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Rare Car Sightings

Discussion in 'Tilted Art, Photography, Music & Literature' started by Lish, Oct 28, 2013.

  1. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

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    Nebraska
    Some rare cars are just grotesquely ugly.:eek:
     
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  2. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Some of the cars are "ugly" out of necessity, so to say.

    Before the development of the V (opposing cylinders on each side of the engine), the cylinders were in a straight line. Hence some old rare cars with large engines look pretty strange.

    Sometime aerodynamics win out over aesthetics. Many of the super exotic sports cars are most likely uncomfortable, and not much fun to drive unless you're on a suitable racetrack.

    Of course some designs don't age well.
     
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  3. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    I meant the newer cars. I like the long hood design of the classic straight eight Duesenbergs and 1930s Buicks. The new Honda Civics look like they were styled by a bunch of dyslexic twelve-year olds with a box of crayons.
     
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  4. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Top 10 most expensive cars in the world in 2017 _ SI.jpg An Endangered Species_ The World’s Rarest Classics ___.jpg Photos Of 10 Exotic Cars That Are More Expensive Than A ___.jpg The Rarest Cars in the World and their Prices - Bornrich.jpg
     
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  5. Frankie

    Frankie Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    New England
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  6. Frankie

    Frankie Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    New England
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  7. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Muscle Car Graveyard Related Keywords - Muscle Car ___.jpg

    BangShift_com Vermont Muscle Car Junkyard.jpg

    Antique Junk Yards _ Muscle cars have all but disappeared ___.jpg
     
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  8. Frankie

    Frankie Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    New England
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  9. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Sad to think. I hope that those are old photos, and the cars have been rescued. As I understand it a very large number of classic American muscle cars were discovered in one junkyard, and that's most likely not an isolated incident.
     
  10. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
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  11. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

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    Repost? Same car different angle?
     
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  12. redravin

    redravin Cynical Optimist Donor

    Location:
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    The top one is a Bugatti 1938 Atlantic Coupe.
    While the bottom one is a 1948 Buick Streamliner.
    The Bugatti goes for about 30 million because there are so few left.
    While the Streamliner was pretty much a one of a kind and was found in the dessert almost intact but still cost thousands to rebuild.
    I don't even know what it would go for.
     
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  13. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS396 - Rare Finds - Hot Rod Network.jpg Rare antique cars - Message 3860 by FrozenAK.jpg Check Out 10 of the Rarest Barn Find Mustangs of All Time ___.jpg Sparks d'Elegance-Extremely Rare Neo Classic Car-like ___.jpg
     
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  14. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
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    RARE 1921 Lincoln L-Series Pickup RESTORED 358cid V8 ___.jpg
    1921 Lincoln L Series....yes, Lincoln.


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  15. DAKA

    DAKA DOING VERY NICELY, THANK YOU

    A lot of really NICE cars
     
  16. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    Just A Car Guy_ Unusual, rare, and restored cars from the ___.jpg



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  17. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

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  18. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
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    Just because...
     
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  19. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

    Seen on a street in Escanaba, Michigan, today:

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  20. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
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