If you won the lottery...

[TBR]

Silver Seraph was BMW influenced. I was thinking of the Silver Spur.

[Raza]

Silver Seraph or Silver Spur.  Pick one.  The Seraph was introduced in 1999, but it's the last Crewe Rolls.

We had a Spur.  Nice car.

[the Teuton]

Silver Seraph was BMW influenced. I was thinking of the Silver Spur.

No, actually.  It was Crewe designed completely, but the engines were sourced from BMW because they knew they weren't going to be around for much longer.  VW made a counter offer (unexpectedly to everyone), BMW countered, raised it, VW then had an ultimately kickass offer, then BMW went out from under them and bought the rights to the Rolls-Royce name without any of the factories.

It's a weird situation.

[the Teuton]

We had a Spur.  Nice car.

Resale value kill it or are you guys just that cool?

Why'd you sell it?

[TBR]

BMW engine=BMW influence

[Raza]

Resale value kill it or are you guys just that cool?

Why'd you sell it?

We got rid of it when I was pretty young.  I don't remember why. 

[sandertheshark]

A Hummer weighs about 7500 lbs.  Would 1100 hp be enough?

This weighs 65 tons and gets by with only 1500hp. 

[sandertheshark]

I couldn't imagine actually having 10 cars, pretty much precludes a normal house and I have no desire to live on an estate. Nonetheless...

My dream house is a monument to a car collection.  I dream of a garage that would be just a garage in the sense that San Marco's Basilica is just a church.

[hotrodalex]

This weighs 65 tons and gets by with only 1500hp. 

Key word in bold. If I just won the lottery, I want to do a lot more than "get by". 

[the Teuton]

This weighs 65 tons and gets by with only 1500hp. 

Yes, but a 1100 hp H1 has about the same power to weight ratio as a Nissan GT-R.  I'm not sure it's enough, though.

[hotrodalex]

Yes, but a 1100 hp H1 has about the same power to weight ratio as a Nissan GT-R.  I'm not sure it's enough, though.

There's a saying for this.

When in doubt, add an extra 500 hp just in case!

[the Teuton]

There's a saying for this.

When in doubt, add an extra 500 hp just in case!

A Hummer that can hit 60 mph in 3 seconds...not fast enough!

I like your thinking.

[omicron]

I have to say that I'm appalled that so far only Sander and ChrisV have shown any real measure of taste in this thread.

Tsk.

omicron:  OmiDude!  Yeah, a spotless '63 Pontiac Tempest LeMans coupe would be a heckuva place to start--looking back over the decades, it's sorta sad that the '64 Tempest went up in size--the '64 GTO woulda been even badder on the smaller '63 Tempest chassis!  You have a sharp eye, OmiDude!

Now, here's some sense!

[Nethead]

omicron:  But of course!

[USA_Idol]

If you won the lottery, what would be the very first car you would buy and how would you go about buying it?

1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 L89.  Shadow Gray.  Black interior.   

[68_427]

Why not a 454 LS6?

[USA_Idol]

Why not a 454 LS6?

The SS 396 L89 is more common and, I would guess, more readily available for purchase.  That and the 396 had a history of better reliability, even though by 1970 it was actually a 402 V8.   

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Why not a 454 LS6?

+1 There are plenty #'s matching at Barret-Jackson every year! Make mine a dark blue drop top with white rally stripes, top and interior.

[Vinsanity]

+1 There are plenty #'s matching at Barret-Jackson every year! Make mine a dark blue drop top with white rally stripes, top and interior.

srsly. It's the freaking lottery for Pete's sake.

[USA_Idol]

+1 There are plenty #'s matching at Barret-Jackson every year! Make mine a dark blue drop top with white rally stripes, top and interior.

I wasn't aware that B-J had 454 LS6's in such large quantities.  The car wasn't sold in large numbers when it was new, making it the rarest of '70 Chevelles.  I don't see "plenty" of them being available now unless they are "tribute" cars.  I don't want a tribute car.  Remember there were also LS5 Chevelles that had the lower-output version of the 454.

I assume you're referring to Fathom Blue for the color of yours?  Nice choice.  But I would not turn down Cranberry Red, Fathom Green, Cortez Silver, Tuxedo Black or Olympic Gold.   

[hotrodalex]

Did the SS454's come with a stick shift?

[68_427]

Yeah I'm pretty sure, don't know how common they were on the LS5 but I don't think they were very common for the LS6.

[SVT666]

Did the SS454's come with a stick shift?

Old muscle cars are best with automatics.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Old muscle cars are best with automatics.

Very True! The '70 Chevelle 454s (LS-6 not LS-5) were available with 4 speed manuals. They even made a few (IIRC 12 of the 25) LS-6 conv. manuals also.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Yeah I'm pretty sure, don't know how common they were on the LS5 but I don't think they were very common for the LS6.

They weren't.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I wasn't aware that B-J had 454 LS6's in such large quantities.  The car wasn't sold in large numbers when it was new, making it the rarest of '70 Chevelles.  I don't see "plenty" of them being available now unless they are "tribute" cars.  I don't want a tribute car.  Remember there were also LS5 Chevelles that had the lower-output version of the 454.

I assume you're referring to Fathom Blue for the color of yours?  Nice choice.  But I would not turn down Cranberry Red, Fathom Green, Cortez Silver, Tuxedo Black or Olympic Gold.  

IIRC I saw at least 5 #'s matching 1970 LS-6 Chevelles (all hardtops) this year. There was a total of 4,475 (out of the 62,372 SS Chevelles were produced in 1970) LS-6s produced in 1970.

[68_427]

I change my mind.

Prodrive P2, I'd have them build me one.

[hotrodalex]

Old muscle cars are best with automatics.

Meh. Not really. If you get a good manual then it's better.

[USA_Idol]

IIRC I saw at least 5 #'s matching 1970 LS-6 Chevelles (all hardtops) this year. There was a total of 4,475 (out of the 62,372 SS Chevelles were produced in 1970) LS-6s produced in 1970.

Like I said, the SS 454 LS6 is the rarest of the '70 Chevelles.     It's surprising that collectors seem to be eager to get rid of them at auction lately.   

[SVT666]

Meh. Not really. If you get a good manual then it's better.

There was no such thing as a good manual in 60s muscle cars.