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Automotive resurrection poll / thread
mrmike08075
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What one car or truck do you wish could be brought back into production - if they would / could make it again today???
Assume that it meets current government standards and remains as true as possible to the original concept or design (not simply slapping a badge or brand on something "new")
And why??? Pure nostalgia - function - need - etc.
Ford courier / Mazda based light pick up truck is my choice
Say offer a short bed and long bed or flat bed (stepside and fleet side and stake side)
Small rotary engine or maybe a small boxer style engine or even an inline four cylinder (a modern take on the flat head might be kind of neat)
Perhaps on the shortest and lightest configuration a bullet proof motorcycle engine could be utilized
Not tons of options and all loaded luxury models
Simple and small and light
So many uses and functions for this type of vehicle in my opinion
What vehicle do you want to see again under or close to my proposed standards???
Have fun or be serious - I look forward to seeing your responses and some fun debate.
Mike
Assume that it meets current government standards and remains as true as possible to the original concept or design (not simply slapping a badge or brand on something "new")
And why??? Pure nostalgia - function - need - etc.
Ford courier / Mazda based light pick up truck is my choice
Say offer a short bed and long bed or flat bed (stepside and fleet side and stake side)
Small rotary engine or maybe a small boxer style engine or even an inline four cylinder (a modern take on the flat head might be kind of neat)
Perhaps on the shortest and lightest configuration a bullet proof motorcycle engine could be utilized
Not tons of options and all loaded luxury models
Simple and small and light
So many uses and functions for this type of vehicle in my opinion
What vehicle do you want to see again under or close to my proposed standards???
Have fun or be serious - I look forward to seeing your responses and some fun debate.
Mike
Comments
I just like them
There's a reason you can find them in every corner of the world
I do not believe the auto makers would ever go back to using all of the steel put into those past machines.
Always had a thing for those big station wagons! Sporty...na but more like family fun mobiles![8D]
There are a lot of old cars I really liked back in the day. The old Ford Falcons with their straight 6 and three on the tree shifters that were even built in convertible form and of coarse there was a station wagon![:p]
just about any popular car / truck from 1950 thru 1971
early big block camaros , mustangs , hemi mopars tri 5 chevys of course 32 fords
just update using todays advancements for the engine transmission
screw the EPA .
also bring back real gas not the corn based engine killing crap
On a serious note, a mid '60's Ford Ranchero would be high on my list.
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
The air cooled VW Type I
Ford Contour SE with a stick shift and a six cylinder. Boring looking, but very quick and drove and shifted beautifully. Shifted as nice as a Honda. Looked nice. I think it was based on Ford's collaboration with Opal?
Bought both used , the Taurus for $3500 and the Contour for $5000. Got tremendous value and pleasure out of both. There's a lot to be said for a good used car.
65 Plymouth Satellite.
I had one back in the day. I really loved that car. Wish I still had it. Bronze metallic w/black interior.
I remember them from the late 70's / early 80's I think
Small and lightweight with a sporty Aero styled look - rotary engine and manual transmission
And I know it's going to garnish some groans and some hate but the last gen Pontiac fiero fastback - mid engine design compact could have been so much more - and the iron Duke had potential
Mike
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
Pontiac OHC Six Firebird, Torboed and Intercooled, please? Maybe Independent Rear end?
Aero version of Corvair Monza, 1971/72 Model - was pretty then, but with an Aero cleanup, could be FUN!
Fiero GT 6, Turboed and Intercooled.
Model T Pickup, just as it was, for a retro fun vehicle!
quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
For me it's a toss up; either a 69 or 70 Z28 Camaro. I really wanted a 69 Z28, but waited on the new design 70 Z28 to be released and bought one as soon as I could order it. As much as I loved my 70 Z28, I always liked the looks of the 69 Z.Living in the past is the 'first' sign of senility,,,,,,,,,,,[:D][}:)]Pay attention; living in the past is what this thread's about; get with the program! [:D]
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
I just looked at one for sale, but was too rusty for my liking.
They had Hi and Lo part time 4wd with shift on the fly.
Great fuel economy, weighing it at just over a ton.
Nowadays you see these huge 4 dr trucks with a bed smaller than the brat.
serf
The old boxy early 1970's international harvester pick up trucks were also neat if boxy and ugly
I miss vent windows and bench seats and vinyl upholstery and neat interior patterns and accoutrements
Mike
continental kit. I had a red and white one in 1960 and wish I still had it. Traded it in 1964 on a '64 GTO. Wish I had both of them back.
How about the original Mazda RX-7's
I remember them from the late 70's / early 80's I think
Small and lightweight with a sporty Aero styled look - rotary engine and manual transmission
And I know it's going to garnish some groans and some hate but the last gen Pontiac fiero fastback - mid engine design compact could have been so much more - and the iron Duke had potential
Mike
I had a1979 RX7 -that car was awesome. Fun to drive , Lightning quick, nimble, durable and you could red line that Wankel rotary all day long
Jaguar XKE
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I still have two 69 camamros one needs a restoration I have it in progress and the other a paint job one I have owned for 43 +/- years the other about 15 or 16 years ,, both have big block chevys and of course 4 speed's [^]
quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
For me it's a toss up; either a 69 or 70 Z28 Camaro. I really wanted a 69 Z28, but waited on the new design 70 Z28 to be released and bought one as soon as I could order it. As much as I loved my 70 Z28, I always liked the looks of the 69 Z.
AAR Cuda with the hemi. They were a blast to drive.
The AAR Cuda came with a 340 six pack.
Tri-five T-birds
1932 Ford 3 window coupe
Oh WAIT, that one is 're-popped' (from the original tooling to boot)
Drive-line is 'dealers choice' (I'm planning on going 351W)
https://brookvilleroadster.com/models/32-3-window-coupe/