred. They would only ship one vehicle, which had to be the family car. My mom had to leave her '61 Bugeye Sprite behind as well, which was bad enough for all of us...Leaving a Morgan behind would have been just too much...
happy independence day to youYeah...the Reliant Robin. To be honest, I'd rather have one of those than a Ferarri. But, if I could have anything, it would be one of these 3-wheelers;
View attachment 3466200 View attachment 3466201 View attachment 3466202 a 1934 Morgan Super Sports. With the barrel-back body, naturally. This one has a J. A. Prestwich engine - commonly known by its initials, which somebody here keeps turning into "MIJ" (fairly common in the SS models), but... I'd prefer the water-cooled Matchless engine if possible. You can tell this one's a Super Sport by the bent suspension struts... I had a chance to buy a Mog when I was a teenager - and pit crewing at the time. Sadly, it was
- a '36 Aero Sports model (they don't corner quite as well) with
- a "turtleback" body (like the modern Morgan trikes have - and rather ugly, IMO), and
- a Blackburn engine (very hard to find parts for, and down on HP), and worst of all
- it was literally a basket case. But, it could have been mine for 600 pounds. I probably could have gotten it back on the road, since it was all there, and in good shape; but, due to military overseas shipping regulations at the time, I would have had to leave it in the UK when Dad got transferred. They would only ship one vehicle, which had to be the family car. My mom had to leave her '61 Bugeye Sprite behind as well, which was bad enough for all of us...Leaving a Morgan behind would have been just too much...
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I've been obsessed with the things since I saw one for the first time, waiting to turn a corner next to me in...Braintree, I think. Which would have been in, oh, 1966 or so... It was a '36 Super Sport in British Racing Green (as, of course they all should be), with the water-cooled 998cc Matchless engine. Had the lozenge-shaped "Brooklands can" mufflers - again, as they all should have - red wire wheels, and red pinstriping. It was love at first sight...
i can see you are old school i like this i know you know what you are talking about you remind me of my dad and thats coolI've been obsessed with the things since I saw one for the first time, waiting to turn a corner next to me in...Braintree, I think. Which would have been in, oh, 1966 or so... It was a '36 Super Sport in British Racing Green (as, of course they all should be), with the water-cooled 998cc Matchless engine. Had the lozenge-shaped "Brooklands can" mufflers - again, as they all should have - red wire wheels, and red pinstriping. It was love at first sight...
you said your mum had to leave her 61 bugeye sprite behind ive never seen one was it a frog eyed spriteYeah...the Reliant Robin. To be honest, I'd rather have one of those than a Ferarri. But, if I could have anything, it would be one of these 3-wheelers;
View attachment 3466200 View attachment 3466201 View attachment 3466202 a 1934 Morgan Super Sports. With the barrel-back body, naturally. This one has a J. A. Prestwich engine - commonly known by its initials, which somebody here keeps turning into "MIJ" (fairly common in the SS models), but... I'd prefer the water-cooled Matchless engine if possible. You can tell this one's a Super Sport by the bent suspension struts... I had a chance to buy a Mog when I was a teenager - and pit crewing at the time. Sadly, it was
- a '36 Aero Sports model (they don't corner quite as well) with
- a "turtleback" body (like the modern Morgan trikes have - and rather ugly, IMO), and
- a Blackburn engine (very hard to find parts for, and down on HP), and worst of all
- it was literally a basket case. But, it could have been mine for 600 pounds. I probably could have gotten it back on the road, since it was all there, and in good shape; but, due to military overseas shipping regulations at the time, I would have had to leave it in the UK when Dad got transferred. They would only ship one vehicle, which had to be the family car. My mom had to leave her '61 Bugeye Sprite behind as well, which was bad enough for all of us...Leaving a Morgan behind would have been just too much...
Yeah...the Reliant Robin. To be honest, I'd rather have one of those than a Ferarri. But, if I could have anything, it would be one of these 3-wheelers; a 1934 Morgan Super Sports. With the barrel-back body, naturally. This one has a J. A. Prestwich engine - commonly known by its initials, which somebody here keeps turning into "MIJ" (fairly common in the SS models), but... I'd prefer the water-cooled Matchless engine if possible. You can tell this one's a Super Sport by the bent suspension struts... I had a chance to buy a Mog when I was a teenager - and pit crewing at the time. Sadly, it was
- a '36 Aero Sports model (they don't corner quite as well) with
- a "turtleback" body (like the modern Morgan trikes have - and rather ugly, IMO), and
- a Blackburn engine (very hard to find parts for, and down on HP), and worst of all
- it was literally a basket case. But, it could have been mine for 600 pounds. I probably could have gotten it back on the road, since it was all there, and in good shape; but, due to military overseas shipping regulations at the time, I would have had to leave it in the UK when Dad got transferred. They would only ship one vehicle, which had to be the family car. My mom had to leave her '61 Bugeye Sprite behind as well, which was bad enough for all of us...Leaving a Morgan behind would have been just too much...
The 1964 Ferrari was chosen for it's beauty, it's not a practical car to drive in.
(Anyway, even if I had the money to buy one, I probably wouldn't)
If had to pick a birthday year car to drive in daily traffic, it would be a Citroën DS.
Or more practical, a Citroën ID 19 break familiale.
I'm not fond of 3 wheelers, trikes or bikes with sidecar.
