Car Thread

[up148]

It was a Nash-Healey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash-Healey

Thanks Chuck. Wow! I never would have found that without your help. Nash/Healey, who would have thought. It the movie David sure drives the sh*t out of it. I thought it was a rare import. But, turned out to be an even rarer hybrid.

[HONDO74]

Actually the song was "Born to be WILD"

Methinks you missed my joke....or maybe I missed yours!

I got your joke. Just thought it would be fun to change the word WILD top Mild.

Always like that song......

[E7]

Showing our age!

[Roy]

Ever ridden in the back of one of these? I have. Not fun.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Ever ridden in the back of one of these? I have. Not fun.

I can't even get in the back; I don't fold like that anymore

[healey36]

Even the 2+2 was miserable, but quite a bit better than the coupe.

[Roy]

I can't even get in the back; I don't fold like that anymore

It helped, being four years old. I just realized the photo is probably a later model. My father's was probably a 1963.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I can't even get in the back; I don't fold like that anymore

It helped, being four years old. I just realized the photo is probably a later model. My father's was probably a 1963.

I'd bet there's a few differences between the two.

[Roy]

I can't even get in the back; I don't fold like that anymore

It helped, being four years old. I just realized the photo is probably a later model. My father's was probably a 1963.

I'd bet there's a few differences between the two.

I was laying on the cardboard underneath the rear window. That was the rear, in the model in question(Jaguar XKE). I remember the rear fenders sloped forward more than the car shown in the photo. I much prefer the lines of the newer car.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

They were instantly glamorous, right from the start. Swank, even more than the DeLorean. Every young guy thought he absolutely had to have one, though most of us were unsure we'd even fit into the driver's seat, let alone the rear space.. Jaguar XKE - even the name had its own music and attraction.

[healey36]

Looks lovely but drives less than nice. The Old Man had a '71 2+2 and it cornered like an ocean liner.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Swank, even more than the DeLorean.

DeLoreans were just garish.

[Big Jim]

I never did care much for any of the XKE coupes until I saw the "Low Drag" model. IMO, the best of the lot!

[healey36]

I seem to remember there was a factory-built light-weight version for competition - maybe that's one of them. The pedestrian version sold to the public suffered from a narrow track (for one thing). Wider tires and a lowered suspension would have helped it immensely, although it would have killed the ride. My brothers and I tried to get The Old Man to at least put better/wider rubber on his 2+2 but he never did...he was spending all of his money just trying to keep the mechanicals in order.

I know two guys that own coupes...they rarely drive them. They're too scared of knicking them up. They have fortunes sunk in them, yet their "investment" is way underwater at this point. This is the part of the collector car kick I don't understand. IMHO, much better to have a survivor car that you can run routinely and not be terrified of.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Swank, even more than the DeLorean.

DeLoreans were just garish.

True that.
Did you ever heard the story that Johnny Carson had one, in NYC, and on one occasion, the doors wouldn't open to let him out. Apparently, he was trapped inside for quite a while. I must confess, I had ogled them for a while, until the Carson story.