Which would you pick?

"davedave1111" (davedave1111) 06/23/2015 at 11:29 • Filed to: None

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This is an outstandingly varied collection, including a fair few I’d never heard of before. If you could only pick one, which would it be?

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PanchoVilleneuve ST > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:33

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Pop-up headlights are awful.

Sn210 > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:37

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Either a Riv or an XJ220

Birddog > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:37

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That Tatra is like a refined version of the Dodge M4S.

I’d go for the Tatra because I didn’t know it existed.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:37

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Of the ones actually within my reach, maybe a ‘42 DeSoto:

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > PanchoVilleneuve ST 06/23/2015 at 11:39

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OPPOsaurus WRX > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:40

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any of these would do

davedave1111 > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/23/2015 at 11:45

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But not the 288GTO, because...? ;)

LongbowMkII > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:45

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off-hand, lotus elan. thats a long list.

davedave1111 > Birddog 06/23/2015 at 11:46

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Yeah, I have a feeling that’s why I picked the Tatra too. Oh god, we’re fucking hipsters.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:49

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Only one? that is hard.

Only one to actually own and afford to drive on my current budget? - Toyota Supra, either MA60 Mark II or MA70 Mark III,

Runners up: Toyota MR2 AW11 or SW20, or a Pontiac Fiero, 3rd or 4th-gen Pontiac Firebird, or C4 Corvette. I wouldn’t fit in an Opel GT, but it has great axial-rotation pop-ups.

Only one classic? - 1966-67 Buick Riviera resto-mod.

Only one, but money-no-object exotic car... runner up might be the BMW 8-series, but I think the award would have to go to Isdera Imperator, since it was actually for sale at some point, Mercedes-Benz C111 concept cars weren’t sold.

davedave1111 > LongbowMkII 06/23/2015 at 11:50

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Long, but also remarkably wide-ranging. It would make an epic pub quiz question along the lines of ‘what do these cars have in common?’, and including a couple of the high-end ones along with a couple of the cooking coupes.

njp1589 > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:51

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911 Turbo (930) Slantnose

Mainly because it reminds me of, and has to do with the 935, which I will never be able to afford or find.

kanadanmajava1 > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:54

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If I could pick anything I would have the 1st made prototype of Countach LP400. It’s owned (again) by the factory and likely it will never be sold.

For some reason Ferrari 512S Modulo is missing from the list. It’s also pretty much unobtainable as Glickenhaus managed to buy it from Pininfarina’s collection.

davedave1111 > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 06/23/2015 at 11:56

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You can have a concept if you want - I wouldn’t want to rule out the Dome Zero, or the Lambo Athon I just noticed for the first time:

Oh yes, and I just noticed that I’d forgotten the Cizeta Moroder V16T is on the list. Not relevant to your comment, but it’s always a good list that has a CZ on it :)

Alfalfa Romeo > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:56

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Since it was my childhood dream car, I’m going to have to go with Pantera.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 11:58

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Cizeta V16T, because it’s got a design that was considered too radical by Lamborghini and quad popups.

davedave1111 > kanadanmajava1 06/23/2015 at 11:59

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You should add it to the list - it’s clearly not exhaustive.

Sn210 > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 06/23/2015 at 12:00

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davedave1111 > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 06/23/2015 at 12:03

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Another excellent choice from among the many. But it’s so hard to pick :)

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > njp1589 06/23/2015 at 12:03

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There is a sinister little part of my Porsche fandom that wants to conceive (and build, if I could ever afford to...) a fun little back-dating project.

1: speedster (cut down windshield and rear interior cover, barely street-legal lightweight.)

2: flachbau (slant-nose)

3: long-hood. (pre-1974 classic front end)

4: flared fender wide-body.

5: 964 Turbo suspension and brakes under Carrera RSR style 17” resto-mod Fuchs-replica wheels. (basically requiring the use of a 964 cabriolet shell.)

6: Cosworth-build 3.6 air-cooled, fuel-injected engine, with a robust 6-speed manual gearbox with a torque-biasing limited-slip differential.

7: early whale-tail horizontal spoiler, which didn’t exist on pre-74 cars.

Basically like a Singer remake of a car that NEVER existed, with features that are almost never seen together on the same car. Singer doesn’t do convertibles, let alone speedsters, and NO long-hood early car has ever been a flat-nose with hidden headlights.

Flachbau speedsters are unicorns, anyway, and any long-hood speedster is a resto-mod, as official Porsche speedster 911s came after 1974, as convertibles were under a moratorium in the late-60s and most of the 1970s... which is the reason for the Targa.

OPPOsaurus WRX > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 12:04

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haha i tried to keep it short otherwise i’d just be reposting the whole list

punkgoose17 > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 12:08

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So many amazing choices. I noticed the AMX II is missing from the list.

It is hard not to pick the Tatra MXT, just because it is a Tatra as my favorite. I am going to pick the Dome Zero:

The Ford Ranchero GT is a cool surprise on this list I did not know about.

davedave1111 > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/23/2015 at 12:21

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Yeah, I was feeling a bit like that when I posted in the first place.

davedave1111 > punkgoose17 06/23/2015 at 12:24

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Ah yes, another one I didn’t know about :)

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 12:30

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Never got that about the Zero. Lets make a super aerodynamic wedge then throw two big air damn pop up heads on it. Brilliant!

davedave1111 > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 06/23/2015 at 12:38

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Who cares, look at that Lambo!

misfitmascots > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 12:44

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Lamborghini Diablo or Ferrari 456M

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 13:13

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Miura or Mangusta

davedave1111 > misfitmascots 06/23/2015 at 13:34

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Really? Out of that list you’d pick a 456M?

misfitmascots > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 13:42

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I don’t really like pop up headlights

davedave1111 > misfitmascots 06/23/2015 at 13:46

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I’m not a huge fan myself, to be honest. But there are enough cars on that list where I’d have them regardless of looks :)

misfitmascots > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 13:58

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Me too. I like the 456. The Diablo is one of my all time favorite cars.

NoneOfYourBiz > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 14:01

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Keisei AE-100 Skyliner

BECAUSE THEN I’D HAVE AN EFFING TRAIN.

*ahem*

More seriously, this is a tough choice.

For Canadian content and originality, I’d be tempted by the Bricklin SV-1 , as featured in Hobo with a Shotgun .

Realistically, I’d want to spend a few days (weeks?) pouring over each of the options to see what made most sense. What can I still get parts for? What’s reliable? (so, not a Lagonda Wagon, despite my attraction to them) What doesn’t drive like tank?

Too much choice.

davedave1111 > misfitmascots 06/23/2015 at 14:07

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I like the 456, but it’s a bit outclassed by some of the things keeping it company there. I mean, it’s not in the spirit of the question, but there must be at least a dozen cars on there you could sell for enough to buy an entire starting-grid full of 456s.

And I have no argument against the Diablo except that the Cizeta Moroder is on the list, and it’s basically just a hyper Diablo.

Double the headlights, triple the fun.

davedave1111 > NoneOfYourBiz 06/23/2015 at 14:08

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I think the train is a perfectly cromulent choice.

pip bip - choose Corrour > davedave1111 06/23/2015 at 23:01

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TATRA! yes please!

davedave1111 > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/24/2015 at 00:17

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My thoughts exactly. I mean, objectively no, but TATRA!

Mattbob > davedave1111 07/22/2015 at 09:10

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LaBaron, because fuck it. Honestly its hard to find one I wouldn’t want.

Grindintosecond > davedave1111 09/11/2015 at 18:30

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Psshhhht, a Volvo of course

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