your favorite car

[E-SMART]

My last and most recent car for those weekend trips on nice days ...

'74 Corvette convertible, restored and repainted C5 Navy Blue Metallic, 4-speed with a matching hardtop (KY plate from the Corvette museum just for show). Always wanted a 'vette from high school days so this was my dream car --- now resides in NH (sold to a son for his Dad if you can believe that!). The joy was getting it to look and run like it was right out of the showroom. It won a few awards but then you're afraid to drive it! If you look close you might see my '99 Miata in the background --- maybe not a fire-breathing V8 but a lot more practical and it doesn't smell like hydro-carbons ('74 was the last year for non-catalytic exhausts) so the wife can enjoy as well. The wife's dream car is an SL55 AMG which will need to wait until the last kid is out of college ... the new smart will do until then!

[amoore007]

Buick GSX
nts... 455


hey esmart great corvette. I hope that you do not have the spring in the flush door handle break like I did. It is not easy to repair. AL

[thedefchef]

I love this car..

[E-SMART]

Originally Posted by amoore007

Buick GSX
nts... 455


hey esmart great corvette. I hope that you do not have the spring in the flush door handle break like I did. It is not easy to repair. AL

the passenger side was OK, but the drivers door was a mess (botched repair by the 2nd owner) so required a new handle and new door skin, etc. --- my body man had many tricks to get the car back to pristine ... you can check out the entire restoration at:

http://www.opherautowurx.com/Portfol...?g2_itemId=768

[GiantKiller]

Originally Posted by amoore007

Buick GSX
nts... 455


hey esmart great corvette. I hope that you do not have the spring in the flush door handle break like I did. It is not easy to repair. AL

Many GS's in my family 67 400,68 400,69 stage one, 69 350,70 350 convertable, 5 70 stage ones(awsome torque monsters). Not lucky enough to get a GSX. All gone now. Now a smart with a bike engine?

[kwagar]

1971 Chevelle SS 396. Yellow, Black Vynal Top. Hurst 4 speed.

#2. 2004 Mini Cooper S

[GHammerly]

I love minimalistic cars that are bug on your teeth viceral driving machines.
The Lotus 7 is a favorite I can only dream of. I hope to have a Caterham 7 or build my own Seven based car and power it with a Kawasaki ZX14 engine.
Another car I admire is the Ariel Atom for the same reasons.
fishrdnc you are a very lucky guy!

Gus

[Old smart]

Originally Posted by GHammerly

I love minimalistic cars that are bug on your teeth viceral driving machines.
The Lotus 7 is a favorite I can only dream of. I hope to have a Caterham 7 or build my own Seven based car and power it with a Kawasaki ZX14 engine.
Another car I admire is the Ariel Atom for the same reasons.
fishrdnc you are a very lucky guy!

Gus

The Seven is/was my favorite. But, within days of my medically forced retirement from competition driving (a non-racing, permanent arm injury) the car was sold, sight-unseen, for a good bit more than I was thinking of asking. So it goes.

Don't fall for the cycle-engine-in-a-Seven deal; Caterham tried it with a Honda Fireblade and the results were not good. You need grunty, foot-pounds of low/medium end torque, not some thin-arse, mega-reving sewing machine. And don't settle for a phony knock-off; go for the real Lotus/Caterham:
http://www.caterham.co.uk/
http://www.uscaterham.com/
http://www.mycaterham.com/117516/117447.html

BTW, the Ariel Atom chassis are built-up by Arch Motors, as were/are Lotus, Caterham, March, Lola, Cooper, Ford Competitions, Chevron, and other professional racing machines.

[MP3SMART]

my favorite is still a not so pretty classic. BMW 2002 tii. Round tail light version only.

[mdfortwoguy]

My ultimate aspiration. The Mercedes Benz S600. 510 silky smooth HP out of a twin turbo 5.5 liter SOHC V12. A weight of 4,960 LB and the ability to go 0 to 60 in 4.5 seconds... I need one, badly.