Classic cars from our generation

horseless carriage said:
Oh wow! I am seriously impressed. You know that we Brits shorten petroleum to petrol, a word we use instead of gas, petrol is also a Brit-speak term for someone who knows their automobiles. In a complimentary way you would be known as a petrol-head!
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Thanks, but I don't deserve any credit. Thank the internet for that one.
 

hollydolly said:
Lovely car Diva..it's a Mark Vl Bentley... very popular here for weddings. :)
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I thought that I saw it was a Bentley when I first "grabbed" the picture from the internet but I closed the tab and when I went back to find it again, I couldn't. Then when I searched 1953 Rolls Royce, that picture came up. Thank you for clearing up my confusion HD. I guess the search engine did steer me wrong. :LOL: Re your post #222...stunning vehicle!

@bobcat48 Yes it is a beautiful ride. That's why it was always a head turner for me. Here was another head turner. I was 18, my father was taking me to work and I saw it on a hill near the mall. At the time I had never seen anything like it; the Avanti, probably 1963. When searching for it to post in another thread on the forum a while back, I was surprised to find out it's a Studebaker!

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One year in the 1960s I worked at the NY auto show. In the entryway there was a Rolls Royce that belonged to the Beatles.

It was a bright yellow and had paisley panels painted on the flat surfaces on the sides and hood.
 
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My brother imported this Cadillac from the U.S.A. a few years back as a rusty wreck, he and some friends spent a year bringing it back to as you see it now. I think it was a 1950s-something model.
 

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The mistreated Beatles Rolls Royce is owned by the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, Canada.

It was purchased at auction in 1985 by Canadian businessman Jim Pattison.

He donated it to the Museum in Victoria in 1992 and has been in the Museum collection for nearly 30 years but is usually kept in storage.



It was only in Malaga, for an exhibition and is not housed there.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I thought that I saw it was a Bentley when I first "grabbed" the picture from the internet but I closed the tab and when I went back to find it again, I couldn't. Then when I searched 1953 Rolls Royce, that picture came up. Thank you for clearing up my confusion HD. I guess the search engine did steer me wrong. :LOL: Re your post #222...stunning vehicle!

@bobcat48 Yes it is a beautiful ride. That's why it was always a head turner for me. Here was another head turner. I was 18, my father was taking me to work and I saw it on a hill near the mall. At the time I had never seen anything like it; the Avanti, probably 1963. When searching for it to post in another thread on the forum a while back, I was surprised to find out it's a Studebaker!

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Yes, you're absolutely right. It was a Studebaker, and quite a design stretch for them, although they also did the Golden Hawk and Silver Hawk, which were legendary cars. The Buick Riviera was also a stretch for their company, but oh what a beautiful car at the time.
 
I was a Mustang fan. Had a 65 and a 69. Too bad I didn’t have the money or know how to fix them up. After 1970, the Mustang mutated into something hideous but the newer more recent models are again pretty nice.
 
bobcat48 said:
Wow, that is a beauty.
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I have attended multiple car shows, but not so much anymore. I always thought the color combinations is what was the finishing touch to the car or truck. Myself, I generally liked to look at the trucks. The trucks with big block engines and redesigned bumpers and beds always were an eye catcher. I think the true car builder or the fellow that rebuilt vehicles they found in a barn or sitting in a field and engineered any part of the vehicle were true auto restorers.
 
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