p71towny
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My favorite car of all time! A 1950 Buick is Harley Earl's best design IMHO. The 1955-1957 Oldsmobiles are a close second tho!
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My favorite car of all time! A 1950 Buick is Harley Earl's best design IMHO. The 1955-1957 Oldsmobiles are a close second tho!
lord_k
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1942 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Bertone Coupe
This is one of only 40 Alfa Romeos built on the lightweight Super Sport chassis during World War II. Mario Revelli di Beaumont designed this unique coupe and the body was built by Bertone. This year (by coincidence, the year of Alfa Romeo 100th anniversary), the car completed a major restoration in Italy and made its world concours debut at Pebble Beach.
This is one of only 40 Alfa Romeos built on the lightweight Super Sport chassis during World War II. Mario Revelli di Beaumont designed this unique coupe and the body was built by Bertone. This year (by coincidence, the year of Alfa Romeo 100th anniversary), the car completed a major restoration in Italy and made its world concours debut at Pebble Beach.
lord_k
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Well, my heart is with his 1940s sedanets, but this is a very nice car, too.p71towny said:
StraightEight
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p71towny said:
My favorite car of all time! A 1950 Buick is Harley Earl's best design IMHO. The 1955-1957 Oldsmobiles are a close second tho!
Actually, you can credit Buick chief stylist Ned Nickles with that one. Personally, I prefer the '51s to the '50s. Never liked how the grille spills over the bumper. In '51 they rebuilt the dike and the grille is once again contained.
Professor
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Buckteeth!StraightEight said:
lord_k
One of the Regulars
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1938 Gräf & Stift C12 (Austria)
lord_k
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How Can We Do Without Morgans?
1952 Morgan Plus 4
1956 Morgan Plus 4
1958 Morgan Plus 4
1960 Morgan Plus 4
1952 Morgan Plus 4
1956 Morgan Plus 4
1958 Morgan Plus 4
1960 Morgan Plus 4
lord_k
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1951 Nash Rambler Custom Hardtop
lord_k
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1933 Pontiac 8 Roadster
David Conwill
Call Me a Cab
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I absolutely love the '33 and '34 Pontiac roadsters. I think even just the hood ornament off one would be something killer to own.
Actually, I'd love any of the streamlined Indian-head hood ornaments off a '30s-'50s Pontiac, mounted to a block of varnished wood and perched on my desk.
-Dave
Actually, I'd love any of the streamlined Indian-head hood ornaments off a '30s-'50s Pontiac, mounted to a block of varnished wood and perched on my desk.
-Dave
BoPeep
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Went down to the Hunnert Car PileUp in Decatur, Ill, this past weekend. Got to have a photo taken with a gorgeous Hudson Terraplane. Navy blue with ivory interior. I've always been a sucker for suicide doors, and this beauty had four!
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Great pic, BoPeep! From coverage on the HAMB, it looks like it was a great show. I wish I had the time to travel to some of those big ones.
-Dave
-Dave
lord_k
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StraightEight
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lord_k
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Do you know who in Italy restored the Bertone Torino?
p71towny
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grrrr, I told my buddy to let me know when that was going on so we could go! Oh well.
BoPeep
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Dave and p71towny - it was a great show this year. 1500 cars and 15,000 spectators. Much better quality cars, too (spiderweb count was way down). Decatur and Clinton really rolled out the welcome mats. Plan on it for next year!
lord_k
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Do you mean Alfa 2500SS Bertone from one of the previous posts?
Derek WC
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I would have to say, the best looking car I have ever seen was the 1940 Lincoln Zephyr:
