your favourite classic

[escort mexico]

What is your favourite classic car?

Anything from the 50's to the 70's

my personal favourite would have to be the ford GT40 or the lancia stratos

[R34GTR]

Ferrari 275 GT/B and the Aston Martin DB4 gt zagato
got to love those 2

[drakkie]

The citroen DS, it was so ahead of its time!!

[Matra et Alpine]

my record is STILL stuck .......

Matra Bagheera 'S' - classic French lines and idiosyncracies
Alpine A110 GrpIV - THE ultimate 70s rally car

[Bravawatch]

Maserati 5000GT by Allemano. Wouldn't say no to a 365GTS4 either. A Lambo 400GT 2+2, 250 Lusso, DB6 Short Chassis Volante, etc, etc.

And if we're talking saloon cars there's the Quattroporte 1, the 300SEL 6.3, the 450SEL 6.9, the 3.3Li. Oh, there's so much out there. Forgot, the S2/SCII Flying Spur by H.J. Mulliner.

Regards,

Brava

[EvilPaladin]

If it has to be after the 50's, the Ferrari 330 P4.

[henk4]

Maserati 5000GT by Allemano. Wouldn't say no to a 365GTS4 either. A Lambo 400GT 2+2, 250 Lusso, DB6 Short Chassis Volante, etc, etc.

And if we're talking saloon cars there's the Quattroporte 1, the 300SEL 6.3, the 450SEL 6.9, the 3.3Li. Oh, there's so much out there. Forgot, the S2/SCII Flying Spur by H.J. Mulliner.

Regards,

Brava

Very nice choice, add the Miura, and the Mexico. For practical purposes the DS and for fun the Alpine A110. For a parking place the Downton Cooper S

[Ferrari Tifosi]

1962 Ferrari 250 GTO or a Triumph TR5, I love 'em.

[Bravawatch]

A chacun son gôut, all due respect, etc. I'm a heretic. I'm in a very small minority.

Forgive me Father for I'm going to sin. I dislike the Lamborghini Miura. There, I said it, that was my sin. I feel so much better now, Father.
The best shot of a Miura in cinematic history is when Beckerman enters a tunnel, parks it against a bulldozer and never comes out again in the Italian Job. I love that scene. Hate the scene where Croker's Aston Martin DB4 Convertible is helped over the edge of the ravine. Really hate that.

Love the Mexico, the Sebring, the Mistral, the 3500GT, the Ghibli. Basically I love almost anything Maserati.
For those practical purposes I'll trade your DS for its contemporary, a Lancia Aurelia four door pillarless saloon, or an Alfa Romeo 2600 Berlina.

[henk4]

A chacun son gôut, all due respect, etc. I'm a heretic. I'm in a very small minority.

Forgive me Father for I'm going to sin. I dislike the Lamborghini Miura. There, I said it, that was my sin. I feel so much better now, Father.

As you say, everybody is entitled to his own taste (gout is spelled with the accent on the "u" rather than the "o"). The Miura for me is first of all the rolling chassis, which as you may remember was presented first and then all carossiers started to compete for making the body. I found it such an amazing piece of work so much ahead of its time (the 365BB came 8 years later) that the car will always stand out as an icon.

Italian four door six cylinder limousines somehow never made it on my list. Was it you who mentioned the Alfa Sei or even the Rio? Especially the latter falls under the same quality category as the Arna, which says it all.

[SCWP1]

I don't have any one favorite, but must say that many of my favorite cars predate the 50's. There many people who believe that the quality and workmanship of the Grand Classics from the 20's and 30's was NEVER again achieved after WWII.

Here are just a few cars from the 20's and 30's which are on my list.

Who can ID them all ?

Best regards,

Steven

[henk4]

Who can ID them all ?

Best regards,

Steven

A Duesenberg SJ, A Talbot Figoni and Falaschi, Bugatti 57 Atlantic and the Mercedes 500K SpezialRoadster

[McReis]

Henk4 knows the Abarth 2000 OT! That's something rare! Thought nobody else knew that car!!! It is awesome! I heard they made only 5 of them, but don't know much more about the project...

I own the very original 67 Fiat 850 Coupe, so it's obvious I had to love the 2000 OT. Do you have any pictures of it??

[McLareN]

I like very much the Ford Gt40 MK IV

[McLareN]

I also like the Lola T-70 MK III Sbarro Special, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SRL and the Alfa-Romeo Tipo 33-2 Stradale.