THE CLASSIC CARS THREAD (AKA Classic Car Magazine)

[MonarC]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1283/1164063100_ce6e1daaba.jpg?v=0
Here a cutie. :D

[Mikado]

Is that a Rivera? Good luck on that test.

looks like a 1980s Riviera to me

[Mikado]

Stock it is! :D
OMG, that's BEAUTIFUL!!! :clap: :rock:

[Mikado]

Here a cutie. :D

its a 1930-31 Model A Ford 5 window rumbleseat coupe :)

[MonarC]

OMG, that's BEAUTIFUL!!! :clap: :rock:

Sure is. :D


http://truckaccessoryguide.com/img/southern1.jpg

[Mikado]

You may recall the lovely pics of a 1934 Chrysler Desoto I took and featured on these pages earlier in the thread; well, during that time, DeSoto had a smaller "junior" model of it's own....in fact, DeSotos ONLY came in Airflow trim (While Chrysler also sold more conventional cars in their showrooms). As you may recall; early build problems and a nasty and unfair series of GM anti-Airflow ads helped to kill what was arguably the best car of its time (and at least 5 years ahead of what anyone else was building); and put DeSoto into a tail spin that it never quite recovered from; the "buyer's market" after WW2 helped DeSoto to live on for a little while but, the Airflow debacle had opened a fatal wound in the company.........it took 25 years but, DeSoto would dissapear forever in 1961.

[Mikado]

Here is a 1934 "senior" model CHRYSLER Airflow; for comparison.....I can't say for sure but, it looks like it may be the same car (now restored) that I took all those pictures of, in a used car lot, in 1987!

[MonarC]

http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/news/bct/wp-content/blogs.dir/3/files/2008/06/wk_of_6.22/0624ClassicCar.jpg

[Mikado]

The '57 Chev is simply one of the best looking cars of all time! ^^^^

[Mikado]

Here is a 1934 "senior" model CHRYSLER Airflow; for comparison.....I can't say for sure but, it looks like it may be the same car (now restored) that I took all those pictures of, in a used car lot, in 1987!
The restored car is somewhere in Canada, so, this may bE the very same car, more than 20 years ago VVVV

[MonarC]

The '57 Chev is simply one of the best looking cars of all time! ^^^^

I agree. :D


http://www.classiccamaroclubuk.com/images/butch.jpg

[Mikado]

^^^^ Camaro...or Chrysler? :confused: ^^^^

[MonarC]

Camaro. :D

http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/TRC4096.jpg

[Mikado]

thought so :D

[Mikado]

The Deusenberg was THE classic American car of the first half of the 20th century....the chassis alone was close to $5000 in the 1920s!!!
You bought the chassis , then had a body custom made for it....most owners had them built in the designs the company itself supplied, but, some of them were true one-offs, a car you could truly call one of a kind!!!

[Mikado]

The "Meteor" Speedster ( Beauty, eh? )

[Mikado]

The "20 Grand"......built for the 1933 Chicago exposition, the car that litterally cost it's name!!!!
(in 1933 Dollars!!!!!! :eek:)

[Mikado]

And finally, the haunting Coupe Simone, built in 1937, when the company was breathing it's last!!! (I love it's sleek art deco lines, but, it's probably not for everyone)

[MonarC]

^^^^ That's beautiful! :eek:


http://www.4wheelsuv.com/includes/images/Chevy_Suburban/ClassicChevySuburbanindex.jpg

[Mikado]

Yeah, i love it too.....what is that truck? ^^^^ (Looks a bit like a Chevy Suburban....but the grill looks more like a Dodge????)

[Mikado]

The Duesenberg looks like a big lumbering luxury car, but, with such advanced features as a dual overhead cam supercharged straight 8 , this car was really a well-disguised race car able to do 120 mph, at a time when 80mph was considered impressive; the car could even sound like the racer it was under the skin, if the owner flipped a switch and disconnected the sound baffles!!!

[MonarC]

http://www.chugai-pharm.com/news/PoloPictures/classic-cars.gif

[Mikado]

^^^ clockwise L to R: ^^^

1936 Ford model B Tudor
1941 lincoln continental coupe
1907 (approx) Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
1947 Cadillac series 42 Fastback sedan

[MonarC]

http://www.usa1streetrods.com/images/Porter-utah1.jpg