favorite cars of the golden era

[Story]

The Minuteman Armored Car, circa 1940

T'was a tossup between here and the WWII category
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/11/28/bulletproof-body-turns-any-auto-into-an-armored-car/

Quaint and a bit goofy, until you think about the headlines people were reading every day and how un-prepared the American armed forces were.

 

[LadyStardust]

I love almost all vintage beauties, but for me nothing else quite compares to the 1939 Aston Martin:

 

[Story]

Check out this 1929 Delage
http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/auctions/more-ebay-goodness-1929-delage-figoni-dmn-221747.php

 

[Story]

Pre-1932 show and road rally.
http://positiveapeindex.blogspot.com/2006/12/2006-holiday-motor-excursion.html

 

[Spitfire]

The MG 1938

That's my kind of car.

 

[Speedster]

That's my kind of car.

Can you still fit inside one of those?

 

[Spitfire]

Propably not. My 1,95 meter gives me enough problems in modern cars.
But I am slowely gettin used to driving with the steeringwheel between my knees.

 

[Story]

Art Deco gas stations
http://www.agilitynut.com/gas/4.html

Thought I saw a similar posting in another thread, just can't remember where it was. :eusa_doh:

 

[Smithy]

That's my kind of car.

Beautiful car Spitfire. I take it that's a TB? I've always loved MGs. My mother had a boyfriend in the early 1950s who had a MG TF and would fly up the driveway in it and then slide it round at the front of the house, spraying shingle all over the front lawn. He was referred to by my grandfather as "that bugger Bailey"!

 

[dhermann1]

Buicks

Well, my favorite car of the era is the 41 Buick. I love the looks, but it also had the most powerful production engine available in America in the 320 cubic inch straight eight.

 

[Jack Armstrong]

Awfully hard to pin it down to just one, or even just two or three.

1934 DeSoto Airflow
1949 Ford Fordor sedan
1955 Imperial
Almost any of the GM fastbacks from the late Forties/early Fifties
MG TF
1938 Cord Beverly Sedan
1952 Nash-Healey
1954 Kaiser Darrin
1948 Hudson
Almost any Chrysler product from 1947-1954
1948 Chrysler Town&Country, sedan or wagon
1938 Cadillac V16
1933 Pierce Silver Arrow
1948 Tucker
1949 Nash Airflyte

That's just the beginning...

 

[Les Gillis]

Essex Terraplane

 

[dhermann1]

Public Hero # 1

I just saw a film on AMC last night called "Public Hero # 1" (1935), with Chester Morris, Jean Arthur and Lionel Barrymore. Fun gangster/comedy/romance flick. One of the co-stars was the hero's 1932 Buick. At one point one character says, "I wish I had a Buick!" The film ends with the bad guy getting wiped out by the G-men in a pretty much exact re-enactment of Dillinger's death, even as far as being set at the Bijou Theatre. A lot of great Buick footge.

 

[MrNewportCustom]

Name Your Favorite Car(s)

Okay, ladies and gentlemen, my recent adventure in Jay's Big Dog shop has me wondering:

Which classic car would you give your right arm (left arm, if you're left-handed) or other apendage to own?

Packard 120. Any of the ones pictured here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_120


Lee

 

[panamag8or]

1966 Thunderbird convertible. I could cruise A1A all day long in that car.

 

[Rafter]

1966 Thunderbird convertible. I could cruise A1A all day long in that car.

Blast from the past, the car of my great grandfather,

1936 Auburn

Hope to own this one in the future,

2010 Buick Wildcat

 

[Smithy]

The 4.5 Litre Blower Bentley...

but I'll settle for a Morgan Plus 8...

 

[Spitfire]

Smithy, you are too fast. I would have suggested the Morgan V8 too!
What a classy car.
Here is another look:

 

[Chickpea]

A classic 60s Porsche

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Smithy stole my answer too. lol

So, how 'bout a Lamborghini Miura? Perhaps the first "exotic":