The GS is 6 years older than me. It is one of my dream cars but I do have some others... 1987 GN/GNX 1968 Olds 442 1964 Impala 1964 Wildcat 1956 Ford Crown Victoria So Im all over the board with the cars I dream about :grin:
My car was born in '67 and I came along 5 years later in '72. I have always preferred things that are a little older than most of my friends. My wife always jokes that all the music on my iPod are dead people. I still always smile when I see a Grand National. Probably has to do with the fact I just got my license when the '85 GN came out and I read the Car and Driver review at least 100 times - even remember the magazine cover - "Gunslinger in Black"
I was born in the mid-40's. I have a number of favorites from the '50s - the '53 Buick Skylark comes to mind - but my favorites are scattered through almost all decades. I tried to buy a 1909 Buick speedster when I was 16 (no luck). I love brass era cars. The mighty SJ Duesenberg, the supercharged Auburn boattail roadster, The fabulous Coffin-nose Cord... There were loads of great cars in the 30's, the '38 Buick Century convertible would be one of my favorites. I loved the '49 Fords. Even today there are still great cars being made with unheard-of performance. 200+ mph Corvettes that don't earn a gas-guzzler rating? Amazing! I'm sorry for folks that aren't "carguys." And by the way Erik (with a K) - There are great European cars too. I was following an Aston-Martin DB something in Naples FL yesterday. I have a suppressed desire to own a 3 -wheel Reliant Robin (not a great car, but in Massachusetts it qualifies as a motorcycle.) I love most Rollers and Bentleys, certain MB and Porsches are great. I still like the 3-cylinder 2-stroke Saabs (again, perhaps not great - but fun). The early Volvos that looked like a mini 46 Ford were cool. I would love to have a BMW Isetta as a lawn ornament. Someday I want an older VW Beetle just to say that I owned one...
Born 1940, and I like anything with wings, or wheels. I do like the mid fifties era cars as I was there, and owned a few of them. Over the years I have seen many cars that would look good in my garage, but my '68 Riviera is my luv and the one I admire the most. You can own a 'fleet' if your pockets are deep enough, but you can only drive 'one at a time' !! :laugh: :beer :TU:
1956 for me... the Corvette is 1968 (I was 12) the Buick is 1972 (16), and my favorite era for cars are 1962-1972. I think it depends on the influences you had. My older brothers were gear heads and many of the cars they and their friends had really get me. When I go to a show or a swap meet... its the muscle cars that really draw my attention. My brothers friend had a 1957 Ford convertible, red with white top , gray center 5 spoke mags. I thought it was the most beautiful car on earth... truth it was a pile... but if i see one, I look at it as if I was 12. Then there is the 64 Impala SS my brother had... and of course my first car a 65 Impala SS, but then my 69 Camaro.... you get the picture, I like what we remember.
I like just about anything built between 1960 and 1972. Of course I have a soft spot for a 69 Firebird convertible which is the car I had when I was 20ish I was born in 61 so it all makes sence
Born in Petaluma, Calif. in 1948, making me almost 64. When I was coming of age, we would cruise main street Petaluma every Friday and Saturday night. If you had a girl friend you were with her on Saturday night, usually going to a drive-in theater after a cruise down the main drag. At that time the cars to have were tri-five Chevys, Chevelle Super Sports, GTOs or anything with a raised rear end and a nice sounding exhaust. My first good car was a 65 GS Skylark, fours speed to which I added three two's. At the time I would have preferred a 396 Chevelle, but I couldn't afford it. My dad and I went to San Francisco and I bought the GS because I could afford to finance it and he didn't know that the engine was a 401. In those days you had to be 21 to barrow money from a bank in California. I later "blew the doors off" of 396 Chevelles with the Buick. I loved driving that car. I fell in love with torque when cruising down Petaluma Boulevard and at the illegal quarter miles in the back roads of Sonoma County. Now if you younger guys want to know what I am talking about, watch American Graffiti, filmed partly in Petaluma, and you will get the flavor of the time period.
My Buick is 11 years younger than me. I was born in 1954, the car in 1965. My main interest is in cars 1972 (the year I graduated) and older, for the most part cars that I could have seen sitting in the school parking lot on those rare days when I wasn't skipping school :grin: Most of them being 50's and 60's cars with a few 30's and 40's hot rods among them. Most of us couldn't afford the true musclecars but there were tons of them around that belonged to guys a little older who could afford them. I knew a lot of guys who came home from the military and bought musclecars. We had a Chrysler and a GM(Chevrolet) plant within 20 miles of home so most of the cars were Chevys and Mopars. There was only one dealership in town (Ford) but oddly enough there weren't many Ford musclecars in town.
I was born late December 1963 so for 360 days out of the year I am the same age as my '64 Skylark. Although my favorite A-body is the '66 Chevelle followed by the '65 GTO, the Skylarks are by far the best looking of the '64 A-bodies.
I was born in '66 and my Wildcat in '64. I grew up around old cars since my grandfather liked them and my dad worked on them (Body shop mgr at Cadillac dealer). My dad was always buying/fixing/selling used cars and I would help him with the mechaincal work. Some of the more memorable cars he and my grandfather had are: 1928 Model A Ford (my dad still has this one), 1970 Monte Carlo SS, 1967 LeMans, and 1936 Buick business coupe.
Born in 1943. Learned to drive in a 55 Buick Century, and took the driving test in a 49 Buick Super. My first cars owned were 29 and 56 Fords, and my first Buick owned was a 59 LeSabre. I bought my 63 Riviera in the 70's and still have it. Also have a 65 Wildcat since the 80's, and a 66 Skylark followed me home earlier this month. John
Likewise. Grew up '50s-'60s gearhead. Dad was Buick service manager. Worked there summers and after high school while deciding what I wanted to be when I grew up. Driven every Buick from '38 thru mid-'60s (except '42)...even a '54 Skylark...most beautiful Buick IMO. First Buick...put 425 in '40 Special business coupe. Being gearhead, when nostalgia set in, opted for best (IMO) examples of Buick performance...GS 455 and GN...
George Lucas got it right with AMERICAN GRAFITTI. I wish that I could have written one more scene for that film, though. The scene would be a California version of Pete Stephens firing up his blown hemi Chrysler-powered slingshot A/FD on Allen Avenue in Newton, MA in 1960. It really happened. Honest. The police were not happy.
I love movies that feature old car culture. Haven't seen american graffiti in years!! I think I'll see if it's on netflix. The cars of the '50's and before where the old cool hotrods to me when I was a kid and 60's to early '70's were cool modern drivers. I don't suppose that the perspective has changed for me.
Milner's line about tank of gas a night...that's what it took in my 425-powered coupe (4.10 rear) to do the metro-DC Hot Shoppe circuit...glad to have been part of it...:TU:
My first car was a 13 year old 89 Park ave. I loved that car, I was only jealous of the big RWD caddies. We have emmision testing for any car newer that 87. So when a mint condition 85 Fleetwood Brougham came up for sale for $1000, I grabbed it (I was born in 84). My favorite cars were the late 60's - early 70's muscle cars. So when I got a little more money and place to store it, I picked up the 68 Wildcat. My collection is complete!
