The most beautiful car ever made.
mvetrano2 wrote:
To me, the most beautiful car ever made was the 1967 Pontiac GTO, what are your opinions?
Nice!!! I'm going with the Cord.
kdogg
Loc: Gallipolis Ferry WV
1968 Roadrunner. Best muscle car I ever had. Still there selling it.
kymarto wrote:
Duesenberg J
I had a 1964 GTO but I vote for a Duesenberg. Check out the ACD museum.
Mr. B
Loc: eastern Connecticut
It's right up there for sure. I had a poster of the '66 GTO on my bedroom wall as a teenager. I also have a soft spot for the '68 Camaro and ca. '34 street rods.
Indeed beautiful, but the Chrysler La Baron, designed by Massarotti is a timeless live forever classic that could be revived by Tesla. I loved my convertible!!
https://www.allpar.com/d3/model/tc.html
Plieku69
Loc: The Gopher State, south end
As a former owner, I would disagree. Yes, I do like the style of the 67 vs the 66, but most beautiful no. That is reserved for the 1969 Dodge Charger.
My GTO was maroon with a black vinyl top, 400 engine and automatic transmission. I quickly found that it was a great boulevard cruiser and less performance car than Pontiacs advertising proclaimed. Then there was the poor fuel mileage, yes at .30 cents per gallon milage still mattered.
I drove it for a few months then parked it for the winter. It was replaced by a Studebaker that spring.
Ken
My first guess was that it was going to be an XKE, but you can't go wrong with a GTO either.
When I was 21, I certainly thought it was the most beautiful. 😊
Another beauty in my opinion, the Chevelle, also a '67.
Fredrick
Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area
mvetrano2 wrote:
To me, the most beautiful car ever made was the 1967 Pontiac GTO, what are your opinions?
I lusted after the ‘66 Pontiac GTO. Absolutely loved the sound of that car.
For years I did have a 1991 Smoke Silver Mercedes 560 SEC. Reminded me of the ‘66 GTO. The Mercedes was a much more solid and performance car. I drove it for 10 years and put 200,000 miles on it before it unfortunately turned into a money pit for maintenance repairs.
1957 T Bird. Black outside and red inside.
mvetrano2 wrote:
To me, the most beautiful car ever made was the 1967 Pontiac GTO, what are your opinions?
When I was much younger (about 14 y.o.) while playing in a tree house I heard the low rumble of a car approaching and I looked down just in time to see a C1 (1st Corvette Model) Convertible (top-down) in Roman Red with white coves passing by within twenty feet of our tree house. I had seen pictures of them in car magazines so I knew what it was. I always "Planned" to get one and "He" kept assigning me other priorities. Finally, when I retired at age sixty I called a no "Baloney" Corvette Dealer in NJ (I lived in Va) and I ordered a brand new Corvette (2008 C6 Model) with a deep blue see-through removable hardtop, bright wheels, dual-mode exhaust, 376 c.i./346 h.p., six-speed manual Xmission, in Atomic Orange Metalic and Tan Interior. Road tests for this setup are 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds and a quarter mile e.t. of 12.4 seconds. Sure, it takes high test gas but it gets 23+ mpg combined driving. At 60 mph the engine only turns 1400 rpm. Amazingly our Toyota Highlander (V6 engine) gets only 22 mpg on a trip, yikes.
OK, now what was the question????
Oh yes, it has to be the first body style (1953) C1 Corvette.
https://www.google.com/search?q=first+corvette+model+year&sxsrf=AJOqlzV2elwb7z8Ujzu0KgIhD2sLRcpREw%3A1677077020924&ei=HCr2Y4P4N5Sq5NoPv6-zkAQ&oq=first+model+corvette&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQARgBMgcIABANEIAEMgkIABAWEB4Q8QQyCQgAEBYQHhDxBDIJCAAQFhAeEPEEMgUIABCGAzoKCAAQRxDWBBCwAzoHCAAQsAMQQzoNCAAQ5AIQ1gQQsAMYAToMCC4QyAMQsAMQQxgCOgcIIxCxAhAnOgYIABAHEB46CQgAEAcQHhDxBDoHCAAQsQMQQzoHCCMQsAIQJzoNCAAQgAQQDRCxAxCDAToNCAAQgAQQDRCxAxCxAzoKCAAQgAQQDRCxAzoKCC4QDRCxAxCABDoTCAAQgAQQDRCxAxCDARCxAxCDAToFCAAQkQI6DAgAEA0QgAQQFBCHAjoLCAAQCBAHEB4Q8QQ6CAgAEAgQBxAeSgQIQRgAUOAoWP5IYKJ7aAFwAXgAgAFaiAGCB5IBAjEzmAEAoAEByAETwAEB2gEGCAEQARgJ2gEGCAIQARgI&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#imgrc=pkjNzBpzQKkwXMThanks for the memories and the . . .
Smile,
JimmyT Sends
davidrb
Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
Jimmy T wrote:
When I was much younger (about 14 y.o.) while playing in a tree house I heard the low rumble of a car approaching and I looked down just in time to see a C1 (1st Corvette Model) Convertible (top-down) in Roman Red with white coves passing by within twenty feet of our tree house. I had seen pictures of them in car magazines so I knew what it was. I always "Planned" to get one and "He" kept assigning me other priorities. Finally, when I retired at age sixty I called a no "Baloney" Corvette Dealer in NJ (I lived in Va) and I ordered a brand new Corvette (C6 Model) with a deep blue see-through removable hardtop, bright wheels, dual-mode exhaust, 376 c.i./346 h.p., six-speed manual Xmission, in Atomic Orange Metalic and Tan Interior. Road tests for this setup are 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds and a quarter mile e.t. of 12.4 seconds. Sure, it takes high test gas but it gets 23+ mpg combined driving. At 60 mph the engine only turns 1400 rpm. Amazingly our Toyota Highlander (V6 engine) gets only 22 mpg on a trip, yikes.
OK, now what was the question????
Oh yes, it has to be the first body style (1953) C1 Corvette.
https://www.google.com/search?q=first+corvette+model+year&sxsrf=AJOqlzV2elwb7z8Ujzu0KgIhD2sLRcpREw%3A1677077020924&ei=HCr2Y4P4N5Sq5NoPv6-zkAQ&oq=first+model+corvette&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQARgBMgcIABANEIAEMgkIABAWEB4Q8QQyCQgAEBYQHhDxBDIJCAAQFhAeEPEEMgUIABCGAzoKCAAQRxDWBBCwAzoHCAAQsAMQQzoNCAAQ5AIQ1gQQsAMYAToMCC4QyAMQsAMQQxgCOgcIIxCxAhAnOgYIABAHEB46CQgAEAcQHhDxBDoHCAAQsQMQQzoHCCMQsAIQJzoNCAAQgAQQDRCxAxCDAToNCAAQgAQQDRCxAxCxAzoKCAAQgAQQDRCxAzoKCC4QDRCxAxCABDoTCAAQgAQQDRCxAxCDARCxAxCDAToFCAAQkQI6DAgAEA0QgAQQFBCHAjoLCAAQCBAHEB4Q8QQ6CAgAEAgQBxAeSgQIQRgAUOAoWP5IYKJ7aAFwAXgAgAFaiAGCB5IBAjEzmAEAoAEByAETwAEB2gEGCAEQARgJ2gEGCAIQARgI&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#imgrc=pkjNzBpzQKkwXMThanks for the memories and the . . .
Smile,
JimmyT Sends
When I was much younger (about 14 y.o.) while play... (
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Very sweet ride! The engineers have turned performance into pleasure as my C-7 gets 30 mpg on the open road. AFM works wonders in the economy area. My B-I-L has a turbo Porsche that doesn't come close to 30 mpg and we run dead-even in the Quarter Mile Grudge Match. Bring on the Italians!!!
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