Your Dream Ride...

kt loo

Sep 23, '05 · 11:28 AM1,0861

Taking a cue from the Otter here, (and needing a temporary respite from troubles & levees & storms)...tell me about your dream car! One you had or one you'd love to have. You're on an endless highway at sunset somewhere in the west, time on your hands. What are you driving? I'll go first.

Let me just say it: I'm a MOPAR girl. If I see an old Plymouth or Dodge muscle car on the side of the road, conversation over, I'm checking it out. It all started with my first used car, an old '73 Duster, still in good shape, with a slant 6 engine (!), bucket seat, b&W with racing stripes.

If I had my dream ride, though, right now it would be a '71 Plymouth Barracuda. Not this color, though, it would be blue with white vinyl convertible top. Mmm, look at that bevelled grill....

What's your ride?

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Funnkalicious

Sep 23, '05 · 11:42 AM#2

I prefer these "wheels".

In the words of the greatest pontoon boat ever...

"It's Just a Poon Thang!"

got any pics?

Sep 23, '05 · 11:51 AM#3

I like the way you think katie ;-) . When I was little kid out 3 "family" cars were..and I'm not kidding here

1. 1968 GTX w/ 440 Mangum and a convertible to boot :cool:

2. 1969 GTX w/ 440 Commando
3. Older Ford wagons all with 429's to 460 motors

What I'd give to have one of those GTX's back.

picky

Sep 23, '05 · 11:56 AM#4

I want a sky blue Karmann Ghia!

Check it out: http://www.serve.com/bacani/kg.html

Mid-sixties model preferred but not too picky. Convertible a plus.

kt looAuthor

Sep 23, '05 · 12:09 PM#5

My daddy was one of those guys that traded in his car every year. We had a Karmann Ghia for one year, then...drool...a 69 Cougar XR-7. I was a baby, but I still remember the pattern of the tortoise shell on the dash...as that was all I could see...

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Sep 23, '05 · 12:11 PM#6

My first car at 16 was a 1973 Chevy Nova....I loved it. Right now, my dream car is a Nissan 350z. I think I will get one when I have my mid-life crisis. Which is coming very soon!!!!

Beach Fanatic

Sep 23, '05 · 12:18 PM#7

I want one of each please. They may seem weird to some, but I love them both.

'69 Camaro

'72 Chevy Blazer

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Sep 23, '05 · 12:19 PM#8

I want one of each please. They may seem weird to some, but I love them both.

'69 Camaro

'72 Chevy Blazer

COOL...Love the dog's too!!!!

beats on hood

Sep 23, '05 · 12:24 PM#9

A Brabus S-class. Actually I'll feel blessed when I get my E320CDI (next week, I think).

picky

Sep 23, '05 · 12:35 PM#10

My daddy was one of those guys that traded in his car every year. We had a Karmann Ghia for one year, then...drool...a 69 Cougar XR-7. I was a baby, but I still remember the pattern of the tortoise shell on the dash...as that was all I could see...

My father used to buy little bitty sports cars in the fall, work on them all winter, play around in the warm weather with 'em, and then sell and begin the cycle all over again. My mother figured a hobby like that would keep the man out of trouble. :lolabove:

We had a Bug Eyed Sprite for a while, and then a Sunbeam Alpine for a longer bit. My father liked those ones the best so he held on to them. He used to take all of us kids on Sunday drives until we all got too big to fit in the little crawl space behind the driver's seat (what else would you call it???)

I'm obsessing about a Karmann Ghia now, Katie Blue, and it's all your fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :nono1: :floor:

Beach Fanatic

Sep 23, '05 · 3:08 PM#11

We have a 69' GTO convertible down there that we keep in the garage - love to cruise in it - don't have a picture of it here at work - but you can see it in 4 weeks when we come down for a visit.

Red convertible - black interior - top. FL License plate number 1969 GTO.

Meow

Sep 23, '05 · 5:10 PM#12

I still miss my 1990 Buick Estate Wagon! Navy blue with real imitation wood on the side, camel leather, throw up backwards way back seat....Golly, I could drive that car like nothing else with a car full of kids!!! Used to go slow on our street and do TORNADO car...whipping the wheel back and forth!!! People still talk about how I could turn corners on two wheels in that thing...just an exaggeration, I think?! Boo Hoo, I want it back.....

picky

Sep 23, '05 · 5:16 PM#13

My mother drove an estate wagon when we were kids. She called it the "Queen Mary." Lord knows it was a boat! We could fit half the neighborhood in that car.

The cutest boy in high school drove a '67 Mustang, red. I wanted to be in his carpool. :wub: