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1940 Buick Century sedan restored to factory perfect

Can anybody fill me in on what GMC car they will be using as the starting point for the new car-based pickup truck? I can't seem to recall what GMC's car is called. Oh wait, they don't make one! Make it a Chevrolet! It's the only way to go. As it has been said before, 2009 is the year the El Camino turns 50 and the El Camino would be a fine machine to have on showroom floors next to the new Camaro. Otherwise GM might as well just scrap the plans all together, pussy out at the eleventh hour like they've done for the past fifteen years, and go back to working on slightly changing the design of the headlights and taillights on all their front wheel drive crap like they do every year or so. Wouldn't want to make waves or anything.

I've always wondered what the botched abortion of a Fauxrrari and a Cutlass Ciera would look like! Thanks! Can somebody hand me a spoon now so I can scoop out my eyeballs?

I think only special editions of most of the aforementioned cars will be collectible in the future, like the Final 500 Auroras (and other Oldsmobiles), Riviera Silver Arrows, Select Sixty Reattas, etc. Outside of those, there will always be those ultra low mileage pristine examples that demand a high price, but nothing from today will be as universally collectible as the vehicles from decades past. People are saving even the most bargain basement, stripped out, low-rung models of vehicles simply because they're a certain age; I doubt seeing the same trend following with ex-rental Malibus and Intrepids with tape decks and manual windows. Another reason I don't see it in the cards for modern vehicles is quality and types of materials used. New cars are cheap and have many plastic components in them. As plastic gets older, it gets brittle. Restoration requires disassembly and reassembly and this could often mean breakage for these components. The construction of new vehicles is not conducive to saving. It's almost as if most modern vehicles were meant to be used up and thrown away by design.

I agree with the opinion that for the biggest splash the Ute should be released as an El Camino because it's a name everybody knows and it's got a great history behind it. The El Camino has a proud legacy and a huge fan base that comes along with it it while the Caballero is all but forgotten by everybody but die hard enthusiasts and those in the know. That's why when anybody sees one going down the road, they comment about "that El Camino," not mention its completely obscure GMC cousin. $h!, I've even heard people call Ford Rancheros "that El Camino-looking thing" before. The name of the vehicle came to be the universal term for all others like it. It's instantly recognizable. Plus it just sounds better. To me, El Camino is a timeless name while Caballero just sounds dated. The decision to call the Ute an El Camino as opposed to a Caballero can be compared to why the new Dodge Charger is called a Charger and not a Coronet or a Monaco or a Diplomat. If it is decided to resurrect an old nameplate, then one would think it would be wise to resurrect one that people not only remember, but remember fondly. Otherwise, it'd leave the vast majority of people scratching their heads. Name recognition is a must. :twocents:

GMC Caballero? Pass. I'd rather have a Caballero from Buick: What a machine! Why eat hamburgers when you can have steak?

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118...8986501078.html Interesting article from the Wall Street Journal about the future collectibility of today's automobiles. Anything any of you agree/disagree with? Any cars the people in the article, in your opinion, failed to mention? Personally, I don't think much of anything from today will be collectible. Of course the exotics and supercars will always have their place in history, but the normal stuff will never have any value. The cars of the masses from the days of old have a value, but do you think anything built today could ever equal that? I don't see anybody bulding a retirement fund by sitting on a barn stuffed with Intrepids and Grand Ams and Tauruses. Thoughts?

A beautiful chopped two-tone purple 1950 Ford coupe, very authentic 1950's-1960's style hot rod with 401 Buick nailhead power, dual spotlights, '59 Cadillac hubcaps, frenched lights front and back. Very cool.

So true! I'm a manager at an auto parts store and we deal with tons of Asian garages on a daily basis. I can't tell you how often one of those guys has gotten something incorrect and called back shouting "long part, long part!" Every now and then I tell one of them to get a hacksaw and cut off a few inches if it's "long" and they laugh, so they know they do it. We also get a lot of requests for the special ollange antifreeze that all the new GM vehicles use

Any possibility of winning a voucher to redeem for a Cadillac Sixteen in the event GM stops being a bunch of pussies and actually builds the thing? Otherwise I'm really not interested and would do what BV said and take an XLR-V to immediately flip and turn it into a dozen cars I actually care about. Best plan I've heard so far.

Wish I coulda gone, but I had to work. Sixty8 told me about it. What was the plane's name (nose art)? Any idea who owned it and where it's from?

-slowing down to 2 MPH to make a turn, forcing me to have to swerve around the ass end of the car -braking suddenly for nothing -not using a signal when making a turn

Do it!

1973, definitely

1977 Pontiac Grand Prix LJ

You may or may not be right. It was treated to very $h!ty paint and recent THICK bodywork that has made that awesome bodyline that comes to a point at the back a lot less pronounced. Actually, the horrible quality of both body and paint and quantity of bondo used reminds me a lot of the bodywork (and I use that term quite loosely) on my $200 beige house paint special '67 Eldorado parts car. At least it's still around, right?

1971 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, on the lift at the transmission shop next door to me at work

-1971 Chevelle, black with white SS stripes -1970 Oldsmobile 442, red

Agreed. The bigger wheel openings on the truck accept those stupid rims better than those of a car. Plus, a truck is supposed to be high and looks way more normal in the air than a Caprice or Regal.

He's not, because the car belongs to me. Sixty8 is borrowing it as an alternative to overheating his 1959 Buick twice a day. Plus he's saving all his money to make a Cheetohs Crunchy edition '74 Caprice DONK. Ask him!

-1976 AMC Hornet coupe (with sunroof!) -1960's Checker Marathon with the tops of the rear quarters literally rotted off (but had current registration!) -1972 Monte Carlo -1977 Monte Carlo -1980 Camaro Z28 -1969 VW Beetle -Ferrari 360 -Bentley Continental GT convertible

I'd love to show up to one of those shows with the car in my signature and see what all the hood rats make of it.

1. 1967 Cadillac Eldorado (still own) 2. 1967 Cadillac Eldorado 3. 1971 Cadillac Coupe DeVille 4. 1971 Cadillac Sedan DeVille (still own) 5. 1974 Lincoln Continental Executive Limousine by Moloney Coachbuilders, Inc. 6. 1977 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (still own) 7. 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme sedan 8. 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille 9. 1989 Oldsmobile Toronado FE3 10. 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme sedan 11. 1996 Buick Riviera Waiting for one more to make my first (and certainly not last) dozen!

-1970 Pontiac GTO -1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo -1953 Chevrolet coupe