View Poll Results: So, which is the coolest?

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  • 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado

    8 9.30%
  • 1963 Buick Riviera

    5 5.81%
  • 1961 Lincoln Continental

    9 10.47%
  • 1957 Chrysler 300C

    9 10.47%
  • 1953 Studebaker Commander Starliner

    1 1.16%
  • 1948 Tucker Sedan "Torpedo"

    8 9.30%
  • 1934 Chrysler Airflow

    0 0%
  • 1936 Cord 810

    4 4.65%
  • 1935 Auburn 851 Boattail Speedster

    8 9.30%
  • Other (which?)

    34 39.53%
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Thread: Coolest American car

  1. #16
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    Of the cars listed I picked the Chrysler 300, which is actually my second. My favorite is the Duesenberg SSJ or really any Duesenberg with a Murphy or Bonham & Schwartz body.
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    1968 Dodge Charger. Like the one in Bullitt.
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    UCP FTW!!!!!!!!!!!

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    From the list, I pick the '57 Chrysler 300-C. Nice and big, fins, powerful (375 hp engine; 390 hp optional), 140+ mph top speed.
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    '76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.

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    It's a tough choice between the Cord, the Auburn, the Studebaker and the Lincoln. I am going with the Auburn because its a classic, its very good looking and it was sort of the first outrageous American car. However, it would have been tough to vote against a Duesy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScionDriver View Post
    It's a tough choice between the Cord, the Auburn, the Studebaker and the Lincoln. I am going with the Auburn because its a classic, its very good looking and it was sort of the first outrageous American car. However, it would have been tough to vote against a Duesy.
    I chose deliberately not to include the Duesey as I thought it was too obvious.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jack_Bauer View Post
    Seriously though, why are people not allowed to suggest the ZR1? 'Coolest' isn't a quantifiable factor, it's merely a matter of personal opinion and preference. To suggest that cars like the ZR1 aren't in "the same league" reeks of snobbery and a small minded approach.
    It was a tongue in cheek comment.

    I guess sarcasm doesn't translate well over the interweb...
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    out of that lot, the tucker torpedo. it was advanced for it's time too, wasn't it?
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    I voted for the 300c, but a Continental Mark II would have to come first.
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    The Studebaker Avanti, closely followed by the Corvair. There was a time when American manufacturers turned out cars that did not all look alike.

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    tops the list for me

    in green please


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    may be the original C2 Gran Sport...
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    Username ^^^ 1973 Ford Mustang Mach I...
    Miscommunication seems to be a direct result of misplaced, text based sarcasm.

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    Impala SS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    I'm also open to suggestions,
    I like all your choices

    'Coolness' is pretty subjective of course and also dependent on the era. For me the immediate pre & post-war era is hard to beat overall, paticularly Art Deco. Imho the '34 Desoto coupe just pips an Imperial Airflow for cool, notwithstanding those wonderful triple-layer bumpers on the latter. Others I like include those initial, rakish (Lincoln) Continental 3-window coupes with the flawed V12, plus early-edition postwar 'Bathtub' Nash coupes with that free-standing 'pod' gauge cluster. Rating especially high .. if it qualifies within your provisos .. would be the totally funky Stout Scarab

    But I voted along with Clutch for the Tucker as having an overall depth of cool beyond even the Scarab, and to make up my trifecta why not throw in pics of the exhuberantly comical 'Spirit of Motion' Graham sharknose model (Mickey Mouse style) .. factory-Supercharged of course!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen View Post
    Duesenberg J
    x 2.
    Failing that, an old school pony car. Either Camaro (don't know which year) or the old school Charger

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Canuck View Post
    For me:

    What car is this? i saw a really beat up one recently, but i know next to nothing about old cars...
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