Which classic American car to buy?

[Tricky 10]

If it was me...

 

I'd get a muscle car from 69/70 ish. I wouldn't buy a Ford or Chrysler but one of the historic defunct marques. "You've got a Ford Mustang? What a coincidence we've got a Ford too, an Escort."

 

That would possibly give:

 

Plymouth Road Runner/Duster/GTX

AMC - AMX/Javelin/Hornet/Rebel

Oldsmobile 442

 

 

Dodge Charger/Super Bee, Buick Riviera/GS/GSX, Cheverolet Chevelle are all worth a look from ongoing marques.

 

The Americans designed some wonderful looking cars from this era and then it went very wrong.

[Darbees 10]

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I'd get a muscle car from 69/70 ish. I wouldn't buy a Ford or Chrysler but one of the historic defunct marques. "You've got a Ford Mustang? What a coincidence we've got a Ford too, an Escort."

 

Strange logic, the badge is about the only thing they have in common and most of the defunct companies if they aren't Ford or Chrysler (Daimler Benz) are General Motors. What a coincidence we've got a GM too, Vauxhall Viva or is it a Hummer? Easy mistake to make.

[Tricky 10]

Plymouth, AMC and Oldsmobile no longer exist at all. The others are part of a larger group. They are still pumping out Buicks and Chevrolets and Dodges. If I was going to buy a classic piece of Americana from 40 years ago, I personally wouldn't choose a car which has a crappy Toyota lookalike version in production now or possibly in the future. Maybe my example wasn't so good.

[Darbees 10]

Plymouth, AMC and Oldsmobile no longer exist at all. The others are part of a larger group. They are still pumping out Buicks and Chevrolets and Dodges. If I was going to buy a classic piece of Americana from 40 years ago, I personally wouldn't choose a car which has a crappy Toyota lookalike version in production now or possibly in the future. Maybe my example wasn't so good.

They are just names and what goes on nowadays bears little or no relation to anything in the not all that distant past. Who owns the name is irrelevant now, it's like saying you wouldn't buy a Rolls Royce (VW) or Aston Martin (ex Ford), Lamborghini (Audi), Ferrari (Fiat) etc because their owners or previous owners or any car that's currently considered to be good because another subsidiary of new owner may make Toyotalikes in the future. The motor industry is very incestuous.

[Tricky 10]

They are just names and what goes on nowadays bears little or no relation to anything in the not all that distant past. Who owns the name is irrelevant now, it's like saying you wouldn't buy a Rolls Royce (VW) or Aston Martin (ex Ford), Lamborghini (Audi), Ferrari (Fiat) etc because their owners or previous owners or any car that's currently considered to be good because another subsidiary of new owner may make Toyotalikes in the future. The motor industry is very incestuous.

 

You could be right, but I'm saying what I'd do and I didn't rule out some of the other cars from Buick etc.

 

Also the US like to resuscitate former brands while in Europe we tend to kill them off forever. The markets don't operate in exactly the same way.

[Darbees 10]

You could be right, but I'm saying what I'd do and I didn't rule out some of the other cars from Buick etc.

 

Also the US like to resuscitate former brands while in Europe we tend to kill them off forever. The markets don't operate in exactly the same way.

Compared with even the cheapest current Ford, technically an old Mustang is rubbish but I may still get one, one day. I've got three old cars now, one company now owned by Ford, another now owned by GM and the third who used to make crappy 3 wheelers and they are all rubbish compared with virtually everything on the road but that's not why I have them, it's entirely subjective, sentimental, stupidity.

[Tricky 10]

P1800?

 

Manta? or maybe a Saab?

 

Scimitar?

 

 

I enjoy driving my current car but get nothing like the adrenaline surge I got from some of the old ones: GT6, GTI MkII, Lancia Beta to name three. Every trip an adventure, it's all changed now - probably for the better.

[hitman 10]

Pontiac Firebird

gotta do a full mechanical resto on one ov these(79 model) once the v8 is in the transit:D

[Darbees 10]

P1800?

 

Manta? or maybe a Saab?

 

Scimitar?

 

 

I enjoy driving my current car but get nothing like the adrenaline surge I got from some of the old ones: GT6, GTI MkII, Lancia Beta to name three. Every trip an adventure, it's all changed now - probably for the better.

Very impressive , two are correct, 1800es, Saab 99 turbo, thought you might think Reliant but not them.

[Tricky 10]

BMW? They made a 3-wheeler once.

[Darbees 10]

BMW? They made a 3-wheeler once.

You're good at this game. 3.0 csl.

[adaline 10]

Huh, didnt op want an American classic car?

Personally there is only one choice, DeTomaso Pantera.

Ford V8 sitting midship covered in sexy bodywork, its to die for! Its like a sexy blond sister of the GT40.