If time travel were possible and you could...

[wdc330i]

...go back in time and order any car of the past, and bring in back to the present day in its brand new condition. What would it be?

I used to think I'd bring back an orange (what was the color name?) 2002. But with all this talk of E30 M3s, that's probably what I would order. In Hellrot. Omigod, that's an incredible color.

(Edited by TD to eliminate thread title which triggered an annoying Cher song as an earworm.)

[dredmo]

Probably a 63 fastback vette, shelby cobra....

[FC]

300SL Gullwing. Silver with a black interior.

[The HACK]

Pre-war 328 in red, then sell it at Barret Jackson for $1,000,000 and go buy me a 996 GT3 and a Modena 360 Strasdale. :)

[JST]

and order any car of the past, and bring in back to the present day in its brand new condition. What would it be?

I used to think I'd bring back an orange (what was the color name?) 2002. But with all this talk of E30 M3s, that's probably what I would order. In Hellrot. Omigod, that's an incredible color.

Tricky.

Would it have to be a car that I could afford?

If not, either a 60s era Ferrari 250 GTO or a Deusenberg SJ.
http://www.web-cars.com/gto/17-35a.JPG
http://home.tiscali.de/psychedelicrock/weymann-original.jpg

Or maybe the 1984 288 GTO, which is IMHO the best looking modern Ferrari.
http://www.motorbase.com/pictures/contributions/20000315/std_1984_Ferrari_288_GTO-2-mwb-.jpg


If I had to be able to pay for it, maybe a late 50s Plymouth Belvedere:

http://www.plymouthcentral.com/files/58PB2drHT.jpg

Or any one of a dozen Mustangs.

[undefined]

1964 Impala SS convertible for mrs bono

[Doug]

I'm with HACK

[lip277]

http://www.pierluigisurace.it/imagerie/images/GCOC0094_1930_Duesenberg_Model_J.jpg

[Melissa]

In Hellrot. Omigod, that's an incredible color.

:cry: My Bernhard ('01 325i) was Hellrot!!!

[Doug]

In Hellrot. Omigod, that's an incredible color.

:cry: My Bernhard ('01 325i) was Hellrot!!!

So was my '01 325ci

[Roadstergal]

Ferrari GTO or E30 M3.


Probably a 63 fastback vette

I Have A Dream. I want to, when I have more money than sense, get a '68 fastback Mustang. I want to do the insane amount of fabrication and screwing around one would need to drop an S52 in it. Redo the suspension and put some decent tires on it (I'll have to do reseach to see if that's even possible). Redo the interior and repaint the exterior Bullitt green.

Curb weight stock is around 2800lbs. Since the engine was mostly iron, I bet it'll drop weight with the aluminum engine. Wheeeee! And it'll run on curent gas and have current emissions.

Yes, I said it's a dream. :D

[TD]

Assuming I couldn't sell it to collectors (sorry Hack)...

Probably an E30 M3, although they weren't exactly cheap when they were brand new.

[JST]

Ferrari GTO or E30 M3.


Probably a 63 fastback vette

I Have A Dream. I want to, when I have more money than sense, get a '68 fastback Mustang. I want to do the insane amount of fabrication and screwing around one would need to drop an S52 in it. Redo the suspension and put some decent tires on it (I'll have to do reseach to see if that's even possible). Redo the interior and repaint the exterior Bullitt green.

Curb weight stock is around 2800lbs. Since the engine was mostly iron, I bet it'll drop weight with the aluminum engine. Wheeeee! And it'll run on curent gas and have current emissions.

Yes, I said it's a dream. :D

S52 is iron block+aluminum heads, no?

There are a LOT of better options for a 68 Mustang than the S52, even if you want to pass current emissions. Any number of 351 derivations would probably be best, but of course you could also use a blown 302, or a stroked 302.

Or a 427.

But if you really want a 1968 Mustang that passes current emissions and uses current gas, buy a 2005 Mustang. :D

[FC]

http://www.pierluigisurace.it/imagerie/images/GCOC0094_1930_Duesenberg_Model_J.jpg

Damn, forget the car, I'll just take the house. :D

[TD]

Hoestly, I wouldn't want that house.

I'd much prefer that house in NOLA that Nate posted a while back.

[FC]

Hoestly, I wouldn't want that house.

I'd much prefer that house in NOLA that Nate posted a while back.

:?: I don't remember that.

What don't you like about it, the architecture or the image?

(BTW, I am not saying I'm in love with it, but I do like it. I can't see all of it anyway.)

[TD]

It's just too much. Too ostentatious.

Here was the one nate posted- http://forums.bimmerevolution.com/viewtopic.php?t=1573&highlight=house

[wdc330i]

Maybe something by Mies van der Rohe to go with the German car....

Darn. Ever since I started this thread I've had that annoying Cher song in my head!

[TD]

Maybe something by Mies van der Rohe to go with the German car....

Darn. Ever since I started this thread I've had that annoying Cher song in my head!ROFL! You too?

And I HATE Cher. But it's been stuck in my head for at least an hour.

Grrr.....

[FC]

It's just too much. Too ostentatious.

Here was the one nate posted- http://forums.bimmerevolution.com/viewtopic.php?t=1573&highlight=house

I see. Well, I'd only like one of those if I had disgusting amounts of cash, but I do find it nice.

The house in the link is very nice though not my cup of tea.

[TD]

That was kind of my point. For my obscene amount of cash, I want a smaller OLD (as in REALLY old) house with gobs of character in a neighborhood with gobs of character not a mansion in the country.

All personal preference.

[TD]

(Thread title edited to eliminate Cher ear worm trigger.)

[FC]

All personal preference.

Of course. I grew up in a city surrounded by desert, so I like the country (so far).

[FC]

(Thread title edited to eliminate Cher ear worm trigger.)

Wise choice.

[lemming]

It's just too much. Too ostentatious.

Here was the one nate posted- http://forums.bimmerevolution.com/viewtopic.php?t=1573&highlight=house

I see. Well, I'd only like one of those if I had disgusting amounts of cash, but I do find it nice.

The house in the link is very nice though not my cup of tea.

doesn't say much for New Orleans that the house listed is only asking $1.2e6.

try driving through weston or lincoln-sudbury and houses about 1/3 less living space ask more.

LOL.

i'd be thrilled if i could have one of those split window corvettes from 1967 (?). old cars, in general, have zero appeal for me otherwise.

[TD]

I'm not at all into really old cars. But my interest goes further back with European cars than it does with American cars. Old American cars hold zero appeal to me (and the vast majority of new ones hold no appeal as well- but that goes without saying).

But, really, I'm stuck on BMWs from the late '80s/early '90s. E30s, E34s, E28s, E32s (the modern heighday for BMW, IMO)

[FC]

I'm not at all into really old cars. But my interest goes further back with European cars than it does with American cars. Old American cars hold zero appeal to me (and the vast majority of new ones hold no appeal as well- but that goes without saying).

I'm with you 100%

But, really, I'm stuck on BMWs from the late '80s/early '90s. E30s, E34s, E28s, E32s (the modern Hay Day for BMW, IMO)

I think it could also be said that MB stopped making reliable cars after that time also.

[Roadstergal]

But if you really want a 1968 Mustang that passes current emissions and uses current gas, buy a 2005 Mustang. :D

But it wouldn't look the way I want! :)

D'oh - yup, aluminum head on cast-iron block.

[Roadstergal]

(the modern Hay Day for BMW, IMO)

:?

<img src=http://www.storefix.com/images/pizazz%20hay.JPG>

[lemming]

this is an odd feeling i have these days.

i've never felt it before.

but my car wanderlust has shriveled up and died.

maybe that's what happens when cosmic karma hits and you meet your "match". i'm pretty thrilled with my car right now. maybe i was always meant to be an open-shirt wearing, gold chain posturing corvette guy.

the problem is that today's true sports cars? the majority of them eclipse, by far, any car from antiquity. and if performance is the bottomline, then looking backwards is futile.

to me, it's like those people who collect those original Macintoshes. i just don't get it.

[nate]

I don't know.

How about every Jaguar produced until 1970.

[Roadstergal]

How about every Jaguar produced until 1970.

A friend of mine just bought a '60s E-type coupe. Pristine. Red. I saw pics. I'm waiting to see it in person.

[nate]

How about every Jaguar produced until 1970.

A friend of mine just bought a '60s E-type coupe. Pristine. Red. I saw pics. I'm waiting to see it in person.

I think that I would want the original 1961 cabrio.

[wdc330i]

How about every Jaguar produced until 1970.

A friend of mine just bought a '60s E-type coupe. Pristine. Red. I saw pics. I'm waiting to see it in person.

I think that I would want the original 1961 cabrio.

That's funny. I was thinking that--apart from those horrible Capris and Sebrings--most convertibles seem to age better than their solid-roof counterparts.

Almost all convertibles of the past look good to me. I really have a hankering for an E30 convertible. But it would have to be a third car. And we can't deal with a third car right now.

[clyde]

I'd like to say an L88 1967 Corvette Convertible in this color combo:
http://corvetteactioncenter.com/images/gallery/1963_-_1967/1967/L88/67l88a.jpg
http://corvetteactioncenter.com/images/gallery/1963_-_1967/1967/L88/67l88a.jpg

http://corvetteactioncenter.com/images/gallery/1963_-_1967/1967/L88/67l88d.jpg
http://corvetteactioncenter.com/images/gallery/1963_-_1967/1967/L88/67l88d.jpg

In all likelihood, though, if I was planning on driving it much (and i would), the L71 engine would be a better option.
http://www.netvettes.com/67-3.jpg

[undefined]

I'd like to say an L88 1967 Corvette Convertible in this color combo:
http://corvetteactioncenter.com/images/gallery/1963_-_1967/1967/L88/67l88a.jpg

http://corvetteactioncenter.com/images/gallery/1963_-_1967/1967/L88/67l88d.jpg


yeah, red and white is nice

[Roadstergal]

I'd like to say an L88 1967 Corvette Convertible in this color combo:
http://corvetteactioncenter.com/images/gallery/1963_-_1967/1967/L88/67l88a.jpg

http://corvetteactioncenter.com/images/gallery/1963_-_1967/1967/L88/67l88d.jpg


yeah, red and white is nice

But that pattern wouldn't complement the car's lines.

[lemming]

can't see any of the purty vette pictures.

:(

[Plaz]

those people who collect those original Macintoshes. i just don't get it.

:paranoid:

I have two Mac Pluses, an LC III, a IIsi, a 6100, and a B/W G3 in my closet.

:paranoid:

[lemming]

those people who collect those original Macintoshes. i just don't get it.

:paranoid:

I have two Mac Pluses, an LC III, a IIsi, a 6100, and a B/W G3 in my closet.

:paranoid:

i'd only keep the Mac Plus. the rest i'd donate to a museum or something.

:lol:

but it's the same idea, isn't it? but on a grander scale. you can't really do anything with those computers, but at least they fit in a closet. if you're into performance, what do you do with a vintage car? drive it? most people don't. they just look at them and keep them in warehouses.

i don't get it.

[Roadstergal]

those people who collect those original Macintoshes. i just don't get it.

:paranoid:

I have two Mac Pluses, an LC III, a IIsi, a 6100, and a B/W G3 in my closet.

:paranoid:

You have the makings for some decent fish tanks. :P

[Plaz]

http://taltos.pha.jhu.edu/~rrg/hobbies/macquarium/macq_close.jpg

[SCA]

It would have to be a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing. Silver with red...naturally.

[FC]

It would have to be a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing. Silver with red...naturally.

Copy cat! :D

I was going to say red interior also. But I saw IT at the Mercedes Museum and although it is cool it is a bit too bright. If I were to drive it, I'd want black. If it were to be for a car collection, I'd go with red.

(Of course there is also that funny plaid interior version... )

[clyde]

http://taltos.pha.jhu.edu/~rrg/hobbies/macquarium/macq_close.jpg

http://www.rotortank.ath.cx/fishtank/tank_prod_2_13.jpg

[wdc330i]

It would have to be a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing. Silver with red...naturally.

Copy cat! :D

I was going to say red interior also. But I saw IT at the Mercedes Museum and although it is cool it is a bit too bright. If I were to drive it, I'd want black. If it were to be for a car collection, I'd go with red.

(Of course there is also that funny plaid interior version... )

There's a TiSilver 325cic with tanin seats at Autoadvantage. Very low mileage for an '01, stick with sports. How much would I miss my 3.0 if I did a swap? 500 more lbs and 30 fewer horses....