What New Model Would You Want To Buy In The Olde Days...

'41 or '42 Ford Cpe or '41 Merc conv.

 

1954 Mercedes W198 (Gull Wing)

 

Define olde days.
Boy, tough to say just one, where does one start.
Ok, a tad OT but if there is just one (and you would have needed inside information) would be a 67 Chevy II with the L-79 engine option.

 

One of every car model ever made.lol.

Here's a few....
1964 merc marauder fb Q code 427, black /red int
1963 Studebaker lark r3
1960 ford star liner 352 hi PO
1961 Chevy impala ss 4 Dr hardtop!
1958 merc 410 hi PO
1958 Packard super hawk
1957 rambler 327
1957 Olds 98 2 Dr hardtop
1955 LaSalle 2 roadster. Only because the designers name was "Buck Rogers".
1954 olds f88 roadster/concept car...steal it from GM proving grounds lol

 

a fresh off the assembly line 1964 Ford Thunderbolt, 4 grand out the door. HRP

 

Based on the lack of any documented production of these cars I'd say you would have owned a "one of one" car.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/61-impala-ss-four-door.1005300/

 

1962 Ford Galaxy 2 dr. htp, white, red interior, 406 4 speed.

 

If I was working the line at either Chrysler or Desoto in '57, and more than likely not been able to have afforded one, I'd have been fired in a Johnny Cash "One Piece at a Time" style sting. You're never making it out of the building with those fins.

 

My brother had exactly that car, an XL- 405HP

 

I'd be parking in the 'back lot'....

 

A white 57 Ford, Custom 300, with the 300 hp-312, 3speed overdrive.

 

Theres so many but it always been the 33 or 4 ford 3 window for me. Sex on wheels.

 

I have been a Nomad nut for over 50 years (and have owned mine for 31 years this month) so I would say a '56 Nomad in Sierra Gold and Adobe Beige like this one


And since I owned a Dusty Rose and White '57 Coupe DeVille from 1984-1992 and it was one of the most enjoyable road cars I've driven, I would say a brand new one, straight out of 1957!

 

Sorry, but if I have to take a car off the production line, it would have to be an off topic 70 Mopar performance car, hopefully one I could order myself.

 

From the 60's ...

 

These kind of topics just make me sad.

 

Big brake airbox '57 fuelie 'Vette. Black, 4.11 Posi.
It wouldn't have a radio or antenna like this pic.

 

With a 389 4-speed

 

A lot of nice choices, owned or drove several of them when they were new but one of my choices would be this Cadillac. If you could have owned one in "the day" it meant you had made it. They were simply elegant.

 

Man, thats a tough one?? 63 vette coupe maybe, early camaro with 302 or 396, Love nomads, I'm so confused..............................

 

1956-1964 Chrysler Corp. push-button vehicles.

Top of the list would be a '64 Dodge 440 (trim level name, not engine) 2 door hardtop with a 426 HEMI with push button in Anniversary Gold, or as we in my circle affectionately call " Yucka Tan"


Second choice anything from 1957-1958, Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, or Chrysler. Car, wagon, or truck. I am not fussy!

 

So many choices, depending on decade. For me a 33/34 Ford 3 window or Tudor Sedan, For 40's the classic 40 ford coupe, For 50's a 56 chevy nomad or hardtop coupe or a 57 ford 2 door w/ a 312. The 60's had too many to choose
from as did the early 70's.

 

You guys need to sharpen your pencils. Yours for around $18,000 in 1962, less than that a couple years later in the nickel ads. Times that by 1000 to get a California Spyder today. Droooool!

 

'47-48 Ford Sportsman convertible....
'67 Mercury Comet Caliente 427 8V/4-speed...
'70.5 Ford Falcon 429SCJ / 4-speed...

 

…of course I would need my Captain’s license.

 

One For 302 GMC...

 

No 4 speeds until 62

 

ANY Ford with a SOHC under the hood

...but knowing my history of questionable automobile investments,, I probably would have thought something like this was a money making pick

 

I grow more and more fond of the '60 Ford Sunliner. I dunno, I must be getting a little older.





'specially in that Aquamarine!! *drool*

 

The 4-speed was available as a dealer-installed option mid-year in '61. BW had an exclusive contract with GM that ran until the end of the 1960 calendar year, once that expired, they were then able to sell to all comers.