Beautiful Cars Appreciation Thread

[A Horse With No Name]

...and not every motor needs to be an LS, Hemi or Olds big Block...

I am a huge fan of Mazda products.

If I only had money, I would have a vintage Alfa in the garage!

[A Horse With No Name]

Yes, everyone can laugh, but here is the latest object of my lust.

More 911 Love!

Wish I had bought a Lotus a few years ago when they were cheaper and my income was a bit higher.

Just because I love the photograph.

[A Horse With No Name]

I have Alfa on the brain for some reason...

Obviously I am in a Japanese and Italian frame of mind today.  There is an autocross in the south which is Axis Vs. Allies, where Germany, Italy and japan take on American and British cars.

[A Horse With No Name]

 

In car from a VW R32 from said event....

Jag production line....

[A Horse With No Name]

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[A Horse With No Name]

I really find the 1969-1970 Boss 302 to be one of the best looking post war cars built by Ford.

A little bit of Mopar love to go with the Alfa love and the....you get the picture.  This one is a 68, Green on Green on Green 70 440 R/T charger at the last cars and coffee I went to here in Columbus. I love this body style charger, but the 66-67 and 71-74 cars are also really, really gorgeous also.

[A Horse With No Name]

Imagine this in triple Green and you have the car I liked so much at cars and Coffee.

Lotus Cortina, BMW, Alfa....

[A Horse With No Name]

The shooting Brake could well go in the grey car thread also....

[A Horse With No Name]

I really like the 67-68 Notchback/coupe Mustang also. It's why I keep posting of my desire to own a California special in the dream garage threads.

[A Horse With No Name]

I like this GT/CS!

[A Horse With No Name]

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This is why I was trying to get su to think about non traditional (not mainstream Camro/firebird/Grand national/Vette) GM  tuff as part of the Carzy Uncle thread. GM made lots of really cool stuff that si just a little bit outside of the mainstream thought of car guys.

[A Horse With No Name]

I have loved 1960's Lincoln since I was a child...!

[A Horse With No Name]

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[balthazar]

Your "problem" Horsey is; you're a lover, not a hater. As in, you see beauty in EVERYTHING. I get that now.

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Give me a spoon, please.

 

[A Horse With No Name]

On 10/21/2016 at 6:25 PM, balthazar said:

Your "problem" Horsey is; you're a lover, not a hater. As in, you see beauty in EVERYTHING. I get that now.

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Give me a spoon, please.

 

Very much so.  A 1959 Buick convertible, a Datsun 240 Z, a Ferrari 250 GTO, A brand new Chevroelt SS sedan, and a 1939 Supercharged Graham.  All cool in their own way.

[A Horse With No Name]

[A Horse With No Name]

Imola Orange is a very rare S2000 color, also available on the NSX.

Lime green was a color they also shared that is very rare.

[Stew]

Charming snakes

 

[A Horse With No Name]

1 hour ago, Stew said:

Charming snakes

 

Love all of them.  The Mustang II Cobra reminds me of a friends car in high school, lots of good times in those old days.

I still want to build a 93 Cobra R clone.

[A Horse With No Name]

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[Stew]

 

[A Horse With No Name]

Love it...nice RWD v8 content!

[Stew]

 

[A Horse With No Name]

Love the plain Jane Grand Prix at the end...I really have a soft spot for this era of GM midsize car.

[Stew]

 

[Stew]

Making myself want another MN12.....

 

 

[Stew]

[A Horse With No Name]

[oldshurst442]

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[G. David Felt]

On 11/8/2016 at 9:25 AM, Stew said:

 

These are freakin lovely! 

[G. David Felt]

This Builder takes a Mazda MX-5 and builds these English Style Roadsters.

Mitsuoka Himiko

The Mitsuoka Himiko is a Japanese sports car designed and built by Mitsuoka. It is named after Himiko, an obscure shaman queen of Yamataikoku in ancient Wa. In the UK it is known as the Mitsuoka Roadster.

Based on the Mazda MX-5 NC, Mitsuoka replaces most of the body panels, fits Fibre-reinforced plastic panneling, leather seats and extends the wheelbase front of the A-pillar to generate the long bonnet line reminiscent of English roadsters such as the Jaguar XK120 and particularly the Morgan Aero 8. Designed by Takanori Aoki, the exterior theme of the Himiko is said to mimic a 'ship riding the high seas cruising majestically as one with the waves'. Transmission and roof options are similar to the MX-5 with the option of either a 6 speed automatic transmission with manual shifting or a 6 speed manual transmission. Each Mitsuoka vehicle is handmade by just 45 skilled craftsmen at the Japanese Mitsuoka factory in Toyama City, Japan.

http://www.mitsuoka-motor.co.uk/

http://www.mitsuoka-himiko.com/

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[A Horse With No Name]

That is the most creative re adaptation of the Miata yet.

[oldshurst442]

Edited September 5, 2017 by oldshurst442

[ocnblu]

Nice Silver Streak Pontiac with Captain!

[oldshurst442]

7 hours ago, balthazar said:

 

On 11/1/2017 at 1:26 PM, dfelt said:

Picked up my Daughters Durango from Kirkland Transmission yesterday, Awesome place with an awesome group of guys. Top Quality Auto Work.

They had 3 lovely auto's they were working on.

1950 Ford they just finished a custom transmission in.

1955 Chevy Belair Transmission Service

1957 Chevy Nomad - Complete restoration of transmission and engine.

 

13 hours ago, ocnblu said:

 

THESE...belong in here!!!

[oldshurst442]

2 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

She just has the look...

It belongs in this thread.

[daves87rs]

On 11/8/2016 at 12:25 PM, Stew said:

 

 

G bodies...yum....

[G. David Felt]

@daves87rs Agree YUM

Found this on the Auction site, shocked at the high price it sold for $117,700 but then only 1200 miles, pristine and still on the Original Goodyear VR50 tires it came with from the factory.

https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1987-BUICK-GRAND-NATIONAL-GNX-COUPE-194306

[G. David Felt]

The one I always loved, 1987 Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe in Maroon.

Only 200 Built to meet Nascar rules for competition. Talk about a lovely rare bird, rarer than the Grand National GNX of which 547 were built.

[oldshurst442]

The 2 generations of the 1960s A-Body from GM (1964-1967 & 1968-1972) and the last generation of GM's G-Body (1978-1987,1988)  have got to be one of my favorite muscle car stylings of all time.  And that would be across all the brands that used these platforms. It dont matter if it be Chevy or Pontiac or Oldsmobile or Buick.  Awesome stuff!

Edited December 16, 2017 by oldshurst442

[oldshurst442]

[G. David Felt]

What the hell are those blue smurf mobiles?

[daves87rs]

19 hours ago, dfelt said:

@daves87rs Agree YUM

Found this on the Auction site, shocked at the high price it sold for $117,700 but then only 1200 miles, pristine and still on the Original Goodyear VR50 tires it came with from the factory.

https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1987-BUICK-GRAND-NATIONAL-GNX-COUPE-194306

That is the car I really want......call it a dream car I guess...... one of thebest modern(older) drives I've ever loved.......

[Robert Hall]

5 hours ago, dfelt said:

What the hell are those blue smurf mobiles?

Alpines.  Old and new versions.  French sports cars. 

[oldshurst442]

7 hours ago, dfelt said:

What the hell are those blue smurf mobiles?

Call it the opposite of a Corvette.

If the Corvette packs a huge V8 in a front mid-engine configuration powering the rear wheels, the Alpine has a diminutive 4 cylinder in a rear mi-engine layout powering the rear wheels. (For it to be 100% the opposite, it have to be powering the front wheels...)

One thing for sure is that  both Alpines (new and old) are awesome little race cars. 

I want me one. The new one.  I could park it next to my Fiat 124 Abarth.  (the new one as well.)

Edited December 17, 2017 by oldshurst442