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| Barracuda68 | Oct 7 2014, 11:28 AM Post #1 |
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I'm hungry
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How do you like your classic automobiles? |
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| jedimario | Oct 7 2014, 12:48 PM Post #2 |
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RAWR
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I believe there is room for all of it. There are some people that create some awfully nice customs out there who deserve to have their vision realized. There are people that want to race vintage vehicles and more cars at the track is never a bad thing. And of course, the vision of the original vehicle designers should not be lost, so there is always room for cars to be left in or restored to showroom stock specification. |
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| pjedsel | Oct 7 2014, 12:55 PM Post #3 |
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Muscle Car
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I am pretty much "old school" on this one - I want my classic cars to be factory stock.
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| Dragnet_Supporter | Oct 7 2014, 01:51 PM Post #4 |
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SUV
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I like a nice factory paint scheme, but if that were the end of it there would be no hot rods, BWFs...and what about police and rescue? Plus I tend to think that if a diecast company is going to make it these days, they will eventually run out of factory schemes and have to turn to other possibilities to stay afloat long term. So--realism in the cast, yes. But a good variety of uses is also nice. Not overly realist to think factory forever from a business standpoint. But we all get to choose what we like and don't like. So to each their own Edited by Dragnet_Supporter, Oct 7 2014, 01:54 PM.
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| W Gee | Oct 7 2014, 04:49 PM Post #5 |
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Station Wagon
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I love them all ....the most intriguing car Ive seen was an Rolls Royce stake truck ( coach work cut off behind the front seats ) 20 years ago at a cruise night.1920s era car ,depression era conversion. the senior who brought it also had a similar aged Buick and Caddie... all vintage original and worn, he had rescued them years before from the scrappers and kept them running ,as special as a concours car in my opinion |
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| 96cutlass | Oct 7 2014, 05:16 PM Post #6 |
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Midsize
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I've always leaned hard towards factory stock. I really gloss over the race/hot rodded cars at shows, and rarely collect them in scale. It makes me feel a bit bad sometimes, because I know the owners have poured a lot of time and money into them, but they just don't register on my interest meter. |
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| juantoo3 | Oct 7 2014, 06:12 PM Post #7 |
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I've seen some beautiful old conversions restored, one in particular was a large early 30s Buick cut into a stake bed truck during the war (gas rationing...it was easier to get gas for trucks than for cars, which is why so many were done during that time), used until recently by a Napa Valley winery. I just love cars. Well, mostly older cars, but cars in general. I like stock, I like chopped and channelled, shaved and frenched, flamed and lowered, gassers and sleds, lowriders and brute 4X4s, off road and road racers, mild and wild paints...and on and on. Sure, there are cars I'm not generally crazy about (DONKs, rice burners, econoboxes), but I can still appreciate what goes into them and understand there are those that do like them. If I had to pick one underserved segment of the auto industry seriously overlooked and underrepresented, and for which I think sales would do quite well...it would be professional cars. Specifically hearses and limo-style ambulances (pre-1978), and military staff cars. The few hearses and ambulances made over the years by most every maker sold well when new and still retain value among collectors, and the even fewer military staff cars (even the fantasy ones) hold their desireability and value very well too. I think a series of limosuines for world leaders would do well too (think "Presidential" limos for various world leaders; US, England, France, Russia, China, Japan, etc.). |
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| W Gee | Oct 7 2014, 08:57 PM Post #8 |
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Station Wagon
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I ve often wondered what that Rolls was worth after it was pried from his cold hands after all those years he kept it as it was .Wooden coach work can be relatively easily replaced if all the chassis & powertrain still exist. Im sure that piece of its history is gone and its been restored , I mourn what it had been...picture a Beverly Hillbillys Rolls Royce , it was cool |
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| Swifty | Oct 7 2014, 10:06 PM Post #9 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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^This. Also, it irks me to no end when hot rodders and customizers cut up good classics. It's one thing if we're talking a rescued rusty about to be crushed Tri-Five Chevy. It's quite another thing when we're talking about a 47,000 original mile 1952 Henry J in mint condition. ![]() ![]() Would you cut this car? The person who took these pics was going to do so. He's since sold it on but I don't know who has it now, nor do I know what they intend to do with it. I understand the concept of 'garbage in, garbage out' but at the same time, most of the original parts are just going to end up in the landfill anyway, so why not use a much cheaper basket case as a starting point? |
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| Barracuda68 | Oct 7 2014, 10:17 PM Post #10 |
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I'm hungry
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I can dig what Swifty's saying, but THIS
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| Barracuda68 | Oct 7 2014, 10:20 PM Post #11 |
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I'm hungry
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| Barracuda68 | Oct 7 2014, 10:23 PM Post #12 |
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I'm hungry
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so basically for the most part I defiantly prefer Hot Rod/Kustom. what more can I say. |
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| Swifty | Oct 7 2014, 11:09 PM Post #13 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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![]() Yawn. I've seen half a dozen modified Henry Js. I've never seen a stock one, not even in a museum. I didn't even get a chance to see the powder blue one above.
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| juantoo3 | Oct 8 2014, 08:18 AM Post #14 |
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The story is similar for '41 Willys, American Austin Bantams and Fiat Topolinos. All four (including the Henry J) were extremely popular on the drag strip in the 60s, so finding unmolested examples is an exercise in futility. Another that was very popular to cut up and race is the Anglia, especially the panel, but there were enough of those and they were made recently enough (early 60s) that unmolested examples *occasionally* can be found. Keep in mind though, too, a lot of the cars mentioned weren't exactly "popular" when new in stock form with the masses. The Topo for example, at least in America, was seriously underpowered and just generally ignored. It wasn't until the 60s when the few still laying around in junkyards were pulled out basically for the sheetmetal to lay over a dragster/rail to make a car competitive in two different racing classes. There was nothing of particular merit about the Topo in stock form on American roads at the time (1960s), and who'da thunk anybody 50 years later still (today) would even bother to want to know what they looked like new in stock form in 1933 or so? One that got overlooked all the way around was the Crosley. I've only ever seen one Crosley powered rail (the irony isn't lost on me) and only a handful of projects...none of which were complete. Try finding parts for a Crosley... |
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| juantoo3 | Oct 8 2014, 12:31 PM Post #15 |
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OK, so I voted "undecided" simply because it depends on the car. A Duesenberg just doesn't look right cobbled and chopped, and unless it is a factory racer someone today likely wouldn't know the difference. But a '64 Chebby...oh man! I could go so many directions with one of those and like almost all of them! |
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| Swifty | Oct 8 2014, 08:58 PM Post #16 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I've never seen a stock (non-Jeep) Willys. Not a one. Not an Aero, not a '41, not a '33. But I've seen dozens of rodded examples from the '30s and '40s. I've never seen a stock Anglia, either (and I've never seen any Topolino, stock or modified). I have, however, seen multiple stock Bantams and an American Austin) but never seen a hot rod version. As for Crosleys.... Boy did you pick the right car. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| JoeX | Oct 10 2014, 01:15 AM Post #17 |
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I don't mind either way. I'm with Swifty on the Henry J. It looks best stock, no doubt. If we're tlking about rare classics like Auburns, Cords, Duesenbergs and anything else rare, it should be stock. The Henry J looks good custom, but it looks so much better stock. If we're talking tri-five Chevrolets, then yeah, mod them all you want. I'm looking at a diecastversion of the Fast and Furious 6 Ford Escort Mk I which was modified for the film, and it looks good, but the mods are subtle. Mostly just aftermarket rims, fog lights and modified interior. I think the Henry J could look good with Jaguar-style wire rims, though. Can anyone else picture it?
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| juantoo3 | Oct 10 2014, 08:11 AM Post #18 |
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A typical American Austin Bantam Hot Rod. Drag racers went the extra mile (pun intended) to make the car purpose built for straight line racing. I have seen a couple (meaning: 2) Willys shells, usually from the inbetween years that racers tend to skip over (late 30s, '38 or so). The front ends are even more gawky than the ones pulled by racers. English Anglias I see fairly regular, a few a year, from shells to mostly complete to gutted and tubbed and built to go. I have only seen pics of exactly two "stock" American Austins, only one of which was a Bantam...and it was a shell. |
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| cody6268 | Oct 10 2014, 09:31 AM Post #19 |
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Minivan
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Nope I like them stock. I'm normally fine with people modifying diecast model versions of the car, likely because way more have been made of the model than the 1/1. Except it ticks me off when it's a rare model that's been customized. . I remember someone trying to hock a sloppily customized Matchbox Mack MR Heavy Rescue that was originally a Code 2 release by Ad-ventures as a promo for the Clear Brook VFD in eastern Va. Why didn't they just use one of the dozens of normally released versions? |
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I am pretty much "old school" on this one - I want my classic cars to be factory stock.






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