The Charming Cars Thread

[TexRex]

In all seriousness, if I do get my hands on one I’d probably swap out the motor for something more reliable/powerful and update the suspension anyway, which would fix the rubber bumper era’s two biggest flaws.

I had a neighbor with a '73 powered by an Iron Duke and 5-speed from a Monza. It wasn't a screamer, but it would run forever and would have few problems that couldn't be fixed with a blunt instrument.

I have an unreasonable attraction to these cars:

Have some tissues handy.

 

[Ze Elephant]

Have some tissues handy.

I thought linking to porn was against the AUP...

 

[Populuxe]

1955-1975 Citroën DS
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This particular DS was not sold by Citroën. It’s a coachbuilt special called “Le Paris” built by Henri Chapron. About a dozen were made.

 

[Volksauto]

This particular DS was not sold by Citroën. It’s a coachbuilt special called “Le Paris” built by Henri Chapron. About a dozen were made.

Good to know. I never knew that.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I present the 1988-1993 Jeep Wrangler Islander Edition.

I find myself having an affinity to the YJ. There is something about how simple they look, even by Jeep standards. The CJ models that came before were a little too gratuitous looking (for me) and the models that followed the YJ have been maybe a bit too self-referential. The YJ has a kind of honest "Hey, I'm a Jeep and I really like being a Jeep lets go to the beach!" character somehow. Newer ones, especially, have become a little "LETS INVADE VENEZUELA LOOK MY SWAYBARS DISCONNECT FOR MAXIMUM ARTICULATION" for my tastes.

Bonus. YJ on a beach because that just sounds so nice right now.

 

[Populuxe]

I always considered YJs sacrilegeous due to the square headlights, but I've started to warm up to them in my old age.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I always considered YJs sacrilegeous due to the square headlights, but I've started to warm up to them in my old age.

This was my position as recently as a week ago.

 

[GranTurNismo]

I present the 1988-1993 Jeep Wrangler Islander Edition.

I find myself having an affinity to the YJ. There is something about how simple they look, even by Jeep standards. The CJ models that came before were a little too gratuitous looking (for me) and the models that followed the YJ have been maybe a bit too self-referential. The YJ has a kind of honest "Hey, I'm a Jeep and I really like being a Jeep lets go to the beach!" character somehow. Newer ones, especially, have become a little "LETS INVADE VENEZUELA LOOK MY SWAYBARS DISCONNECT FOR MAXIMUM ARTICULATION" for my tastes.

Bonus. YJ on a beach because that just sounds so nice right now.

Funny you mention that. My dad's first car was actually a '93 Wrangler Islander in turquoise that he bought used. It looked like this:

 

[Tornado]

It's a shame that the YJ and TJ front ends are actually basically completely different if you compare them part for part. I'd love to have a TJ and all the mechanical and design advances that it brought to the table while still maintaining that tight compact space, but with a front end that looks like someone actually put effort into styling.

 

[05XR8]

1955-1975 Citroën DS
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Every time I see one, I think about Escape from Witch Mountain.

 

[TexRex]