FIRST 5 lottery cars:
-E63 AMG (for teh everyday hoonage)
-Aston Martin V12 Vantage - the trophy wife. Powder blue like the one Clarkson reviewed on TG, with bronze Volk TE37 wheels. (TE37s look good on ANYTHING in the correct size.)
-DeLorean w/ eRod LS3 crate engine, custom suspension capable of 1.0+ G's, bronze Volk TE37s with acres of tire. time attack type look, carbon splitter and diffuser, like the CTS-V coupe racecar crossed with a DeLorean. NACA ducts somewhere, because racecar.
-Acura NSX w/ AMG V8, painted to match the Brawn BGP-001, big ol' carbon fiber diffuser. Tribute to Brawn GP and J. Button's 2009 championship. (Honda's F1 team in Brackley designed the chassis for what became the BGP-001, switched to Mercedes engines after becoming Brawn GP, so Honda chassis + Mercedes AMG V8 = uber win.)
-Ford '32 roadster, with modern turbo 4- or 6-cyl powerplant. No engine covers, no chrome, no billet, but enough modern technology to piss off the purists. Clean and painted, not a rat-rod look, but not a Foose or Coddington look either. Again, more Volk wheels.
After that it would be nothing but basket case Hondas, Volvos, Mazdas, and some oddballs that I would bring back to life myself.
BMW Z4 M Coupe (not the new one with the restractable Hardtop.
then it would be a Fiat Dino.. coupe or spider
and maybe, just maybe.. I would pick up an old Ferrari 308
St205 celica gt4, mkiv supra tt, porsche 930 slantnose, porsche 997 turbo S, and an old celica or rolla.
JoeyM
SuperDork
12/25/11 6:47 p.m.
For Autocross
1) miata...probably with some goodies from Flyin' Miata
2) trailer for miata
3) tow vehicle
Other
4) baja bug
5) RV/camper
6) invest the rest...the goal being to not touch the principle, but use the interest it earns to supplement my income
1: CTS-V draggin wagon for the commute
2: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan for the cruises
3: Chrysler Town and Country for the missus
4: 3/4 ton 4wd Sierra for the FIL
5: Zed ott sicks
cwh
SuperDork
12/25/11 6:59 p.m.
For me, just a new Vette. Don't want to worry about exoticars, just have fun.
unk577
Reader
12/25/11 7:01 p.m.
911 GT2 RS
NC MX5 w/ LS9
2012 GMC Sierra 3500 CCSRW Duramax
Toter home with stacker
and........
I've got a serious case of Ferrari lust lately.
I really want a 308 GTB QV in a dark color, even though I don't fit in them and there are better Ferrari choices out there.
A Ferrari Daytona coupe.
A first generation RX 7, just because I never got around to owning one. Preferably dark brown.
In high school, I had a '67 Plymouth Belvedere II hard top that my grandfather bought new. If I could find another with a black bench seat interior and column shift, I'd probably buy it.
I can't think of a fifth.
Ford GT
Mustang Boss
69 Mustang Boss
Cobra 428
F350 quad cab, long bed for wife.
Schuppan 962CR
993T powered Meyers Manx
288 GTO Evoluzione
Peugeot 405 Pikes Peak
Audi R18 TDi for a bit of vintage racing
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
mndsm
SuperDork
12/25/11 7:22 p.m.
CTS-V wagon (kid's gotta go somewhere)
ZR1 (the new one. Loves me some supercharger)
993 turbo of some sort (maybe a RUF)
Ford f450 4 door duallie w/ 7.3 duramax. I likes em big.
69 Charger painted up like a "ghost" of the General Lee (black, grayed in white spots, tattered looking rebel flag on the roof, etc etc)
Porsche GT2 RS,
Classic Mini with VTEC Honda conversion,
Kenworth W900 with race car hauler trailer,
I would buy back the 1980 Porsche 911SC that I sold a few years ago and a
Porsche Cayenne Turbo S
JFX001
SuperDork
12/25/11 7:41 p.m.
1) My '65 Mustang convertible from HS.
2) Ford Focus wagon with the 4.6 rwd conversion for the daily grind.
3) 356 Outlaw with 4 cyl. Polo engine.
4) Datsun 1200 Sedan with Mercruiser 3.7L 4cyl.
5) Paul Newman's vw bug convertible with the 351/ZF 5 speed.
Jay
SuperDork
12/25/11 7:47 p.m.
How much lotto are we talking about here? I think I would have to go find nice, sorted examples of these:
Alpine A310 V6 widebody:
RUF 930 Slantnose:
Some kind of gnarly vintage Land Cruiser like this BJ40:
...and now we start running out of cars which can be bought, and into dumb ideas that large sums of money could potentially make happen. I.e. the good part of this post.
Some sort of hyper-futuristic '70s kit car, in which a gas turbine that drives a generator that drives electric motors at each wheel would be installed:
(^^ I know that's not a kit car, but that's the right kind of idea for the looks)
Gull-wing conversion for my Starion (been done!), or maybe an ST185 Celica GT-Four with a V8+RWD swap (been done!)
...or maybe just a really nice SW20 MR2 turbo.
That's tough, so many cool cars.
- An Aston Martin, not sure which, but they've always struck me as a gentlemen's sports car.
- Whatever the new Konigseggeseggegseeggg is, just for the over the top ridiculousness of them.
- Ariel Atom, track rat.
- Ferrari F40.
- The new Audi 2dr, S5? As the DD.
This list is subject to change on any given day.
Assuming there was plenty to go around on things other than cars:
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69 Camaro - don't care about numbers matching, etc., just want a big block to rumble around in.
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A completed/sorted Factory Five Cobra replica.
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If it was possible to locate a rust free example, a Jeep J10.
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Trailblazer SS for the family truckster/tow rig.
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A sorted turbo Miata.
930t slantnose
vintage f1 car=]
ls3 miata
c63 sedan
Range Rover HSE because I'm obsessed with them
oh god I can't choose 5 because I'd have to have an f350 7.3 and an xkr, of course, as well.
1) My '94 turbo Miata, finally re-assembled the way I envision it... And operational.
2) '51 Mercury, stock and black. Simply because my late father had one, but I only got to see it in pictures.
3) '55 Buick Roadmaster, bright red. Same reason as above.
4) '66 Lamborghini 400 gt, in silver metallic. Not exactly the greatest car ever built, but many years ago I got to drive one on a curvy road, and want that feeling back.
5) Porsche 935. The more successful the race history, the better... But I would settle for the "dog" of the bunch.
70's-80's exotic/supercar...
My 'If I Won Powerball' Cars:
- Ferrari F40
- Ferrari 458 Italia
- Ferrari 288 GTO
- Ferrari Dino 246
- Ferrari 250 GTO