If you could have any car, money and mechanical needs being no object, what would you drive?
The '59 Lincoln convertible I own: [link]
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
Riley ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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tommyrot - Sep 10, 2009 3:07:31 pm PDT #22613 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
beekaytee - Sep 10, 2009 3:07:44 pm PDT #22614 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
In 1983, I bought a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere with 16,000 original miles on it.
It had a push button "Powerflight" transmission, no seatbelts, a tube radio that had to warm up before working and a trunk that could sleep six. It drove like a dream and I loved that car with an unwholesome passion.
I've never felt that way about any other machine, muscle car or no.
tommyrot - Sep 10, 2009 3:10:12 pm PDT #22615 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
'57 was a good year for Chrysler car styling. I think that's the same body as the Fury (like Christine ), right?
beekaytee - Sep 10, 2009 3:10:14 pm PDT #22616 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I think I was a little raw and riled up and over-sensitive. I apologize for being overly snippy.
No offense taken. I've been there.
brenda m - Sep 10, 2009 3:11:13 pm PDT #22617 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I've developed something of a thing for muscle cars, but it's entirely fandom related. (Goats and Rivs and Impalas, oh my!)
StuntHusband - Sep 10, 2009 3:12:22 pm PDT #22618 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I like small, pointy, FAST cars. My GTI is case in point (sob).
Having a Rolls Silver Ghost would be special.
tommyrot - Sep 10, 2009 3:12:33 pm PDT #22619 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If I bought a muscle car, it'd probably be a Ford Galaxie 500 or Mercury Marauder.
My loyalty to FoMoCo is a strange thing.
beekaytee - Sep 10, 2009 3:13:17 pm PDT #22620 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
'57 was a good year for Chrysler car styling. I think that's the same body as the Fury (like Christine ), right?
EXACTLY. Which turned out to be the bad news. I bought it in Stockton, California in an area known for its yahoo population. Despite my car (Belle, as you might expect) being blue and not red, I had people swerving their cars at me, yelling "CHRISTEEEEEN!!!" out the window all the time. Sheesh.
On the other hand, not a single day went by when someone didn't try to buy it from me.
Ultimately, I sold her to a museum in Nevada.
YOUR car is pretty freakin' awesome!
Connie Neil - Sep 10, 2009 3:14:16 pm PDT #22621 of 30000
brillig
If you could have any car, money and mechanical needs being no object, what would you drive?
1935 Mercedes Benz 500K
I get a little giddy when I see pictures of that car.
tommyrot - Sep 10, 2009 3:16:42 pm PDT #22622 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
1935 Mercedes Benz 500K
Those are cool! I built a plastic model of the 500K (or maybe a 540K?) when I was a kid.
I like weird cars. I wish there were more Tuckers around so I could buy one.