Poll
Question:
Which one?
Option 1: '52 Hudson Hornet
votes: 7
Option 2: '51 Buick
votes: 2
Option 3: '51 Mercury
votes: 5
Option 4: '51 Ford
votes: 1
'52 Hudson Hornet
(http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4100/4736193955_66d8a11d18_z.jpg)
'51 Buick
(http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1357209&d=1309025850)
'51 Mercury
(http://images43.fotki.com/v1437/photos/2/223020/7117130/JohnRyan1951MercBlackRH07-vi.jpg)
'51 Ford
(http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1534458&d=1326415863)
Someone tell me what to pick. Because I know nothing about cars from those days. I don't even know what these are.
they all look the same :huh:
but I cast my vote based on this:
(http://www.wallpaperhd.org/wallpapers/doc-hudson-cars-1600x1200-8573.jpg)
They really do all look the same. But old people say that about modern cars. Must be a generation thing.
Quote from: Onslaught on January 02, 2013, 12:11:11 PM
Someone tell me what to pick. Because I know nothing about cars from those days. I don't even know what these are.
They were, generally, early '50s cars with the chrome trim removed with all the holes, seams and creases filed with lead. Often, they were lowered and had sparkplugs imbedded in the tail pipes to ignite unburned fuel. Very cool.
Quote from: Onslaught on January 02, 2013, 12:29:05 PM
They really do all look the same. But old people say that about modern cars. Must be a generation thing.
Us old people also say that modern cars are sterile and have about as much personality as a refrigerator :lol:. Not cool.
Quote from: FoMoJo on January 02, 2013, 12:43:31 PM
Us old people also say that modern cars are sterile and have about as much personality as a refrigerator :lol:. Not cool.
Hey, I think the best looking cars came from the 90's. Not now. Your cars look like boats.
Quote from: Onslaught on January 02, 2013, 01:21:03 PM
Hey, I think the best looking cars came from the 90's. Not now. Your cars look like boats.
You/some might also think that the best music came from the '90s but that's not true either :lol:.
Quote from: FoMoJo on January 02, 2013, 01:23:15 PM
You/some might also think that the best music came from the '90s but that's not true either :lol:.
Depends on the genre. Soul or R&B? No, that's the 60's. I'd ray most rock of the 60's too is better.
Rap, if you can call that music was better in the 90's as was the alternative rock.
And the cars looked better. :devil:
Quote from: Onslaught on January 02, 2013, 01:27:03 PM
Depends on the genre. Soul or R&B? No, that's the 60's. I'd ray most rock of the 60's too is better.
Rap, if you can call that music was better in the 90's as was the alternative rock.
And the cars looked better. :devil:
The '50s were all about style and glitz...and Rock & Roll.
The '90s? That's when the imported appliances took over and the Back Street Boys were polluting the airwaves. :cry:
Quote from: FoMoJo on January 02, 2013, 01:51:30 PM
The '50s were all about style and glitz...and Rock & Roll.
The '90s? That's when the imported appliances took over and the Back Street Boys were polluting the airwaves. :cry:
355, RX-7, NSX, MR-2 Turbo and MX-5 own your aircraft carrier cars!
Quote from: Onslaught on January 02, 2013, 01:55:52 PM
355, RX-7, NSX, MR-2 Turbo and MX-5 own your aircraft carrier cars!
And nary a domestic among the lot :(...
Having grown up in a era when North American cars dominated the streets, the 90s, indeed, was a sad era for gearheads. Old gearheads, that is...
I'll give these ones you posted this much, they have much better lines then the later domestics did. I can't stand our cars during the "how big can you make a fin" days.
Quote from: Onslaught on January 02, 2013, 03:01:07 PM
I'll give these ones you posted this much, they have much better lines then the later domestics did. I can't stand our cars during the "how big can you make a fin" days.
I wasn't a big fan of huge fins either; I guess we can thank Harley Earl and his fascination with the Sabre jet for that particular phenomenon.
However, the early ones did make a pretty attractive lead sled...
(http://www.misterw.com/Cadillac/49CadCus04.jpg)
Quote from: Onslaught on January 02, 2013, 03:01:07 PM
I'll give these ones you posted this much, they have much better lines then the later domestics did. I can't stand our cars during the "how big can you make a fin" days.
Oh, come on now. You can't tell me these aren't the sexiest fins EVER!!! :wub:
(http://www.gracerivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/1959-Cadillac.jpg)
Or the double-decker Packard!
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee285/studeq/newsgroup/58packard4dr.jpg)
Quote from: FoMoJo on January 02, 2013, 03:48:26 PM
I wasn't a big fan of huge fins either; I guess we can thank Harley Earl and his fascination with the Sabre jet for that particular phenomenon.
However, the early ones did make a pretty attractive lead sled...
I love those '49 Caddys. Probably the year I would get.
As for the poll, I went with the classic Merc sled. The Buicks are nice too - good bodyline down the side. Don't like the grill quite as much, however.
Mercury. I think Stallone drove one in that terrible film called "Cobra". Looked good. :praise:
Quote from: Madman on January 02, 2013, 06:43:36 PM
Oh, come on now. You can't tell me these aren't the sexiest fins EVER!!! :wub:
(http://www.gracerivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/1959-Cadillac.jpg)
That looks like shit. It's like you gave a 5 year old some paper and told him to draw a car. Nasty.
Quote from: cawimmer430 on January 02, 2013, 06:56:44 PM
Mercury. I think Stallone drove one in that terrible film called "Cobra". Looked good. :praise:
My uncle actually has a faithful replica of the Cobra merc.
Hudson
Quote from: FoMoJo on January 02, 2013, 01:51:30 PM
The '50s were all about style and glitz...and Rock & Roll.
The '90s? That's when the imported appliances took over and the Back Street Boys were polluting the airwaves. :cry:
Nirvana beats Elvis any day.
Quote from: Madman on January 02, 2013, 06:43:36 PM
Oh, come on now. You can't tell me these aren't the sexiest fins EVER!!! :wub:
(http://www.gracerivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/1959-Cadillac.jpg)
I want one of those so I can take the stupid fins off, slam it, lead it, and paint it flat black.
More gorgeous fins! This was back when American cars had style! :wub:
(http://image.superchevy.com/f/29825531/sucp_1102_04_o+scott_chalk_1959_chevrolet_impala_convertible+rear_view.jpg)
Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 02, 2013, 07:27:10 PM
My uncle actually has a faithful replica of the Cobra merc.
I hope he hires me to shoot his car -with a camera of course. :lol:
Quote from: Madman on January 03, 2013, 08:03:07 AM
More gorgeous fins! This was back when American cars had style! :wub:
I dunno. The 1974 Dodge Monaco... :lol:
Quote from: Madman on January 03, 2013, 08:03:07 AM(http://image.superchevy.com/f/29825531/sucp_1102_04_o+scott_chalk_1959_chevrolet_impala_convertible+rear_view.jpg)
Holy exposed gas tank, Batman! :thumbsup:
Quote from: cawimmer430 on January 03, 2013, 08:06:53 AM
I dunno. The 1974 Dodge Monaco... :lol:
The '70s were shit. The '50s were the pinnacle of American style!
I went with the Hornet, and not only because "Hornet" is such a cool name.
Quote from: Madman on January 03, 2013, 08:09:42 AM
The '70s were shit. The '50s were the pinnacle of American style!
I love American cars from the '30s to the mid-1970s in terms of styling. There were some beautiful cars in the early '80s as well like the '81 Ford LTD Crown Victoria or Chevrolet Caprice Classic.
Quote from: cawimmer430 on January 03, 2013, 08:06:15 AM
I hope he hires me to shoot his car -with a camera of course. :lol:
If you ever find yourself in North Dakota...
The Hirohata Merc. Considered to be the best of the '50's led sledS:
(http://thegearheadskeptic.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/profile1.jpg?w=614)
:wub:
Quote from: Rupert on January 03, 2013, 01:37:41 AM
Nirvana beats Elvis any day.
Never was a big Elvis fan. My tastes ran more towards Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Clyde McPhatter; even Bill Haley and the Comets...and oh so many vocal groups, the Platters among the best. :ohyeah: to the Everly Brothers as well.
Never heard/listened to Nirvana. Wasn't the guy so depressed he killed himself?
Quote from: cawimmer430 on January 03, 2013, 08:06:53 AM
(http://image.superchevy.com/f/29825531/sucp_1102_04_o+scott_chalk_1959_chevrolet_impala_convertible+rear_view.jpg)
Holy exposed gas tank, Batman! :thumbsup:
Of course the advantage of the fins in this case was that if you rear-ended it, you would be decapitated before the gas tank exploded and burnt you to death. Less pain. :praise:
Quote from: shp4man on January 03, 2013, 01:26:26 PM
The Hirohata Merc. Considered to be the best of the '50's led sledS:
(http://thegearheadskeptic.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/profile1.jpg?w=614)
That's a beauty!
The '51 Merc I had didn't really qualify as a Led Sled. I just removed all the chrome, including the grille, and filled the holes with Bondo. Did a quick aerosol spray to try and blend in the paint.
Quote from: FoMoJo on January 03, 2013, 03:46:18 PM
Never was a big Elvis fan. My tastes ran more towards Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Clyde McPhatter; even Bill Haley and the Comets...and oh so many vocal groups, the Platters among the best. :ohyeah: to the Everly Brothers as well.
Never heard/listened to Nirvana. Wasn't the guy so depressed he killed himself?
Nirvana is terrible.
You win. Hands down.
Quote from: Rupert on January 03, 2013, 01:37:41 AM
Nirvana beats Elvis any day.
Nirvana sucks. One of the most overrated bands of all time. Just like Elvis.
Elvis was the King, bitches! :lol:
Quote from: Soup DeVille on January 03, 2013, 01:21:39 PM
If you ever find yourself in North Dakota...
I knew a girl once from South Dakota. Her accent was so hot. :wub:
Quote from: FoMoJo on January 03, 2013, 03:52:01 PM
Of course the advantage of the fins in this case was that if you rear-ended it, you would be decapitated before the gas tank exploded and burnt you to death. Less pain. :praise:
:lol:
Ralph Nader would have loved it!
Quote from: cawimmer430 on January 03, 2013, 05:47:54 PM
I knew a girl once from South Dakota. Her accent was so hot. :wub:
Pretty sure people from S. Dakota have a "neutral" American accent
Oh, I don' abowt dat, doncha know.
Quote from: GoCougs on January 03, 2013, 08:12:58 AM
I went with the Hornet, and not only because "Hornet" is such a cool name.
And it
is a super cool name.
Quote from: FoMoJo on January 03, 2013, 03:46:18 PM
Never was a big Elvis fan. My tastes ran more towards Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Clyde McPhatter; even Bill Haley and the Comets...and oh so many vocal groups, the Platters among the best. :ohyeah: to the Everly Brothers as well.
Never heard/listened to Nirvana. Wasn't the guy so depressed he killed himself?
He did, so what's that say about my opinion of Elvis? :lol:
I can get on board with most of those guys (Everly Brothers, though?), but if that's all you listen to, then I think you missed a solid 60 years of awesome rock music.
I am quite happy, BTW, that a lot of the music I really like is apparently so offensive to the ears of older generations; I think it's a sign I'm doing it right. :lol:
Nirvana Come As You Are (unplugged) HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGqBM_r932s#)
Quote from: Rupert on January 03, 2013, 10:13:28 PM
Oh, I don' abowt dat, doncha know.
Ew. Well I would not call that a hot accent.
He's German. :huh:
And it's not that strong, I don't think. Some parts of Minnesota and N Dakota, on the other hand...
Quote from: Vinsanity on January 03, 2013, 11:21:19 PM
Ew. Well I would not call that a hot accent.
I can show you a hot Accent
Quote from: FoMoJo on January 02, 2013, 01:51:30 PM
The '50s were all about style and glitz...and Rock & Roll.
The '90s? That's when the imported appliances took over and the Back Street Boys were polluting the airwaves. :cry:
60s had the best looking cars and the 70s and 80s had the best Rock'n Roll. The Beatles were just a boy band with good songs.
Quote from: Vinsanity on January 03, 2013, 06:21:36 PM
Pretty sure people from S. Dakota have a "neutral" American accent
She had a sort of "Southern farm girl accent". And she was a cute blonde to!
Quote from: Rupert on January 03, 2013, 10:22:27 PM
He did, so what's that say about my opinion of Elvis? :lol:
I can get on board with most of those guys (Everly Brothers, though?), but if that's all you listen to, then I think you missed a solid 60 years of awesome rock music.
I am quite happy, BTW, that a lot of the music I really like is apparently so offensive to the ears of older generations; I think it's a sign I'm doing it right. :lol:
There was a lot of good stuff through the '60s, '70s and '80s...The Band, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, The Eagles to name a few, and a bunch of Rhythm & Blues and Country flavoured rock. But then, disco started to creep into the airwaves during the '70s and some other trashy sounding stuff that had no appeal to me. I gave up and started buying cassettes of the stuff I really liked :huh:.
As for musical taste, I think our primary musical taste is formed during puberty. I feel really sorry for those who went through puberty during a really bad time in music; like the Bieber Boppers of today :(.
Quote from: SVT666 on January 04, 2013, 11:52:16 AM
60s had the best looking cars and the 70s and 80s had the best Rock'n Roll. The Beatles were just a boy band with good songs.
The '60s were, definately, the best era for cars and everything to do with motorsport. Stylewise, Italy produced some of the most beautiful cars in existance and other countries were almost as good. In North America, it was all about muscle and style. I good time for gearheads.
As for The Beatles, I never much cared for them; though they were immensely talented. Give me The Stones any day.
Quote from: SVT666 on January 04, 2013, 11:52:16 AM
The Beatles were just a boy band with good songs.
........Who could play instruments and write their own songs. Which is a lot more then I can say for any "Boy Band" these days.
Quote from: SVT666 on January 04, 2013, 11:52:16 AM
60s had the best looking cars and the 70s and 80s had the best Rock'n Roll. The Beatles were just a boy band with good songs.
The early Beatles may have inspired the same sort prepubescent following that the backstreet boys once did, or that bieber does today; they may have even turned out sugary ear-candy those first few years as well: But they wrote those songs, they played those instruments, and while doing so, they grew into the preeminent artists that they're remembered for. "A Hard Day's Noght" may not have had all that much up on a lot of pop music today, but does a few sugary pop hits matter when the same people later turned out "Rubber Soul?"
Quote from: FoMoJo on January 04, 2013, 05:13:15 PM
There was a lot of good stuff through the '60s, '70s and '80s...The Band, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, The Eagles to name a few, and a bunch of Rhythm & Blues and Country flavoured rock. But then, disco started to creep into the airwaves during the '70s and some other trashy sounding stuff that had no appeal to me. I gave up and started buying cassettes of the stuff I really liked :huh:.
As for musical taste, I think our primary musical taste is formed during puberty. I feel really sorry for those who went through puberty during a really bad time in music; like the Bieber Boppers of today :(.
Not me. When I was 10-12, I liked terrible pop country, then from about 13-17 I liked jam rock, then my musical taste finally matured. I almost never listen to the jam rock I used to like, and I haven't heard a pop country song in its entirety outside of a redneck store for years and years. I didn't really get into metal until 2010.
Quote from: Rupert on January 04, 2013, 08:41:31 PM
Not me. When I was 10-12, I liked terrible pop country, then from about 13-17 I liked jam rock, then my musical taste finally matured. I almost never listen to the jam rock I used to like, and I haven't heard a pop country song in its entirety outside of a redneck store for years and years. I didn't really get into metal until 2010.
Well, maybe there was just a lot of great music when I was in my early teens. However, the real Beatles fans seem to be guys a few years younger than me...like MiataJohn.
Not sure what you mean by pop country. I turned off of country when it became new country. Is jam rock that horrible sounding stuff with a screeching guitar that goes on forever? I was at the gym this morning and they were blasting some godawful crap like that that gave me a headache...must've messed with my synapses. I've got to get myself a MP3 player and load it up with The Kingston Trio, Gordon Lightfoot and The Band; and maybe a little George Jones.
Pop country is new country, but there is a lot of modern country that does not suck (see Wayne Hancock), so I don't use "new country", since it's a little vague on meaning.
Jam rock is The Grateful Dead and Phish, plus a bunch of other smaller bands.
The Band was incredible, but the rest of that list... Maybe I'll feel the same way about the crappy '90s "alt" rock like Garbage or whatever in 40 years, but I think it's pretty important to try to keep expanding your taste in music into modern acts (if not also modern genres) as you age. Otherwise you risk FOGism. :lol:
Too hard to pick between the Hudson, Buick and Mercury. The Ford is definitely the last I'd chose out of these four.
Quote from: 93JC on January 05, 2013, 08:27:51 PM
Too hard to pick between the Hudson, Buick and Mercury. The Ford is definitely the last I'd chose out of these four.
As a led sled, yes. But I do like a nicely done, mildly hot-rodded shoebox Ford.
Quote from: Rupert on January 05, 2013, 06:18:05 PM
The Band was incredible, but the rest of that list... Maybe I'll feel the same way about the crappy '90s "alt" rock like Garbage or whatever in 40 years, but I think it's pretty important to try to keep expanding your taste in music into modern acts (if not also modern genres) as you age. Otherwise you risk FOGism. :lol:
Once in a while I do hear something contemporary and I like it...but not enough to run out a buy a CD...or whatever the current media is now. Oddly, my son is able to keep up with the contemporary genres and acts. My daughter (who is a generation younger than him) and he can rattle on for hours about all the groups, acts, etc. from the last couple of decades and I don't have a clue who/what they're talking about.
Quote from: hotrodalex on January 06, 2013, 12:09:25 AM
As a led sled, yes. But I do like a nicely done, mildly hot-rodded shoebox Ford.
...with the original flat head.