Your dream car

[figbat]

Ariel Atom, huh?

I remember JC testing one on Top Gear and the airflow almost ripping his face off...

I believe that was the V8 version - I'd be happy with a regular 4-cylinder one. I have driven one on a track after years of wanting to - it made me want one more.

 

[mustang1]

That bodykit ruins it.

Yeah I have a preference for no body kit too but i just grabbed the first decent photo i found

 

[derrick]

I would be quite happy playing with one of these.

 

[raleighnut]

Ariel Atom, huh?

I remember JC testing one on Top Gear and the airflow almost ripping his face off...

Yebbut he's got a face like a Bassett Hound.

 

[Once a Wheeler]

https://dyler.com/cars/20565/alfa-romeo-giulia-1600-super-sedan-saloon-1966-green-for-sale

 

[Gravity Aided]

My Dad had one of these, before the war. During the war, it was drained of fluids, covered with a tarp, and put up on blocks in the back-yard with all the other cars. When my Dad returned, he put fluids back in and it started right up. Kept him going until cars were available again. Veterans got the first production, so while my Dad could have gotten a new car, he still didn't. I seem to remember he got a brand new car later. In 1962!

We don't cotton to new cars in my family.

 

[Fab Foodie]

@Fab Foodie
@Drago

It's the headlights & grille...……….


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Considering the Iso Griffo designed by Guigiaro at Bertone ran from '65 to '74 and the Dolly from '72 to '80, I thing you may have the cart before the horse!

 

[Drago]

This would do for me...

 

[Reynard]

I believe that was the V8 version - I'd be happy with a regular 4-cylinder one. I have driven one on a track after years of wanting to - it made me want one more.

That good, huh?

 

[figbat]

That good, huh?

Better. I was worried before I drove it as I had lusted after these cars since they were first launched. I once turned down the opportunity for a passenger ride in one because I only wanted to drive it, not be driven. So as I approached this car I had put on a pedestal I worried it would disappoint. It didn't.

 

[Reynard]

Better. I was worried before I drove it as I had lusted after these cars since they were first launched. I once turned down the opportunity for a passenger ride in one because I only wanted to drive it, not be driven. So as I approached this car I had put on a pedestal I worried it would disappoint. It didn't.

Probably the closest you can get to a single-seater racing car (e.g. FF1600) for the road without it actually being a racing car. OK, yes, I know it's got two seats, but you know what I mean...

 

[figbat]

Probably the closest you can get to a single-seater racing car (e.g. FF1600) for the road without it actually being a racing car. OK, yes, I know it's got two seats, but you know what I mean...

Indeed - its appeal to me is its stripped-back purity, like a motorcycle. I've driven a couple of FF1600s too - they were surprisingly rapid for their apparently modest power plants.

 

[Reynard]

Indeed - its appeal to me is its stripped-back purity, like a motorcycle. I've driven a couple of FF1600s too - they were surprisingly rapid for their apparently modest power plants.

Oooh, lucky you! What did you try out?

Generally, when I try racing cars for size, I tend to sink without trace in the cockpit.

 

[raleighnut]

Probably the closest you can get to a single-seater racing car (e.g. FF1600) for the road without it actually being a racing car. OK, yes, I know it's got two seats, but you know what I mean...

Nah, that's be 'The Light Car Company' Rocket, that's a 2 seater as well though (Tandem seating)

View: https://youtu.be/5ZrXBgJPwLE

 

[macp]

https://dyler.com/cars/20565/alfa-romeo-giulia-1600-super-sedan-saloon-1966-green-for-sale View attachment 523840

Oh yes now that is 1st class Alfa loveliness