I'm also not quite a fan of the Superbird lines, compared to the Dodge, but I do like the Daytona a little more. None of them come close to the '68-'70 Chargers, though. Especially the '68.
I admire them for how strange they are and how much engineering went into them.
I'm also fond of the early Edsels. The guy who runs a body shop down the street has five of them. My favorite quote regarding those cars was something his son told me; "I don't know why people hate them. It's like a giant chrome plated ******. What's not to like about that!?" He paints cars there. I helped him flame a '51 Lincoln Cosmopolitan once.
I've always been under the impression that what makes an older car interesting, are it's cues in unique styling, among it's engineering. I love the Citrons. If I can't afford a spaceship, I'll buy one of those if I feel the need for a UFO. They had a self leveling 4 wheel torsion bar suspension system!
Jeez!
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I've actually been debating on building one of these, rather than my 240Z, only because I can't afford the space or money for both. Specifically in the champagne color, preferably a '63, if I can find one, just like in this picture.
The Avanti, need I say anything about their relevance in automotive history, those cars are a benchmark on modern era styling. The asymmetrical hood, nose, windows... the interior looks like something from a space station that Jayne Fonda manned, in the 1960s.
I love the A body hardtop, Barracudas, Demons, Dusters and the like, but the cars that I am most fond of are the atomic age customs, Barry Grant and Ed Roth roadsters with bubble tops, the Bat cars... anything that could pass for a ride at a carnival is effin' fantastic, IMO. I mean, after all, if I wanted a car that didn't get noticed, I'd be driving a late 90's Grand Prix.
I'm not in to cars because of how conservative they are.
Kudos to the Gremlin owners, Pacer, Daytona, Citron, Edsel, Nash, F Bodies, Datsuns and other car manus and specific makes that didn't follow the fold of GM's fear of trying anything eccentric. Any one of those cars are a treat to see, even at car cruises and shows among other classics.
I'm going to love visiting this page as a potential purchase list. lol
Here are a few that I am growing VERY sick of seeing.
I'm not even going to enter the realm of new cars, because there are about a hand full of them that I like and for the most part, are all on a losing streak.
