Hardtop Orgy

[CARBIZ]

I want to drive them all, too, so you are not alone!

I am old enough to remember these vehicles (as mostly beaters), but not old enough to have driven them. A guy I briefly dated in the early '80s had a '62 Plymouth - power brakes but no power steering! I had a '67 Polara in '79 and I did (illegally) get to drive my father's '69 300 quite a bit in '75ish.

I love watching old movies just to get glimpses of old cars like these. The 2nd or 3rd Planet of the Apes featured a '71 New Yorker in a few of the scenes. The Happening (horrible movie, but great soundtrack) had a '66 (I think) Chrysler convertible featured prominently. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (original) had a lot of cool "Forward Look" Chryslers. Just a few movies that come to mind.

But best of all - nary a Honda or Toyota in sight!!!

[HarleyEarl]

[Camino LS6]

Marlin!

Very cool to see that posted,HE.

[HarleyEarl]

[Camino LS6]

Even better!

I'd like to have a Hawk someday.

[HarleyEarl]

Me too Camino....that design was so far ahead of it's time. It still holds up well today. An American classic.

[HarleyEarl]

Corvair hardtops are my all time favorite. The effects of this design are still felt in cars today. Another American classic.

[knightfan26917]

I want to drive them all, too, so you are not alone!

*grins*

I didn't think I was alone on that .

I love watching old movies just to get glimpses of old cars like these.

He he ... me, too! I know a number of people kinda frown at me for that, but I don't care.............

Cort:33swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve.pacemaker

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"I'll always be around" ... Willie Nelson ... 'Highwayman'

[ocnblu]

This has been a very enjoyable thread so far. Keep 'em coming, please sirs.

[balthazar]

Sixty8- the father of the guy who we talked to about the Hurrican Floyd B-59 has a sweet '59 Imperial Crown 2-dr hardtop.

Another guy I sold a car to a while back owns a '60 300-F 2-dr hardtop with both long- and short-tube Ram Induction set-ups. Burgandy with a white 4-bucket interior. I told him he needed to sell it to me, but he just laughed and said he's going to be buried in it.

[Sixty8panther]

I'm not a T-bird fan, in fact I think they're some of the most over rated cars

around, and some are in fact butt ugly IMHO. But in the spirit of my G/F

watching Thelma & Louise this morning I thought I'd post an exception to the

rule: the '70 Thunder-Turd 2dr pillarless Hardtop.

This is a 1970 T-Bird in "Green Fire". Ford's idea of green is combustion.

And some random stuff:

A very rare vista-roof (wrap-around rear window) 1961 Cadillac 4dr ht.

[Sixty8panther]

Holy Cow Balathazar:

I certanly hope he treats the '59 Imperial better than the

cars we looked at. It's sad that someone would leave

so many neat classics rotting in a wet barn or out in the

tall grass year round next to some Ford & Son tractor.

Here's a 300F, one of the best examples of tailfins EVER!

Here's an AMC hardtop that I have never seen up close and

yet there's one that I keep seeing in the area from afar...

And how about a '77 Nissan 4-door Hardtop?

[HarleyEarl]

1962 Ford Galaxie 500

[Sixty8panther]

[knightfan26917]

....the '70 Thunder-Turd 2dr pillarless Hardtop.

Heh ... I have a "slot car" of sorts that is modeled as the '70 Thunderbird....

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[balthazar]

Harley- what the hell have you been up to lately, or have I just been moving in different threads than you?

Sixty- that '77 nissan is a loaded diaper. Could be a circa '70 intermediate from AMC.

I love the SC/Ramblers- I've seen a few over the years- the American is a nice little car to start with.

[HarleyEarl]

Hey Balthazar, doing ok here...was away for awhile, busy with life, but lurking around here occasionally. Glad to see you and others are looking after things at C&G.

Here's another hardtop:

The clean and understated '51 Hudson Hollywood.

[Sixty8panther]

Love that Hudson never seen a photo of one, nevermind in the flesh....

[HarleyEarl]

'68'...you are so right, photos of this car are very rare.

Tough time finding some.

Oh and did I say, I'm a big Hudson fan.

They had such a solid, broad shouldered,

American stance about them.

At one time the Hudson Motor Car Company

sold 300,000 cars a year.

This is the pillared Club Coupe.

Wanted to show it, just because

it looks so good.

The unique shape of the rear window

and a butt that just won't quit.

Sexy.

[mustang84]

[Sixty8panther]

Let's keep this thread going... anyone else wanna post their favorites?

[Sixty8panther]

Let's keep this thread going... anyone else wanna post their favorites?