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What are your top 5 cars on your want list?


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1965-66 4-speed full-size Oldsmobile

1960 Oldsmobile, preferably 4d sedan or flat-top hardtop

1967 Thunderbird coupe (not Landau)

1963-64 Chrysler 300 (not letter car) or 1970 Chrysler 300-H

1969 Impala Sport Coupe

All would HAVE to be stock, original and unmolested. That's what makes finding a nice Impala so hard. Everybody thinks they're supposed to have hydraulics and big blingy rims. sick.gif

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I would say i have 3 out of 5 so far just lack a 1958 olds or pontiac 2 door hardtop and a reproduction 60's style batmobile(can't afford a real one).

Jeff Mealer

Mt. Juliet,TN

1965 Buick Riviera

1965 Pontiac Bonneville 2 door

1960 Cadillac Coupe DeVille

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Cars I barely allow myself to dream about:

1. <span style="font-weight: bold">Duesenberg J/SJ</span> any body style

2. <span style="font-weight: bold">1933-34 Packard Super 8/V12</span> with 2 doors, open or closed

3. <span style="font-weight: bold">1934 Cadillac V16</span> Aero Coupe

4. <span style="font-weight: bold">1938 Buick Century</span> convertible coupe

5. Barry Wolk's <span style="font-weight: bold">Continental</span> convertible

Or is this thread about cars that I may realistically own someday (strangely, this list was difficult to make because I couldn't think of 5):

1. <span style="font-weight: bold">1941 Buick Century</span> Sedanette (check)

2. <span style="font-weight: bold">1938 Buick</span> 2- or 4-door convertible, any series

3. <span style="font-weight: bold">1933-34 Packard</span> Super 8 4-door sedan (I <span style="font-style: italic">will</span> have one, even if I have to sell my house to get it)

4.<span style="font-weight: bold"> 1932 Ford</span> 3-window coupe (yes, it'll be a rod, and yes, I'll use 100% reproduction parts)

5. <span style="font-weight: bold">Something</span> I haven't considered that will present itself in the fullness of time.

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Well, just to brainstorm a bit, I have a 1957 Star Chief and a 1979 Trans Am already, both keepers to me. But to consider a top 5 and something not totally out of the question of reality I would say

1908-12 Model T, Maxwell or similar

1941-42 big Buick or Cadillac 62, convertible or fastback

1957 Thunderbird

1967 GTO convertible

and just one fantasy car

1955-56 Packard Carribean, white, pink and black, please

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Guest 1926pack

Hmm, lets see...

67 GTO convertible

66 Vette with the big engine

33-34 Packard Super 8 or V 12 convertible

30 something Cord supercharged

Any Duesy

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Guest ZondaC12

-Duesy SSJ (yeah I'd want the MOST powerful one laugh.gif )

-1970 Mustang Boss 429

-1956 Buick 2 door Roadmaster

-Buick GNX

-1957 2 door Desoto Firesweep

Im doing it Matt Harwood-style. The above will never happen, the below is well more plausible I think.

-Another Fox-Body 80s Ford Thunderbird/Mercury Cougar with 60,000 miles or less and in showroom condition

-1977 Pontiac Can-Am

-1967-1970 base Mustang with a 2BBL 302

-A '38 Buick or Cadillac again low-end so Special or Series 60 Special for the Cad

-1956 Buick Special or maybe super 2dr

I honestly would like restored/perfect survivor copies of my two cars. The Buick I want to leave unrestored, and the 87 Cougar also. But an 83-88 Cougar or Tbird would be essentially the same car underneath, I just want one that DOESNT have over 100k on it.

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Guest Skyking

1956 Century Convertible

1957 Mercury Convertible

1959 Sport Fury Convertible

1959 Dodge Convertible

1960 Electra Convertible

I guess I like Convertibles

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1. 1927 Peerless, Mod. 6-80, inline six, 5-pass. Sedan

2. 1927 Pierce-Arrow, Mod. 80, inline six, 5-pass. Sedan

3. 1927 Packard, Mod. 433, inline six, 7-pass. Sedan

4. 1931 Peerless, Mod. XP-31, V-16, 5-pass. Sedan (the SECOND one finished by Murphy)*

5. 1910 Buick, Mod. 16 or 17 racer, factory delete radiator fan, owned by my Grandfather Brown from 1935-1990, original owner unknown, current owner unknown

* Probably parked in a garage around Pasadena somewhere! If it were ever found, it would probably turn up on craigslist from some guy trying to trade for a 50's hardtop...then get restored...and sell privately for two or three million. If you find it, you might be tipped off by the fact that almost the whole car is made out of aluminum. One report says the frame rails weigh 47 pounds. *#%$@!

*#%$@! (yeah, I know it's wishful, delusional thinking and probably no longer exists)

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Well, here are my 5, Don't laugh!

1942 Desoto (with flip lights) (if I could not get that, any 1930's or 1940's 4 door from either Chrysler or G.M. no ford!)

1937 Lasalle 4dr.

1956 Continental MKII

1973 Lincoln MkIV (black on black)

1977 Cadillac Seville (brown with a brown leather interior)

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Guest ZondaC12

Don't worry <span style="font-weight: bold">I</span> can't as much as muster a chuckle!

*looks up '42 desotos out of disbelief* laugh.gif

Im actually still waiting for the laughter over the can-am!

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Guest imported_MrEarl

1954 Buick Roadmaster 2 DR Riviera with AC, Arctic White over Cavalier Blue

1954 Buick Roadmaster 4 DR with AC, Arctic White over Condor Yellow

1954 Buick Century 2 DR with 3 speed, Carlsbad Black

1954 Buick Special 4 door plain Jane, Ocean Mist Green over Baffin Green

1954 Buick Skylark Gulf Turquoise and White

1949 Buick Roadmaster 2 door White over Blue

I know...that's 6. The 49 is for Rita.....

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Any Duesenberg - ideally a tourster designed by Beuhrig

Any Pre-war Packard - Deitrich design a huge plus

1941-48 Lincoln Continental

1932 Ford Traditional Highboy Hot Rod

Gordon Beuhrig's Custom Model A - a faithful replica would work.

Yeah, I like our '68 Olds, but I guess I am really a prewar guy..

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LET'S SEE:

1958 DESOTO ADVENTURER COMVERTIBLE(ONLY 82 BUILT SO FAT CHANCE ON THIS ONE)

1958 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER CONVERTIBLE(NOT MUCH BETTER ODDS ON THIS ONE EIHTER)

1958 OLDSMOBILE "98" CONVERTIBLE(MOST ARE IN EUROPE NEVER TO RETURN)

1958 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE CONVERTIBLE(ONE BETTER THAN WHAT I'VE GOT NOW)

1952 BUICK ROADMASTER CONVERTIBLE(I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN ONE IN PERSON)

THERE IS NO HARM IN DREAMING IS THERE!

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Here is my dream car list

1 1964 Plymouth Savoy or 63 Dodge 330 2 door post Max Wedge

2 1968 or 69 Dodge Charger RT/SE 440 6-pak 4 speed

3 1957-1963 Imperial 2 door hdtp

4 Any 50's 300 Letter series car

5 1970-71 Challenger T/A or Cuda AAR

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jeff_a</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

4. 1931 Peerless, Mod. XP-31, V-16, 5-pass. Sedan (the SECOND one finished by Murphy)*

* Probably parked in a garage around Pasadena somewhere! If it were ever found, it would probably turn up on craigslist from some guy trying to trade for a 50's hardtop...then get restored...and sell privately for two or three million. If you find it, you might be tipped off by the fact that almost the whole car is made out of aluminum. One report says the frame rails weigh 47 pounds. *#%$@!

*#%$@! (yeah, I know it's wishful, delusional thinking and probably no longer exists)

</div></div>

The other one is in the Crawford Museum here in Cleveland. A giant black 4-door with blackwall tires--it looks really brutal in an intimidating way. All-aluminum V16, all-aluminum body. Really a cool car. Worth as much as any other full Classic, I'd imagine. I heard it run when I worked at the museum (or rather <span style="font-style: italic">didn't</span> hear it run grin.gif). I tried to get a photo of it, but the museum's webpage sucks.

Yeah, put one of those on my list too.

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Guest EMF-Owner

I have enjoyed this thread. I am so glad that not everyones list is the same as mine, because that at least gives me some glimmer of hope of actually owning one of these some day.

So here is my current top 5:

1. 1909 - 1912 Stanley Steamer Touring.

2. 1904 Single Cylinder Cadillac Model F

3. Pre 1914 Ford Model T Town Car

4. Pre 1912 Large Pierce Arrow Touring car

5. Any Year Owen Magnetic

I doubt I will ever own any of these, but that is what I thought about owning a brass era electric car, so we will see what God has planned for me.

Happy Motoring!!!

John

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1. 1914 - 1916 Stutz Bearcat

2. One of the two shortened wheelbase SJ Duesenbergs - done correctly with blackwall tires, painted radiator shell, and discs on the wheels -like they were originally

3. 1934 Packard Twelve Dietrich conv. coupe

4. late 1930's 540K Mercedes Benz special roadster

5. 1930 V 16 Cadillac roadster

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1.) 1935 or 36 Auburn Boat-tailed speedster. (Will never be able to afford one but sure would like to ride in one before I die.)

2.) 1965 Dodge Dart GT with the half vinyl top and chrome package. My dad and mom had one and it was the car I learned to drive on. Sadly we didn't have it long because we started camping and had to get a station wagon to haul all the gear.

3.) A Nash Metro. I fell in love with them after seeing the one that the late Ernie Litteral had. It was salmon and white.

4.) I want our 1958 Chevy Biscayne two-door back. Bill sold it to a guy in Fla. It was our first antique car and we were the second owners of the car. Bill is still in the dog house over selling it.

5.) A truck from the twenties restored with the name <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">Woodford Oil and Gas </span></span>on it. My grandfather had oil and gas wells in the Harrisville, West Virginia area for many years. He also had a filling station that had the very first cement pad poured in Ritchie County. The station has long since closed but it, and the cement pad, are still there. Along with the house behind them that Dad grew up in.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: K8096</div><div class="ubbcode-body">2. One of the two shortened wheelbase SJ Duesenbergs - done correctly with blackwall tires, painted radiator shell, and discs on the wheels -like they were originally. </div></div>

Clark Gable's SSJ (although he never really owned it) lives 2 doors down from me. It is now red and silver with chrome wire wheels (I'm sure most of you have seen it somewhere already). Though I'm not too keen on the chrome wheels with whitewalls, I think I prefer it this way with the unskirted fenders, which make it look lighter. It also used to be a pretty dull beige, if I remember correctly, and went through at least 1 set of pretty hideous modifications before arriving with its present owner in its present condition.

While I like the idea of a "lightweight" SJ, the proportions of this car never really seemed pleasing to my eye. These are BIG cars, trying to make them look like a little car distorts the lines, particularly the rear end. Maybe that's just me...

But now that I look at two photos I found on the Internet, I wonder if this car has been rebodied or if there is some confusion as to which car Gable is standing next to in the publicity photo below. The rear ends are vastly different.

This car:

gable_duesie_1935.jpeg

looks nothing like this car:

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I think I'll ask my neighbor about it next time I see him.

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Those are not the same two cars. Neither of the shortened SJ cars ever had skirted fenders. They did, however, both have painted radiator shells & wheels discs originally. I am very familiar with the car two doors down from you. When is was restored by it's current owner in circa 1963, his friends used to jokingly tell him it looked like a 1958 Oldsmobile because of the bright colors he chose to paint it.

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Such a privilege you have to live so close to a Duesenberg. I live in Idaho, which is probably one of the Duesenberg-Free States, regrettably. Kind of like being The Only County in Wyoming Without a Hospital or The Only State Without a Billionaire, etc.

I have read about the V-16 Peerless in the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum many times, and would like to visit it oneday. I MAY have found a photo of the other V-16 I mentioned in my previous post. Interesting to think about, at any rate. ------Jeff

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If I ever hit the lottery this will be my garage:

1955 Gullwing

1987 Buick GNX

1962 Lincoln Continental Convertible (Suicide Doors are cool)

Whatever the newest Mercedes 500SL AMG is

1955 Ford Fairline Sunliner Convertible

I could almost say without doubt I would trade anything I have for any of them without hesitation

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1904 Franklin

1903 Cadillac

1890's anything

1905 Maxwell H

1902 Union

Yes I like the old stuff...always have. I hope someday because I know they are out there...just have to tickle the owners the right way to get them to grant my wishes. JO BO

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My list

1. 1956 Packard Carribean Convertible

2. 1949-50 Packard Custom Eight Convertible

3. 1962 Imperial Crown Convertible

4. 1956 Packard 400

5. 1978 Continental Mark V Diamond Jubilee, in Diamond blue with moonroof and 460.

1-3 are the fantasy list.

4 & 5 I am actually looking for. Contact me if you have a reasonably priced one for sale.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Shop Rat</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

3.) A Nash Metro. I fell in love with them after seeing the one that the late Ernie Litteral had. It was salmon and white. </div></div>

My father has a 1959 salmon and white Metropolitan convertible for sale.

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Not that we need any more because we don't (and if we did we'd get shot, gutted, and hung). But if I were to get five more.

1. 1958-62 Corvette.

2. 1955 Chevy hardtop or convertible.

3. 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS.

4. 1971-72 Chevy pickup or Blazer.

5. Early 50's Bullet Nose Studebaker.

Any of the five could be restored or customized. In either case I like the looks of the vehicles mentioned.

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Cool. Right now my problem is that Bill and I are retired and don't have the free floating cash right now to buy one. We tied a lot of our money up in investments so that our money can make money.

We do still want one and hope to get one in the future.

Have you posted the one your dad is selling on the Buy/Sell Forum here along with some photos?

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I thought I would mention the Metro since it was exactly what you want. Aside from that, it is not posted here. My dad is retired with too much money and spare time, and can post his own for sale ads. I am trying to scrape together money to buy a Packard or Lincoln to replace mine that was rear-ended and totalled last year.

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