Anyone for Vintage?

[Godfather]

Anyone here favor the highly analogue and vintage automotive world? Show us your ride.

For me, I’ve restored many vehicles, and done the whole “factory” stock thing, and its cool, but you have to accept your ride will underperform a modern day, bare bones, velour seated, basement offering piece of shit from Asia. Conversely, you can take that substrate of ancient beauty, not designed on CAD, and infuse it with some modern day performance and capability, and maybe not even show the world whats there, aka a Resto-Mod.

My most recent creation: a 1956 Porsche 356A, which historically was powered by a flat four air-cooled 40hp horizontally opposed push rod motor. My build thesis was what if the boys at Porsche decided to build a gentlemen’s GTS, all the power, all the luxury, built to track on Saturday, built to drive to the office on Monday, this would be it. We are still in beta trials, working out the bugs, but this has a 260+hp dual overhead 4 cylinder 2.7L Polo motor, effectively a 4 cylinder 911 (993 era) motor, coupled with a 4 speed gear box from a 930 turbo, with modern discs at the corners, and a ton of tech under the skin.

Tell me your thoughts on vintage rides, show us some pics.

 

[Sean Molina]

That's a beauty!
I'm curious what the interior looks like. Did you keep it classic or add digital comforts?

I'm still working on my 80 series Cruiser. The 4.5 liter inline six, with fulltime 4WD makes me want to do an LS swap but the other half of me wants everything stock.

Nice ride, amigo.

 

[Godfather]

80 Series Cruiser, now I have massive vintage envy - bravo my friend, one of my targets.

As to interior, always analogue on the surface, but digital underneath. I have a pretty strong blue tooth driven sound system, you just can’t see it. Gauges are old school, but cleaned up. Dash clocks, one of my things, built into a nacelle with red LED wash lights above. Old tach turned into an external temp gauge on the navigator side. Four cell gauge with oil level, oil temp, oil pressure and fuel. The dash is off a 1952, cut it in because it’s cooler than the 1956, but was surgery.

Very old school look and feel, but today level performance.

The tach takes me to over nearly 7k revs, which the motor will do without a hickup - this thing has a vintage GT 100L tank in the hood, and it sucks fuel like you would not believe.

The center rally clock, all vintage Heuer, again my signature detail, is a 4 number Master Timer, and I have the provenance from it being used in Angola, obviously pre-conflict.

 

[Keith Wood]

Damn, that's cool.

 

[dehousley]

Not an LC...but...vintage 69 nonetheless

 

[Godfather]

Not an LC...but...vintage 69 nonetheless

This is so bad ass - major American envy!

 

[fast510]

Not vintage vintage, but I've got an '87 SWB Montero, 113k original, manual ... pain in the ass.

 

[Pete Correale]

Anyone here favor the highly analogue and vintage automotive world? Show us your ride.

For me, I’ve restored many vehicles, and done the whole “factory” stock thing, and its cool, but you have to accept your ride will underperform a modern day, bare bones, velour seated, basement offering piece of shit from Asia. Conversely, you can take that substrate of ancient beauty, not designed on CAD, and infuse it with some modern day performance and capability, and maybe not even show the world whats there, aka a Resto-Mod.

My most recent creation: a 1956 Porsche 356A, which historically was powered by a flat four air-cooled 40hp horizontally opposed push rod motor. My build thesis was what if the boys at Porsche decided to build a gentlemen’s GTS, all the power, all the luxury, built to track on Saturday, built to drive to the office on Monday, this would be it. We are still in beta trials, working out the bugs, but this has a 260+hp dual overhead 4 cylinder 2.7L Polo motor, effectively a 4 cylinder 911 (993 era) motor, coupled with a 4 speed gear box from a 930 turbo, with modern discs at the corners, and a ton of tech under the skin.

Tell me your thoughts on vintage rides, show us some pics.

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good lord this thing is beautiful!

 

[Pete Correale]

Not an LC...but...vintage 69 nonetheless

thats a rig!!

 

[Cagney]

Anyone here favor the highly analogue and vintage automotive world? Show us your ride.

For me, I’ve restored many vehicles, and done the whole “factory” stock thing, and its cool, but you have to accept your ride will underperform a modern day, bare bones, velour seated, basement offering piece of shit from Asia. Conversely, you can take that substrate of ancient beauty, not designed on CAD, and infuse it with some modern day performance and capability, and maybe not even show the world whats there, aka a Resto-Mod.

My most recent creation: a 1956 Porsche 356A, which historically was powered by a flat four air-cooled 40hp horizontally opposed push rod motor. My build thesis was what if the boys at Porsche decided to build a gentlemen’s GTS, all the power, all the luxury, built to track on Saturday, built to drive to the office on Monday, this would be it. We are still in beta trials, working out the bugs, but this has a 260+hp dual overhead 4 cylinder 2.7L Polo motor, effectively a 4 cylinder 911 (993 era) motor, coupled with a 4 speed gear box from a 930 turbo, with modern discs at the corners, and a ton of tech under the skin.

Tell me your thoughts on vintage rides, show us some pics.

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Holy shit, this is what my dreams are made of. Can't fit 4 kids in the back...Sold! I'll take it LOL

 

[Cagney]

Not an LC...but...vintage 69 nonetheless

This is beautiful. When I talk to my husband about wanting a summer car...this is what I mean!

 

[deadeyejunior]

I've got one of these sitting in a barn in Michigan waiting on me to haul to Wyoming for cruising the two-tracks at my cabin in the Bridger-Tetons.
(Picture is an example, but looks identical)

 

[steve_vens]

1963 Pontiac Catalina

Not a true 421 but has a done over 428. Either make it a proper Swiss cheese super duty clone one day or sell and go on another African safari

 

[fast510]

I've got one of these sitting in a barn in Michigan waiting on me to haul to Wyoming for cruising the two-tracks at my cabin in the Bridger-Tetons.
(Picture is an example, but looks identical)

Nice, I owned one of these for a while, this is it when I bought it and it was non-running ...

 

[Charlie Benton]

Not an LC...but...vintage 69 nonetheless

Dude, this is badass.

 

[Charlie Benton]

80 Series Cruiser, now I have massive vintage envy - bravo my friend, one of my targets.

As to interior, always analogue on the surface, but digital underneath. I have a pretty strong blue tooth driven sound system, you just can’t see it. Gauges are old school, but cleaned up. Dash clocks, one of my things, built into a nacelle with red LED wash lights above. Old tach turned into an external temp gauge on the navigator side. Four cell gauge with oil level, oil temp, oil pressure and fuel. The dash is off a 1952, cut it in because it’s cooler than the 1956, but was surgery.

Very old school look and feel, but today level performance.

The tach takes me to over nearly 7k revs, which the motor will do without a hickup - this thing has a vintage GT 100L tank in the hood, and it sucks fuel like you would not believe.

The center rally clock, all vintage Heuer, again my signature detail, is a 4 number Master Timer, and I have the provenance from it being used in Angola, obviously pre-conflict.

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I don't think I've ever seen the interior. Now I like it even more. Perfect job, my bru.

 

[cksheppard1833]

1968 C10. Radio doesn’t work, no AC, and only a six cylinder, but the best experience for me driving. I wish companies would come back out with a very analog truck. Just the basics.

 

[Godfather]

Quintessential

Bravo

1968 C10. Radio doesn’t work, no AC, and only a six cylinder, but the best experience for me driving. I wish companies would come back out with a very analog truck. Just the basics. View attachment 889

 

[spencer]

Is a '95 Bronco Vintage?

 

[Godfather]

@spencer

Depends.

With or without OJ?

Is a '95 Bronco Vintage?