Naw dude, I'd take a nice black Falcon over 30 of mine any day. I didn't choose these colors! 
And for the love of God, if you're going to go red, at least do red and white! I dunno. I'm not a fan of it really, but then again since I've owned it the crappy red has grown on me.
But if I was to restore it, I'd go black.
Oh I wouldn't disagree. IT would look great in Black. And red/white is a more classic combo than the red/back, but for whatever reason, it's just kinda quirky/cool, especially since it's not a showroom car right now.
Geez. This really reminds me how much I need to go get some good pics of the car.
lol!
"it's not a showroom car right now"
Al, nice Falcon, and your composition is great as well - were it not for the modern cars in the background, it looks like the pics could've been taken 40+ years ago. 
Holy crap!! That's one hell of a picture!!!
Wow those colors are wonderful. It looks straight out of 1945. How'd you do that? What filters or settings did you use? I think something like that would fit the 1938 Synchro quite well.
Thanks for doing that! Saving it...
Thanks Mark and Big Al. Super- Galaxies are Bad AXX.
All of the cars in this thread are beautiful.
Guess we all appreciate things of beauty- especially Gretsch guitars!!
If I didn't have a Mustang it would definitely be a Falcon- beautiful. That red one someone posted is gorgeous (sorry I forgot who)
Jetbunny- nice Pony. e-mail me off line if you ever need tech advice. I don't think there is a nut and bolt that I have not removed and reinstalled on my car.
Jim, that red one is mine. Want to trade? I'll take your car over mine 99 times out of 100. That hundredth time, I keep my car because of sentimental reasons.
Ha, thanks. I just set it to grayscale, bump the color depth back up and tweak the white balance, saturation, contrast, fade correction, blur, noise & sharpness until it looks appropriately washed-out & slightly overexposed.
That's something else. Hmm.
Work your magic... 
Amazing what some photoshop can do to make a photo look vintage.
Yeah, no kidding huh?
Feh, I tried.
What were we talking about? Cars or something? I suppose I'd go with classic American flab:
That is, uh, I mean...
Wow that looks straight out of one of those old 50s/60s car advertisements. The photographs look exactly like that.
I'm decent at adjusting color in photoshop, but sure as hell not that good. Impressive, friend.
Add yellow. Add grain. Add contrast. Add saturation. That gets you most of the way there.
Really, if you can use the "selective color" editing function that'll do it easily.
I took the '61 out today for a spin. DAMN I love that car. It was too late to get good pics, but I'll do that ASAP.
These are for Nic.
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FF909, I may be the only one who knows what that is you posted. (Kaiser-Darrin).
For the day job (the Classic Motorsports part of it, anyway) this sort of question comes up pretty often. Like most of the folks on the magazine, if it's cool, it's cool. I like the magazine's Ranchero, but I like the Sunbeam Tiger and the Innocenti Mini (italian... built under license) quite a bit, too. I like my father-in-law's '67 Imperial convertible, but I loved my MGBs. It's all good. Heck, I've had the good fortune to have owned a fair number of the cars mentioned here.
Here's my current personal wishlist, subject to change at any time whatsoever. Most of them are pretty reasonably priced.
Volvo 122 Amazon or P1800ES
BMW 2002
Early (late '60s) Toyota Corona Coupe
70s Corolla (resto-mod with a modern Toyota/Lexus powerplant)
Second-gen Corvair convertible
MG 1300
MG Magnette (with B powertrain)
BMW 3.0 CS (sweeeeet)
Alfa Romeo Giulietta/Giulia
TVR (Vixen? 2500?)
Off the top of my head, anyway.
Bax, that's one HELL of a nice list! Add a Ferrari 355 and I'll love you. Platonically, of course.
Blasts from the past...lots of variegated autoporn on tap.
Auburn 07
Not THAT thing again...
For me personally, no muscle cars. Many were beautiful, and they sound great, but I appreciate nothing about their ride, comfort, or performance.
Sure, there are some gorgeous Italian supercars. I'd hardly argue with ANY Ferrari, and Lambos at least get your attention, even if design is sometimes more striking than beautiful.
Loved the reborn Bugatti...and the Ford GT40.
But for me, of current and recent supercar fare, it's the big Astons and Jags, the Bentley Continental. For the money, though, a recent Chrysler 300 would please me.
Do concept cars count?
Never one more beautiful than the Chrysler Atlantic.
Cadillac Sixteen lights me up too.
If forced to name an all-time favorite sports car, it would be an E-type Jag coupe, though that would narrowly squeeze out an XK-120.
Other than that, my heart is with vintage American iron, usually full-size luxury cruisers. I maintain a mental list of favorites, based on styling more than performance, engineering (though it counts) or popularity either then or now (which doesn't, but I find my taste more or less coincides with that of other car guys of more or less my age).
I've relinquished the dream of owning many or any of them, as the money isn't going to be there, and they require considerably more care and feeding than a stable of guitars...
In more or less chronological order:
- 29-whenever Duesenbergs, most any...
- 31-33 Auburn Speedster
- 34 Cadillac Worlds Fair Aero Coupe
- 35-36 Auburn Speedster
- 36-37 Cord 810/812
- 38 Cadillac Sixty Special
- 40-whatever Lincoln Continental
- 47-49 Buick & Cadillac Sedanet fastbacks
- 53 Studebaker Loewy coupe
- 53-56 Cadillac Coupe deVille
- 55-57 T-Bird
- 56-57 Continental MkII
- 57 Buick Century/Roadmaster
- 57 Chrysler 300
- 57-59 'Vette
- 60 Cadillac Coupe deVille
- 61 Lincoln Continental
- 63 split-window 'Vette
- AC Cobra
- 64-66 Mustang
- 65 Buick Riviera
- 66 Riv
- 66 Olds Toronado
- 67 Cad Eldorado
- 68 Camaro/Fahrbird
- 71-72 Buick Riv
- 70s-90s Camarobird
- 95 Buick Riv
- 95 Olds Aurora
Huh. I'm sure I've left some out.
Then there's the most beautiful car ever built, anywhere on the planet, anytime, the 1929 Cord "Hayes" Coupe, a kind of proof-of-concept car designed by Count Alexis DeSakhnoffsky and built by the Hayes Body Company on a Cord L-29 front-drive chassis. I've been upclose and personal with this car many times, and can never get enough of the proportions, the curves, the lines. Top speed, about 80, and it overheats in town. Who cares!
In the end, I'm more than happy with my '55 Coupe deVille.
put your toys away boys, these are real sports cars:
lotus elite:
jaguar e type lightweight:
ferrari 250 gt lusso
lotus motorsport exige:
porsche 911 2.7 rs:
mclaren f1:
mercedes 300 slr:
porsche 356:
ferrari f40 & 355:
aston martin v8 vantage:
aston martin db4 gt zagato:
ferrari 250mm:
lamborghini miura:
alfa romeo giulia gta:
maserati a6g4:
tvr t350:
ferrari 250gt swb:
lotus cortina [the great jim clark at the wheel]:
and last but not least the giant slaying austin mini cooper [kicked the galaxie's ass in motorsport]:
i could go on but we need to save some screen space!
bit of automotive porn for you there. no prizes for guessing which camp i'm in, but shame on you big al for completely disregarding the british motor industry!
for what its worth, i grew up reading just about every motoring magazine i could lay my hands on. classic cars, minis, vw's, modern cars, etc. used to buy rod&custom on import aged 12 and have been a life long car nut.
love certain yank metal. am into early rods and 50's customs. i also have a yearning to build a c1 'vette with a custom chassis, an ls7 engine and running gear.
just one point to really set the cat amongst the pigeons. the phrase 'american sports car' is an oxymoron
name me some production american cars that can be deemed a true sports car? don't give me cubic inches or quarter mile times, i like my cars to know what a corner is and how to get around it!
Always loved the 'sliding doors' on the Darrin- and the front end. Timless styling.
has something changed re: picture posting? mine are all cropped :-( been a few months since i've been here.
let me know and i'll sort it tomorrow, its 3:30am and way past time i was in bed.
let the bunfight commence re: your big wallowy barges you like to think are sportscars [tongue in cheek for those who can't tell].
nice wheels prote. almost bought a lovely chev 210 bel air from US ebay last month but common sense got in the way. might still have pics of it too.
ps , i'll shoot your likely first 2 answers down before i go.
cobra - british built. chassis developed by ac cars in thames ditton and shipped over to have the ford v8 fitted.
original gt40 - developed by lola based on the T6.
Audi R8.
Lamborghini V8 (in fact, Audi owns Lamborghini, now) 4wd and magnetic flux suspension.
Unbeatable, in the real world. (On a strip, the vette takes it, of course.)
One day. (It'll be my 5th Audi.)
OTOH If you google utube Bugatti Veyron, you'll get some unbelievable video of this fantastically powerful car, with twin Audi v8's - the world's fastest production car. 1000 bhp, 300 mph. Buck Rogers interior styling.
And - Kyoto compliant.
