Tuesday, March 22, 2005

$1,000,000 Wisely Spent


Jalopnik threw down the challenge. If you had a mere $1 million dollars to spend on cars, how would you limit yourself and still have a respectable garage? This is really an exercise best left for a bar and a stack of cocktail napkins, but here is my list. Initially, I priced all the cars high for sterling examples, but then as I thought of other must-haves I went back and revised prices to more modest examples. This list, naturally, is in addition to my current fleet.

It's difficult, when dreaming, to not select a Porsche 917, an original Ferrari Testarossa, Mercedes SSK, a D-Type Jaguar, a GT40 or a Gullwing. But those are budget busters. And if having a Gullwing means I can't have an ice cream truck, I am not interested.

$4,000 1984 VW GTI

$5,000 1987 VW Scirocco 16v

$2,000 1981 VW Caddy Diesel

$8,000 1964 Oldsmobile Fiesta 88 Stationwagon

$20,000 1962 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Bubbletop 'Bellflower'-style Custom

$10,000 1972 Datsun 510 Racecar

$15,000 1965 Saab 96 Rally Car

$100,000 1910-1920 Custom Bodied Luxury Automobile (Marmon, Hispano Suiza, Lincoln, Etc)

$15,000 1984 Porsche 911 SC

$20,000 1991 Mercedes 500e

$20,000 1971 Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3

$15,000 1978 Mercedes 6.9

$30,000 1988 Mercedes W124 AMG 300 TE (Hammer-style)

$25,000 1984 Renault Turbo Le Car

$5,000 1966 Renault Dauphine

$10,000 1977 Pontiac Trans Am

$10,000 1965 Mercedes Unimog Diesel

$30,000 1932 Ford Model A chopped coupe hot rod, period correct

$12,000 1924 Ford Model T, stock

$8,000 1920s Ford Model T homemade doodlebug type desert car

$14,000 1951 Hudson Hornet with Twin H Power and Carrera Panamerica livery

$8,000 1970 Volvo 122 Stationwagon

$12,000 1960 Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite Racecar

$15,000 1967 Fiat Abarth Racecar

$220,000 1969 McLaren CanAm

$50,000 1964 Plymouth altered wheelbase hemi drag racer

$30,000 1960s Slingshot top fuel dragster

$4,000 1983 Toyota pick-up 4wd

$3,000 1981 Subaru Brat

$80,000 2005 Porsche Carrera S

$36,000 2005 Ford F-250 4WD

$60,000 1969 Ferrari 365GT 2+2

$5,000 1985 VW Cabriolet

$8,000 1965 Citroen 2CV

$30,000 1948 Desoto Suburban

$3,000 1970 International Bookmobile

$3,000 1970 StepVan Ice Cream truck

$5,000 1976 Dodge Themed Custom Van

$40,000 1973 Toyota FJ55 TLC Stage II

$10,000 1950 Chevy Fleetline Bullet Back

$1,000,000