Jeff Perkins / Mn Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 This discussion question pops up often when car guys get together. If you could have your one dream car, only one antique or collectible, money no object, what would it be? Mine....an American Underslung, 1906-1910. What would yours be. Only one! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39BuickEight Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 There are too many qualifying considerations to answer this, so I will just pick one that comes to mind first now. I’ve always had a crush on the 1930 Bentley Blue Train: 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 If I can only have one car, I already have it - '88 Sunroof Reatta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 This.... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) This should be a fun thread, thanks for starting it Jeff, nice choice on the American Underslung. Blue Train Bentley is another great one. I worked on a lot of Bugatti GP cars in the '70's, sure would like a Type 37A GP car, one with good provenance. Bob Edited December 8, 2019 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I like a car with a 440 . My wife thinks this is cute.. With a rag top.. This is the only rag top we own... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) The Peerless V-16 prototype that was nearly done, but left at Murphy coachworks in 1931, when the board decided to go into the beer business. Probably made up into B-17 wings, but boy I hear those sixteens really hum! It may have been a closed rear quarter sedan. Some accounts say a trio of V-16s and a lone V-12 were built -- driven to California with temporary bodies from their four Sakhnoffsky & Weymann straight-eight lines of cars -- to be bodied by Murphy. Here is what the engine looks like in one of the other V-16s {only known survivor of the 4 prototypes} , in the Crawford Auto Aviation Collection of Cleveland: .....Yep, the one that did 100 mph at Muroc Dry Lake in 1931..... .....464 Cu. In., 173 HP.....design work on the car and engine started in 1926 in association with Alcoa..... Edited December 9, 2019 by jeff_a (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1935Packard Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) Duesenberg SSJ, if price is no object. (I'm assuming that in this fantasy world we don't have to pay for insurance or repairs, either!) Edited December 8, 2019 by 1935Packard (see edit history) 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akstraw Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Voisin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) Not even close for me. 1933 Silver Arrow. There is nothing even close. Now that I think about it, this would be a very close 2nd. Maybe even a tie. 1927 Rickenbacker Super Sport. Edited December 8, 2019 by zepher (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Even if price is no object, I'm realistic. Obtaining a car is just the first thing, because you have to maintain it and protect it. I'd be perfectly happy with a Buick Electra from the 1970's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Byrd Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I still want the same car I seen on the road in 1966 for the 1st time..... one of the 1st, small block, Ford GT-40s. Totally impractical, way too expensive, but easy to maintain,engine-wise. Yep, still in love with an untouchable. Oh, by the way....never try to catch or keep up with one of these when you are 18 years old and in your 63 1/2 Falcon Sprint, ha ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMc Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Type 55 Bugatti. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Kingsley Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 1959 El Camino. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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George Smolinski Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 4 hours ago, John_S_in_Penna said: I'd be perfectly happy with a Buick Electra from the 1970's. John, I used to own a '73 4 door hardtop, low mile, S. Dakota car. Great car. Super comfortable ride. One of a very few cars I'm sorry I ever sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 After thinking about this for a few hours.........I realized that there isn't any one car that is a "must have" of a favorite. I'm fortunate to have driven and serviced almost everything with wheels that interests me........I only have one car to drive thats on my bucket list.......a Doble. And as of last week, I believe I will have the oppertunity soon. I would be OK with any car from 1932............preferably with an engine that is at least 350CID. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I guess I have simple taste. A '40 Packard 8 cylinder convertible coupe would be just fine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avanti Bill Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Horche Roadster, 1938-40 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41 Su8 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I'll take an L29. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) Impossible question for me to answer - perhaps one car from each decade! But although there are many cars I totally admire styling wise, not having ever driven them or even ridden in them if i got that car without first doing that would I be totally happy? probably not. Perhaps I am being to practical;, but I don't just like looking at the cars ( and trucks) but take great pleasure in driving them . I most likely have driven pre WWII era cars over 70,000 miles total over the decades I have collected cars. I love the town car body style but just do not fit well behind the wheel due to long legs and lack of space. To choose one car I would have to line up at least a dozen, then go inside out of view and ask my son, go and pick one out we are keeping as I love them all. Walt Edited December 8, 2019 by Walt G typo (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericmac Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 There is a big difference between one if I were to win a small lottery vs. only one I could realistically afford. Assuming it were a small lottery and I could only have one car for everything it would have to be a '32 Packard 12 Deitch Phaeton. Even if it didn't run I could look at it all day long. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Where is Ed? I'll post the Pierce Arrow for him. The SS MB is for me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) My tastes have generally changed through life, but the description remains the same: a 15-20 year old car in really good condition and the ability to age with it. I have three. The first one has been with me for 41 years. There is a long list of cars I sold while I owned this: Oh, it was a dream until 1978. And there are specific reasons I prefer it over a '63 or '65, not a random coincidence. Edited December 8, 2019 by 60FlatTop (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Any Model J. But I do enjoy my Model A quite a bit! 🙂 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Walt G said: To choose one car I would have to line up at least a dozen First thing I would do is rule out the restored ones. I have driven a lot of cars and it is an exception to find a "live with for life" restored car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 This would be mine, a 1954 Chevrolet Harley Earl-designed "Nomad". Although the 'Vette Nomad is my first choice, the 1930 Bentley Blue Train shown in the photo posted by 39BuickEight is a fantastic looking car. Cheers, Grog 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I would like to see this in the garage - it belonged to a family member from 1970's through 1980's. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) I will tell you what does fill a garage space - nice cars Edited December 8, 2019 by John_Mereness (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Bernie "live with for life a restored car" I could do that. In a sense did do that for over 40 years with my 1931 Franklin ( drove that over 45,000 miles and my friend who bought it gave it a good polish and is winning all kinds of awards with it , and driving it on tours too) . I like restored cars as well as original cars ( that are totally sorted and reliable mechanically) . Yes, the pride in having a original car or mostly original is definitely preferred, but the Packard touring car I replaced the Franklin with ( always wanted a touring car so now have one) had a full restoration 45+ years ago , then was never really used because it was "to nice" , that all changed when I bought it. It gets driven! It works either way for me. I have only really come to start to appreciate the 1960s-70s cars more within the past 2 years. When I was growing up an "old car" had running boards. The 1960s-70s cars then were every day users, because they were new or near new at the time. Now they are 50 years old or more - well so am I!😲 We all have our "need" for the moment in a neat car. The two cars I have now I will never ever part with for anything else, both have the same capacity engine ( straight 8 and 320 cu. in. ) 40 Buick Roadmaster, 30 Packard std 8. trouble is that most old cars are all NEAT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 That is J-444, it lived a lot closer to you than me when the McGowan brothers owned it. Remember it like it was yesterday when it rolled into the Ridgefield Meet, black on black, with blackwalls. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Coyote Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 This would be my pick, although there are many others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 4 hours ago, edinmass said: After thinking about this for a few hours.........I realized that there isn't any one car that is a "must have" of a favorite. I'm fortunate to have driven and serviced almost everything with wheels that interests me........I only have one car to drive thats on my bucket list.......a Doble. And as of last week, I believe I will have the oppertunity soon. I would be OK with any car from 1932............preferably with an engine that is at least 350CID. I picked one out for you. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 This one should do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Zagato bodied Aston Martin, nice choice, replaced the rockers on one of them once, great looking car. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Cant say ONE !!! But would consider pretty much ALL OF THE ABOVE. I tend to cycle thru every few years, so yea, All of em. I always buy high and sell low. Other wise I couldn't afford any. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 This one...... 1969 Chevrolet Biscayne L72 427/425HP........ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 14 hours ago, jeff_a said: The Peerless V-16 prototype nearly done, left at Murphy coachworks in 1931 when the board decided to go into the beer business. Probably made up into B-17 wings, but boy I hear those sixteens really hum! Some say it was a closed rear quarter sedan. .....464 Cu. In., 173 HP.....design work on the car and engine started in 1926 in association with Alcoa..... Your post kind of implies that the 1932 Peerless V16 prototype doesn't exist. It does and it's here in the Crawford Museum in Cleveland: Or was there one I'm not familiar with? You know Peerless better than anyone--is/was there another V16? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 2 hours ago, capngrog said: This would be mine, a 1954 Chevrolet Harley Earl-designed "Nomad". Although the 'Vette Nomad is my first choice, the 1930 Bentley Blue Train shown in the photo posted by 39BuickEight is a fantastic looking car. Cheers, Grog If you want it, I know where it is and it is probably available for a price... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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