What gets you going?

[Greg Myers]

I once felt guilty taking my young son to all the cars shows I went to ,so one day I ask him if he really liked to go to the shows and which cars did he like? Pondering a moment, he looked up and told me " Dad, I like the ones with the fire on the side."

[pepperdrumstix]

That's so cool Greg. My grandkids love the cars with flames too. They think I should put flames on every build I do, even my HO scale trains. Hope to see you at the show Sat. I am going and maybe will bring some projects. Boy do I like that grey '30 Ford 5 window coupe. My dream ride. Patrick Mitchell

[Jim Gibbons]

Glad you broke this out into a new thread. I like the old school rods (including flames!) that look like finished projects. Yes, I do like some primered and "Ratrod" types, but I'd rather see a nicely painted and finished one. I love looking at early 60's custom car magazines and the trends back then.

On stock vehicles, I like to see them as close to factory as possible. I am not a fan of over-restored vintage and special interest cars that have every factory, dealer, and aftermarket accessory plastered on them. When I was a kid, I can't say that I ever saw a car from the '50s with a Continental kit, cruiser skirts, rear fender antennas, ad nauseum, on them. Heck, whitewall tires were the exception rather than the rule. The fanciest car on my block was a '63 Mercury with the Breezeway roof and thin whitewalls. The two other favorites for me was another neighbor's white '60 Ford Country Squire (I loved the fake woodgrain, and it did have whitewalls,) and another neighbor's '57 Ford Fairlane 500 in two tone green (not a whitewall to be seen.) In '66, our next door neighbor got a new Mercury Comet 2dr hardtop; red, black vinyl roof, whitewalls. It was the first vinyl roof I ever saw on our block. It was a really pretty car, and took the fanciest car award away from the person who had the '63 Mercury as he had traded it in for an attractive, yet seemingly mundane '65 Ford Galaxie 4dr hardtop in teal (with whitewalls.)

Here's a couple of pictures I had gotten from a site about the town I lived in at the same period of time. Neat stuff.

[Ben]

I own a 69 Camaro but I'd trade it in a second for a Buick GNX!!! I almost traded it for a Grand National that was in mint condition but the deal fell through.

My all time favorite truck would be the GMC Syclone!!!

[Harry P.]

Give me a donk riding on 32s any day...

[stewart]

I am not really into pro street or drag cars though I do appreciate them. My favorites are lifted 4x4s (nothing really wild though) and nice pro touring muscle cars.

STewart

[walt francis]

My first car was a 66 Biscayne and I would give anything to get another one .

[seeker589]

Cars with purpose. cars that may not be the prettiest - but those with a character all their own!

like these:

I know my likes are complicated.

[Crazy Ed]

Cars with purpose. cars that may not be the prettiest - but those with a character all their own!

like these:

Yea Bob Tullius' Grey Ghost. Mine are Trans/Can Am series cars, '66 - 74.

Ed

[Racephoto1]

In my family it isn't Hot Rods, it's race cars. I have been fortunate enough to be involved in auto racing almost my entire life. As my sons were growing up I dragged them along for the ride,as my father did me.Now they're all in their 20's , and one of the three is still working on them.

This is the car my son , brother, and father worked on last year. If things go good, they'll be running a new car later this season.

IMG_4067 copy by uncloose1, on Flickr

[Harold]

Studebaker Hawks (especially the '56 with the 352 from the Clipper, and the '57 with a Paxton blower on the Stude engine), most '50's and '60's cars, a few from the '70's (the Lost Decade of Automobiledom), any T- Bird from '83- '96, Mustangs, the real classics (Marmon, Cord, Deusenberg), the Pierce Silver Arrow show car from '33 (look, Ma, no running boards and a flow- through fenderline), most of the Fox Fords (T-Bird, Cougar, Continental sedan (love the one I used to have) and Mark VII, '88- '96 GM W- bodies (I put my money where my mouth is and bought my Grand Prix- no regrets) and orphan autos. This is just the top of my list- I could continue for days

[David G.]

I'm not a Ford, Chevy, Dodge or any other type of guy. I'm a car guy, I like just about anything from 1973 on back.

David G.

[Eshaver]

Like David jus said , most anything built here in the U. S prior to Elvis Presley's death, ( 1978 ) . It can be a large truck or a smaller car, I have several favorites . I jus wish I could park a 1950 White C O E in my neighborhood .......... Ed Shaver

[whale392]

I like that, 'Cars with a purpose'. I think what gets me going is a basic car with speed mods done (I don't mean a park bench bolted to the trunklid on a stocker either). Cars that one would almost pass by except for that little 'something' that only those in that fold of motorsports would notice that tells you something is out of the ordinary. Hood vents to extract underhood heat/pressure are one of those things that are overdone, unless they are functional. Larger wheels and tires are the norm these days, but look behind them and see the 14" rotor/6 piston calipers/brake cooling scoops sitting behind them. 5 bolt wheels where 4 bolt wheels sat........is it really just for the looks?

Function, then form attracts me. A very nice blend of both is automotive heaven to me.

Edited April 22, 2011 by whale392

[charlie8575]

An interesting question...

I guess I like a little of everything. My great love is station wagons and cars of the 1930s-mid 1970s, along with brass-era cars.

I also enjoy coach-built cars, and the craftsmanship they embody.

So many of them appeal to me, it's really hard to make a pick.

Charlie Larkin

[Jim Gibbons]

Studebaker Hawks (especially the '56 with the 352 from the Clipper, and the '57 with a Paxton blower on the Stude engine), most '50's and '60's cars, a few from the '70's (the Lost Decade of Automobiledom), any T- Bird from '83- '96, Mustangs, the real classics (Marmon, Cord, Deusenberg), the Pierce Silver Arrow show car from '33 (look, Ma, no running boards and a flow- through fenderline), most of the Fox Fords (T-Bird, Cougar, Continental sedan (love the one I used to have) and Mark VII, '88- '96 GM W- bodies (I put my money where my mouth is and bought my Grand Prix- no regrets) and orphan autos. This is just the top of my list- I could continue for days

I remember my father taking us to the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southhampton when I was a kid back in the mid '60s. The two things I remember the most about that museum was the Pierce Silver Arrow in the collection, and the vintage firetruck that would give rides to kids. I can visualize that Silver Arrow to this day, and remember my father telling me that it was a really special car. I thought it was one of the most beautiful cars I had ever seen, and was amazed how big it seemed. (It was big!) Dad had to pick me up so I could see the interior of it, as the door handles were eye level. Since dad had a '63 SAAB 96 at the time, pretty much everything seemed huge in comparison, especially my neighbor's '58 Buick that I had ridden in from time to time. Sadly, that museum closed in 1980 (the man who had it is written up in the current issue of Hemming's Classic Car magazine,) but I will never forget that Silver Arrow. I regret not getting the Franklin Mint diecast of that car.

[diymirage]

i drove by our local dodge dealership yesterday and stopped dead in my tracks when i saw an deep reddish/brown AAR cuda sitting there

i love that type of mopars but when i saw they wanted 59.900 for it i sighed and drove off

[Boreham]

my interest in Modelling is the same as full scale cars..

ideally outa and out race..

[disabled modeler]

Anything 1960s to mid 70s body style. Wagons,4doors,big full bodied cars.

[Carmikeman]

Prius!!! :lol:

[DRG]

After my usual pot of coffee it would be anything with wheels from the late twenties to the late sixties. 1 to 1 or models, doesn't matter.

[sjordan2]

What gets me going is a car I love that I've never seen done right as a model or a diecast, mostly classics like the Mercedes Gullwing, Jaguar SS 100, Bugatti T59, classic Mercedes, certain Rolls-Royces, etc. If it's a subject I like and it's been done well in diecast from Franklin Mint, etc., such as the Auburn Boattail Speedster and Rolls Silver Cloud,I don't bother with kits because I can buy those and admire them. And I find larger scales like 1/16 and 1/12 (never going to touch a Pocher 1/8)to be easier to apply detail to and they end up with more dramatic results.

The scale and availability of kits influence my choices, or I might never have chosen kits of the Rolls Phantom II and Phantom III, among others. But the world has enough large-scale Cobras, Mustangs and Chargers, so I don't mess with those.

Edited April 22, 2011 by sjordan2

[Harry P.]

...never going to touch a Pocher...

Why not?

As far as the experience of building a model car, it doesn't get much better. Putting together a Pocher gives you a ton of satisfaction (and more than a little frustration along the way)!

[sjordan2]

Why not?

As far as the experience of building a model car, it doesn't get much better. Putting together a Pocher gives you a ton of satisfaction (and more than a little frustration along the way)!

1. I'm paying $76 a month at U-Store-It to handle my stash of large-scale plastic kits that I need to get to

2. I have been freelance for over 2 years with no regular income and don't have the money

3. I have seen too many reviews of Pocher kits about their difficulty and lapses in authenticity

4. I've never seen final images of Harry P's Mercedes

[Cato]

4. I've never seen final images of Harry P's Mercedes

Agreed. You promised us a few hundred threads ago that when the snow quit, you were goin' outside to shoot some nice ones for us.

Well?? C'mon Harry... :lol: