What's your favorite car?

[thevacuumman]

My favorite car isn't a car. It is my daily driver 1997 Silverado 3/4 Ton (Goldie). This truck is a trooper and has never given me any major issues or left me stranded. My favorite car is my old 1966 Ford Thunderbird in Green. It was such a beautiful car but I had sold it to replace my wife's 1999 Grand AM Gt with a 2013 Chevy Sonic.

 

[thevacuumman]

2013 Chevy Sonic

I had no experience with any GM car newer than a 2004 Impala. This car I find to be comfortable and great on gas. I also really like that it's Topaz Blue.

 

[suckolux]

I think that T-Bird is Tahoe Turquoise ?

 

[thevacuumman]

I can't remember the color. Someone on here told me the color then I for got what it was called.

 

[brando_husky]

Beautiful 66 tbird. I love that shade of green.

 

[panasonicvac]

My 2nd favorite

A 2000's GMC DENALI That we bought in 2003. It was the replacement of our Chevy Tahoe that we later took at our first and last cabin to use up there. Had some major modifications on this as you can see because my Dad wanted this to look nice like the tail lights, DVDs, back up camera, etc.

I've always liked this truck for some odd reason, We later sold this truck in 2007 and now my Dad uses a 2007 Lincoln Navigator.

These were the pictures we took when this was listed on KSL back in 2007.

 

[tolivac]

Would have to imagine the movie player screen visible to the driver only works when the car is stopped-very nice.

 

[kenkart]

Re M-37

My uncle had a 53 Dodge M-37 Weapons Carrier when I was growing up, Have ridden many miles in that thing and have seen that winch pull loads you would think impossible...As for Chryslers PushButton shift, it really was about bullet proof, not so much the Edsel and Packards, Chryslers was mechanical and theirs was electrically operated.

 

[dirtmaster37]

Mine will forever be.."The LAST Real Packard".....19

I have been in love with these cars for over 25 years. No, I do not own one, but will eventually. I have been fortunate enough to sit in, and drive fellow collectors 56's and they are by any yardstick the finest automobiles ever to rool out of Detroit in the 50's or 60's for that matter.

From the very robust V-8, thru the butter smooth ( yet troublesome) Touch Button Ultramatic, to the float ride you get from the Torsion-Level torsion bar suspension. I cant say enough about these last cars from a brand that sadly lost it's way.

Here are a few VHR pics of a car that was sold a few years back....

 

[dirtmaster37]

Pics of the Packard....

Sorry Pics.....

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Wow!

not MY favorite choice, BUT ..... just look at that thing!! Can it all be wrapped up with "Stunning"?

 

[dartman]

My 41 had a Braden MU2 winch and one time I was in the backyard before all the other houses were built screwing around and sunk that thing down to the frame/bumper. There was NO driving or pushing it out.
I decided to winch to the small fir tree very close to the truck. Engaged the winch, truck started to move, then the tree popped up, root ball and all and almost fell on the cab. I had to dig that 3/4 inch cable out from around the tree and mud and found a BIG fir tree quite a bit away.
I did all kinds of fun and dumb things in my truck and jeep back in the day. They both were amazing rigs in what they could do if you were crazy and could drive and read the terain.

 

[vacerator]

Packard has

a history beggining in Warren Ohio. The museum and annual show is there.
After Henry B. Joy bought most of the company's stock, it moved to Detroit.
General Motors named the electrical division in Warren Ohio Packard Electric.
They used to make every wiring harness for every GM vehicle.
Packard had a large proving ground and lodge in Shelby township Mi. They spent way too much money designing their own automatic transmission, while Ford bought their first from Borg Warner, and were even using GM Hydramatics in Lincolns.
Richard Teague designed that beautifull Packard Patrician above, then went to American Motors upon the merger of Packard and Studebaker, also a failing company.
Hudson and Nash merged to be the number four automaker AMC.
With Mercury, Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles, and Buicks nearly as nice as a Packard, with lower price tags, they just couldn't compete with that. I think even a base level Cadillac costed less. Production ended with the 1956 model year. The factory is finally being demolished, what hasn't fallen down on it's own.

 

[real1shep]

Favorite engine:426 Hemi


Next favorite:V-10 Dodge truck engine I presently have...450ft/lbs of torque just off idle and not a nickles worth of trouble since it was new(1995)


After that, tie for: 440, 383 and the cars the 409 was stuffed into.


Honorable mentions:427 Chev, 427 Ford side oiler & 389 Pontiac Tri-power, 390 Ford, 390 AMC


 


It's a highly subjective question....some people are rabid about small block, fast revving engines and other like me love the big blocks.


 


Kevin


 


 

 

[floor-a-matic]

My favorite car would be the 1979 Ford Granada that my parents used to have; interior had dark blue/woodgrain trim & exterior dark blue


 


Or 1976 Ford Maverick white with blue top

 

[vacerator]

Engines, Granada;

Kevin, how about the Pontiac 421 Super Duty?
Flooramatic, I learned to Drive on a Granada in driver-ed. It had a six in it. Not bad, for what they cost back then. It was an upscale car from the Maverick which it replaced. President Obama even had one.
Mavericks were solidly built cars also. Our neighbor had one.
They replaced the Falcon, but mainly in sheet metal and shape only.
The other driver-ed cars we drove were a Chevy Nova with a 305 V8, a Plymouth Volare' SE 318 V8, and an Oldsmobile Omega brougham with a 350 Olds rocket V8. That was the best handling, and smoothest car. It also had the highest price tag.
My friends mom had a 1978 Mercury Monarch ESS in midnight blue and a chamois landau top. She chose it over the Cougar XR-7 for better fuel economy. It had a sluggish inline six. Especially when the A/C was on.
I almost bought a used V-6 Mustang Mach 1, which was even worse. I chose a slightly used Olds Cutlass Supreme V8. Best selling car in 1976.

 

[real1shep]

Don't remember

the details about the Pontiac 421 Super Duty. What car(s) did it typically wind up in? I might have raced one with the 'cuda, but don't remember that engine.


 


Kevin

 

[suckolux]

Mom had a double black 76 Cutlass Supreme, sweet, smooth, fairly fast car, not much trouble either, it replaced a 74 Monte, that was a TURD! 85 T Bird replaced the Cutlass, I missed the olds then.

 

[vacerator]

the 421

was very limnited, costly to mill, and usually installed in Catalina's, the 2+2, Executive, or Bonneville. Maybe Grand Prix's in '68 or '69. I don't know if it was ever in a GTO. GM had cubic inch restrictions for mid size cars.
David, '74 was the worst smog control laden year for any car. Chevrolet 350's with air injection and EGR ran sluggish.
1975 with unleaded fuel, a catalytic convertor, and high energy electronic ignition made a world of difference. The spark was 85% hotter. Only California cars kept air injection in '75.

 

[vacerator]

I was confused

myself about the 421. There also was a 428, only in large cars, unless a customer had a dealer install one in a GTO. The early 421's were dealer installed only.
Reserved for NASCAR racing until 1967 when it's crankshaft switched from a drop forged to a nodular iron one.