What is your secret desire car?

[spikerS]

I go on a hunt every so often looking for my secret desire car.

This car everyone made fun of, it didn't sell very well, and is widely regarded as the ugliest vehicle ever made.

It is a 70's AMC Gremlin, and I want it.

I mean, everyone wants a Lambo or a Ferrari, Porsche, or the most expensive exotic. They want to be baller and show off.

Not me, give me the ugly duck Gremlin!

More rare than most exotics, and even harder to find one in good condition that is worth restoring, but I came across this one today.

Gremlin



I have seen exactly 2 of these on the road, neither in good condition. Over the past 20 years, I have been hunting for one, and I can't find much. I have maybe found 5 or 6, and all of them were in horrid condition, not worth restoring at all. So when I saw that one, I got a little excited, even if it is the inline 6 and not the V8.

so, what is your secret desire car? One that you don't tell your friends because of the fear of ridicule?

[G-ZUS]

A mint 1991 Honda Prelude Sr

[kvg]

Yellow Volvo T5R wagon


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[corsvette]

I have many! I like obscure/unloved cars. Any of these I'd love to own.

1- a 4cyl First gen Fiero
2- Chevy Citation X-11
3- Any woodgrain station wagon from the 70's-early 80's.
4- Early 80's Audi 5000 or 4000
5- air cooled Westfalia
6- first gen K car with the 2.6 hemi engine
7- Chevette (though I'd want to put a s/c 3.8 in it)
8- Diesel chevette!!
9- Chevy Beretta GTU (I wanted one so bad when I was 10)
10- 85-87 Turbo Toyota SR5 pickup (unicorn)

I have more, I could go on and on....

A few odditys I already have

1991 Chevy Caprice. the beluga whale car. It's original down to the tires with 67,000 org kms.

1989 Buick Reatta coupe

1991 GMC Syclone (broken)

1986 New Yorker

1999 Buick Riviera supercharged silver arrow

1979 Buick Regal Turbo

[Cos]

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[Sugarphreak]

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[Tik-Tok]

Late 70's GMC Vandura Shorty. Completely black body, some nice chrome appointments, sliding side door, with the round bubble windows in the back, and converted to 4x4.

Total pedo-mobile, but also awesome for road-trip camping.

Similar to this

[max_boost]

E30 BMW.

[Black Gts]

5th Gen celica. If I came across my old one and it had been in a rollover I'd probably still buy it for the right price lol.

[EM1FTW]

I want a Jensen Interceptor really really bad. I honestly have no idea why, I just love them hahaha

[jsn]

From OPs post, I thought he meant a car that you like but people make fun of. Some of the cars posted are cars that alot of car guys would love like the GNX, bmw 2002...

I'd drive a Miata any day of the week. Don't really understand nor do I really care that people bash it and call it a "chicks" car. Handles fairly well, light weight, RWD, and convertible... what's not to like. Only flaw is that it's underpowered, but they were never meant for the drag strip.

[rage2]

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Need more garage space first before I can make it happen.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by jsn
From OPs post, I thought he meant a car that you like but people make fun of. Some of the cars posted are cars that alot of car guys would love like the GNX, bmw 2002...

A GNX is pretty embarassing in non-car person circles. It's trashy as hell, and any girl who sees it will think "he lives in a trailer park".

Which brings me to my next one (and I almost bought, it was one of two cars I went to Vancouver to check out, but bought the Saabaru instead).


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[G]

Originally posted by rage2

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Need more garage space first before I can make it happen.

I know a person who can make it happen.

[sr20s14zenki]

[jsn]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


A GNX is pretty embarassing in non-car person circles. It's trashy as hell, and any girl who sees it will think "he lives in a trailer park".

That's true. I was pretty damn excited when I saw an old school Jaguar E-type the other day near china town. That was the first time I've seen one in person. I was with a friend who thought it was just another old car.

[eglove]

Originally posted by sr20s14zenki

This. But converted to LHD.

[ianmcc]

Have a couple...

Ford Capri



Ford Torino done up NASCAR style



Lotus Cortina.

[never]

I had been looking for one of these for quite a while. I picked this one up last year for a whopping $800 with about 115,000 km. Haven't done anything with it but I have the wheels, coilover drag suspension, tubular k-member, rear end, 6.0L LS motor and a bunch of other goodies.

[jampack]

Well..



This is probably more like a baller car; but I'm not really a fan of mustangs; with an exception of this car.