Post what your own personal automotive Holy Grail is here; include pictures and a background story if you'd like

I would recommend that you post no more than one vehicle per catergory... so that would mean one holy grail car/CUV/Minivan, one holy grail truck/SUV, one holy grail motorcycle, one holy grail airplane, etc. (you get the point )

My truck Holy Grail: 1955 or 1956 GMC Suburban Carrier Pickup

My car Holy Grail: 1957 Oldsmobile 88 hardtop or Fiesta Wagon

Edited August 4, 201114 yr by GMTruckGuy74

You guys already know mine pretty well.

There is only one holy grail for me.

Hot Rod power tour - do the Long Haul.

Corvette Z-06 or bust.

My holy grail does not lie within a single vehicle, but rather a collection of vehicles amounting to roughly 1000 or so. One day... one day...

overall:

or

Muscle car:

Sports Car:

Supercar:

Classic sports car:

(You can imagine I have a nerdgasm every time Ferris Bueller's Day Off comes on.)

but do airplanes really fall under "automotive"?

Honorable mention to the Bugatti Royale and Jaguar E-type, but this is it. To think they had a 320 hp, DOHC straight 8, 75 years ago (and up to 400 hp on some models) is just staggering.

Edited August 5, 201114 yr by smk4565

@Turbojett... hell, if one was really into trains I'd say post it here

I guess to be fair though the title of this thread should be changed to TRANSPORTATION Holy Grail in that case...

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I posted two vehicles that I would absolutely be thrilled to own as my holy grails (I mean, those two vehicles get my blood flowin' when I see them at car shows). However, my ultimate "holy grail", if money were plentiful enough that not only could I purchase one, but be able to maintain it throughout my ownership, it would be this:

Edited August 5, 201114 yr by GMTruckGuy74

Something from here please. . .

Tucker Torpedo would make a pretty good choice as a single holy grail...

My car Holy Grail: 1957 Oldsmobile 88 hardtop or Fiesta Wagon

I snapped these at a car show earlier this year... Absolutely GORGEOUS car!

A four car garage with one each of:

1985 Riviera T-type Turbo

1985 Toronado Caliente 307

1985 Seville Elegante Diesel

1985 Eldorado Convertible with an engine swap to an LT-1

My car Holy Grail: 1957 Oldsmobile 88 hardtop or Fiesta Wagon

I snapped these at a car show earlier this year... Absolutely GORGEOUS car!

You guys know this one is for sale: http://home.comcast.net/~hwdbry/57Olds/page_01.htm

My holy grails.... Hmm, that's a hard one.... Just off the top of my head:

For Oldsmobile:

1) The above pictured car

2) The '48 Olds

3) Both of the Auroras

4) Or this car: http://www.rkmotorscharlotte.com/inventory/132497?type=active (1970 Oldsmobile 442 W30)

For Buick:

1) A '54 or a '57

2) Definitely; hands down this 1960 model:

For Cadillac:

1) A new CTS-V coupe or sedan

2) Naturally a '59

3) A '63 or '62 like this:

For GMC probably this '55:

For Pontiac:

1) A '55 or '56 Silver Streak

2) A '65 Grand Prix or Bonneville

3) Then there's the '65 or '66 Catalina

4) The '66 and'67 GTO and '69 or '70 GTO.

5) The '71-'73 Firebird

6) The '98-'02 Trans Am

7) The Solstice coupe.

Oh and naturally this: (which was sitting next to the Ninety Eight pictured -- I was in heaven!)

With Chevrolet, it becomes even harder...

1) The '51

2) The '55-'57 shoe boxes.

3) The early years of the Advance Design trucks, including the Surburban.

4) The '59 and '62 Impala and '59 El Camino

5) The '66, '67 and '70 Chevelles

6) The '66 and '67 Nova.

7) The '67-'73 Camaros obviously since I own one of each generation (and maybe the ZL1; haven't seen it yet)

8] The Apache

9) The '69 era Chevy trucks.

10) The '58-'62 C1 Corvettes,'63 C2 Sting Ray, '70-'72 and'80-'82 C3 Corvettes, the current Z06 and ZR1

As for Ford and Dodge and the smaller makes.... Off the top of my head and very basic and quickly:

The original SRT-8 Charger and the new Charger... The last generation SRT-8 Grand Cherokee

The early '60's Continental

The Tucker.... And I can't think of anymore right now.

Edited August 6, 201114 yr by FUTURE_OF_GM

Civilian SUV: Any of the Napco Suburbans.

Nice! I'd like to add that to my list.

And this:

I think a good thread would be the anti holy grail of cars, not counting the Cadillac Cimarron and Pontiac Aztek, because those are just too easy.

No one mentioned the Aston Martin DB5 yet, that is a pretty legendary car.

I love '69 Mustangs.

Old School meets High Tech. Fast, efficient and purely meant to be driven as hard as possible.