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2005-01-23 14:29:48

The Bubbler Posts: 17	Re: Your Favorite Car Don't want to be a smart Alec, but........... Are you sure that was a Corgi? Because they never made a model of the Isetta. They did however make a model of the Heinkel, which is very similar in appearance to the uninitiated. See Part 2 of my bubble car article next week to read about the Heinkel Kabine. Spot-On made a small die-cast Isetta. Andy

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2005-01-23 14:58:50

CosmicMan Posts: 0	Re: Your Favorite Car Don't want to be a smart Alec, but........... Are you sure that was a Corgi? Because they never made a model of the Isetta. They did however make a model of the Heinkel, which is very similar in appearance to the uninitiated. See Part 2 of my bubble car article next week to read about the Heinkel Kabine. Spot-On made a small die-cast Isetta. Andy Hmmmm. Now you've got me wondering. I had my little metal Isetta all the way back in 1961-62, so my memory is a bit vague, but I'm certain it was an Isetta. So maybe it wasn't made by Corgi, then. All I know is that my dad bought it for me in Chicago around 1961.

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2005-01-23 21:24:46

TMBC Posts: 1	Re: Your Favorite Car Cosmic- If you love the Isetta, I hope you've read the article The Bubbler wrote for our site. It's on our home page now, check it out! TMBC

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2005-01-24 18:43:36

66FordFalconClubWagon Posts: 0	Re: Your Favorite Car I'd definately love to own a 1959 Cadillac Series 62 coupe...or even a Miller or Superior bodied ambulance or hearse, of the same vintage. Matt

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2005-02-22 13:50:02

feral Posts: 0	Re: Your Favorite Car 1939 Packard Hearse. I've seen this make and model with a much fancier grill, but I'd take this one. http://www.hawk.igs.net/~cahac/m180a.html Been my favorite car since I saw one on the Munsters when I was a child.

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2005-02-22 16:08:55

Remey688 Posts: 0	Re: Your Favorite Car 1937 LaSalle four door convertible. Plum color exterior, with a cream leather trimmed Scotch knit tweed cloth interior. Wide white side wall tires mounted on chrome plated geniune wire spoke wheel equipped and powered by a three speed, with O/D, Warner transmission married to an in-line eight cylinder Continental, overhead valve, engine and a Dana 3.87 single speed differential. My father had one like that he inherited from his uncle who died at 38 in 1940. My dad sold the car in 1964. I was very sad when I found out. My dad was very sick and negotiated the sale thinking he was dying. He lived until November 2001.

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2005-02-23 13:26:12

feral Posts: 0	Re: Your Favorite Car That sounds like an absolutely beautiful vehicle.

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2005-02-23 13:39:32

Remey688 Posts: 0	Re: Your Favorite Car I think anything really from the late 50's and has those wonderful lines, but then I also seem drawn to the cars of the early 60's that are now either considered ugly or muscle cars LOL , never very good with the names, but I drool over then at the car shows and my hubby and i have small collection of the mini versions of a few of them. I had a 1962 Bonneville convertible. It was a light yellow with the big V8 engine. She was a hell of a road car. I wish I had her back!

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2005-12-04 15:43:07

Bigcheese327 Posts: 0	Re: Your Favorite Car Oh, there's something wrong with me, I love so many cars I could never pick a single favorite. But if there's one car I couldn't live without, it's this one... <div class='bbimg'></div> I have so many fond memories in this car, that I'll never let it go. Irony, too, since it's way newer than most stuff I like. Mainly I'm into 1940s style hot rods... <div class='bbimg'></div> ...and Phantom Factory Muscle c. 1942-1962, a term I made up. My Camaro falls under this category. Basically I take a boring old low-performance car with nice styling and upgrade the engine, brakes, suspension, etcetera until I have a good performing road car that will outpace most modern vehicles (crazy stuff like ZO6 Corvettes and Ferraris excepted) while still looking factory stock for the era. I have this dream about doing a '55 Pontiac Star Chief someday and a '60 Corvair coupe... <div class='bbimg'></div>

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