Rarest Car
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Tubbsy
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My uncle drove a '59 corvette fuelie when I was a kid... one of the cars I remember him hanging on to the longest, and probably my favorite behind the '56 f100 he used to race.
A friend of mine is restoring a 1952 Muntz. These cars were built with components from other makes. His has a 332 flathead Lincoln engine hooked to a Hydramatic transmission. I can't find a picture of his car, so I'm attaching a picture of a '51 Muntz, which is about the same except for the color.
Here's the article on the car shown.
Car of the Week: 1951 Muntz Jet convertible - Old Cars Weekly
Here's the article on the car shown.
Car of the Week: 1951 Muntz Jet convertible - Old Cars Weekly
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4barrel
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With a little help you could make it look like a smaller '50 model Mercury. That bumper looks like it came off of a cop car.
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Tubbsy
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They've definitely gone nuts... I vaguely remember him making a good bit of money off it, enough to buy a pair of gto's if im remembering right... he's been building and flipping cars for going on 50 years, and has had quite a few memorable ones...
The first Shelby Mustang known as "Little Red." It belonged to a fraternity brother of mine at the University of Wyoming. He bought it from a Ford dealer in Denver on the way home from Viet Nam. We used the car like an SUV - hunted deer and elk in it, cruised the desert for prairie dogs, you name it. We knew the car was special, but we didn't know it was THAT special. There are several Youtube videos about it but here's one with the story of finding and restoring it. There's also an interview with my old friend, Tom, the original owner.
The Hunt for Little Red - BARRETT-JACKSON - YouTube
The Hunt for Little Red - BARRETT-JACKSON - YouTube
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Had a teacher in High School that drove a Triumph TR3 when the weather was nice. It was in good shape as it was 1958 model if I recall correctly.
Back in the late 1980's, in college, a professor alternated between a Studebaker pickup truck and a Golden Hawk. I would often take the long way to class and see what was parked in the reserved spot...
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My late friend in Muhen Switzerland, Hanspeter Humbel, was a public school shop teacher with the heart of a mad scientist with a dash of anarchist for flavor. Around 1983, he challenged himself to create a motor vehicle which would adhere to all the requirements of a passenger car on public roads.
Beginning with an engine from Renault, he created a metal frame and body then added all the required parts. When he approached the national authorities to register his creation, it seemed they were unaware of how to proceed. After he walked them through a lengthy approval process, they issued him a passenger car registration under a company name and VIN number he made up.
Don't have a photo of the car, or even remember the name, but it was definitely a rare 1 of 1 vehicle, and it's driver was far from a "regular" person.
Beginning with an engine from Renault, he created a metal frame and body then added all the required parts. When he approached the national authorities to register his creation, it seemed they were unaware of how to proceed. After he walked them through a lengthy approval process, they issued him a passenger car registration under a company name and VIN number he made up.
Don't have a photo of the car, or even remember the name, but it was definitely a rare 1 of 1 vehicle, and it's driver was far from a "regular" person.
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Funny how that Daily Driver thing works.
A while back I went up to the home of a Successful Ambulance Chasing Lawyer to test drive a Porsche Boxster he had for sale.
He has a large house with a huge underneath garage.
There was the Porsche and several other cars.
Including a Ferrari Daytona and other high end machines.
He explained that the BMW was his Wife's car.
I looked around and asked, what's you Daily Driver?
Did you see that CJ-7 parked out front?
Yes, I'm parked behind it.
That's my Driver!
A while back I went up to the home of a Successful Ambulance Chasing Lawyer to test drive a Porsche Boxster he had for sale.
He has a large house with a huge underneath garage.
There was the Porsche and several other cars.
Including a Ferrari Daytona and other high end machines.
He explained that the BMW was his Wife's car.
I looked around and asked, what's you Daily Driver?
Did you see that CJ-7 parked out front?
Yes, I'm parked behind it.
That's my Driver!
How about the RUGER auto.
My '71 Stage 1 Buick GSX? Only made 124, and mine has the most powerful engine option, of which only a few dozen were made. Mine was done with a white vinyl top, and a white interior, both of which were not officially offered as options. There are factory memos stating they would only have black interiors, and would not be built with vinyl tops. We know of another gold Stage 1 with a white interior, but no vinyl top. And there are a few with black tops.
Mine is likely 1 of 1.
Mine is likely 1 of 1.
rbrbrb6
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I have seen a picture of one other of these cars but this is the only one I have seen in real life. 1956 210 two door hardtop businessman's coupe. Lots of Bel Air HDs, lots of 210 sedans but this is the only one I have seen and it has been in my garage for 45 years. I bought it from the original 87 year old owner in 1976 with 21,000 miles on it.
In about 1974 or so I helped my future brother in law get his 1963 Chrysler 300G running so he could sell it. It had a 413 with dual quads, the ram tubes were laying in the trunk. I drove it around the block a few times and never saw it again.
4barrel
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I had a buddy that had a pink Chrysler Imperial 413 with two afb Carters that was factory. He was a country boy and the 10 series GM pickups had just come out with a 454. He could smoke them. My county HP had a couple. The service manager got to road test them when they were due for tune ups. He didn't have to worry about a ticket and there was a nice stretch of road going south.
4barrel
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I have a friend that his mom owned the drive in theater. He did a frame off a few years back and never drove it. It's a gold 455 but I don't remember the interior color. He has several restored vehicles and a climate control warehouse.
I just got back from the Woodward Dream Cruise and saw a 1967 Hemi GTX in triple black. I didn't have my phone with me when it went by.
I tried to get my mother to sign for me on a 67 Silver Hemi GTX with Torqueflite Trans in 1970. It was at a dealer and had that old school lace accents around the bottom of the body. Ma wasn't dumb, she said no.
I tried to get my mother to sign for me on a 67 Silver Hemi GTX with Torqueflite Trans in 1970. It was at a dealer and had that old school lace accents around the bottom of the body. Ma wasn't dumb, she said no.
4barrel
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Most of those had Delray interiors with square stitching leather type door panels. Seems like the headliner was leatherette also and a better steering wheel. You could get carpet or rubber mats. The tattoo artist here has a '57 210 ht. He probably hasn't driven it in 30+years The local dealership told him it wasn't factory but it is. I have seen several. One guy had a green 55 210 ht in my town. I like the 210's better. I worked at a Chevrolet dealership in 1969 and when the new counter books came out the manager told me to get rid of the old ones.<dumpster> I did-I took them home and still have them. When there is an argument about options I have the GM books to prove it. It's like having a Clawson for 1911 partsI have seen a picture of one other of these cars but this is the only one I have seen in real life. 1956 210 two door hardtop businessman's coupe. Lots of Bel Air HDs, lots of 210 sedans but this is the only one I have seen and it has been in my garage for 45 years. I bought it from the original 87 year old owner in 1976 with 21,000 miles on it.
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Some people would say Stefan Diggs is not a regular person. He's a professional athlete. But he daily drives a Ferrari. When he signed as a free agent with Buffalo somebody probably should have told him he'll need a winter car. This Facebook post is priceless. What makes it even worse is he was at a McDonalds in Da hood.
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The headliner and visors on mine are a mohair type material. and black and silver/gray star type cloth interior along with white vinyl sections. It goes in next week to get the original headliner replaced and the visors recovered since the original headliner has pulled loose along the tops of the doors. Years ago I was looking for some replacement factory cloth since the older lady had torn the bottom of the front seat. I finally found a place n AZ that sold OEM material and I called them and told them what I was looking for. The told me I did NOT have a 210 2 door hardtop with that interior so send a sample down and they would see if they could find something close. I sent them a piece of the torn seat down adn in a week or so they called me and apologized and said I really did have what I said. DUH! They had bought all that the GM factory had left and it was enough for one and a half seats. Naturally I bought it and finally found a guy who would replace the clothe and stitch it back to the original vinyl using the same stitch holes! I still have enough material to do one more seat back should I need it in the future.
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In the1948 era, when I was just a pup, one of my group of friends, bought a 1930s era, all black, V16 Cadillac, chauffeur driven limousine, from a Convent in Columbus, Ohio. It had the same dual ignition system, that a Seagrave fire engine had. The passenger compartment had a silver microphone, on a retractable cord, to give the chauffeur instructions with. The passenger compartment had enclosing draperies. We young scoundrels would park that limo on the main drag, of Grove City, OH., draw the drapes, and play poker, until the wee hours.
Some nights we'd all put 5o cents in the pot, and buy a tank of gas for the limo. We'd then cruse the back roads, until the wee hours. Three dollars, bought quite a bit of gas, when it was 27 cents per gallon.
I watched a spectacular, scatterbrained demonstration in that limo, I.e. the object of the demonstration is for an uninformed, gullible, perpetrator to blow the flame of a candle out with his own gastric methane gas. The resulting explosion, is quite spectacular, and hilarious to observe. Please excuse my frank description, of the fore mentioned shameful antics.
That old Caddy limo played a big part in my education, in the 'School of hard knocks'.
Chubbo
In the1948 era, when I was just a pup, one of my group of friends, bought a 1930s era, all black, V16 Cadillac, chauffeur driven limousine, from a Convent in Columbus, Ohio. It had the same dual ignition system, that a Seagrave fire engine had. The passenger compartment had a silver microphone, on a retractable cord, to give the chauffeur instructions with. The passenger compartment had enclosing draperies. We young scoundrels would park that limo on the main drag, of Grove City, OH., draw the drapes, and play poker, until the wee hours.
Some nights we'd all put 5o cents in the pot, and buy a tank of gas for the limo. We'd then cruse the back roads, until the wee hours. Three dollars, bought quite a bit of gas, when it was 27 cents per gallon.
I watched a spectacular, scatterbrained demonstration in that limo, I.e. the object of the demonstration is for an uninformed, gullible, perpetrator to blow the flame of a candle out with his own gastric methane gas. The resulting explosion, is quite spectacular, and hilarious to observe. Please excuse my frank description, of the fore mentioned shameful antics.
That old Caddy limo played a big part in my education, in the 'School of hard knocks'.
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I've known several folks who owned Rolls Royce's, but only one guy who used his as a Daily Driver. It was the only car he had!
The other folks were trader - swappers - deal makers- heart breakers who did drive their Rolls but pretty soon they got rid of it.
The other folks were trader - swappers - deal makers- heart breakers who did drive their Rolls but pretty soon they got rid of it.
As a teenager I had a '68 440/ 6pack Dodge Charger that was my daily driver for a couple of years.
I still occasionally kick myself in the rear for selling it. Meh, youth.
I still occasionally kick myself in the rear for selling it. Meh, youth.
In 71 or 2 one of my friends had access to a 442 that we would use as our ski car. We could rocket from his house on the west side of Denver to the base of Loveland pass in 30 minutes flat on snowpacked roads.That car went up in flames that same year due to a poorly installed fuel filter. Such a bummer..
DWalt
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I once had a neighbor who drove a Crosley. There were significant numbers of them made during the late 1940s, but I have not seen or heard of one for many years, so it is likely that very few have survived. I sort of remember that it had a stamped steel engine block. They were manufactured somewhere in the Cincinnati area. About the closest thing I can compare to driving a toy. I also remember the King Midget, made in Athens Ohio. I have seen a few of them, but not recently. It was also essentially a toy car.
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