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Posted: 8/22/2022 10:58:51 PM EST

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My God! That's the most perfectly beautiful car I've never seen before. Thanks for sharing.

Posted: 8/22/2022 10:59:40 PM EST

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1972 AMC Javelin

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:00:52 PM EST

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1972 chevell, and I had one at the time and wrapped it around a telephone pole doing 120 mph...

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:03:03 PM EST

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At 9 years old I saw a 1963 Split window corvette….I knew then and there “ that was pure sex”…

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It was always my dream car. I settled for other cars.

In 1981 the 22 year old newlywed me had the chance to trade a 71 Charger and some cash for a rough but running 63 SW. Couldn't agree on the cash, and then I found out that the wife was pregnant.

I love my daughter, but damnit, it was a 63 split window...

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:05:32 PM EST

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At 16 cars only mattered to me in that I needed a ride to the airport 'cause I'd soloed and I needed to finish my private pilot license. My ultimate ride at the time was an A-10 to counter the Soviet horde in the Fulda Gap cause I wanted nothing more than to fly combat.

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:06:55 PM EST

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1972 roadrunner

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Posted: 8/22/2022 11:07:19 PM EST

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1985 Monte Carlo SS t-top
Or 1986 Buick grand national

I could never really decide

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:07:36 PM EST

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1967 Impala SS (damn, they still look good):

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:10:55 PM EST

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The blue De Tomaso Pantera I drove by every morning on my way to work.

Serious case of car lust.

Mike

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:12:54 PM EST

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Either a 1965 Malibu SS

or a 1967 Malibu SS

I had models of both and couldn't decide.

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:13:44 PM EST

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At age 16, Mustang 5.0

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:18:19 PM EST

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I was a simple lad. The Nissan Xterra had just come out, and I wanted one badly. Almost as badly as the Clintons wanted Epstein dead. Unfortunately, my want was never realized.

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:23:24 PM EST

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Posted: 8/22/2022 11:23:35 PM EST

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Something van like I could bang skanks in.

Ended up getting a lowered suburban.

And it was glorious.

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:25:11 PM EST

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Everyone in here is old as shit.

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:25:39 PM EST

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Age 16? 1969 or 1970 Mustang Mach 1.

Age 54? 1969 or 1970 Mustang Mach 1.

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:27:02 PM EST

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427 Cobra

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:27:49 PM EST

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Jeebus, that's gonna get stuck on corners!

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:29:41 PM EST

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'57 Chevy Gasser.

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:31:16 PM EST

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1969 Ford Mustang in wimbeldon white. I passed a house in my neighborhood on my way to and from highschool that had a coupe and fastback in the driveway. Both 1969 in wimbeldon white. The Mach I fastback with louvers was my dream car. When I was old enough to buy one I worked under a guy who used to restore Mustangs and drove a 1967 coupe that he had done. Beautiful car. I was still driving a hand me down from my parents and living extremely cheap so I started to save up for one. He was willing to work with me on the restoration for way cheaper than he should have but advised me to buy something more modern until I could afford one as a second vehicle as they aren't very good to drive full time. I am glad I took his advice and avoided buying a classic car because everyone I knew that did ended up selling them after just a few years.

Maybe someday...

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:31:37 PM EST

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Testarosa

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:32:12 PM EST

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1967 Ford GT 40 Mark III

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There were two

1968 Plymouth hemi GTX
1970 SS Chevelle with an LS6 454

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:33:33 PM EST

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When I was 17 I had a chance to buy a friend'sSuper Bee and had the money but parents wouldn't put me on insurance so i got hosed. 440 6 Pack with pistol grip shifting 4 speed. The One that got away.

I could have pulled chicks like that!

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:36:25 PM EST

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Posted: 8/22/2022 11:36:49 PM EST

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I think it was a Viper GTS. The good old blue with white stripes.

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:54:07 PM EST

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NISMO R34 GT-R Z-Tune:

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:55:45 PM EST

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Yup. Still is 20 years later.

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:55:52 PM EST

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Green Ford High Boy

Posted: 8/22/2022 11:58:04 PM EST

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911 Turbo S

Posted: 8/23/2022 12:14:04 AM EST

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Posted: 8/23/2022 12:18:55 AM EST

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For me it was always the D110, with the rear side benches.
I want it white, WITHOUT UN painted on the side…

Posted: 8/23/2022 12:30:29 AM EST

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Lamborghini Diablo,

I had posters of the Countach in my room with Cindy Crawford.

When the Diablo came out it was an easy transition.

Posted: 8/23/2022 12:33:18 AM EST

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Never did care for supercars. 16 was around 2000.

Posted: 8/23/2022 12:34:29 AM EST

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Toyota supra
Eagle talon tsi

I choose cars I might actually be able to obtain.

Posted: 8/23/2022 12:41:05 AM EST

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C10 square body slammed and bagged

Edit: also a Mitsubishi 3000GT

drove mine to an indicated 160mph

the flying brick

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The VR4’s were a favorite of mine at the time. Twin turbo V6 AWD was awesome for the genre. I remember seeing them new on showroom floors.

I later developed an appreciation for the DSM 4-bangers. I owned several. Even had a aftermarket manufacturing business for them. They hold a special place in my automotive tinkering history.

My absolute favorite, though, was a ‘90 Galant GSX AWD I picked up that had tossed a timing belt for $700 around y2K.

I dropped in a built 4G63 with a T3/T4 hybrid & a whole host of goodies. Ran mid-11’s. I miss that car. It’s on my short list of ones I never should have sold including my 66 Nova.

Posted: 8/23/2022 12:52:57 AM EST

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Porsche 930 Turbo ruf

Honorable Mention: the 71 'Cuda from Phantasm

Posted: 8/23/2022 1:06:15 AM EST

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When I was 16 I was driving one of these;

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But my dream car was this one;

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Posted: 8/23/2022 1:07:39 AM EST

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16 is a hard one - probably did not know what I wanted. By 18 I kind of wanted a MR2, Fierro, or a Iroc, oh and some Dodge/Mitsubishi shit (Dodge Conquest). I sat in the MR2, might have test drove the Conquest. Got the Iroc. But dream car, maybe a Pantera.

Ok, probably a 1970's piece of shit - but then again most 70's cars were. I remember my brother - the got his dream car, a early 70's Charger, modified for the track. I think he realized it was not a daily driver within 20,000 miles - but oh it flew. Kind of bet he wishes it was still in his garage, but keeping it running - that was an effort.

Posted: 8/23/2022 1:08:12 AM EST

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1.) Most kids of the 80's liked the Countach and the 911, but the slantnose 935 was the "Whhhaaaat"? kind of exotic one-up on the "normal" Porsche. Condorman chase scene, ya know.

2.) Ford GT is punk as heck. A flipped middle finger to eurotrash fashion. "Oh, you've got a Ferarri? Yeah, I'm a Ford man, muhself." :D That and the 60's Corvettes will always be next-level classy to me.

3.) But personally, the one I still dig after all the kid stuff has gotten tiring: I was in college in D.C. in the early 90's and saw this behemoth tonka toy I'd never heard of before. No one had these back then. Smitten with an absolutely unstylish, anti-cool, square box of thicckness.