Blacktop Beasts: Post a Pic of a Car Named After an Animal.

[ohiosmith]

1966 Shelby Cobra Super Snake

[aikoaiko]

1. ^ end thread.

just kidding, but there are few others as spectacular

[hlthe2b]

2. Really ... lock it before someone posts a pic of a beat-up pinto....!

LOL

[ohiosmith]

3. Hahaha!

[struggle4progress]

4. VW Bug

[ohiosmith]

5. Excellent!

[trof]

6. Chevy Impala

One of the coolest cars ever.

[ohiosmith]

9. Excellent! I has a 65 SS 396 BoB.

[trof]

12. We had a new '58 Bel Aire 4 door hardtop.

I was 17.
It wasn't quite an Impala, but it still looked cool.
Used to cruise the drive-ins in it with my buds.
A few beers were consumed.

[madinmaryland]

7. Uhh. Nevermind. I thought the thread title was "Blacktop Breasts"

[ohiosmith]

10. Boob!

[HopeHoops]

8. I'm not posting a picture, but the Mustang is an obvious response.

[ohiosmith]

11. You're such a rebel!

[HopeHoops]

36. Yeah. But if the new one looks like the picture I saw I'm disappointed.

[Blue_Tires]

55. ok...up to me to do it...

[rickford66]

63. sorry, wrong

The Ford Mustang was named for the WWII fighter, the P51.

[Bombero1956]

73. maybe not

An alternative view was that Robert J. Eggert, Ford Division market research manager, first suggested the Mustang name. Eggert, a breeder of quarterhorses, received a birthday present from his wife of the book, The Mustangs by J. Frank Dobie in 1960. Later, the book’s title gave him the idea of adding the “Mustang” name for Ford’s new concept car. The original name for the car was the Torino.

[rickford66]

78. toss up

"John Najjar, the original designer of the Mustang I Prototype (drawings) supposedly named his design after the P-51 Mustang airplane, but Lee Iacocca has stated a few times that it was directly named after the horse itself, not the airplane."

http://www.muscularmustangs.com/database/mustangfacts.php

Anyway, the 65 I'm restoring will have a horse in the grill, but it will eat more gas than grass.

[WinstonSmith4740]

80. I had a communications Prof in college...

who posited the theory that if you look at the names of a lot of the cars that came out in that era, you'll find some pretty damn clever marketing at work. The "Baby Boomers" were coming of age to start buying cars. The decision to manufacture "muscle cars", known primarily for speed, was no coincidence, and neither were the names, i.e. Mustang, Barracuda, Impala, etc. He felt it played right into the "pepsi generation" meme; youth, strength, speed, and energy. Iacocca also had one of the most ingenious marketing plans ever. As I understand it, he gave a Mustang to the president of every fraternity in the country to drive for a year. Need I say more?

[rickford66]

91. "he gave a Mustang to the president of every fraternity in the country"

Per Google I found over 5,000 frats in the US. Even in 64, that would be a lot of cars. I was a frosh in 1964 and knew at least one frat pres. He didn't have a car. I couldn't find any reference about the free Mustangs. Got a link?

[trof]

13. The AMC Javalina.

OK, it was AMC's Javalin.
But my buddy had one and we called it the 'Hah-va-leen-nah'.

[ohiosmith]

14. Nice ride!

[maddiemom]

40. A friend had a Javelin back in the day,

Uh...wasn't it named for that Olympic throwing spear? So we thought.

[trof]

59. YEP

[jakeXT]

15. Cougar,Penguin,Spider,Hornet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Cougar


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Cougar_%28Europe%29


Puli Penguin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puli_%28car%29



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_Spider

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Hornet

[ohiosmith]

16. Cool!

[pipi_k]

17. I actually had one of these...

Plymouth Cricket...bright yellow...






Didn't have one of these but wanted one...

1971 Dodge Colt

[ohiosmith]

19. Classic!

[Ptah]

18. Roadrunner

[ohiosmith]

20. Great car!

Too bad Chrysler never made a Coyote.

[7wo7rees]

34. Superbird

[Blue_Tires]

77. Chaparral

[HarveyDarkey]

21. Nobody posted Jaguar?

[ohiosmith]

22. A real beast!

[BarbaRosa]

23. Super Bee

?w=400&h=300

[ohiosmith]

24. Awesome!

[bluesbassman]

25. De Tomaso Pantera

Funny that two of my favorite cars both are named for animals, and have Ford motors. (Love Shelby Cobras )

[ohiosmith]

26. Unbelievable car!

[maddiemom]

42. I wrote areply to you whic somehow got posted under the Sunbeam.

[friendly_iconoclast]

28. Don't forget the De Tomaso Mangusta (mongoose), Opel Manta, and Triumph Stag:

[bluesbassman]

30. The Stag was a cool ride. Back in the day, a girlfriend took her license test in one...

Belonged to her dad. When they got back, the tester got out of the car shaking his head. My friend had to take the test again. Next time she did it in Mom's Chevelle.

[friendly_iconoclast]

33. Another cool ride was the Sunbeam Tiger:

True story: They were riveted in my memory by the vision of a tall, model-gorgeous young woman refueling one that had Hawaiian license plates at a gas station in Port Saint Lucie, Florida back around
1985 or so...

[maddiemom]

41. We had one of the first 2,000.

It was great to drive...when it was running (which was a problem). Sure got a lot of attention, and was fun, though. I remember the five speed transmission had a metal plate over the gear box with slots to shift into. We ended up taking it off. Later the stick just broke off in my hand---metal fatigue, we were told. The mid-engine handled very well, but if left out in the rain, the grill (located behind the rear window) had to be covered, or you had to let it dry out before it would start. Ahh, memories...

[maddiemom]

44. This was meant to be posted under the PANTERA!

[bluesbassman]

49. How cool. I never drove one, but I did get a ride in '74.

In HS I worked part time at several used car lots on Mission Blvd in Hayward. One of the salesmen had a Pantera and took me for a ride up Carlos Bee Blvd toward Cal State East Bay. That road is pretty steep, but by the time we got to the top we were in fourth gear and doing 100mph. Slammed back in the seat, it was a wild ride.

[BarbaRosa]

27. Sting Ray

[ohiosmith]

29. True story: my wife's cousin in Sarnia, Ontario was given a 63 for graduation. He cut out the rear

window divider so it would look like a 64!

[BarbaRosa]

32. yup

[GoCubsGo]

31. Plymouth Barracuda

[ohiosmith]

38. Cool!

[BarbaRosa]

35. Animal?

Gremlin

[ohiosmith]

46. Okay!

[aikoaiko]

37. This is cheating, but I'm submitting a 1969 Goat

I had a very similar 1969 LeMans and fantasized that it was this car.

[IMG][/IMG]

[pipi_k]

39. OMG I want that car!!! n/t

[ohiosmith]

50. Great ride!

[HarveyDarkey]

43. Studebaker Hawk

and the Golden Hawk

[GoCubsGo]

45. Want.

One of may most favorite cars!

[HarveyDarkey]

47. Mine too

The cost is prohibitive now, at least for me.

[ohiosmith]

53. Beauty!

[HarveyDarkey]

48. AMC Eagle

[ohiosmith]

58. Nice!

[PoliticAverse]

51. ...

[ohiosmith]

62. Excellent!

[struggle4progress]

52. Bluebird

[ohiosmith]

68. That's kinda neat!

[Art_from_Ark]

90. The Bluebird was used as a model name

from 1959 until 2001. Toward the end of its run, it became a high-end car. Here's a whole aviary of them:

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日産・ブルーバード

[Nay]

54. I had a Ford Maverick in the 70s. More: Ford Bronco and VW Rabbit. AMC Pacer (type of horse).

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Of course, other things besides horses are called mavericks, but I always thought of my Ford Maverick as my trusty steed.

[ohiosmith]

82. Cool!

[OriginalGeek]

56. At various times in high school my friend had

a 69 Cougar Eliminator


and a 71 'Cuda


and I had a 68 Firebird (kind of an animal, right? Also originally was gonna be called a Banshee - I would have liked that even better)


I miss those days...

[ohiosmith]

84. Great cars. I miss em too!

[retread]

57. Hudson Hornet

[ohiosmith]

85. Awesome!

[90-percent]

60. Marvin Swartz Anoconda

While I'm at it, the Snake and the Mongoose



Top Fuel and Funny Car's the drug for me.


-90% jimmy

[OriginalGeek]

61. When I was a kid

the Snake and the Mongoose were as much super-heroes as Superman to me. I remember building their Revell models (well, I think it was Revell - weren't most model cars back then?) and waiting for the funny cars to come on TV...

I also had a Shirley Cha Cha Muldowney model kit...man those were good times.

[90-percent]

75. Speaking of Don and Tom

They just made a movie about the Mongoose and Snake

http://www.snakeandmongoosemovie.com/

They needed a Zookeeper back then. This is John the Zookeeper Mulligan beating the Snake at the 1968 Winternationals:



John died in 1969, succumbing to burns from a horrible fire qualifying for the U.S. Nationals.

Lest we forget Jungle Jim





Shirley's accomplishments - three time NHRA Top Fuel World Champion, resulted in a biopic about her
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085656/



Shirley's accomplishments in drag racing in that era were stunning. She beat all the guys regularly back when "women's lib" was merely some quaint aberration for disgruntled bra burners.

There's plenty of stellar drag racers, Tom The Mongoose McEwen and Tommy Ivo among them, that raced for decades and never ever won a single World Championship.

-90% (nitro) Jimmy

[hifiguy]

81. I built a model of TV Tommy Ivo's dragster when I was

a boy. "The Zookeeper"?? Man, nicknames ain't what they used to be.

[ohiosmith]

87. Cool!

[corkhead]

64. Ford Pinto

[ohiosmith]

88. Like it!

[TheMightyFavog]

65. (Ford) Thunerbirds are go!

[ohiosmith]

89. My favorite was the 64!

[TheMightyFavog]

66. The Ford XB Falcon

[ohiosmith]

92. That's hot!

[TheMightyFavog]

67. Saleen s5s Raptor

[TheMightyFavog]

69. How about a VW Rabbit?

In Forza 4, you can mod an 84 rabbit to make a car that will smoke Lamborhghinis and Ferraris...

[kwassa]

70. Viper

[kwassa]

71. Many Spyders!

[struggle4progress]

72. AMT Piranha

[90-percent]

76. The AMT Piranha

The AMT Piranha as God intended

http://www.c-we.com/piranha/page5.htm

Blown and on fuel!



-90% (nitro) Jimmy

[bluesbassman]

74. Stutz Bearcat

[earthbone]

79. Citroen Deux Chevaux

Two horses ! [Sorry ,no photo]Thats horse power[I think it has a bit more power but not much].Perfect car for the beach.

[SunSeeker]

83. Best car I ever had: 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback 2+2

Rest in peace, little buddy.

[90-percent]

86. 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback 2+2

Man that is one nice little Hot Rod!

Just the Torq-thrust wheels make that thing even sexier that a 63 Corvette split window!

-90% jimmy