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What Classic/Collectible car couldn't someone GIVE to you?

52 messages,  Last post on Sep 24, 2011 at 6:17 PM

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#1 of 52 What Classic/Collectible car couldn't I GIVE to you? by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Apr 10, 2011 (5:02 pm)

Is there a car so uninteresting or repulsive, or so....so...frictionally irritating to every fiber of your being, or...so....so humiliating for you to drive that you couldn't bear it (I have car issues like that) that I couldn't give you a free, running one?
 
These can also be TYPES of cars, like rat rods, flatbed trucks, etc.
 
RULES: It's a car you'd have to promise to keep or return to me when you're done with it. You can't take it and sell it, no, you can't.

#2 of 52 Re: What Classic/Collectible car couldn't I GIVE to you? [Mr_Shiftright] by texases

Apr 10, 2011 (5:23 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Apr 10, 2011 5:02 pm)
I've never had any interest in old VWs. Cute? Sure, but slow, funky handling, and odd (to my Detroit ways) mechanics. No payback to me to want to learn how to keep it running.

#3 of 52 . by fintail

Apr 10, 2011 (5:25 pm)

Would really loud Harleys count?
 
Some 70s style hot rods of classic cars - hacked up Packards, Cords, etc can irk me. But for the most part I am pretty accepting of most cars.

#4 of 52 Re: . [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Apr 10, 2011 (6:52 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Apr 10, 2011 5:25 pm)
yeah Harleys count. I couldn't possibly even ride one. A friend loaned me a fairly new one a few years ago 2008 I think---and, being used to British bikes and BMWs, I almost steered it right into a tree on a fast turn. The thing simply would not lean over and turn.
 
You no like little VW bugs? I'd take one. At least I could fix it myself.

#5 of 52 Re: . [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail

Apr 10, 2011 (7:53 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Apr 10, 2011 6:52 pm)
I've never been on a HD, but I know from the noise alone that it's not for me.
 
I don't hate Beetles...one could make a decent town car, I'd prefer an oval with some period accessories, or maybe even a split, just to be unusual.

#6 of 52 Re: What Classic/Collectible car couldn't I GIVE to you? [Mr_Shiftright] by oldbearcat

Apr 10, 2011 (8:17 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Apr 10, 2011 5:02 pm)
I can think of a number of them:
 Renault LeCar
 Simca
 Honda 600
 Pinto
 Vega
 Corvair
 Chevette
 Vega
 Saab 99
 Chevy II
 Yugo
  
Regards:
Oldbearcat

#7 of 52 Re: What Classic/Collectible car couldn't I GIVE to you? [oldbearcat] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Apr 11, 2011 (7:14 am)

Replying to: oldbearcat (Apr 10, 2011 8:17 pm)
A fairly motley list you got there Bear, but I would still take the Honda 600 (fun little thing, albeit probably fatal in a wreck) and the Chevy II seems harmless enough as a grocery-getter. I can fix the Honda 600 since it has motorcycle internals, and the Chevy II, while bland, dowdy and boring, could be a very useful, economical car to operate.

#8 of 52 Anything that is more maintenance than fun by lemmer

Apr 11, 2011 (7:18 am)

I'll start with a TR-7 and a Maserati BiTurbo. A Jag XJS with a V12 too.

#9 of 52 Re: Anything that is more maintenance than fun [lemmer] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Apr 11, 2011 (7:19 am)

Replying to: lemmer (Apr 11, 2011 7:18 am)
What? You don't need large planter boxes?

#10 of 52 Re: What Classic/Collectible car couldn't I GIVE to you? [Mr_Shiftright] by andre1969

Apr 11, 2011 (7:23 am)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Apr 10, 2011 5:02 pm)
I can probably put up with anything, as long as I fit somewhat comfortably in it, so I dunno if there's anything I'd flat-out refuse to take. Although years ago, someone offered to give me a '75 or so Hornet wagon, and I politely declined.
 
I'd probably rule out most small, old-school subcompacts like the Pinto, Vega, Chevette, 70's Civic and Accord, etc, because by todays' standards they're simply too small, too fragile, and too slow, and I'd just feel vulnerable.
 
And if it's anything that's typecast as a chick car, like a Miata, VW Eros, Cabriolet, Mary Kay pink Cadillac, etc, I probably wouldn't go for it, either.
 
Oh, and any of those horrible neoclassic revivals that were all the rage in the 70's...Packard, Stutz, and so on.

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