Show Printable Version Search This Thread Advanced Search   Register Login Search New Posts Retro Thing > Forums > Planes, Trains & Automobiles > Retro Cars you wish you had   Username: Password:   Remember Me? Thread Tools Search This Thread  Reply   Author Comment   View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Tofuik Member Registered: 05/07/09 Posts: 14      05/07/09 at 07:55 PM Reply with quote #1 Drool.... __________________ Brisk... Ahhhhh View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Komissar Member Registered: 05/07/09 Posts: 10      05/08/09 at 06:05 AM Reply with quote #2 Some of the cars I drool about The "Gelandewagen" will probably be an "obtainable" dream in a near future ...  but for the rest...  dreaming is all I can do. Currently I own two VW Beetles (a 1965 and 1964 ) Attached Images: Mercedes-Benz-300-SL-Coupe-FA-DO-1024x768.jpg (305.06 KB, 4 views) Porsche-vintage-posters-02.gif (575.05 KB, 6 views) puch66_puch_g.jpg (51.94 KB, 6 views) __________________ Retro lover from Romania. View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Video Member Registered: 05/08/09 Posts: 54      05/08/09 at 12:08 PM Reply with quote #3 Does the Delorian count as Retro? I do have a special place in my heart for the old Volkxwagon Bug and bus though, either of those would be cool to own IMO __________________ Have you played Atari today? View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Tofuik Member Registered: 05/07/09 Posts: 14      05/08/09 at 12:42 PM Reply with quote #4 Quote: Originally Posted by Komissar Some of the cars I drool about The "Gelandewagen" will probably be an "obtainable" dream in a near future ...  but for the rest...  dreaming is all I can do. Currently I own two VW Beetles (a 1965 and 1964 ) Nice, my brothers been on a VW Beetle kick lately, thinking about buying a '65 as a project car __________________ Brisk... Ahhhhh View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Komissar Member Registered: 05/07/09 Posts: 10      05/08/09 at 01:39 PM Reply with quote #5 Quote: Originally Posted by Tofuik Nice, my brothers been on a VW Beetle kick lately, thinking about buying a '65 as a project car Hehe .. .nice    I wish him best of luck.  This is a very fun and challenging hobby - but very rewarding in the end.  Here is a picture of my driver car: http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=53524443.jpg The one i'm working on... will have some period-style modifications :  dual carburettor and 1500cc instead of 1200 cc engine    (rear seats and other unnecessary weights will be dropped off , and so on ) .   I am doing al the work   as I have learned to weld, do mechanics and so on. http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aaa1b.jpg __________________ Retro lover from Romania. View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts JayP Member Registered: 05/06/09 Posts: 9      05/08/09 at 07:06 PM Reply with quote #6 As we speak, my boy is watching "Beetle Crisis, Season 2" from Discovery Europe. It really is a fascinating show. My first car was a '74 Super Beetle in orange. Lasted me from spring 1986 to fall 1987 when it burned to the frame. Made an impression on me... like remembering the perfume of your first girlfriend. I'd love to have pre-67 model, with one of those 2.2 liter engines making 300hp. But after the Bug, I got into Audis... and the only real retro Audi I'd want is a Sport Quattro. But don't get me started. I can go all night about old crappy cars. View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts JayP Member Registered: 05/06/09 Posts: 9      05/08/09 at 07:12 PM Reply with quote #7 Quote: Originally Posted by Tofuik Drool.... I instruct at high perf driving events and was paired with a kid that had basically rebuilt a 260Z, added a 5 speed. We were slow at the beginning but by the end, that kid was passing M3's and 911's. He listened very well and wasn't afraid to beat on the car a little. Passing M3 boys with an old Datsun.... that's satisfaction. View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts EdT Member Registered: 05/06/09 Posts: 12      05/08/09 at 08:02 PM Reply with quote #8 I wouldn't mind an old 240 or 260 with one of those JTR v8 conversions... View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Tofuik Member Registered: 05/07/09 Posts: 14      05/08/09 at 08:59 PM Reply with quote #9 the v8 conversions are pretty cool, but if I were to do a swap on a old Z I'd go with a RB25DET __________________ Brisk... Ahhhhh View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts poopable Member Registered: 05/09/09 Posts: 2      05/09/09 at 03:20 PM Reply with quote #10 vw thing __________________ http://www.poopable.com View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Tofuik Member Registered: 05/07/09 Posts: 14      05/09/09 at 07:03 PM Reply with quote #11 My uncle had an orange one, I wish he would have kept it longer -_- I missed out on a thing and two mid 80's rabbits because my relatives didn't know that I wanted them. __________________ Brisk... Ahhhhh View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Komissar Member Registered: 05/07/09 Posts: 10      05/11/09 at 07:34 AM Reply with quote #12 A military modification of the VW-beetle by Hebmuller:    http://web.telia.com/~u31614134/English/hebstory.htm Superb    (in my humble opinion) :  Enjoy. __________________ Retro lover from Romania. View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Video Member Registered: 05/08/09 Posts: 54      05/11/09 at 02:11 PM Reply with quote #13 Those3 pics are AWESOME dude!  I never knew the bug was moded for military use. __________________ Have you played Atari today? View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Komissar Member Registered: 05/07/09 Posts: 10      05/11/09 at 11:07 PM Reply with quote #14 The Volkswagen was designed for military use since it's early beginnings :  See the "nazi"-army "kubelwagen"  - a light jeep-style vehicle built on VW Beetle chassis, engine and mechanics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_K%C3%BCbelwagen they also made an amphibious variant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Schwimmwagen -both were produced in large numbers and there are a lot of survivors even today __________________ Retro lover from Romania. View Member ProfileSend Private MessageFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts onbewust Member Registered: 05/16/09 Posts: 7      05/16/09 at 02:21 AM Reply with quote #15 Citroën ID and dissidents. Slickest of cars! Previous Thread | Next Thread Page 1 of 2   1  |  2 >  Reply   Bookmarks    Digg  del.icio.us  StumbleUpon  Google