What are you a Sucker for??

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Fins: Think 1956 T-birds and Crown vics, 1960 Caddies, 1955-56 Chevy, the 1957 while still a looker, has fins that are too large.

Chrome: think 1950 Mercury, after the chop/channel, and frenched head/tail lights.

The sound of a V-8 motor with a hi-lift cam at low RPM or idle.

E-Type Jags--in profile.

4-bbl Holley Carbs-especially the sound they make when the vacuum secondaries open up.

Tuck-and-roll upholstery.

Wolf-whistle and Ah-oo-Gah car horns.
 
I'm a sucker for

German cars - well, EU cars in general. Nobody makes them better.
Mini Skirts (it's not a car, but important part of a car you see :D )
Nice and fast computers
lots of games (racing if possible)

that's pretty much it...
 
small sporty cars from the sixties and early seventies, cars with balance (not too much emphasis on the engine, but a good combination of engine, brakes, and suspension) with boxy upright construction.
cars like the;
BMW 2002
Datsun 510
alfa GTV
first gen camaro
lotus cortina
etc

60s brit bikes, preferably twins, like nortons and triumphs

adventure tourer bikes like bmws R1200GS and hondas africa twin

4x4s with real off road capability, that means 3 locking differentials, wheels at all four corners, good ground clearance, snorkel compatibility; mercedes' G-wagen, jeep's wrangler rubicon, land rover's defender

old military trucks; dodge power wagon, mercedes unimog, the pinzgauer

late WW2 fighter planes; spitfires, mitsubishi zero, P51 mustang, messerschmidt M109 etc
 
Gil
Fins: Think 1956 T-birds and Crown vics, 1960 Caddies, 1955-56 Chevy, the 1957 while still a looker, has fins that are too large.

Chrome: think 1950 Mercury, after the chop/channel, and frenched head/tail lights.

The sound of a V-8 motor with a hi-lift cam at low RPM or idle.

E-Type Jags--in profile.

4-bbl Holley Carbs-especially the sound they make when the vacuum secondaries open up.

Tuck-and-roll upholstery.

Wolf-whistle and Ah-oo-Gah car horns.


I've pondering a Wolf Whistle for my Biscayne. I've also seen a hand that pops out from inbetween carbs with a middle finger raised, that made my day. I'm probably going to get a boat horn for it though.

Your post has forced me to salivate. I'll reinforce someone's claim that Gil knows all that is good. 👍
 
Never thought I'd say this, but...

AE86s.

Drove a friend's last night at the hill, so much fun. Only had TRD shocks/springs and an exhaust, but, while it wasn't nearly as fast, it was so much more fun than my WRX.
 
neanderthal
first gen camaro

60s brit bikes, preferably twins, like nortons and triumphs

4x4s with real off road capability, that means 3 locking differentials, wheels at all four corners, good ground clearance, snorkel compatibility; mercedes' G-wagen, jeep's wrangler rubicon, land rover's defender

old military trucks; dodge power wagon, mercedes unimog, the pinzgauer

Good calls there...
 
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I've pondering a Wolf Whistle for my Biscayne. I've also seen a hand that pops out from inbetween carbs with a middle finger raised, that made my day. I'm probably going to get a boat horn for it though.

Your post has forced me to salivate. I'll reinforce someone's claim that Gil knows all that is good. 👍

Thank you. I have more:

Yes, 1st Gen Camaros, especially the 1969. Add to that Yenko Camaros with 427 tri-power carb set-ups.

Vintage Vettes-especially the 1957 (first year with Fuel-injection), the 1958-60 (they are just cool looking), the 1965 (the only year with the 396, and the first year for disc brakes)

T-birds: from 1955-1966--that covers the two seaters(1955-57), the "batmobiles"(1958-60), the "rocket-ships"(1961-1963 I had one of these), and the "square birds"(1964-66). After this T-birds weren't cool-looking again till 1982.

First generation Mercury Cougars (1967-1969) Built on the same frame as the Mustang of the same vintage, and more likely to be found with a big-block under the hood.

Compact "grocery getters" from the '60's like Nova's, Fairlanes, Falcons, Darts, and early 'Cudas with small block v-8's. And the looks on the face of the guys in the car in the next lane that thought they were sitting next to granny's straight-six, "go to meetin'" car.

1932-34 Ford Coupes, hot-rodded with the old Flat-head and Stromberg carbs.

Getting the "towing package" back in the late sixties, early seventies, because it meant getting the 428, 429, 396, 454, 383, or 440 under the hood.

The Beach boys, Springsteen, Jan and Dean, and every other Singer/group that made cool songs to cruise by, or sit at the drive-in (both restaurant and movie) while "groovin'".
 
I forgot that multiple Stromberg 97s on a buick nailhead in a '32 Ford is the Equation for drool.


Hey... Straight sixes are cool... a 235 with 3 Weber DCOEs and headers would be pretty fast.

I'm a sucker for stovebolts. With lots of carbs and crazy induction setups, like a twin turbo 235. :dopey:
 
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I forgot that multiple Stromberg 97s on a buick nailhead in a '32 Ford is the Equation for drool.


Hey... Straight sixes are cool... a 235 with 3 Weber DCOEs and headers would be pretty fast.

I'm a sucker for stovebolts. With lots of carbs and crazy induction setups, like a twin turbo 235. :dopey:
Straight sixes have some cool factor, after all the first two model years of Corvettes had them. But someone put a 2 spd. Power-Glide in the equation. It wasn't till Zora that Vette's got manual trans standard.

You can't compare that to a 1966 Nova packin' a 327 with a factory Muncie M-22 "rock-crusher" tranny with 4.11's.

Or perhaps a '64 Falcon with a 260, 4 bbl, and a four speed.

Oh, I forgot:

Hurst Shifters, the Pistol Grip shifter in the old Mopars, and of course, Zora Arkus Duntov, George Barris, Carrol Shelby, and Arlen Ness.
 
Tires with minimal tread on street cars:

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-Subaru WRX

-wagons, hatchbacks

-leather seats

-H.I.D.

-high power 4 bangers

-black interior

-Nintendo Revolution

-cars with good gas mileage(Civic, Corolla, Scions)

-white (body)paint
 
Hatches
Wagons
big end v6s
coupes
convertables and the girls who drive them
two lane black top
super cars that only a hand full of people have seen
the new car smell
classic wagons from the 60
scaring old ladies as you zip pasted them
wide transmissions
k cars
aftermarket stereos
large trucks with over sized tires and monterous lifts

That's all I remember.
 
My Chevy had a hurst shifter, but since we got B&M Mega shifer, the old hurst is going to live on a a plunger stick. :dopey:

I'm a sucker for Glass packs.
 
- Station wagons
- Individual throttle bodys
- Smog exempt
- Boxy 80s fender flares ( E30 M3, Audi quattro, lacia delta)
to name a few..
 
nice rack
big ass
brunette
vir...oops wrong topic...:D

hmm
Xenon projector headlamps
led taillights
dual exhaust or single angled exhaust
throttly or ballsy exhaust/engine note
Boost!
small spoilers
sexy cluster
rwd
4 doors
extremely good oem sound system
rear massaging seats
active turning headlights
4 piston calipers
Toyota
suede seats

what happens when you throw all that in a pot with pixey dust???...








The best stock sleeper there isthat will spank your everday ricer :D
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Hiya! :D :O :lol: Meow! (='.'=)

Cars that have a good reputation on the street and on the race track! Cars like:

Nissan Skylines
Chevrolet Corvettes
Porsche 911s

👍
 
Gil
Straight sixes have some cool factor, after all the first two model years of Corvettes had them. But someone put a 2 spd. Power-Glide in the equation. It wasn't till Zora that Vette's got manual trans standard.
I've seen some seriously disturbed people with carburated turbo 225 slant sixes.

They run high 13s in A-bodes, so you can't help but be inpressed.
 
225s are pretty cool, a 225 with headers and a 4 barrel is pretty dang cool.

I can tell you all what I'm NOT a sucker for


Batteries that vary the pos/neg terminals from battery to battery. (in the same series)

Headlight assemblies that are impossible to remove.

Hard to find fuses.

Fuse boxes that must be taken apart into several pieces to remove the aforementioned fuse.

Brittle fuses.

Crappy Wiring

Foglights that think they're turn signals.

Cars that bottom out and almost grind part of the front bumper off when going from an incline to a flat surface. (like off of a flatbed towtruck, for instance)

Headlamps that wont fit their supposed year/model car

Cars that think Blowing a fuse along with other unmentioned items is the proper response to reinstalling the battery after yet another failed attempt to replace the headlight assembly. (even though the battery's terminals are wrong, we did NOT switch terminals from that they were while the car was still running with that battery, which happens to be 2 weeks old)

I'm not a sucker for Diamond white pearl 1992 Lexus SC300s with 171,510 miles.

:grumpy:

It's a long story.......

We can't find the damn fuse anywhere, either. The damn car also had to die in my friend's driveway, blocking their garage, so it had to be towed. :grumpy:
 
50th Post!!
Anyway,I like
-Datsuns :drool:
-BMW's :dopey:
-Diesels 👍
-Late 70's to early 80's Japanese cars :drool: :drool: :dopey: 👍
-wagons-V70 2.5T AWD
-hot hatches-VW GOLF GTI
-and cars make a whiny,high piched noise,kinda like a jet engine :scared:
 
turbocharged/intercooler line4's
CAI
one exhaust pipe(looks best for japanese racers like the 240)
loud ass exhaust
loud ass BOV
sound of a spooling turbo
carbon fiber hoods and sides
fat ass wings like the Evo or impreza wings
side skirts
small crowded engine bay with everything shiny
dampers
lowering springs
big ass header
intake manifold
huge throttle body
compact 4 door sports cars
 
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