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Topic Started: Jan 26 2006, 05:20 AM (402 Views)
Peter
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1939 Talbot Lago Teardrop
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1930 Mercedes SSK
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1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Le Mans
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1930 Blower Bentley 4.5 Litre
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MaxPower
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You just don't see craftmanship anywhere near that anymore.



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Peter
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1939 Delahaye Type 165
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1935 Duesenberg "Mormon Meteor" Special

1933 Napier Railton Special - 24 litres aero engined, 5 MPG, and rear brakes only!!!
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Alfa Romeo Bats:
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spacemountain2000
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Now you're boring us
46-48 Tucker sedan
The middle headlight turned with the wheels.
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Jesse Snadden
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Cars are just so damn boring these days.
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MaxPower
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1936 Auburn Boattail Speedster
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Caber McJock
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I agree
That Mercedes is beautiful.
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Peter
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Beautiful and a monstrous machine at the same time. 7+ litres supercharged, 300 horses, 500+ lb/ft of torque. The SSK series were also very successful racers.
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I use to keep up with both new and old cars (Mostly exotic and classic). Also use to buy the Dupont Registry magazine when I had the money back then (Now $8.00 vs. $6.00 two years ago, WTF?) I haven't paid much attention to cars lately because I figured, I could never really afford them...Even the upkeep is out of my price range.

However, it is fun to dream of owning them.. B)
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Peter
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I used to regularly buy two excellent British classic car magazines "Classic & Sports Car" and "Thoroughbred & Classic Cars" until they were virtually priced out of Canadian market. They still sell them for a ridiculous nearly $20 price. If I ever won the lottery or in another life I think I wouldn't mind restoring cars for a living.
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Peter
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1938 Hispano Suiza Coupe

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Peter
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This one is of much later vintage but to me it's perhaps the most beautiful car ever made.

1967 Alfa Romeo Stradale
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One more beauty ... not!
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MaxPower
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That one is definatly bad.

Here is another nice one, a bit newer then the others but still good.
Lamborghini Miura
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Peter
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Oh yeah! The Stradale was just my opinion, but many serious car people consider the Miura the best looking car ever. Great machine, too. Apparently, the chassis alone was enough to cause sensation when it was unveiled in 1965.
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The best part about the Miura was it was Giancarlo's (or was it Fabrizio, can never remember which is the son and which is the old man) 'go fuck yourself Enzo a tractor builder just created a better car then anything you're making'.
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Peter
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The legend goes that Ferruccio Lamborghini was unhappy with his Ferrari and spoke to Enzo about it. Enzo, who was known to be aloof, told him something to the effect "Stick to tractors" and that's what got Ferruccio to start his own car company.
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MaxPower
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Ferruccio, thats it, dam italian names, to hard to remember.


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Peter
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Haha, the Pantera was also a car made to spite Ferrari. Ford came close to buying Ferrari in the '60s and when the deal didn't happen, Ford decided to beat Ferrari at his own game. That's why they built the GT40 and the Pantera was another result of that competition.
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1937 Delage D8
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I bet that thing probably rides better then most of todays cars (including the caddies and stuff).


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1933 Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow
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