If you could own ONE car from the year you were born..

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Unfortunately I was born in the late 70’s, ie the abyss of “muscle cars” making a whopping 150hp with early smog hardware. If I had to choose it would be a 6.6 T/A.

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1957 Jaguar XKSS.  The road version of the D-Type race car.  Only 16 were built before the factory burned down.  By the time it was rebuilt...

1957 Jaguar XKSS.  The road version of the D-Type race car.  Only 16 were built before the factory burned down.  By the time it was rebuilt, they started building E-Types.

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Automotive viagra right there..........

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1981 Lamborghini Countach would be my choice. The 1980's did not have the best-looking cars. 😂

I remember a Road and Track article about the car. The writer drove one from LA to Vegas. The common gripe about it was the lack of visibility from the rear view mirror. 

The writer basically said "You're in a Lamborghini, who gives a shit what's behind you".

I also enjoyed listening to people butcher the pronunciation of "Countach". Coon-tash! Hahahaha!!!

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Wouldn't mind owning one of those "glorified Volkswagens."

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1/2/2026 9:27am

1981 Lamborghini Countach would be my choice. The 1980's did not have the best-looking cars. 😂

PNWMXer wrote:

I would love to know what percentage of us had a poster of that car in their room back then. So far ahead of its time.

That's exactly what I was thinking too when I saw this! 

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1/2/2026 10:07am
Chance1216 wrote:
1977 Porsche 935. 

1977 Porsche 935. 

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77? Good God are you young 🤣

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Did I hear you say, you only had one option back then? 😂

Did I hear you say, you only had one option back then? 😂

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Now you're just being ignorant. There was a family version with a back seat. That's the sport version with the stiffer suspension and high torque power plant.

TM

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Falcon wrote:
Wouldn't mind owning one of those "glorified Volkswagens."

Wouldn't mind owning one of those "glorified Volkswagens."

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912…?

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Would not mind one of these..... 

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Or maybe this one.... 

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1/2/2026 10:44am
Hudweiser9 wrote:
Would not mind one of these..... 

Would not mind one of these..... 

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I would take one of those from my model year (coincidentally the last model year of the E-Type) as well. 

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1971 I’m going to say the Hemi Barracuda 

1971 I’m going to say the Hemi Barracuda 

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Nairb#70 wrote:

Make mine a nice drivable  340 4bbl. 4 spd and some nice options, F5 green of course.

At the strip?  Gimme a Hemi. Light to light?  The 340’s usable power and light weight was a winner. 

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1/2/2026 12:05pm
PNWMXer wrote:
Unfortunately I was born in the late 70’s, ie the abyss of “muscle cars” making a whopping 150hp with early smog hardware. If I had to...

Unfortunately I was born in the late 70’s, ie the abyss of “muscle cars” making a whopping 150hp with early smog hardware. If I had to choose it would be a 6.6 T/A.

Same here ,when cars had 11 miles of rubber vacuum lines under the hood.

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Hudweiser9 wrote:
Would not mind one of these..... 

Would not mind one of these..... 

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I work in the city where these were all built, and where a lot of the top resto places are , so see enough of them for them not to be special, and my dad worked with a guy who raced old Jags back in the day.  His son is now one of the top Jaguar guys in the US, and has some lovely cars. 

But i want an 1965 El Camino SS. 

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1/2/2026 2:03pm

My picks have already been mentioned. Cobra for me.

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Those bitching about the 80's,  here's a sweet 80's Jag...

Yeah,  you'd have to bodge some turn indicators and brake lights on it, but you'd be a hit at prom. I mean a V-12? Come on!

I was fortunate enough to get to work hot pits for practice and qualifying at the San Antonio GP, and I still get wood remembering the beautiful noise that car made. The growl at idle is amazing. 

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Is that a fucking Javelin?

I figured a Gremlin would show first. 

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We ambulated in a Gremlin with 13 passengers once.

1974 maybe?

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1/3/2026 1:08am

400 pound doors and at least two ash trays for each occupantIMG 3261 5

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Early 80's was so bad for cars so have to be one of these twoimages-1 12dgy4mxe-d0362c48-1671-4482-aa3f-b35d5a45b217.jpg?VersionId=cXhRfwEHtLzGgmD4W

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1968 

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1/3/2026 9:23am
Fox88 wrote:
1968 

1968 

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That yellow one is pretty cool. Back in the early 90's I sat in one of those or its cousin from Dodge. Man...your feet and lower legs are apart of the crumple zone. The engine is to your right and the transmission hump was large and ran half the length of the van. I imagine a couple of bikes could be loaded on either side of the hump. 

How about the 67-72 Chevy pickups? I think it is the cleanest looking pickup design ever. 

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Fox88 wrote:
1968 

1968 

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That yellow one is pretty cool. Back in the early 90's I sat in one of those or its cousin from Dodge. Man...your feet and lower...

That yellow one is pretty cool. Back in the early 90's I sat in one of those or its cousin from Dodge. Man...your feet and lower legs are apart of the crumple zone. The engine is to your right and the transmission hump was large and ran half the length of the van. I imagine a couple of bikes could be loaded on either side of the hump. 

How about the 67-72 Chevy pickups? I think it is the cleanest looking pickup design ever. 

The “corporate wheels” were so damn cool. I love those trucks and the generation that followed. Prolly end up building a Blazer from that era…”just because” (LT1/6 spd).

Murica 

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1/3/2026 9:59am
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The “corporate wheels” were so damn cool. I love those trucks and the generation that followed. Prolly end up building a Blazer from that era…”just because”...

The “corporate wheels” were so damn cool. I love those trucks and the generation that followed. Prolly end up building a Blazer from that era…”just because” (LT1/6 spd).

Murica 

Hmmmm, love this color combo. Such clean lines, the wheels, etc.

1970

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1/3/2026 10:11am


88 MB 560 SEC with an AMG widebody. 

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88 MB 560 SEC with an AMG widebody. 


88 MB 560 SEC with an AMG widebody. 

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I always wondered how shit woulda played out if MBZ had brought that chassis out for…

NASCAR!

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Falcon wrote:
Wouldn't mind owning one of those "glorified Volkswagens."

Wouldn't mind owning one of those "glorified Volkswagens."

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TeamGreen wrote:

912…?

That one's a 911. I understand the reference to the 912 being a VW because of the 4-cylinder, but I've also heard people calling any Porsche a Glorified Volkswagen. 
 For the record, I meant I'd want a 911. ;-) 

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Falcon wrote:
Wouldn't mind owning one of those "glorified Volkswagens."

Wouldn't mind owning one of those "glorified Volkswagens."

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TeamGreen wrote:

912…?

Falcon wrote:
That one's a 911. I understand the reference to the 912 being a VW because of the 4-cylinder, but I've also heard people calling any Porsche...

That one's a 911. I understand the reference to the 912 being a VW because of the 4-cylinder, but I've also heard people calling any Porsche a Glorified Volkswagen. 
 For the record, I meant I'd want a 911. ;-) 

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