what classic car would you want

[beerftw]

and how would you modify it!

me personally id like to have another 1960 dodge truck kept factory,or a 55 ford truck more modern while still remaining as close as possible to its original design,like for example a 360 fe engine with a fmx cast iron transmission.

however one thing just to note thsat does anger me,ispeople who put a 350 engine and trans or 350 engine and 700 trans in everything.they are the first to claim it doesnt matter what engine goes in anything,yet scream and cry when someone puts a ford engine in a chevy.they seem to believe the 350 is gods gift to the world,but in reality other chevy guys facepalm at these guys,because if you handed them a chevy 454,they wouldnt even understand how to change the oil on it,let alone work on it.


i went a little off topic but back to the point,what classic would you buy and what would you do with it.

 

[CanadaJohn]

1963 Mercedes 190SL convertible, preferably in racing green with deer skin interior, but this one would do.

 

[Medusa]

 

[beerftw]

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already figured you as the type to want a pink caddilac

 

[ttwtt78640]

I would like a 1967 Ford F-100 pick-up truck for use as a work truck.



But for my days off, a 1954 Harley-Davidson Panhead sure would be nice.

 

[Medusa]

already figured you as the type to want a pink caddilac

merci :mrgreen:

 

[Dragonfly]

o....m......g......

 

[Gathomas88]

The sad thing is that I'm only half joking about it too. :lol:

Really old cars can actually be kind of stylish.

 

[a351]

67 Fastback or a 69 Torino, a few body mods (tucked bumpers, shaved emblems), new chassis, IFS, 4 link Rear and either a new 5.0 block or a Kaase Boss motor. Currently in the process of modifying a classic car presently though, so those will have to wait.

 

[a351]

and how would you modify it!

me personally id like to have another 1960 dodge truck kept factory,or a 55 ford truck more modern while still remaining as close as possible to its original design,like for example a 360 fe engine with a fmx cast iron transmission.

Good call on the mid 50's ford. Know of a '54 F100 being built locally with lots of custom metal work (handbuilt extended fenders, chopped, sectioned) and a supercharged 5.4 out of a modern lightning. Will be a showstopper when done.

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

Any of those

Or generally any GM muscle car of the mid to late 60s

 

[Bob Blaylock]

This was my very first car — a 1969 Falcon station wagon. It was a hand-me-down from my parents. They bought it, brand new, when I was about six years old. The next time they bought a car was in 1988; after much shopping around, looking at many different cars at many different dealerships, they ended up buying a Tempo from the same dealership that had sold them the Falcon 19 years before. The salesperson who sold them the Falcon still worked there, and remembered selling it to them.

By the time they gave this car to me, it was well past its prime, and in need of a lot of maintenance to keep it going. Fortunately, it was a very easy car to work on—a very simple, conservative design. Parts for it were cheap and easy to obtain. Most repairs consisted of this car limping to an auto parts store, me removing the bad part, walking into the store, saying “I need another one of these.”, walking back out, installing the new part, and driving off.



This picture was taken the day we finally hauled it off to the junkyard. It had developed a bad rod knock, so I identified the bad bearing, sanded down the damaged spot on the crankshaft, and installed a new bearing. I never learned whether my repair was adequate, because I could never get it to start after that. It spent several months in my parents' driveway, with me making every effort to diagnose, without success, why the engine wouldn't start. Finally, we had to give up. We took this picture just before we towed it to the junkyard. “You wouldn't cry that much over me!”, my wife said. I guess there are some things that women just don't get.

If I could have any “classic” car, I'd want another car just like this one, but in like-new condition.

As for modifications, I'd like a bigger engine. This one had the 200-cubic-inch inline-six. It was a great engine, as far as reliability and being easy to repair, but a car this big and heavy really needs more power than that engine had. I'm aware of a 240-cubic-inch inline-six that Ford made around this time, that aside from being a bit bigger and more powerful, also offered much greater opportunities for further modifications to try to squeeze even more power out of it if I was so inclined. A V8 would also be a possibility, but one thing I really liked about the inline-six was that it left lots of room around it in the engine compartment, which made it much easier to work on it.

I'd also look into the possibility of trying to cobble in a more modern OBD–II electronic engine control system, and multi-point fuel injection in place of the of the carburetor. Being a diabetic, I have to avoid carbs as much as reasonably possible.

I'd probably be looking into what other modern features might be possible to install in it; things that are common on modern cars, but in this car's day, were only found on high-end luxury cars, if at all. Things like power windows, power door locks, and so on.

I did build and install an interval-wiper control of my own design into this car. Air conditioning wasn't available on this car from the factory, but there was a dealer-installed air-conditioning system that worked fine. Oddly, some time after this car's demise, I was looking through the owner's manual, and found mention of the option for a dealer-installed air conditioning system, with a footnote saying that it was not available on six-cylinder stations wagons. I guess the dealer didn't know that, when he installed it in this car, that it wasn't supposed to be possible.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

however one thing just to note thsat does anger me,ispeople who put a 350 engine and trans or 350 engine and 700 trans in everything.they are the first to claim it doesnt matter what engine goes in anything,yet scream and cry when someone puts a ford engine in a chevy.they seem to believe the 350 is gods gift to the world,but in reality other chevy guys facepalm at these guys,because if you handed them a chevy 454,they wouldnt even understand how to change the oil on it,let alone work on it.

Personally, I think there is something rather sick about the idea of putting a Chevy engine in a Ford. I don't really care what anyone does to a Chevy, but a Ford should never be degraded in that manner.

 

[Fisher]

I used to say a 56 vette was my dream car, and while I wouldn't turn it down if anyone happens to want to give me a corvette, I think now I would choose something even older and weirder like any old school Rolls Royce convertible touring car or something along those lines, just without the hand crank.

 

[Lutherf]

'39 Lincoln Coupe

I'd probably chop an inch or two out of the suspension, drop in a 427 and go with a two tone metallic charcoal and slate paint job.

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

'39 Lincoln Coupe

I'd probably chop an inch or two out of the suspension, drop in a 427 and go with a two tone metallic charcoal and slate paint job.

http://www.2blowhards.com/1936 Ford Impression.jpg

Something like this?

 

[CRUE CAB]

1970 Chevelle Convertable SS. LS6 454 M22 4speed, 12 posi 4.11 gears. Red with black SS stripes. Only a handful made.

 

[Gaius46]

In honor of my birth year.

Wouldn't do a thing to it outside of making it as ls to stock as possible.

 

[Mycroft]

1971 Firebird Formula 455




The only thing I would change is the way I drove the thing.

:lamo


btw, mine had functional hood scoops and the spoiler on the rear

 

[Lutherf]

http://www.2blowhards.com/1936 Ford Impression.jpg

Something like this?

Kind of. I wouldn't slam the roof. I love the look but it would make it really hard to drive.

 

[a351]

http://www.2blowhards.com/1936 Ford Impression.jpg

Something like this?

A truly incredible car. There's more hours in the underside than most builds in their entirety. Easily in 7 figure territory.

 

[TheGirlNextDoor]

I would like to have my first car back.

 

[Dirt Racer]

67 Fastback or a 69 Torino, a few body mods (tucked bumpers, shaved emblems), new chassis, IFS, 4 link Rear and either a new 5.0 block or a Kaase Boss motor. Currently in the process of modifying a classic car presently though, so those will have to wait.

I can't like this post enough. Although I would lean to a 71 Torino GT I certainly wouldn't scoff at a 67 or 69. Love that body style.

My dream car is a 71 Grabber Orange or Metallic Forest Green with the 429 Super Cobra Jet. Stock Magnum 500 wheels. Got to be a 4 speed. Black Leather interior.

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[a351]

I can't like this post enough. Although I would lean to a 71 Torino GT I certainly wouldn't scoff at a 67 or 69. Love that body style.

My dream car is a 71 Grabber Orange or Metallic Forest Green with the 429 Super Cobra Jet. Stock Magnum 500 wheels. Got to be a 4 speed. Black Leather interior.
DSCN0741.JPG

Torinos are definitely underrated and underbuilt compared to other cars from the era (i.e. Camaro and Mustangs). You might enjoy this custom '69 build, although it's definitely not for purists. Quite literally very component of the car was either hand built or modified in some manner.

Some build pics here: 1969 Torino

 

[GottaGo]

I already have it sitting in my drive way, in Maroon with the black vinyl roof. Except the body is a pile of rust.... oh, to get her back on the road again.....