The0retical wrote: In reply to 1988RedT2: And now I want a 66 Toronado.
I've always wanted one of those. I was watching a show somewhere, where they mentioned some of the really revolutionary styling that first showed up on that car.
They are really quite daring, for the time, and I think they have aged very gracefully.
SilverFleet wrote: I'm just gonna leave this right here and back away slowly... http://bangshift.com/general-news/neoclassicals-kit-cars-cars-former-lives/
At a glance I'm really impressed with the Bentley kit. The base car is a POS, but I think that makes it even better
The first Excaliburs were legitimate performance cars in their own right. They were not based on another car that I know of - maybe the floor pan of a Studebaker Lark - and had ~300hp in a 2100lb car in the early 1960s. Yes their styling wasn't great but you can't argue with 0-60 in 5.8 seconds on horrible bias ply tires.
The later cars were horrible through and through sadly.
06HHR wrote: I can't believe nobody's mentioned Stutz yet, but then again they were a 70's thing. Elvis loved his Stutz BlackhawkBarry White supposedly owned this Stutz Bearcat
There is something vaguely train wreck about the Stutz, as in its awful but somehow you just can't look away. The only ones I've seen are in Graceland. They have a sort of 70's pimp cool about them that I find more appealing than I’m comfortable admitting too in public. For that reason I think they stand apart from the rest of the eye bleach inducing crap in this thread.
Ian F wrote:mazdeuce wrote: You can still buy one! New!And for a mere $238,700 you can have one of these in your garage:...where it will hopefully stay so nobody else has to see it.
I had no idea this sort of... of... thing... even existed.
What on earth is wrong with these people?????
shudders
Cannot be unseen. That's just ruined my day.
JohnRW1621 wrote: Excalibur is another brand often built off thunderbird
Cougar, actually. Check the roofline and quarter window.
Adrian_Thompson wrote:06HHR wrote: I can't believe nobody's mentioned Stutz yet, but then again they were a 70's thing. Elvis loved his Stutz BlackhawkThere is something vaguely train wreck about the Stutz, as in its awful but somehow you just can't look away. The only ones I've seen are in Graceland. They have a sort of 70's pimp cool about them that I find more appealing than I’m comfortable admitting too in public. For that reason I think they stand apart from the rest of the eye bleach inducing crap in this thread.
The hell you say!
Those are awesome. Ever see Night Shift with Fonzy and the best Batman?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lTceSP6v67E
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lTceSP6v67E
SilverFleet wrote: I'm just gonna leave this right here and back away slowly... http://bangshift.com/general-news/neoclassicals-kit-cars-cars-former-lives/
They forgot the Clenet, whose cabin, complete with doors and windshield, came from a MG Midget. I E36 M3 you not.
"Clenet" comes to mind, but I have no idea why this word was in my brain.
Yes, that is an MG Midget wearing a big suit.
My choice would the Pinto based Blakely Bearcat.
Bob the fenders and that thing is vaguely Lotus 7.
Will wrote:JohnRW1621 wrote: Excalibur is another brand often built off thunderbirdCougar, actually. Check the roofline and quarter window.
Yep, they were Cougar based. This one is a dead ringer for the one I drooled on as a kid.
edwardh80 wrote:Ian F wrote:mazdeuce wrote: You can still buy one! New!And for a mere $238,700 you can have one of these in your garage:
Imagine being this D-bag at the Country Club...
I don't know what's worse? These cars? Or wanting one because of this thread?
We inherited a Mercedes 540K "replicar" with a collection of proper, full classics we purchased a few years ago.
It's built on a Galaxie chassis with a blown 4-bolt Chevy 350 and an automatic.
It's still a horrible fibreglass kit car and it's awful to work on BUT....
Parked next to the real thing (a customer owns a 540K Cab C), "The Classic Factory" actually got the proportions right when they built this thing.
This isn't ours but is very similar, ours is the same colour but no spare tire on the deck.
It's actually fun to drive, it gets sideways really easy and if something goes horribly wrong, who really cares?
It's still a horrible, fibreglass kit car but it's a lot of fun.
I need to find a buyer for it. I'm thinking Florida would be perfect.
It's funny how awful these things seem on paper but I'd have ZERO problem daily driving one. (Just don't make me pay for it!)
ebonyandivory wrote: It's funny how awful these things seem on paper but I'd have ZERO problem daily driving one. (Just don't make me pay for it!)
Agreed. Truthfully, I think the people that are going on about how hideous they are secretly wish they had one in their garage. 
They're mechanically not worse than the '80s barges they're based on. Some of them aren't too hard on the eyes...but most of them are.
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