Car Art And Photos!!

[BillM]

 

[BillM]

 

[basque9]

Looks like Aston Martin to me.

 

[basque9]

One of the rarest cars in the entire world.

 

[BillM]

 

[BillM]

 

[basque9]

The pride of Indiana.

 

[BillM]

 

[Nexolaris]

 

[basque9]

This reminds one of 1956 Packard all over again.

 

[BillM]

This reminds one of 1956 Packard all over again.

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1956 Packard !!

 

[BillM]

 

[Lunchmeat]

I'd appreciate if every posting has a short comment with some information about the car shown. And if the photos are yours or you know the story of the photo please state where it was shot (i.e. when there is a specific background/landscape in the pic).

Here's one, you possibly never heard of. A Wartburg 313 Roadster, built in post WW2 East(!) Germany(!)

About 500 units of this beautiful roadster have been built Roadster between 1957 and 1960 and the car reached respectable 140 km/h (which is, for people living in medieval non-metric countries, about 86 mph). Today it reaches respeactable six-digits prices in international auctions.

Was this the basis of the Borgward Isabella? Had a neighbor in Holland many years ago who had one. 8 year-old me thought it was the coolest thing on wheels.

 

[basque9]

Although this was Packard near its sad ending, I would love to be able to drive this technically advanced , marvelous beauty. I have read in numerous auto magazines that they were whisper quiet, rode wonderfully, cornered flat and produced more power and speed than ever needed.

 

[basque9]

I drove a car just like this as a pre college teen to deliver flowers for a florist in 1949. The floor in the back seat area was flat and could hold 6 baskets of flowers with ease. The car had looks, power, an amazing ride and snob value. It was fast and powerful with an in line 8 producing 150 hp, one of the largest hp outputs at that time. It had one shortcoming: after driving awhile and shutting down the engine, the car did not want to start again for 20 minutes. When this happened one time, I called the business owner and he came with a large chunk of ice and put it on the carburetor fuel line and it started right up. It was a type of vapor lock problem. I suggested he wrap the line with insulation and that solved the problem. Soon after that in 1950, I began my college studies in engineering and drove the huge Packard for the last time.

 

[Nexolaris]

1974 Triumph Spitfire

 

[thisguy805]

1974 Datsun 1200 with an early 1970's Skyline GT-R front end conversion.

 

[basque9]

1974 Datsun 1200 with an early 1970's Skyline GT-R front end conversion.

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Impressive pick up truck.

 

[NCbear]

The magnificent Cadillac Ciel concept. From 2017.

Why isn’t it in production?

 

[BillM]

Cadillac Sixteen Concept "2006"!!