Time to share some pictures. What other cars, besides the Pantera, do you admire?

First off, I have no clue if this picture will post right, but I'm giving it a try....

I agree with George. I admire lots of cars, the Pantera being my #1. The GT40 finishes third, and the Miura is a CLOSE second.

-Sean

I couldn't find a suitable pic but I always get a bit weak in the knees when I see a Jaguar E-type serie 1 conv. Preferably in a very classic combo of red over black leather.
Other than that I would say that my shortlist changes almost as often as I change my shorts.
There are just too many good looking and performing cars out there.

Dutchie, how's this?

George, you always come up trumps! And I'm not even gonna comment that its a series 2! Just kidding.
What do you say about the Bugatti Veyron? This thing puts the word supercar in a whole new dimension I think. In the end it is VW way of setting new boundries considering that they admit to the fact it costs them close to € 5.000.000 to build just one!
Anorak facts: Production has been upped from 50 to 70 a year because of increased sales. As of April 1st they marked up the price with € 100.000 pre taxes. No joke...
Flat out it will use a full tank of 120 liters in 12 minutes!!

1967 Ford Mk IV. (It wasn't called a GT-40 but that is what it was.) Red with black interior and white number on the door. 427 side oiler with 2 4 barrels and the bundle of snakes thing going on. Gurney bump in the door.
http://www.svra.com/SVRA/photogal.nsf/plinks/PHOR-64VTKH

http://www.shelbyamericancollection.org/collection/j7.html

Not to be argumentative DT or a know it all, but the Mark IV, I am quite sure is a single 4v tunnel port.
2/4's ain't no good for road racing, that's Saturday night at the drive in stuff.
The Gurney hump is in the Mark II, the black car I believe.
Mark IV's competed under the same rule making them a "40" but they really aren't. The chassis is all aluminum, welded piece by piece. The GT40's a a steel shell.
The Mark IV's don't use a ZF either. They have there own transaxle using Ford "top loader" internals.
But yea, it is high on the list of anyone who has ever seen one. It is arguably the first "super-car".
It ended because it was heavier and no faster the Mark II's and because of the "J" car appendix.
That's the car Ken Miles got killed testing.

Early Pontiac GTO convertible 6 pack

Triumph TR3, the way the doors are cut

Ferrari Daytona

E Type in yellow


For the life of me, I can't figure out how to get pictures to show like George did for the E Type!!!

I like a lot of cars. from the 69/70 Mustangs to the old Austin Martins. The 69/70 Mustangs were the only Mustangs that ever apealed to me.

To dream a little more would be the Jaguar XJ13:



The only option would be in kit form but still a neat car. I think to do cars like this it would have to be the only car you do (unless youw ere Jay Leno). That's what makes car show great.

Gary

Doug I know for certain that at least the red number one car did indeed have two small four barrels that resided in a turkey pan that sealed to the top glass. The turkey pan had a tube coming from each side to the air inlet duct on the rear fenders. I know it was not the ultimate car, I liked the way it looked and it was well put together. I know because I built a model kit of that car, and have loved it ever since. :P

But here is a link that backs up what I am saying...
http://www.gt40.org.uk/GT40/GT40_Versions.htm

Here is a pic of a really cool dune buggy from the seventies. I always kinda wanted to have one of these for a winter, go to work car. They didn't make a whole lot of them though so they are hard to find.
http://www.thewarfields.com/LanciaStratos.htm

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Originally posted by DUTCHIE:
...What do you say about the Bugatti Veyron?...

The Veyron is not my cup of tea.

But...we do agree on the Jag, I love the E-type convertible

your friend on the DTBB

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Originally posted by DeTom:
...427 side oiler with 2 4 barrels and the bundle of snakes thing going on...

DeTom, below is a pick of the GT40 mk II that placed 3rd at LeMans in 1966, being prepped for historic racing. Below, a smaller pic of Lee Holman standing next to the car.The dual four barrel carbs are clearly visible in both pics

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Originally posted by DeTom:
Here is a pic of a really cool dune buggy from the seventies...

The Lancia Stratos is anything but a dune buggy

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Originally posted by comp2:
...To dream a little more would be the Jaguar XJ13...

Gary, how about the XJ220, the direct descendant of the earlier XJ13 proto-type? Still more than I can afford, but another car I truly admire.

It's a Beutiful car George, it just seems so beyond me. I love turning a wrench which is why I like older cars. I wouldn't know what to do with that thing. Beutiful though.

G

I've always liked tha Lancia Fulvia, Scorpion, and the Stratos.

I also would like to have a 1962 Ford Falcon Wagon.....my parents had one when I was a kid. The wagon would be a better car with a Cleveland in it!

John

Ohhh Yeah George. That's the stuff. When I win this Saturdays lottery I am going to go right up to emerson fitzpaldi and buy his car off of him. Or Carrol Shelby, or maybe go to the Ford museum. I will have that car. Muwahahaahaha!
But the Lancia is pretty and it does pretty good off road. Well rough roads anyway. Imagine that puppy on dirt mountain roads, blasting up pikes peak. Talk about living on the edge.

These are nice ones too!

here's the other one

No fair using concept cars. If you get to post concepts then I get to use this one...

How about a step beyond concept cars. New/old warbirds. ME 262 German Jet:

I sold this to fund the Pantera.

Gary, I perfered the Kommet. That kicked butt.
LPB, any regrets?

Detom, 2 burst then dive like hell. They lost a couple in the begining due to the landing gear. They had a dolley that they would drop after take off. Turns out they needed to gain a bit of altitude before dropping the wheels. At low altitude the wheels were bouncing up and knocking the airplanes out of the sky! Several died just fueling the plane. When the pilots lit them off, everyone else ran. They never knew if it was going to launch or explode. Sounds like a job for Super Dave Ozbourne!

Exactly Gary. What a blast. Riding a rocket.

Germany had a lot of interesting aircraft. They were prohibited from making bombers but they made transports (that were quickly converted).

They had a lot of aero type programs for kids before WWII. Kind of like the 4H stuff. It developed a lot of open thinking to aviation and created a wide variety of bizar and unique aircraft. The ME 262 was slated as a fighter and Hitler wanted them to change the design and make it a bomber. By the time they got the 262 re-configured as a fighter they had lost a lot of time and the war was almost over. If they had gotten the 262 out earlier they could have put a real hurt on us.

Sorry back to favorite "other car"

George, I think the Gold Mark II was the Black car at LeManns, Gurneys Car.

Heck Gary, even the way it was they put the hurt on us. More so the russians. They lost like sixteen million folks. Heck that is more than all the people of New York city put together. We caught some lucky breaks, but mostly, good is better than evil and will win out in the long run. I liked Roy Rogers too. He set a good example for me as a kid.

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Originally posted by DeTom:
Heck Gary, even the way it was they put the hurt on us. More so the russians. They lost like sixteen million folks. Heck that is more than all the people of New York city put together. We caught some lucky breaks, but mostly, good is better than evil and will win out in the long run. I liked Roy Rogers too. He set a good example for me as a kid.

Germany started preparing for WWII at the end of WWI. If Germany had regain air superiority it may have had a different ending!

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Originally posted by lastpushbutton:
I sold this to fund the Pantera.

LPB...nice.

Not sure I would've been able to do it.

Josh

So Mark, you're a muscle car guy!

Worked on a few 'Cudas & their stablemate, the Challenger. They were a very clean design. Like any muscle car, with the big motor, they could just spin tires all day. The 340 with a 4 speed was a great package though.

Not too long ago I used to have a Mini Cooper, a real one not a BMW. For me that was a perfect starter classic. Racing green metallic with a white roof. I fitted it with a stage one kit and some other goodies it gave 90 BHP on the roling road, which was plenty for a 1300 LBS car.
That thing handeled like a go kart and sounded nasty with the straight trough exhaust. Everytime I started her up it would almost rattle the windows out of my garage!

Another one I have fond memories of was my 1970 Chevy Caprice. It was a 4 door hardtop with a 400 small block. That thing was bone stock but it shure did go with that 400 block!
That was back in the early nineties when I lived in Michigan and in CA. A dollar a gallon and not a care in the world!

Josh, About the 64 Corvette. i painted it and replaced the top, rebuilt the suspension. When the car got over 70 mph....it lifted off the ground and got light in the front, miserable to drive. I lowered it and added a spoiler. Still a dog to drive.No a/c Great to look at. I'll take the Pantera any day on rails!

I,like LPB, dumped a Corvette ('62 Red on Red with optional hardtop)in order to get my P-car. It certainly was a classic but rode & handled like a truck & reminded me too much of a kit car the way it was built. Couldn't take it on our local roadcourse since it didn't have a roll bar & lousey drum brakes. P-car is 1000% better!

Bob

Thanks LPB. I've always admired that particular model Corvette. Convertible too.
Its simply a beautiful piece of American automotive history.

Roland,

That's cool. My very first car was a NSU Prinz. Powered by a 500 cc air cooled twin, mounted in the back. I acquired it for $125 USD when I was in high school.

Unlike LPB and UFO, I didn't dump my Vette (73, convertible, big block {LS5}) when I got the Pantera. They each offer a different type of excitement to look at and drive. I feel extremely fortunate to get to enjoy both, and my wife reminds me of that on a regular basis.

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Originally posted by PanteraDoug:
George, I think the Gold Mark II was the Black car at LeManns, Gurneys Car.

It was a Holman Moody car, with Ron Hutcherson and Dick Brooks at the wheel. As per the article that accompanied the pictures.

take care my friend

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Originally posted by comp2:
How about a step beyond concept cars. New/old warbirds. ME 262 German Jet

LOL, Gary how about a vehicle that is part car, part airplane, and all ugly?

The Messerschmitt