Ask The Best And Brightest: What Classic Car Do You Want To See Reinterpreted?
With the recent arrival of the latest Evo Magazine at “TTAC Towers,” it seems that all hope for productivity today has gone out the window. Evo, the classiest car porn mag in the game (the lady and I enjoy reading it together, honest), has got its high-gloss gloves on both the reborn Lancia Stratos and the new Audi Quattro Concept… as well as the classic models that inspired them. So, while I’m desperately trying to ignore the British buff book’s retro-future write-up, riddle me this: if you could demand a born-again version of any classic car, what would it be and how would you bring it back to life? But before you answer, ponder for a moment these words from the definitive literary work on re-animation:
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos; the materials must, in the first place, be afforded: it can give form to dark, shapeless substances, but cannot bring into being the substance itself. In all matters of discovery and invention, even of those that appertain to the imagination, we are continually reminded of the story of Columbus and his egg. Invention consists in the capacity of seizing on the capabilities of a subject, and in the power of moulding and fashioning ideas suggested to it.
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Jeep Scrambler. I.E. small pickup with a removable top/roof/doors + on the 70' Chevelle And for Fun..... 78' Stutz Blackhawk....cause pimpin' still ain't easy.
Mazda 323 GTX. Though really it's because I'd love to see a Mazda 2 or Ford Fiesta with AWD and turbo. Mazdaspeed 2? Ecoboost Fiesta?
I'd like to see an updated version of the best car I ever owned, the 1967 Plymouth Barracuda "S" coupe. Same HP/torque as the aftermarket 340 4bbl,, same simple but complete instrument panel, same size, same weight, but lose the leaf springs, and put sturdier hardware on it, like door handles that don't break off. Despite the Valiant front end, that was a nice looking car, especially in profile.
Volvo P1800 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZMcrhaA16YM/SgC4x9-R5rI/AAAAAAAACmA/HBoeMI2Sqz4/s1600-h/P1800.jpg http://jimsgarage.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/volvo-p1800.jpg