Cars that just plain "NAIL IT! " for you models or other wise

[Dragfreak]

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Like these.

couldn't agree more

[Guest]

For a moment I though Lee had posted a Hillman Avenger!

Personally I have trouble going past this.

Or this

The Cricket is a rebadged Hillman Avenger.

Sorry, but nothing in this ' list ' nails it for me. Customs, , hot rods or street rods do anything for me

I like style , character, and am a huge fan of late 50's to very early 60's fin cars and muscle cars .

And early 60's to early 70's drag cars. primarily Stocks, Super Stocks, and funny cars

I have zero interest in altereds, gassers . or much of anything race car wise newer than approx 1973 - 1974 time frame

pretty much a ditto.

[zenrat]

The Cricket is a rebadged Hillman Avenger.

So I wasn't going mad!

I didn't know they did that. Avengers were 10 a penny while I was growing up. None in that good a condition though.

I've got loads of questions about the Plymouth Cricket but i'm going to google first.

[Greg Myers]

[Drake69]

Toyota Supra MKiii

And its older brother... the MKii

[kratvmnd]

Not a Camaro fan,but as someone said previously,I'd be tempted to steal this one!

[charlie8575]

My styling favorites in no real order.

The 1957 Chrysler Corporation line.

Auburn Speedsters

Coach-bodied Classics- Duesenburgs, Peerless, Pierce-Arrows, Packards, Cadillacs, etc.

Second-generation Dodge Chargers

First-generation Buick Rivieras.

1955-57, 1961-63, 1983-88 Ford Thunderbirds

1966-67 Olds Toronado

C2 Corvettes

Chrysler Airflows

1936-38 Hudsons and Terreplanes

1939 Graham

Jaguar XK-E

1950s Mercedes 300

Delahayes with the high Art Deco coachwork

1977-90 GM B/C (later D) bodies

1981-88 Old Cutlass Superme

First-generation Chrysler LH cars

1953-55 Studebaker Starliners and Conestogas

1955-57 Chevy Nomad/Pontiac Safari.

1941 Buick

Step-down Hudsons, Bathtub Nashes, stock 1949-51 Mercuries.

Almost any wood-bodied wagon.

Charlie Larkin

[Richard Bartrop]

A few highlights.

From the classic era:.

Edited September 9, 2013 by Richard Bartrop

[Richard Bartrop]

From the 1940's

[Richard Bartrop]

from the 1950's

[Tom Geiger]

Here's two cars that always grabbed my heart from the moment I saw them as new cars... First up, the 1990s Celica GT convertible in red. I once had the opportunity to buy a low mile beauty in black, but it just wasn't the same. Finally, we found this one. My daughter drove it for a few years, now it has reverted to dad! She now has a Fiat 500.

The Jaguar S Type. It just evokes that classic Jag look. I always watched as one rolled by. I saw this one for sale by a Rolls / Bentley dealer on eBay. It is a 2000 and only had 23,000 miles on it. So I drove there and it was as nice as in the ad. A quick $10,500 later and it was mine. It now has 30,000 miles on it without a single issue. We don't drive it daily, it's our Sunday driver.

So those are two modern designs that just make my heart beat faster. I had to wait a long time for them to come down to my price range!

[Richard Bartrop]

From the 1960's. I have a particular fondness for the "Less is More" aesthetic that was going on:

[Richard Bartrop]

From the 1970s:

[Richard Bartrop]

And the 80's

I still think this is the best looking generation of Firebird.

[Richard Bartrop]

I haven't been following newer cars a lot, but I think this thing is flat out gorgeous.

[charlie8575]

I knew I forgot something- the 1961-69 Continentals! I love those. I think those, without question, in the top 5 for best-looking car ever produced in this country.

For me, you can really add anything that has extra-heavy Art Deco influence, too.

Richard- what is that ultra-modern car?

Charlie Larkin

[Richard Bartrop]

I knew I forgot something- the 1961-69 Continentals! I love those. I think those, without question, in the top 5 for best-looking car ever produced in this country.

For me, you can really add anything that has extra-heavy Art Deco influence, too.

Richard- what is that ultra-modern car?

Charlie Larkin

I could have easily made that list 10 times as long. There's plenty of good stuff that I left out.

The black and copper number is the Peugeot Onyx concept that made its debut last year.

[Richard Bartrop]

As far as models go, just go peruse Bernard Kron's builds. He has a talent for coming up with hot rods that consistently have all the right proportions. Also, Darryl Starbird's designs for Monogram. His T and Deuce models are just about the platonic ideal of what a hot rod should be.

[Nate]

These are some of the my faves:

[LokisTyro]

For interiors a Spyker will do. Have you seen those interiors!
For an exterior I will always adore the XJ13.

For drivetrain looks I'd say older Ferraris and Alfa Romeos nail it.

And for an overall car I like the Aston Martin Vantage (any year), the TVR Sagaris, McLaren F1LM and the Shelby GT350R. Ascari cars are nice too. There's really too many to list.

[om617]

Couple of 50s candy.

[Evilbenny]

One day I will own one similar to this.

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[Brett Barrow]

Facel Vega HK500