10 Random Cars Icon should Iconify

"philaDLJ" (philadlj) 10/11/2019 at 12:27 • Filed to: icon, restomods, electrification, greebrier, ZIL, kingswood, squareback, corsair

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Chevy Corsair Monza

Chevy Kingswood Wagon

Honda N600

Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2

Lincoln Mark V

Studebaker Starliner

Toyopet Crown

Volkswagen Type 2 Squareback

ZIL 114

Note: this post is not meant to argue the practicality or morality of restomodding perfectly functional conventionally-powered examples of the above vehicles, but to presuppose that Icon could find derelict specimens of said cool-looking vehicles with powertrains either missing or beyond saving and reincarnate them as modern EVs.  

MrSnrub > philaDLJ 10/11/2019 at 12:47

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Oh man, an Icon Corvair. I wonder if they’d take payment in redundant organs

vicali > philaDLJ 10/11/2019 at 12:47

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yummy square

cmill189 - sans Volvo > philaDLJ 10/11/2019 at 12:49

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Those first two are both Corvair's, the first being a Monza. 

Cash Rewards > MrSnrub 10/11/2019 at 12:50

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Wouldn't they just take your corvair and give you back a 911?

ihm96 > philaDLJ 10/11/2019 at 12:58

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I just want another Corvair lol. Give me a four on the floor,not electric. I’m not tryna make it more dangerous with instant torque to snap you into the ditch

MrSnrub > Cash Rewards 10/11/2019 at 13:13

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Hmm, maybe then I could complain and get my organs back. Free car !

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > MrSnrub 10/11/2019 at 13:19

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Ahem.  J. Ward’s clientele is solidly 1% of the 1%.  They are gorgeous, but if you seen the final price tag on  his projects, they’ll make a Singer 911 blush.

AfromanGTO > philaDLJ 10/11/2019 at 14:25

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You have me thinking now.

They should also do a 70s Caddy convertible.

My bird IS the word > Cash Rewards 10/11/2019 at 15:12

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Corvair by S inger?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > philaDLJ 10/11/2019 at 15:37

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I’d rock the hell out of a Derelict 53 Stud. Lined with houndstooth  tweed. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > AfromanGTO 10/11/2019 at 15:39

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Or build that 70s Escalade some one posted a while ago. Johnathon Ward would knock that out if the park.

Cash Rewards > My bird IS the word 10/11/2019 at 15:40

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That’d be pretty sweet, but  I was thinking that ICON/ singer just make the Platonic ideal of whatever car they’re working on. For a corvair, isn’t that just a 911? Doesn’t every corvair, deep down, wish it was a 911?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > philaDLJ 10/11/2019 at 15:42

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Also for you consideration a Rally style Renault Dauphine

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > philaDLJ 10/11/2019 at 15:47

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That Studebaker really is a standout.

facw > philaDLJ 10/11/2019 at 17:04

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Not a bad list. I’d like to see more cool looking futuristic late ‘70s and ‘80s cars that were hamstung by automakers not knowing how to deal with efficiency and smog regulations. Get some modern power in those guys.

Hamtractor > philaDLJ 10/11/2019 at 17:38

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Put that Greenbriar van on a Unimog chassis!  Put batteries in that Squareback, add a widebody kit, suspension upgrades.  Put the N600 on a Suzuki Samurai chassis with a Hayabusa motor.  We’re done here.

Hoccy > facw 10/11/2019 at 18:17

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I’d love to see a NSU Ro80 with a modern powertrain. Or a Citroën CX with everything from the C6 somehow incorporated.

philaDLJ > Hoccy 10/11/2019 at 19:44

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I forgot the Saab 92!!

So many quirky  underpowered European cars to choose from...

philaDLJ > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/11/2019 at 19:45

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Now you’re thinkin’!

philaDLJ > cmill189 - sans Volvo 10/11/2019 at 19:45

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ETA