Forgotten Classics : Owning an Under the radar classic

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Nice indeed.

510s are over done here in the motor sports groups, a family that owns a Nissan dealership has 10 themselves.

I want a first generation Celica

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Think it would be sweet, more so if I fit a 3S-GTE or 3T on there... 300 HP classic Toyota. Would confuse everyone at classic car shows, more so because it looks a bit like a classic mustang.

And YSSMAN, the SVX's are nice cars, unlike the XTs... I would get an XT-6 just for rally racing at the club level though, cheap turbo awd goodness. Though a GL would be better...
 
I want a first generation Celica

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My uncle had one of those, but if I recall correctly he sold it to buy an early '70s (I want to say '71) Oldsmobile Cutlass. He doesn't talk about it much, but my Grandfather will on occasion.

And YSSMAN, the SVX's are nice cars, unlike the XTs... I would get an XT-6 just for rally racing at the club level though, cheap turbo awd goodness. Though a GL would be better...

Fond memories of the '80s and '90s keep those cars alive with me. The XT was just an odd little car, just like my rather-strange Isuzu Impulse. It was a wonderful time for strange cars, and its a shame that so many were written-off by history.
 
This is a gas engine we're talking about. Only has 360 Lb/Ft of torque.


But thats more than enough for most people, that'll just pin you in the back of your seat until you let off the go pedal. :lol:
 
Aww, well, I don't want to fight. Cadillacs are slow cars, but hey, they were luxury. '70's Rolls Royces were not fast, and they were luxury, and you can buy either one for about the same amount today. I don't really care too much about speed, or my insurance would skyrocket. I wil buy fast cars in time...
Plus it was before the gas crisis hit, so that's when they had the huge engines and not that Cadillac diesel (should have had a truck engine). It's pretty much I like the look of the car too.
And I DO live in rural New Jersey, so if I go fast on a country road and flip it, it's a convertible so basically, I'm screwed:scared:
 
-> Under the radar classics? Now thats more like it, here is my list:

1. 1982-1986 Mitsubishi Lancer (aka. 'Box Type Lancer') - The pre Evo. :bowdown:

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2. 1973-1976 Toyota Corolla (aka. 'Da Sprinter' in the Philippines) - The pre AE86. :cool:

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3. 1981 Toyota Starlet (aka. 'The gymkhana specialist') - Wait til you see the TRD version. :trouble:

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4. 1996 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution (aka. 'Dakar rally car for the road') - Pajero + Evo = :drool:

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5. 1992 Acura Integra GS-R (aka. 'My first car in the US') - The car that made me love Honda's. :dopey:

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^ If I ever get the chance to go back in time...:indiff:
 
Ditto the old box Lancer. Too bad finding the parts to do this:
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(sue me if it's an old pic... I haven't seen the guy lately)

... is getting pretty hard. That's a 2 liter turbo ex-works car, by the way. And no... he wouldn't sell it to me. :lol:

(No, that isn't a Celica GT4 behind it. You're just seeing things.)

Classics? Mine of course!
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:lol:

In about ten or twenty years, that is... :D
 
I actually own a 72 4 Door Post Impala. I get so many people{usually wigga's} asking me to sell it so they can put 20+ rims on it, it makes me sick.

The restoration books for Impala's are limited for my year, but anything from 65-69, the 80's model and the 94-96 Impala SS you can get anything for them.

It's just the years between 71-76 are a pain to find parts for.
 
1991 Mercedes Benz 190E
love this car:

201s are nice, I almost bought an early 80s 2.3 for about $500. It ran good and only needed minor work. If you can find an affordable 16v version (2.3 or 2.5) that hasn't been run to death by some idiot kid, buy it, they are getting more rare and people are starting to know what they're worth.

I think people generally don't realize how much fun a MB 123 can be, especially the turbodiesel 300D. Fast reliable and decent handling as well (rolls like an Explorer on Bridgestones though)
 
It's just the years between 71-76 are a pain to find parts for.

Really? I've never really looked into that before. Then again, I guess when it comes down to it, the Impala was really more popular in its earlier days, and then the last of the days on the B-Body. I guess I fall into the same sorts of pitfalls, fondly recalling models like the '62 that my Grandfather had, or the several '94-'96 models my Uncle had (he works for GM).

Still, B-Bodies (surprisingly) demand a lot of money as of late. A guy a work with has a '96 Caprice with the 305, and he says he gets offers on it all the time from all sorts of people. It doesn't surprise me really, as even I said I'd buy it from him...
 
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Have you thought about these? The early 90s Mercedes 500E looks like the old regular 300E, but it goes like stink.
 
pretty much everything my dad used to have were forgotten classics lol
73 plymouth satellite
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plymouth trailduster
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andand capri rs3100, overbored essex v6, 150bhp, 0-60 7.3 :D
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wish he still had :( the fool! capri would be worth a fair fortune now
 
How about a few Japanese cult-classics:

The Subaru SVX:

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Funny you picked that car (points to signature)

I'd like to think I drive a future classic, this car was way ahead of itself, but I for one love the styling and the over all feel of the car. You look at it and see a sleek sexy coupe, when you sit down behind the wheel, suddenly you're enveloped in an almost aircraft like cockpit, it wraps around you...

You take it to the road and suddenly you're in some kind of rocket, it flies down the road with out any interest of wind direction or weather conditions. I generally hit 100mph on my way into town to hook up with my long time friend (Ice, you know him as wolfe 👍 ) you just lay on the gas a little, and boom, the damn thing flies.

People really missed out by not buying more of these. I think in the future this car and other cars like the Corrado are really going to become saught after.

(here's a pic of her, next to my aformentioned friend's 318)
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If the SVX came with a light pressure twin-turbo (lets say, .4 bar combined) and put out 250BHP-260BHP it would have been the best car ever made. And that is a fact.
 
If the SVX came with a light pressure twin-turbo (lets say, .4 bar combined) and put out 250BHP-260BHP it would have been the best car ever made. And that is a fact.

I'd happily agree with you, but one still can't hide the fact that it was a "different" car at the time, so everything has to be a bit questionable. It stands a very good chance of being my favorite Subaru, one of my favorite "odd" cars of that awkward '80s/'90s era of performance.

One car I've always wondered how time will treat it would in fact be the Qvale Mangusta:



What an odd bit of metal it was, purportedly a sports car, it couldn't even outdo a Pontiac Firehawk, despite a few sporting credentials. It did spawn the MG X-Power SV, which was a wicked car, but it wasn't enough to make much of a difference...
 
If the SVX came with a light pressure twin-turbo (lets say, .4 bar combined) and put out 250BHP-260BHP it would have been the best car ever made. And that is a fact.
lol, 230 isn't enough eh? So far the only trouble I've had passing a car on the highway was Audi 200 QUATTRO (turbo 5cyl yo) and that's cause he laid on it like there was no tomorrow.

Truth be told, in order to make the car quiet enough, Subaru had to put a pre-cat before the catalytic converter itself, and the intake is worthless. Clear the SVX's breathing habits and you'll be sitting on 280 like it's nothing.

Personally I love the fact that I have enough power to takedown all the kids with their jumped up hondas (and a MKIV supra with a terrible driver) with no forced induction. Might I add the motor sounds sexy when it ROARS at 6000rpms.
 
lol, 230 isn't enough eh?
It has enough power. That's not the problem. Having driven one for about 20 minutes before, I can say that it is fast enough. But it needs more torque, I'd say.
YSSMAN
One car I've always wondered how time will treat it would in fact be the Qvale Mangusta:
Rare or not, a 2 seat convertible Mustang with even worse build quality will probably never be worth anything. And it isn't exactly a classic, either.
I'm guessing it will be one of those worthless, yet incredibly costly to run, Italian cars. Like the Ferrari 412 and the Fiat Dino.
 
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