Dream Cars

I guess I don't have one but I recently sold someone else's dream car so I could get some expensive dental work done. We sold our 66 Mustang and split the money. I am getting dental work done and my husband is going on fishing trips! It's not fair is it? :( But the people who got the car are thrilled. It now lives down in Torrance CA.
 
As I am no longer allowed to drive (vision not booze!), any driverless car that will take a wheelchair and doesn't need a licensed driver as a back up!
 

I don't have a dream car.. I'm happy just to have a car that looks decent, is cheap to maintain, and costs little to run....

My O/H otoh...is car mad!!!

Actually, scrub round that... my dream car would be one that came with a chauffeur... I used to love to drive but ow our roads are so congested it's hardly a joy any more...
 
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My wife has a 2017 Red Jaguar XF, which is just a "dream" to drive. When she lets me drive it. The main problem with these types of cars is that they are expensive to maintain, even with the warranty. Oil changes and state inspections are priced above other cars because nobody, but a Jaguar dealer will touch them.
 
I'd like a car that has a high level of comfort, but minimal gadgets. A good radio and an effective heater - you rarely need A/C in this climate, but not much else. Mrs. L's car has various gadgets that come as standard, but we never use them.
 
My dream car that I've wanted since I was 16 is a 1954 MG TD, either red or BRG. If I ever win the lottery, that will be the first thing I track down and buy.

Other than that, I've never been a car enthusiast. Anything that gets me reliably from Point A to Point B and doesn't embarrass me does the trick.
 
jujube said:
My dream car that I've wanted since I was 16 is a 1954 MG TD, either red or BRG. If I ever win the lottery, that will be the first thing I track down and buy.

Other than that, I've never been a car enthusiast. Anything that gets me reliably from Point A to Point B and doesn't embarrass me does the trick.
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Here you go, Jujube, in BRG-
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$15,395
 
A 64 or 65 Mustang.
The Worlds Fair was in N.Y.those years and Ford had an exhibit that the cars were on a moving platform and you could get in and pretend to drive(I was easy to please:
),fell in love with a white one,red interior,convertible...just read recently that they sold for 3200.00 back then and a lot more now,so it's definitely a dream🎅
 
Giantsfan1954 said:
A 64 or 65 Mustang.
The Worlds Fair was in N.Y.those years and Ford had an exhibit that the cars were on a moving platform and you could get in and pretend to drive(I was easy to please:
),fell in love with a white one,red interior,convertible...just read recently that they sold for 3200.00 back then and a lot more now,so it's definitely a dream
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Lucky you. I got struck in a falcon convert. :( that said, over the years I thought about a lot of cars I'd love to own, but, to this day, I keep returning to the one car I've lusted over since I first saw in the little magazine. :) Then saw it up close at a car show. :cool:
What's not to like..... First, it's a 32 Ford, with translucent purple pearl paint (by Larry Watson no less), full moon discs with wide whites, :) filled top, filled cowl, and to top it all off, a hemi with 4 carbs. (now I'm drooling like an idiot again) :sentimental:
 

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Mine would be the 64 1/2 Mustang. My husband knew I loved the old mustangs. He purchased one and restored it for me. I loved that car. I sold it a few years ago because he passed away and I can't drive so I didn't want all the work he did on that car to go to waste.
 

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I've owned two old mustangs. The first was a 1966 that I found in the mid-70s gathering weeds behind a gas station and bought for $200 as a "winter rat". Not particularly "pretty", but the wife loved it and it ran well - surprisingly, even in snow - so we kept it for a few years. The second was a 1965, a show car that I bought around 1980. The owner had loaded it up with goodies, including exhaust headers. Although it was pretty and very, very fast, it would barely turn a corner. Didn't keep that one for very long.
 
I always liked the 1948 Ford Sportsman, that was the woody convertible. The few that survive today bring incredible prices.
 
My first choice would have to be a 1957 Chevy Bel Air 2dr. hardtop. Those only cost about $2500 new, and now, fully restored, they will bring well over $100K. Over the years, I let a '65 Buick Riviera, and a 1990 Camaro Z28 go...both of which are now worth far more than when new.
 

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