(but I love Alfa's too)
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(but I love Alfa's too)
I think the best car should always be the latest car,, :)
But honestly speaking 1930 ford pickup is great..
1932 Ford V8 5 Window Coupe. The king of hot rods!
Bugatti Type 57 C Vanvooren Cabriolet my grand pa used it too
1937 Cadillac V16 roadster with a long, odd history. Thought for a long time to be a real Figoni et Falaschi body, it probably isn't. Either way, it's a stunning body coupled with the cachet of Cadillac's 452ci V16 motor. I have seen this car in living colour and it is STUNNING.
A pretty comprehensive write-up can be found here:
[url="http://www.car-nection.com/yann/Dbas_txt/16hrtm.htm"]The Swiss Roadster[/url]
I always liked the 1934 Ford V8, and so did this guy. Clyde Barrow liked the ford v8 so much he even sent a letter to Henry Ford, saying what a great car it was.
[quote=5150;979714]I always liked the 1934 Ford V8, and so did this guy. Clyde Barrow liked the ford v8 so much he even sent a letter to Henry Ford, saying what a great car it was.[/quote]
Amazing Classic Car!!! It looks fantastic. :)
[quote=5150;979714]I always liked the 1934 Ford V8, and so did this guy. Clyde Barrow liked the ford v8 so much he even sent a letter to Henry Ford, saying what a great car it was.[/quote]
Just to be killed in one of them...
[quote=henk4;423272]Alfa Romeo 8C2900. Various bodystyles to be found on UCP.[/quote]
There are so many '30s classics to choose from, but I heartily agree with Henk. There are no ugly Alfa 8Cs. :)
i gotta say, whilst i'm mostly indifferent to 30's cars - i like them but am not interested enough to be able to identify most of them - my girlfriend looked up from my unique cars magazine the other day and asked if i could get a mercedes 500k roadster from somewhere and 'fix it up'.. spat my coke out when i googled it!
Tell her to keep an eye out on the local used car lots, I'm sure one will turn up.
[quote=pimento;981055]Tell her to keep an eye out on the local used car lots, I'm sure one will turn up.[/quote]
well it will keep her busy for awhile and out of my hair.. like sending the apprentice off to get a VW beetle radiator etc
[quote=clutch-monkey;981054]i gotta say, whilst i'm mostly indifferent to 30's cars - i like them but am not interested enough to be able to identify most of them - my girlfriend looked up from my unique cars magazine the other day and asked if i could get a mercedes 500k roadster from somewhere and 'fix it up'.. spat my coke out when i googled it![/quote]
You cokehead.
Wow! Where to start? The 30s, for me, are the years when car styling really came of age. Almost any Duesenberg, Packard, or Rolls-Royce from the era has something to offer, but even mass-market cars like the 1934 Ford mentioned by 5150 have real style too. I suppose if I have a favourite coachbuilder from the era it would be Gurney Nutting. Favourite car? I could probably compile a top ten list; the SS100 would feature, as would Gurney Nutting's magnificent 1935 Speedster on a Duesenberg SJ chassis. There would undoubtedly be a Talbot-Lago T150 in Figoni et Falaschi's "Goutte d'Eau" style, plus more. If anyone would like to open this thread into "Top 10 30's cars" I'll happily finish my list, but there are just too many beautiful 1930s cars for me to name a single favourite. If I did, my choice would probably be something different tomorrow!
I'll always be fond of Porsche old one or a new it doesn't matter. This car in spite of the progress save it's individuality for that means a lot.