Talked to an older gentleman yesterday who said his first car was a "stovebolt 38." That's the first time I ever heard anyone refer to an old Chevy as a "stovebolt," which he explained to me was the slang back in his youth. Here's a Chevy 38 like he used to have... I asked him what the model name was before I looked it up, and he grinned at me, saying, "It's just a Chevy 38, dear. It'll be the only one." He said his was the fastest in four counties.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...upe_POG921.jpg

This was my 1st car, 1966 Ford Falcon Futura, I loved that it was a year older than me, made me feel safe.

http://www.holley.com/data/VirtualSh...-5!IMG0560.JPG

I'm not much of a car person but I've always envisioned myself in something like this:

http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/...tible-Crop.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ck_Skylark.jpg

My Buick Skylark. I loved her so much! Mine was silver with a red pinstripe. There had been a factory recall issue with the power windows motor and when we popped the driver's side door open, it was charred inside. She had a ton of room in the back and trunk, though. I moved several times using just her. Eventually, I ran her into the ground and her transmission went out. I couldn't go in reverse. After a couple of times of getting towed out of a parking place, I learned to get mighty creative in how I parked and entered and exited parking lots. :blink:

But think of the gas mileage!

I drive this now, though a different color:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...28&tx=76&ty=68

1938 Phantom Corsair:

http://www.lxmagazines.com/wp-conten...iv2tmrw-16.jpg

Bufori makes modern cars that look like old 1930s vehicles... every auto is built by hand and they can produce about 300/year. Yes, please...

http://themousepadcompany.com/zensto...024%5B1%5D.jpg

http://www.bufori.com/images/headerpic2.jpg

Inspired by Venus007 and Neko Case...
 

1969 Falcon:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/...a2bda2ec27.jpg

1975 Falcon:

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...on50019781.jpg

"My true love drowned
In a dirty old pan of oil
That did run from the block
Of a Falcon sedan, 1969
The paper said '75..."

(lyrics from Neko Case, "Star Witness")

How did I not see this thread? It is sweeeet!. I love the Chevy's and Rivieras. When I was a teen no self respecting Low Rider would drive a Ford. Times have changed. I had a 1963 Chevy Impala, until I ran that beautfiful ride into the ground.

Now I drive a 2010 Honda CRV. I guess I have changed too. :|

1940 International pickup:

http://www.remarkablecars.com/1940-trucks.jpg

It's even my favorite color.

1965 pontiac catalina

http://www.sportscardigest.com/wp-co...375X184424.jpg

1935 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Jonckheere Coupe:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2125/...bfbc54cdd8.jpg

http://agecars.com/wp-content/upload...eerecoupe1.jpg

i never liked muscle cars except for the GTO. i just like pontiacs, i guess.

http://www.carlustblog.com/images/20.../gtojudge1.jpg

http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/cro...rus_460x0w.jpg

http://image.automotive.com/f/images...+frontview.jpg

i drove an American Rambler recreationally for a while...first time i ever encountered "3 on the tree" gear shifting.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...PGbOwTnUm2&t=1


i had one of these for a short period but it just wasn't me. it had a hidden cut off switch to the gas line the owner before me installed in case somebody stole it. i "broke down" one time when i forgot about the switch. i had it towed.

http://mgbfacts.com/documents/DougPohlodMgb.jpg

1966 olds toronado -- never owned one. just admired them. i had 4 oldsmobiles, 3 of them delta 88's. One got stolen.

this one, according to the site, is jay leno's.

http://www.salguod.net/images/1966-O...y-Leno-web.jpg

http://image.automotive.com/f/featur...tiful_cars.jpg

http://handofshand.com/images/toro0061.jpg

http://ultimategto.com/1968/68h_00140_1.jpg

Back in the day, I had a 1968 Pontiac LeMans... which was a clone of this GTO. It was baby blue with a thick, dark blue stripe running through the middle. I loved that car. 400, 4 barrel, posi rear - the gas pedal was so sensitive, if you sneezed just right, the car would accelerate.

*sigh*

I love me some GTOs. Late 60's preferably.

http://americandreamcars.com/1968lemans031703.jpg

I had a '68 Datsun 2000

http://spriso.com/content/wp-content...front_view.jpg


that was hit head-on by a 1974 Chevy Impala.

http://static.cargurus.com/images/si...-pic-2284.jpeg

A Pontiac Girl at Heart
 

My second favorite car ever .....

http://www.allpar.com/images/dodge/1970-Hemi-Cuda.jpg


OOOOOOOOOOOOO, Barracuda .......................

Dodge Charger .... in my top three
 

http://popuppistons.com/pictures/196...echarger14.jpg

I think my favorite year in cars is 1968.

http://www.chooseyouritem.com/classi...or.Hardtop.jpg

My sister had a 1970 Buick Skylark, vinyl top.


And, my brother used to race with his favorite project car similar to this one.... (but his had a better paint job...)
http://www.rawhorsepower.com/MuscleC...rabber_red.jpg
Ford Maverick - early 70s

Bugatti Veyron
 

The Rapper Flo Rida was busted for DUI driving one of these, a Bugatti Veyron, a car with a $1.7 million sticker price, as I understand it. You could have quite a collection of really cool cars for that. Unless you really need a 1000 hp W16 (think two V8's welded together). 'cause I'd buy a Z06 Corvette, a Shelby Mustang, a Laguna Seca Boss 302 Mustang, a Porsche 911 GT3, a John Cooper Works MINI, a Lotus Elise, so many cool cars, so little time!

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...re-topshot.jpg

http://snarkerati.com/movie-news/fil...-a-buick-8.jpg

http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.340107...-a-buick-8.jpg

Oh, yeah. This is definitely one of my dream cars. I have even done the "build your car" online thing. :D

how did I miss this thread?
 

Gayla, I have this car and I love it (as I love all my cars) I bought it in January, I've filled the tank only three times. Some strange things happen while driving this car, people pull up beside you and start waving and beeping their horn (?) I'm like *Do I know you?* then I realize, oh its the car.......then I get these huge trucks pull up beside me on the highway and want to race (?) Are you serious? look how old I am, I quit racing last decade....but then I have to blow their doors off because this thing flies, then when they catch up I STICK MY TONGUE OUT AT THEM...But my favorite, and it's happened all three times while getting gas.....some guy will come over and check the car all out and then ask *AH, is this electric*
Yeah buddy....thats why I'm putting gas into it* lol

Made by Mercedes, and called Smart for a reason. It's a joy to drive. There are only 42 dealerships in the US....many states don't have a dealership, so thats why the car turns heads. Last year, year ending 2010, 40,000 were sold. Mercedes does zero marketing of the car....it sells itself.

I'm lucky, as I have a dealership in my town.

1964 For Falcon Convertible
 

3 times? How many miles have you driven over that time (or mpg?)? Which model do you have? Oh, and feel free to provide a pic! :cheesy:

If I had mad money this would be my Wednesday Drive
 

Me and my first car.
 

http://www.qualitypedalcars.com/file...ar%20Sedan.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/l.../lilTomboy.jpg

Well, I don't drive my car much......It hasn't hit a 1000 yet. It gets 48 mpg
(only holds eight gallons) I have a well equipped Passion. I'll work on the picture. It's in the box right now. (keeping it clean).

The pic you posted is my current favorite color of the Wranglers right now. I LOVE the interior of the new ones, but hate the boxier exterior. They were perfect before.


Sweet. I'd suggest changing the oil once a year even if you don't hit the 3,000-5,000 interval change (not assuming you wouldn't have heard that before...I just hadn't until a few years ago).

What color(s) is your car?

"In the box", cracked me up! I had a vision of a toy box. I really do love those cars.

I have a picture of it on facebook in the box (not kidding) was looking to see if that was still in the camera) it's metallic blue. Yes, I know about the oil. I have another car....10 years old, 40,000 miles on it and I run synthetic oil in it because of viscosity. Because the smorevette (smart car) is a mercedes, it comes with synthetic already in it. Its an easy car to love. I'm telling you. my car insurance went down $330.00 same coverage. It gets a 4.5 safety rating. Not made to crumble, made to bounce off of. I was offerred a job selling them (i test drove it 6 times before I bought it, just to be sure I wasn't making an impulse buy) again, I hardly drive...and do I really need two cars?

My excuse for two cars is that one is rear wheel drive and is only a two seater, so it is not winter friendly, nor does it haul anything.

My other excuse is that the SUV is 11 years old.

You can use not only the "The insurance is really low on it", "The SMART car is too small to carry anything", plus "The 10 year old car isn't worth selling anyway" as excuses to make yourself feel better :)

I love the orange color too. The boxier exteriors don't bother me as much as the head rests in the back seat do. WTH? JEEP has made a lot of changes that I don't really care for. I think if I were to be in the new car market I'd seriously consider the new Ford Raptor. It's a sweet ride, interior loaded and completely off road ready.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...d_Raptor_2.jpg

I agree on the head rest thing.

I love the Raptor too. Too many vehicles, too little time.

http://priceofoil.org/wp-content/upl...008/05/suv.jpg :cigar2:

2011
 

We can't forget......


http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...d/95f662d6.jpg