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Lamborghini.... Ferrari....Porsche.... Corvette
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My picks would be
Shelby Cobra (427)
Boss 429 Mustang
Dodge Charger R/T (1969 - 440 Six Pack)
Corvette Stingray 427 (1967)
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Re: Shelby Cobra And 69 Camaro SS Was Soooo Close To Making The Mountain ---***
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Re: Shelby Cobra And 69 Camaro SS Was Soooo Close To Making The Mountain ---***
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what about the...Mirth Mobile?
Gotta include it!
Schhhhhhwinggggg!
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Re: Mount Rushmore Of Cars ---
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That's a pretty friggin good list. I don't have a thing to add except maybe a 69 convertible Firebird.
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Re: Mount Rushmore Of Cars ---
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Pretty good, but I think you would have to include my old 1970 Hemi Cuda somewhere in there!
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Re: Mount Rushmore Of Cars ---
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I would change the 440/6 to a 426 Hemi Charger. That car held the Road and Track 1/4 mile record for muscle cars!
1970 Ferrari Daytona 365 GTB4 would be MY choice.
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MacLaren.... Bugatti... Rolls.... Lambo
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Re: Mount Rushmore Of Cars ---
Apr 17, 2023, 3:10 PM
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oh... and maseratti
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Re: Mount Rushmore Of Cars ---
Apr 17, 2023, 9:45 PM
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Thats a fine ride
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Don't forget the Studebaker Avanti. lol
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When I was attending NGJC this guy named Rusty had an Avanti. It was a four passenger vehicle and that was crowding it. I was in a group that went out with him one Saturday night. Rusty ask us if we wanted to see what the Avanti would do. Like young fools we all said yes. We left campus and headed out on the foothill roads toward Greenville. I was sitting behind him and know for a fact that we hit over 100 mph many times, often on the wrong side of the road before we reached the main highway. I look back now and admire the Avanti for the brute it was and also thank GOD for protecting the young fools in it.
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Re: Mount Rushmore Of Cars ---
Apr 17, 2023, 11:43 PM
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When did you attend? Began my two year studies there fall of '65.
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LOL at Corvette.***
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Yeah, only one of the most renowned, iconic, historical cars.
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Ever.
You're a bright one Ms. Keller.
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My first four cars when I returned from Nam
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were Vettes - I couldn’t go more pricey than that
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Thank you for your service!***
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Apr 17, 2023, 3:41 PM
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I am not rich, so I will be realistic based on my budget. I currently drive a VW Golf. I wanted a car that had a manual transmission, a sunroof and was a decent size. I would be really interested in a Golf R. A 911 with a manual would probably blow my balls off. A 2020 or so mustang GT350 would be awesome - but no sunroof.
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Re: Mount Rushmore Of Cars ---
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'40 Ford Coupe
'32 Chevy w/rumble seat
'67 427 Roadster
'56 Chevy Sports Coupe- cause eye gots 1
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You got a '56 Chevy Sports Coupe... in good condition? Does
Apr 17, 2023, 4:06 PM
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it run? Those are beautiful cars. The '57 of course is better known, but '55-'57 were all awesome.
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Re: You got a '56 Chevy Sports Coupe... in good condition? Does
Apr 19, 2023, 5:48 AM
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One of the prettiest cars I ever saw was a pale yellow '56 Nomad someone in Camden had back in the day!
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Where do I get one of those?
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I got a set of 22"s sittin in storage that might fit on that baby.
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Apr 17, 2023, 4:17 PM
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Especially if you want to put a wicked Mother-in-Law on the back. 🤔🤔😄😄😄
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No Eurotrash makes the cut.***
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Re: Rolls Royce
Apr 17, 2023, 9:58 PM
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Wow! You would get a lot of looks hauling a hog to market in that baby.
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Re: Rolls Royce
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Had an Amstel Light sitting on the dock at Bahia Mar Marina, Slip F-18!
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...Bugatti Chiron...Jaguar E-Type...***
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The E-Type series 1 is worth a fortune now.
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Re: Mount Rushmore Of Cars ---
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The AMC Pacer, Gremlin, Ford Pinto, Opal GT, and the Yugo, killin me
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Those are all quite rare examples - hardly ever see one out on the road these days. 
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Apr 17, 2023, 8:39 PM
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Ford Pinto
Chevy Bolt/Volt
Ford Pinto
AMC Gremlin
SMART car
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64 GTO, 57 Chevy, 66 Shelby Mustang, 55 Thunderbird
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would work for me. Rushmore is in the US afterall!
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1972 Trans Am (my first car and labor of love)
1965 Shelby GT 350
1969 COPO Camaro
1970 Hemi Cuda
*would have included a 69 GTO but couldn’t do it due to the nickname….and she has already embarrassed herself on this thread.
Yeah, I like the pony cars but also like some of the larger sleds like the GTX, Chevelle, Chargers…
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Just depends on if you mean "most expensive" or best
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Italian cars are like Italian women, costs a lot to get one, and even more to keep one.
For best I would go with
Honda Accord
Chevy Silverado,
Toyota 4Runner,
Mercedes 300 D
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Re: Just depends on if you mean "most expensive" or best
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The Honda made in the mid 1990s is going to be hard to beat but only one on your list remains operational today. The 300D Turbo along with the 300SD and SDL are the ##### of the walk, imo.
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Word!***
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Gremlin, Pacer, Pinto and of course
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Re: Gremlin, Pacer, Pinto and of course
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Solid four. Especially the Pinto if you’re looking to go out in a blaze of glory 😉.
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Solid, but no perfect score... the early 70s Vega with the
Apr 17, 2023, 5:09 PM
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aluminum block was classic. A sound like no other, I could hear my buddy coming from a mile or so away
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1964 Corvair Spider. Pastor's son drove one
1954 red Jaguar roadster with wire rims. Junior High classmate drove one during '61 - 62
9th grade school year.
1949 Hudson Commodore I drove that year in addition to riding there with my nearby
classmate who had a 1950 Studebaker sedan nicknamwd The Stud.
1938 Chevy 2 door sedan with floor mounted stick shift and a '48 motor with which I
learned to drive.
In the mid 70s had a '74 Pinto Wagon with manual trans. One day after retrieving it from a Congaree Rd
repair shop for routine work, it caught fire while starting across the Roper Mtn Rd bridge over 385 during rush hour.
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1992-1996 Ford F150.
Best ever.
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You got 3 makes and 1 model listed—
Make: Tesla Model: Plaid
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Apr 17, 2023, 10:33 PM
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Lamborghini = ....any model
Ferrari =.... any model
Porsche = .....any model
Corvette = .... though I know its made by Chevy I just couldn't go with the overall iconic make of Chevy like I did the others because the Corvette just stood out through
the test of times as far as popularity over it's other sister Chevy models such as the Chevy
Malibu .
Of course my Rushmore picks are just my opinion/picks
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The very best of all automobiles ever build is the
Apr 17, 2023, 7:08 PM
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81-85 SD/SDL class Benz. The om617 engine is good for a million miles. MB didn't make a bad om617 engine but they'd sell them to anyone. Those who changed filters (oil and fuel, transmission and PS) and flushed the brake systems are still driving those cars after 40 years.
Mine isn't a garage queen. I've had to restore the interior and am working toward a complete paint job on the body.
The only other engine ever produced which comes close is the slant six dodge, imo. I, personally, am a small block Chevy fan, particularly the 383 and 327 engines but none are still running now without extensive rebuilds.
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Re: The very best of all automobiles ever build is the
Apr 17, 2023, 9:53 PM
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383cui small block Chevy?
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Re: The very best of all automobiles ever build is the
Apr 17, 2023, 11:37 PM
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Had a 63 chevy impala 2 door sport coupe. The engine was a 283ci. Turbofire rated at 195hp which was the first V8 option. Next small block option was the 327 with either 250 or 300 hp.
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no qwestion…
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Give me a V series Cadillac and I'm good.
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Beetle, Corolla, civic, Ford ranger
Apr 17, 2023, 9:00 PM
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Autos for the people
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Shirley you jest. No Mount Rushmore of Cars could possibly
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exclude the greatest American car of all time, the Duesenberg. Those things were so far ahead of their time, they could almost have come from another planet, engineering wise.
I'll give you the Corvette, but only from 1955 forward. Those six bangers the first two years in 1953-54 just don't excite me none atall too.
For being a culture unto itself, I go with the Volkswagen Beetle at No. 3. Adolph Hitler dubbed it "The People's Car", which is about the only thing old Adolph got right. I am quite sure Volkswagen would just as soon never be mentioned in the same library as him.
For No. 4, you pretty much have to go over the pond, and tab Rolls-Royce. The name alone is synonymous with "fine automobile". A Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost of just about any vintage will still fetch a pile of pennies.
For first Honorable Mention, do we go Classic, or Modern? Sorry kiddies, I prefer old iron. The incomparable Cadillac V-16, which made its debut in 1930. The Great Depression did its best to kill it off, but Cadillac kept a variant of the V-16 around through 1940. The 1930 version would get my vote.
Now, don't get me wrong, Lambo's, Porsches, Bugatti Veyrons, etc, are probably GREAT!. But, just like any female supermodel, I will never even get to test drive any of them, so they don't make my list.
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Re: Shirley you jest. No Mount Rushmore of Cars could possibly
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I always loved these cars 76er! Found this,
https://youtu.be/Lt2KPcCrXF8
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Re: Shirley you jest. No Mount Rushmore of Cars could possibly
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Yep, is was featured on that segment of Jay Leno's Garage, where the Petersen Museum brought it out and let him drive it. (Is he a lucky stiff, or what?). They said it was so expensive, it sat for a whole year before it was finally sold, for, actually I think they said Twenty FIVE thousand dollars. But, "Twenty Grand" rolls off the lips so much better. $25,000 at a time when a Model T Ford was down to around ~$300.
Of course, there WERE some slight differences in the two cars!
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NOBODY is more into Duesenbergs than Jay Leno. I think he
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would buy every one on earth if he could, but even HE can't pull that off. When he finally kicks the bucket, if his car collection is kept together, it would make one heck of a car museum, it would rival the best in the world.
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Yep, STILL not any other cars out there with a coffin for a
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Ford Bronco Wagon - late'60s model (1st generation)
1985 Ford F-150, and still on the road ">
My all time favorite is any car that runs, and is Paid For !!
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WHUT, no Yugo?
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Re: WHUT, no Yugo?
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I go, she go, yu-No-go
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