What time period would you live in, and where, if you had to for one year?

[jamespowers]

I'll go with the Cadillac LeMans lol if we're going with stuff that never hit the streets. A '59 Cyclone would be neat, too.

I found the car:http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/4041792035.html

 

[AtomicEraTom]

....seems legit

I found the car:http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/4041792035.html

 

[jamespowers]

....seems legit

It is not the original show car. That I am sure.

 

[Zombie_61]

...When people run this same poll on the Backwards Fashion-Colored Baseball Cap Lounge in 2063...

ound: :eusa_clap

 

[Widebrim]

I'll go with the Cadillac LeMans lol if we're going with stuff that never hit the streets. A '59 Cyclone would be neat, too.

Dang, that's a honey, although I prefer the 58-60 tail fins...

 

[jamespowers]

Dang, that's a honey, although I prefer the 58-60 tail fins...

That is because you have good taste.

 

[vitanola]

"Tailfins" and "Taste" are, I think, mutually exclusive terms, in the same sense as "Music" and "Electric Guitar".

 

[jamespowers]

"Tailfins" and "Taste" are, I think, mutually exclusive terms, in the same sense as "Music" and "Electric Guitar".

If it ain't got tailfins then it is a Jalopy.

 

[vitanola]

If it ain't got tailfins then it is a Jalopy.

Ja, sure.

I suppose that this would be a jalopy then:


or this:


or this:


and especially THIS:

 

[Gregg Axley]

We've apparently turned this into a classic car thread.
I apologize for starting that.
Maybe we could start our own classic car thread, so those wanting to discuss the decades can do so.

I could choose the 50's design and ideas on vehicles, appliances, and clothing, as well as music.
And I guess if I grew up in the 50's I'd do that, but I grew up in the 70's.
A time when the Miami Dolphins actually won a game, Stretch Armstrong was a mystery to kids until the red goo came out, and
Happy Days was a good program, until Fonzie jumped that shark. :eeek:

 

[AtomicEraTom]

I'm with you, there. The higher the fins, the closer to Heaven.

Dang, that's a honey, although I prefer the 58-60 tail fins...

 

[jamespowers]

Ja, sure.

I suppose that this would be a jalopy then:


or this:


or this:


and especially THIS:

Yes, yes, yes and definitely yes on the last one. My grandfather had one and it was a hunk of crap. The engine was a pile of junk---if you could keep it in the car even. lol lol Biggest commercial failure until the Edsel. :rofl:

 

[jamespowers]

We've apparently turned this into a classic car thread.
I apologize for starting that.
Maybe we could start our own classic car thread, so those wanting to discuss the decades can do so.

I could choose the 50's design and ideas on vehicles, appliances, and clothing, as well as music.
And I guess if I grew up in the 50's I'd do that, but I grew up in the 70's.
A time when the Miami Dolphins actually won a game, Stretch Armstrong was a mystery to kids until the red goo came out, and
Happy Days was a good program, until Fonzie jumped that shark. :eeek:

I went through the 70s kicking and screaming as well. However, I still like the 50s everything better than the hippie 70s. lol lol
Stretch Armstrong stunk. I pulled one of his damned arms off in about ten minutes. lol lol

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

You want tailfins? Nothing beats an original!

 

[jamespowers]

I'm with you, there. The higher the fins, the closer to Heaven.

yeah man!

 

[Gregg Axley]

You want tailfins? Nothing beats an original!

Probably gets the same gas mileage as the Cadillac Tom posted.
Same color...
My cousin and I pulled Stretch's arms off too. Kinda of a tug or war.
It was gruesome.
The 50's is agreeable to me.

 

[jamespowers]

Probably gets the same gas mileage as the Cadillac Tom posted.
Same color...
My cousin and I pulled Stretch's arms off too. Kinda of a tug or war.
It was gruesome.
The 50's is agreeable to me.

Probably a bit less mileage considering it was probably a bit bigger than the 331 in the Cadillac at that time.

I yanked the arm off myself. The stupid thing stunk too. It had an odd smell like burning plastic. PU!

The 70s are disagreeable to me.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Probably a bit less mileage considering it was probably a bit bigger than the 331 in the Cadillac at that time.

I yanked the arm off myself. The stupid thing stunk too. It had an odd smell like burning plastic. PU!

The 70s are disagreeable to me.

My brother had that Stretch Armstrong thing -- I think he ended up setting fire to it. Definitely burning plastic smell.


GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE '70s:

The '75 Red Sox

Original Taco-flavor Doritos, not the shabby reproduction they have now.

"Joe Franklin's Memory Lane" on WOR radio.

78 rpm records for a quarter apiece at any yard sale.

1930's magazines for a quarter apiece at any yard sale.

The Bob Newhart Show.

(That's it, that's all I've got.)

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Probably gets the same gas mileage as the Cadillac Tom posted.
Same color...
My cousin and I pulled Stretch's arms off too. Kinda of a tug or war.
It was gruesome.
The 50's is agreeable to me.

Also the P-38 was the inspiration for tailfins on cars.

 

[vitanola]

Yes, yes, yes and definitely yes on the last one. My grandfather had one and it was a hunk of crap. The engine was a pile of junk---if you could keep it in the car even. lol lol Biggest commercial failure until the Edsel. :rofl:

My grandfather bought his Chrysler Airstream C8 used in 1937, and drove the thing until 1956, when he replaced it with a 1950 Buick Roadmaster. He got good service out of his C8 machine. The Six cylinder version of this machine used the same basic engine that powered all of those legendarily reliable Chrysler products from '24 up into the 1950's.

That eight was used in all of the Imperials up until the post-war period, and also had a very fine reputation for reliability. It was the engine which was the backbone of the Chrysler Marine division, and was a popular industrial unit, too,

You claim that the car was a failure, but actually the Airstream product line was rather successful, and was credited with saving the firm from the disaster of the technically advanced but poor-selling Airflow products.