Defining the perfect car......or how did the Forum change?

[Plymouthy Adams]

always the Adventurer

[thrashingcows]

I'll add my $.02 cents Cdn...almost par with that US $.02 cents....

My perfect car....well that has evolved over the years. At one time it was a go fast, tubbed, noisy motor, rattle can car. Then it was a complete numbers matching, paint splotch, high shine trailer queen. Then it HAD to be a V8 with performance. And many other styles as well.

Right now it's a good cruiser, looks decent enough, mechanically sound and you can park it at a show and forget about it, or fire it up and use it for your daily errands. If you come back and there is a new scuff or scrap you just shrug your shoulders and figure it will fit in fine with the other character marks.

[PatS....]

you can park it at a show and forget about it, or fire it up and use it for your daily errands. If you come back and there is a new scuff or scrap you just shrug your shoulders and figure it will fit in fine with the other character marks.

Yup, that's it...the perfect car...the one that's fun!

[knuckleharley]

I'll add my $.02 cents Cdn...almost par with that US $.02 cents....

My perfect car....well that has evolved over the years.

Mine has mainly devolved over the years. When I was a kid,it had to look cool,regardless of how it ran,and other than 40 and 49-51 Ford coupes,I wasn't interested in anything newer than 1936.

Then I wanted to go fast. Didn't care about handing,just cared about going fast.

Then I had a brief thing for stuff like Austin Healy 3000's and Corvettes,and wanted it to go fast and handle good.

Now I'm mostly into inline engines or mostly stock V-8's,and couldn't care less about how fast it will go or how fast it will take a corner. I'm 63,and things are going too fast as it is. I just want reliability,safety, and fun now.

Of course,I still prefer cars from the 20's to the 50's.

[moparjack44]

I had a little lady who was about late seventies or early eighties ask to sit in the back seat, so I let her and she told me more than I really wanted to know about those back seats and what they were used for back in '48. That is what I call my perfect car, that and my tan primered 55 Chevy pick up.

Had a similiar situation . My car is a 48 DeSoto 4dr. She told me she used to date a guy that had one, and "that thing had the biggest back seat". I asked her how she knew? When she started to tell me, I wished I hadn't ask:D. It was a precious moment.

Jack

[moparjack44]

Perfect Car

One I can drive and enjoy, and big enough back seat to carry my Golden Retriever.

[Joe Flanagan]

With a setup like that, I don't know if you'll get your golden retriever into the back of ANY car.

[moparjack44]

Oh yeah, he loves riding in the DeSoto, and as you can probably tell, he loves to eat .

Jack

[moparjack44]

And quite nicely, too. One of the best hood ornaments ever. I often wish I had a DeSoto just so I could have Hernando's chrome head looking out over the road in front of me.

Have you priced one? Asking $500.00 on ebay for a couple of listings I have seen, but it is a great hood ornament.

Jack

[MarcDeSoto]

The guy with the Wayfarer roadsters. You have great taste! I've wanted one for years. There was a '50 for sale in Hemet last week, but it sold the same day I was going to look at it. Proves when you find a convertible, you have to jump for it. I have also wanted a 50 to 51 DeSoto just to have that great bust of Hernando as the hood mascot, especially the one with the plastic head that lights up!