Childhood Motors

[Puntopimp]

What was the car you admired growing up as a lil one?

mine was without a doubt the 1998 Dodge Viper GTS huge engine on it the body was so sleak and looked amazing and i also loved the Corvette Stingray from the 60's both are equally beautiful and powerful

Be honest look at this photo an tell me it isnt a piece of Art and Beauty

 

[Yugguy]

I was born in 1970, so my first proper recollection of a car is my Dad's P6 Rover V8, which at that time was a very, very classy car, quick, refined and well-equipped. It's why I've had lots of V-engined cars and why I like saloons best and why my next car will be a V8 Jaguar. I'd actually love a ZT V8 with a supercharger but lack of body parts makes buying an MG/Rover a bit problematic these days.

 

[Puntopimp]

haha long live MG i was born in 1990 so bit after those days

 

[glabus]

HEY!!!
Whose got their hands on my S1600 and modded it to this?Does look G8 though:bigsmile:
Maybe I should say Thanks

What was the car you admired growing up as a lil one?

mine was without a doubt the 1998 Dodge Viper GTS huge engine on it the body was so sleak and looked amazing and i also loved the Corvette Stingray from the 60's both are equally beautiful and powerful

Be honest look at this photo an tell me it isnt a piece of Art and Beauty

 

[Puntopimp]

indeed it does mate gotta be one of the top 10 of all time motors! up there in the lands of the Maclaren in my opinion

 

[turbonutter69]

Escort Cosworth.

 

[glabus]

Can I add to my jokey reply by a semi serious query?
Let us dispense with the obvious answer NO
BUT....... IF we were to decide to mod the S1600 into the Dodge, (This is purely hypothetical you understand:bigsmile and on the adage that nothing is impossible:blink:
How much do you believe it would be to do it and what would need to be done?
A challenge then to all you expert modders out there.
I said the obvious answer is NO you can't
Under another, money no object maybe it is
Another would say forget it buy the Viper (or a copy)
Still, let's see what you guys come up with

What was the car you admired growing up as a lil one?

mine was without a doubt the 1998 Dodge Viper GTS huge engine on it the body was so sleak and looked amazing and i also loved the Corvette Stingray from the 60's both are equally beautiful and powerful

Be honest look at this photo an tell me it isnt a piece of Art and Beauty

 

[geraint13]

when i was a wee lad, lambo countach, ferrari F40.
also a thing for beatles. im sure that was cause of herbie films tho. sad i know !!!!!

 

[Aerial Andy944]

The shape of the original Lotus Esprit were pretty Sci Fi and spectacular for the day. That was on my bedroom wall along with a Porsche 911 turbo se the one with a slant nose :blink1: As you can see I have a thing for wedge shape cars with pop up lights:bigsmile:

 

[HDi fun]

As a child I fancied a Fiat Super Mirafiori (Fiat 131) with the 2 litre twin cam engine. Fed by twin carburettors. At that time my Dad had a 1.6 litre Panorama estate with a rudimentary 3 speed auto box.

Later the Volvo 760 Turbo appealed to me.

Tickford Capri 2.8 Turbo later on.

 

[bigbadjoe]

Escort Cosworth.

Like wise.

 

[Puntopimp]

From the 1970's-80 the Rally Car Audi Quattro was Sick! immense power and handling would love to see one but they are like platinum dust!

 

[pikey motorsports]

supercar was lambo countach and later the diablo.
The most attainable car i lusted after was ( and this is going to sound very conceited im well aware!) A VW Corrado!

lets just hope one day i can afford the Lambo too!

 

[tjay56]

Ford Mustang GT 350 fastback.Like the one from BULLIT.

 

[HDi fun]

naff123: "Be honest look at this photo an tell me it isnt a piece of Art and Beauty
"

It isn't a piece of art and beauty.

I mean, it is, in my opinion but you did asked me to say it. :-;

 

[obi_waynne]

Ha ha! Similar thoughts to mine, the Corvette Stingray was a really beautifully shaped car but even then I knew it was only good in straight lines.

The Countach was my bedroom wall poster, a white anniversary model! Tasty. Sad thing is that I can probably (almost) afford one now! I just couldn't afford the running costs!

I also really liked (you'll laugh at this) the Opel Manta GTE! It seems to have lost it's appeal over time though!

 

[geraint13]

loved the manta when i was a kid lol
will look a bit dated now though.
the third gen, im on about.
take a look
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Opel_Manta_400_-_Race_Retro_2008_02.jpg

 

[obi_waynne]

Yup - thats the one!

I guess they are retro cool now!

 

[davevm]

Lamborghini Diablo VT, Lotus Esprit

 

[coupe]

de tomaaso pantera.

and the early lambo.

 

[Prince]

I loved Porsches when I was younger. When I hit my teens though it was the Nissan Skyline R34 that got my attention.

 

[dpsubaru]

i'm with pikey, started with the Countach and when they brought out the Diablo moved onto that - would still love to haev the later, just looked such a beast.