ReLaX

In honor of our Fathers, post your dad's favorite "whip" (Mine would have chuckled at that description.)

This was my Dad's favorite, a 1963 Chevy Impala; he bought one similar to this brand new.

TLisious

My old man has always been obsessed with vettes......the new stingray almost crippled him he was so in love

MWalsh9152

my mom?

of all the muscle cars dad had, he talks the most about his 70ish Buick Gran Sport

97BlackAckCL

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My dad's a Volvo man

mattg

'56 Chevy

Crazy Bimmer

1st gen RL.

jupitersolo

Dad is a Cadiillac guy!

mattg

My dad has owned a ton of cool cars in his life. 409 4 speed Impala's, C2 Vette's, Speedsters, BMW CSL, and a Chevy small block swapped Mercedes sedan to name a few. I have a bunch of cool pictures out in front of my grandparents old house I need to dig up.

Will Y.

My dad's first new car was a late '60s Ford Fairlane 4-door with a 390. He had an early '70s Chevy Bel Air with a 327 and then a '74 Ford Maverick sedan with a 302. He viewed cars as appliances, but wanted more torque than I-6s of the time, which is why he had the V8 engine options.
He was happy with the 1991 Camry V6 that he had before he gave up driving.

ReLaX

That made me lol!

doopstr

I like El Toro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Toro...reat_Adventure)
Although Nitro is pretty good too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitro_(...reat_Adventure)

Oh wait, this is about dad. He likes their Log Flume

Steven Bell

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My Dad always wanted an E-Type.

XLR8R

1965 Plymouth Barracuda; black with gold interior. This is identical, but not his actual car. My brother totalled it when he was 17 (and walked away).

Mugen.Justice

'91 Legend.

97BlackAckCL

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charliemike

Dad had a Red '67 Corvette he sold when my mom had me (sorry Dad) to buy a station wagon.



He also had an '87 911 Targa like this one that I wish he had been able to keep.

Legend2TL

Legend2TL

Olds 88, first car I ever worked on.

Stapler

My dad had a 1950's Austin Healey 3000. He bought it from a guy for 300 dollars in the 60's, brought it home, and got it running that day. When his dad came home he took one look and told my dad to sell it as it wasn't an American car. He always talked about it being the one car he wished he kept.

He had something like 50 cars in his lifetime, but other than the 2 day Austin healey his favorite was the 98 740i I posted before.

CLpower

Stapler, my dads literally gone through 8 7 series since the early 90's...made a mistake for a S500 in the early 2000's that didn't last. Just switched up again and bought a tesla.

My dads a certified car nut, probably owned close to 100 cars...his stable now is:

1948 Mercury Woodie
1958 Eldorado Biarritz
1948 MG TC
1965 Sunbeam Tiger
1972 Morris Minor
1966 Mustang
2014 Tesla S P85+
2007 997 S

and he just bought something else but won't tell me what it is...lol

They are all his favorites he says

jhumbo

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The car my dad drove when I was a kid:


Then he got a 1984 MB 190E after that:


Followed by a 1996 Acura TL:


Although he always talked about the Plymouth his buddy had when he first came to the US in 1959. I imagine it was something like this:

Ken1997TL

My Dad really liked my '02 RL. He had a few Benzes in the 70's but went 'cheap' when us kids came along and switched to mostly Hondas, mainly Accords every two years.

SamDoe1

My dad doesn't give two shits about cars. His favorite is probably the 2010 Accord he drives now. As long as it gets from point A to point B without breaking it becomes his new favorite car.

cjTL

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Father is a big Honda fan. Has owned something like 18 in his lifetime, though hasn't had one recently. DD's a X3 35i. Weekend car is a Z06.

Costco

My dad is weird. Old Asian man who always wanted a big domestic sedan. To this day he still wants a big Cadillac or Lincoln. Doesn't even know their lineups

He's one of those point A to point B guys. But his favorite was the W126 380 SEL. Thing was a tank.

ttribe

My dad's favorite ride had wings. He was airline pilot for 30 years and of all the aircraft he flew, the one below was his favorite. Indeed, the one actually in the picture, tail number N602RC, was the first 757 he flew for Republic when he switched over from the MD-80. I have a painting of this exact plane on the wall of my home office that was made for his retirement in 1988. I brought it home with me when he passed away in 2002.

Rick_TL-S

Despite the love for BMW & Porsche, dad's dream ride was always the LS600hL.

SHOstopper1992

My dad has always been in love with the 1970 Plymouth SuperBird. Ever since watching the cartoons (you will see the reference) and being a kid he has always wanted one! Finally about 10 years ago he bought a 1970 RoadRunner and has been collecting GENUINE Superbird parts over the years. He is now done with test fitting and smoothing things out and preparing for the frame off resto.

Before (one on the right):


Half Way:


Current:


He plans to do a full restoration on it. He has just enjoyed doing piece by piece as of lately. Job keeps him on is toes. I'll post more pics later on if anyone is interested.

Sarlacc

Your dad has great taste.

Legend2TL

Re-registered and still flying

http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b757-23322.htm

757 is a favorite of mine, powerful RB211's for fast climbing

damaged442

Pops to this day still tells me how much he regrets getting rid of his favorite car. 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 383/335 4 speed. Still blames it on me, and he got rid of it in 1976! Would be nice if I could find any pics of it, but it was red with white interior with a white vinyl top.

juniorbean

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Yeah, so I totally saw him at the June C&C a couple weekends ago. It's funny b/c the "paint scheme" caught our eye (I was with a few guys from the forum), but he was slowly driving through to leave and was honking his "beep-beep" Road Runner horn. The one thing that caught my eye (aside from the car since I love the Road Runner) immediately was the huge smile he had on his face. Here's a guy driving a mis-matched Road Runner and he looked like a kid in a candy store. Very cool...

Sarlacc

ahem....superbird

Aman

My dad liked 80's GM sedans. He had mostly Bonnevilles and Impalas for work, and the family car was an '86 Pontiac 6000. Similar to this, except silver:

Will Y.

I think he might be using the Road Runner terminology since it is the base car for the replica Superbird.

ttribe

Yes, I've kept track of it over the years. After Northwest took over Republic, they sold Republic's three (fairly new) 757s to America West. All of Northwest's existing 757s had Pratt-Whitney engines, while the Republic ones had Rolls Royce. Instead of trying to integrate only three planes with different engines than the rest of the fleet, they disposed of them to the then fledgling America West. Of course, America West later acquired U.S. Airways and then most recently merged with American. Last I heard, N602RC was running a flight between Phx and Honolulu, but that was just before the American merge closed.

juniorbean

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Yes... mixed them up accidentally.

That said I love both the Road Runner and the Superbird...

Stapler

I know it's a bit past fathers day, but I forgot I had this picture. He owned 2 new cars his whole life and this is the only one he ever liked.

ReLaX

^^^ Cool! Is that you in the pic?

Nicks2001tl

My dad is a Buick guy. Found out his secret love a few years back.


Picture is in Greece circa 1950ish.