Ten favorite cars

[Lynn]

OK, I was perusing car porn on ebay, and got to thinking about how many cars I would really like to have. So, if you could have any ten cars (exclusive of what you are driving) just to play with and have fun, what would they be. List is limited to 10. Price is no object either way, i.e. don't just choose a car because you could sell it for more $, and just assume you could pick the cars. Also, maintenance isn't an issue. Just what you would like to have fun with, assuming you had storage for 10 "extra" cars. Some cars I just like regardless of whether they were the fastest (or whatever "est" you want to use) of their day. I just like them.

I'll start, although I am sure my list would change over the next few years. Here is my list:

69 Z/28 (black with white stripes)
63 Ferrari 250 GTO (red)
57 Chev Bel Air 2 door hardtop (tropical turquoise with white top)
55 Chev vert (red and white)
55 Nomad (black with white top)
57 Eldo Biarritz in Copper color - like the one in the Hard Rock Café somewhere in S. Cal
57 Eldo Seville (but not the hideous Brougham) (White)
57 Corvette (Black with white or silver coves)
Acura NSX (black)
BMW M1 (white - only color available)

[quick-bowtie]

Any Cobra 427
71' Hemi Cuda Rag
71' Hemi Cuda Sassy Hardtop
69' ZL1
70' Chevelle LS6 Rag
64' Thunder Bolt
68' Baldwin Motion Camaro
69' Yenko Camaro
69' Hurst AMX S/S
70' Lamborghini Miura

And of course they'd all have to be stick cars

[RamAirDave]

Tough list. Would take some time to come up with the final 10. Off the top of my head:

69 RS/Z, LMB White HS, endura (all time fave)
61 Bubbletop, Impala or Ventura
67-8 Hideway Eldo
Mid 60's Lincoln 'vert
Black/White stripe 70 Chevelle
70-73 Formula
57 Vette, beat to hell driver
68-70 Vette 'vert, Blue

I know that's not 10. No automatics where applicable.

[tom406]

I'll play!
1960-Corvette fuelie, 4sp, both tops, black/silver cove, red guts
1962-Bel Air Sport Coupe, 409/409 4sp, silver/red
1963-Ford Galaxie 500XL fastback, 427/425, 4sp, Heritage Burgandy w/Rose Beige top and interior
1964-Plymouth Sport Fury hardtop, 11.5 to 1 Max Wedge, Torqueflite, Turquoise in/out
1965-GTO convertible, 389 Tri Power, 4sp, Iris Mist/Parchment
1966-Shelby GT350, early "carryover" car so white/blue stripes/black, 4sp, etc
1967-Ford Fairlane 500XL HT, Black/Black 427/425 4sp
1968-Mustang GT fastback, 428CJ/4sp, Acapulco Blue/Black Decor
1969-COPO Camaro, 4sp, Hugger Orange/Black Deluxe
1970-Buick GS455 Stage 1/4sp, Red/White Buckets

[70 Forest Green Zee]

1. 2010 Corvette ZR1
2. Kwhiz's 37 Ford with GTO drive train
3. any 2010 Camaro from Steve Bimby at Nickey Chicago
4. 1969 A12 440 six pack Super Bee
5. 1968 SS 427 Impala Custom Coupe (Turquoise & White Vinyl top)
6. 1969 L78 SS Chevelle Post Sedan
7. 1966 421 HO tri power Pontiac 2+2
8. 1969 cross ram Z28
9. 1970 L78 Nova (the Misty Turquoise one on Ebay)
10. NJ Steve's 1972 Pontiac Trans Am (if he ever finishes the darn thing :))

All 4 speed cars

[CC Rider]

Here goes:

1) '69 Chevelle SS 396 Convertible, Lemans Blue, L78, 4 speed
2) '70 Chevelle SS 454 Convertible, Fathom Blue, LS6, 4 speed
3) '55 Chevy Bel Air Pro Tour, modern drivetrain
4) '69 Dodge Charger RT, Triple Black, Hemi, 4 speed
5) '70 Dodge Charger RT/SE, Plum Crazy, 440, Auto
6) '72 Chevy Camaro Z28, Red or Orange
7) '79 Pontiac Trans Am, Black Bandit Edition
8) '70 Pontiac GTO, Red with red guts, 4 speed
9) '70 Buick GSX, Saturn Yellow
10) '87-'90 Chevy Camaro Z28 1LE

A top 20 might be better. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif

[69Tom]

Hmm, let's see:

1) 1969 COPO Camaro ZL-1
2) 1969 Biscayne, L72, burnished brown
3) 1970 Challenger 440+6, green on green on green
4) 1967 Corvette 425/435, side pipes
5) 1963 Jaguar XKE
6) 1970 Buick GS Stage 1
7) 1969 A12 Road Runner
8) 1969 Nova L78
9) 1969 COPO Camaro L72, all black (daily driver)
10) 1970 Hemi Cuda Convertible

I'd have to give the colors some thought on most of the cars. I think all cars would be manual transmission except maybe the Nova (might be good to have 1 automatic in the stable in case I break my left foot <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif) Oh, and dog dish caps on everything but the Jag, Corvette, &amp; A12 Roadrunner.

[nova7579]

In no particular order:

65 Z-16 Chevelle
65 Chevelle L79 2DR wagon
67 GTO Convert
69 Yenko Nova
70 T/A blue w/ white stripe
65 396/425 Vette Coupe
70 Yenko Deuce-orange or citrus green
60 Edsel 2DR wagon
70 Chevelle LS-6 Convert
74 GTO in Green, Tan, Brown, or any uncommon color

Brian

[RPOLS3]

In no particular order either:

LS6 Chevelle
L78 Nova, no particular year or trans
L72 Corvette convertible, sidepipes, knockoffs, goldlines
L79 Nova
L72 COPO Camaro
ZL1 Camaro
Z11 Full Size Chevy
L88 Corvette
LS6 Corvette (old)
ZR1 Corvette (new)

Jake

[Canuck]

1968 Camaro SS350 4 speed Corvette Bronz
1966 Corvette Coupe 350 HP 327 4 speed
1964 Pontiac Grand Prix 421 4 speed
1971 Mercedes 280SE 3.5 Cabriolet
1969 Dodge Dart GTS 383 4 speed
1968 Hurst Olds
1968 Dodge Polara police car 440
2010 Mercedes SLS Gullwing
1967 Shelby GT500
1965 Cobra 427


Paul

[TMagda]

1969 Z/28 Cortez Silver, no console
1970 Chevelle SS 454, Astro Blue
2010 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Shahra, orange, tan guts
2010 Superformance Cobra, dark blue, white stripes, big motor sidepipes
1964 Ford Galaxie XL 500 convertible, dark green, tan guts (dad had one)
1974 Corvette convertible, white, tan guts, 454
1948 MG TC, wire wheels
1970 Datsun 240Z
2010 Porsche 911?
2010 BMW 7 series

All with manual transmissions

I had to think about this one for a bit. So if I won the big one, here's my dream list, more or less in order:

(1) 1969 Nova SS (Day two job, and I’m working on it)
(2) 1970 LS6 El Camino (black on black, stick shift job)
(3) 1969 COPO Camaro (L72; Orange would work)
(4) 1967 427-435 Corvette Coupe (Marlboro Maroon would be nice)
(5) 1969 L88 Corvette Convertible (2nd design L88 and a TH400 please)
(6) 1970 LS6 Chevelle coupe (another black stick shift car would be perfect)
(7) 1966 L79 Nova (two door post, 4-speed, posi and little else)
(8) 1968 Hemi Dart (a good clone would be fine with me!)
(9) 1932 Ford (an exact copy of Ken Gross’ stunning high boy works for me)
(10) 1967 Plymouth Belvedere R023 (stick shift please)

Whew. Need a new shop now <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif

Wayne <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[Keith Tedford]

Over the years I was fortunate to have had some nice cars. I would just be happy to have them all back.

1966 283 Sport Deluxe Beaumont. New. My first car.
1966 396 360 hp Sport Deluxe Beaumont.
1968 Ram Air 400 Firebird prepped by London Motor Products.
1969 COPO Chevelle. Still have it
1969 driver Malibu
1969 400 GTO
1968 L35 SS396 Chevelle convertible.
1972 Chevelle done like an SS396 with a '68 L78
1969 L78 Chevelle. Still have it.
2010 ZR1 Vette would be my only other choice. Just dreaming.

[JChlupsa]

only one on my list thats kind of close to my heart

a little ole R/Green 68 DANA RS/SS 427 Camaro. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif

Then it would be another Green 69 Motion 427 Camaro followed
followed by a Blue 68 Camaro SS <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif

[Mr.Nickey Nova]

1.69 Z/28 Garnet Red
2.70 Chevelle LS6 or L78
3.69 Copo Camaro
4.66 L79 ChevyII
5.69 Yenko Nova
6.69 A12 440 six pack Super Bee
7.57 Chevy with duel quads and three on the tree
8.69 or 70 Boss 302
9.67 SS 427 Impala
10.63 409
All 4spd. cars also!!

[markinnaples]

69 Camaro ZL-1 RS in Garnet Red
68 Chevelle L78 in that blue/green
67 Chevelle SS427 in Bolero Red/black
69 Vette 427 black/red int
72 Z-28 in Bronze
72 GS Stage 1 brown/brown
67 Impala SS427 black/red
70 Hemi Challenger Black w/a Shaker
Project X Cloned on a Hardtop
34 Ford Coupe fenderless with a blown big block in real candy red

[Xplantdad]

Whatever Charley and Ken have <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[SmallHurst]

Okay, I'll play!!!

1) 1968 Hurst/Olds (to go with my '69)
2) 1964 Oldsmobile Starfire (Grandpa had one)
3) 1966 Sport Fury (other Grandpa had one)
4) Pantera
5) 1969 AMC Hurst SC/Rambler (B scheme please)
6) 1970 Rebel Machine
7) 1968 Barricuda Formula 'S' (came home from the Hospital in a '68 'Cuda)
8) 1966 Toronado (MT car od the year!!)
9) 1978 Bandit Trans Am
10) 1971 Corvette LS-6

[JOZW30]

2010 Corvette ZR1
1962 Catalina SD (any color)
1955 Nomad (resto-modded)
1970 W30 4-speed post car (Aegean Aqua)
1972 W30 4 speed post car (the white &quot;survivor&quot; that was damaged at R&amp;S)
1969 Yenko Nova (any color)
1968 Hurst/Olds (had one, but wouldn't pass up the chance to have one again....)
1970-71 big block Corvette (blue)
1955 Olds 88 street rod (gasser look in primer black)
2010 Bentley Continental GT (for a daily driver........)

[markinnaples]

Had to take another bite of the apple:

66/67 Chevy II L-79
63 Impala 409
66 GTO Convertible Tri Power
68-70 Hemi Charger
68 Nova SS396
66 Vette 427
69 ElCo SS396
69 Chevelle COPO

[napa68]

Narrow it to 10? This is going to be hard.

69 L88 Corvette
67 L68 Corvette ( My Dad's)
69 JL8 Z28
65 Shelby
05 Ford GT
68 S/S Dodge Dart
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69 RA IV GTO Judge (unrestored)
63 Swiss Cheese Catalina
73 SD455 Formula
67 Nova / Not so stock. It's the car I always wanted to build and did
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[Xplantdad]

I'll take your red Nova as well! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[Mr.Nickey Nova]

That red Nova is sweet!!

[Dave Rifkin]

1) 1969 Shelby GT500 grabber blue w/white interior
2) Phase III GT that I saw at Motion as a kid
3) 1970 L78 Chevelle SS
4) 1970 Z28 Camaro
5) 1969 Charger RT
6) 1969 Palladuim Silver RA4 Judge that I almost bought at Carlisle in the early eighties
7) 1973 Brewster green SD Trans Am (4 speed of course)
8) 1965 Shelby GT350
9) 427 Cobra
10) 1971 DeTomaso Pantera

All cars except maybe the Charger would be manual transmissions.