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Originally posted by stickman428:
I cannot say a single truck that is manufactured right now is even close to being as sexy and voluptuous as this perfect machine. I 100% loved my Barcelona Red 4x4 TRD Sport Tacoma (it was the first vehicle I bought new) but even it didn’t come close to the aesthetic mastery of this…

This is truck perfection…my friends it does not get any better than this.

one of those fenders probably weighs more then most cars these days

Car and truck porn! I love it. Maybe one day I'll spend my sons inheritance

I have seen these in the wild about only 5 times on the road, and everyone of them was blue. Still, I was in awe seeing and hearing them in motion.

I wonder how often those people driving and riding them singed their legs touching that hot exhaust when they step out.

Seems like a diamond mesh grill would be good idea to protect that radiator, and would look sharp as well.

^^^^ one of my neighbors has one exactly like that. I only see it out in the wild on exceptionally beautiful days like today.

It’s probably similar to my motorcycle’s dual exhaust. Once you burn your leg on it once you quickly learn not to do that again.

Even talking about the actual original Cobras and not the modern repros, there were a bunch of variations ranging from sporty street car to pretty pure track car.

Some of them don’t have the side exhausts.

I did burn the shit out of my leg on the muffler of a Honda CT90 trail bike. Once. I’d swapped out the rusted out old exhaust/muffler for a replacement. The original heat shield didn’t fit the new muffler and I hadn’t gotten a replacement yet. I was riding private dirt roads at low speeds wearing shorts. Ouch.

We had a car show in Saddlebrooke, AZ that included a bunch of new Corvettes, a couple of Lamborghinis, a Farrari, a Bentley convertible, a couple of 442s, a Cobra and a lot of other interesting pieces. Fun morning.

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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
When I hit the big time....

C2 Corvette is one of my favorites. I also like the looks of the C3 convertibles:

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Originally posted by mcrimm:
We had a car show in Saddlebrooke, AZ that included a bunch of new Corvettes, a couple of Lamborghinis, a Farrari, a Bentley convertible, a couple of 442s, a Cobra and a lot of other interesting pieces. Fun morning.

Please tell me you took a few pics! If so please post up a highlight reel.

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Originally posted by stickman428:

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Originally posted by mcrimm:
We had a car show in Saddlebrooke, AZ that included a bunch of new Corvettes, a couple of Lamborghinis, a Farrari, a Bentley convertible, a couple of 442s, a Cobra and a lot of other interesting pieces. Fun morning.

Please tell me you took a few pics! If so please post up a highlight reel.

Sorry - I never thought of it. Next time.

This thing fell out of an ugly tree, hit every branch on the way down and landed in a pile of cow shit. (Toyota CH-R)

Depending on the viewing angle, the classic vehicles almost everyone likes are often shaped like pin-up girls.

Modern cars remind me more of weapons.

Both catch my eye, *Shrug*.

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Originally posted by egregore:

A 1968 Ford Custom 500 ("stripped" version of the Galaxie, later the LTD) like this one (even the same color and pie pan hubcaps) was the family car, later the one I learned to drive and got my license in, circa the early 70s.

my grandparents had that car, in that color, only a 4 door,

had the Sears installed AC under the dash,

302 automatic, you had to wait till the cold light went of, or it would stall if you tried to drive it

I had this ‘68 in the same color with a black vinyl top. It was an LTD and was my first experience with radial tires. It also had the under-dash A/C. I bought it when I was single and waxed it about once a week. Later, my wife wrecked it twice and I sold it in the mid-80’s for next to nothing. It was a good ride.

A guy has been roaring up and down my street the last couple weeks in a Shelby Cobra!
Looks and sounds very cool!
For the new stuff, I really like the Lincolns and Kia's