What kind of vintage car do you wish you had?

[JethroB]

Although I have a preference for most 1957 cars, when I went to buy a car last time, I decided on a new one because I am no longer interested in repairing, rebuilding, working on cars anymore. Since I still like performance I got a Genesis Coupe Grand Touring which is the fastest car ever made in Korea and faster than 99 44/100% of cars on the road. It fits me well and even though Korean cars never did really catch on to American car enthusiasts I believe they have already surpassed Japanese cars which seem to be on the way down now as Korean cars keep improving.

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James, James Bond, would be proud to drive that.

 

[rangerfredbob]

I wouldn't mind a Nash Metropolitan to play around with... I think it would be fun with a Ford turbo 2.3L and some updating here and there...

 

[stuckmotor]

Jeep, the multi tasking tool. Promotional video from the late 50’s (ish). I’m surprised the tractor concept survived.

JethroB

Thank you. The commercial was fantastic, it must have shown all of the Jeep attachments Willys sold at the time it was filmed.

Here's another tidbit that caught my attention:
The narraror's pronunciation of the word "WILLYS" was the way I came up hearing it and thought it should be pronounced UNTIL I saw a later day Jeep documentay. It's narrator pronounced the word "WILLIES", as in two people named Willie. Maybe, the different pronunciations are regional.

 

[stuckmotor]

My first car, a '36 Ford Coupe. Cost $50 that I earned on my paper route. Good condition, simply an old car back then.

I see this one in the photo has bids over $50k. All the '30's Fords have Attitude a mile wide, like a modern muscle car.

I knew for certain this Art Deco era Ford was a timeless classic. Parents took one look and made me sell it because I was still a year and a half from old enough for a driver's license.

A couple of years later I swapped the '49 Chev 4-door that Dad had quit driving and given to me, for a '37 Chev coupe project that included a '55 265 V8 and Packard close-ratio 3-speed. Guy got drafted and had to abandon his project. I assembled this sleeper and terrorized my HS in my senior year. Not as pretty as the Ford that I let get away but it had hydraulic brakes and was far quicker. Graduated HS and sold it. I've driven proper, boring cars since. Well including '57 Chev Wagon, 56 Willys Wagon, and still have the '99 Subaru Outback. I consider all 3 are classics. Presently, wondering if the cost of a Tesla Y is worth it for our use. Another obvious classic but darned expensive.

A part time farmer I knew had a coupe similar than yours. When it came to pick cotton, He'd prop up the trunk lid with a short pole, go and get a couple of hired pickers and drive them to the field sitting in the trunk with their legs dangling.

 

[Frankenkubota]

Question! Model A or.... around here they call them A models. The also say 95 hwy, vs I95....etc etc.

My older brother got the boat gene, thank god i did not. He restores old Chris Craft woodies and one made the club magazine cover etc. They use flat head ford motors? and, imho, there is nothing that sounds like a flat head motor.

I remember seeing this old video of Model As going thru muddy roads and fields etc etc. To me they looked unstoppable.

I might want to find something to zoom around my trails with. I have the 1140 but it's a beast and, seems like a model A would be fun.

In my mind, i imagine a chassis, with a seat and steering wheel, runs but that's about it. off road only!

When I look for Model As all i find are restored cars.

Anybody a model a consultant?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

JethroB

Thank you. The commercial was fantastic, it must have shown all of the Jeep attachments Willys sold at the time it was filmed.

Here's another tidbit that caught my attention:
The narraror's pronunciation of the word "WILLYS" was the way I came up hearing it and thought it should be pronounced UNTIL I saw a later day Jeep documentay. It's narrator pronounced the word "WILLIES", as in two people named Willie. Maybe, the different pronunciations are regional.

I have always heard it pronounced "Wil-eez", or "Willies", as in Willys Overland, who, along with American Bantam and Ford, produced the early Jeeps for the war effort.

 

[California]

My older brother got the boat gene, thank god i did not. He restores old Chris Craft woodies and one made the club magazine cover etc. They use flat head ford motors?

Chrysler Marine flathead 6 cylinder was in the Chris Craft a relative bought new, about 1954. That didn't sound nearly as interesting as a flathead would.

I recall the unmistakable flathead sound every time I went to a local lumberyard - their ancient forklift!

 

[JethroB]

I have always heard it pronounced "Wil-eez", or "Willies", as in Willys Overland, who, along with American Bantam and Ford, produced the early Jeeps for the war effort.

It’s a long-standing debate. John North Willys pronounced his name Willis (rhymes with ‘hiss’ ). Supposedly he told his salesmen at Willys-Overland they could pronounce it any way they liked as long as his product was selling.

In another commercial the narrator pronounces the company as Willis (hiss) but the various models as Willeez, as in Willis-Overland makes the Willeez pickup.

 

[California]

A part time farmer I knew had a coupe similar than yours. [36 Ford]. When it came to pick cotton, He'd prop up the trunk lid with a short pole, go and get a couple of hired pickers and drive them to the field sitting in the trunk with their legs dangling.

Memories! Anybody old enough to remember Spin & Marty on kids TV? When I was elementary school age, a neighbor's family would include me in their week vacation at a relatives' cattle ranch up in the High Desert NE corner of California. Sagebrush country. Kids there, our ages. The kids had permission to drive a beat up 40 Ford coupe that had been retired to mini-pickup use with its trunk lid removed. Great adventures roaring right over sagebrushes!

That cattle ranch even had a WWII half-track with a dump body cobbled on to it. I never saw it run. They said they got it after being snowed in for weeks (and miles from town) in a winter so severe that many cattle died in deep snow.

 

[stuckmotor]

I have always heard it pronounced "Wil-eez", or "Willies", as in Willys Overland, who, along with American Bantam and Ford, produced the early Jeeps for the war effort.

Thanks 2 Lane,
Pronunciations are a funny thing. In the 60s when our local weather man did a commercial for the Renault DauphIne automobile. He pronounced every letter in Renault just like it's spelled. Today, I only hear "Reno".