Popular Antique Cars
Many cars come to fame because of a certain connection to famous celebrities or movies.
Popular antique cars. In 2004 Sports Car International placed the 250 GTO eighth on a list of the Top Sports Cars of the 1960s which we think is a bit low. In production for more than two decades it became one of the most recognizable models from Jaguar. Now thats a pricey Ford.
Recently a 1966 Mk1 version brought in over 4 million at auction. The GTO was one of the most iconic GT cars of the era introduced for homologation the approval process to allow a car to race into the FIAs Group 3 Grand Touring Car category. It spawned the Ford GT which carries forward the same kind of ferocious performance that made it an icon.
Ford started producing the Thunderbird back in 1955. The Z was one of the first popular Japanese sports cars in America offering performance comfort style and reliability. More are added daily.
Model A Model T hard to find vintage collector cars and many more pre-War classics. Utilizing high displacement Ford V8s the GT40 established Ford as the only American built car to ever take Le Mans overall. Ferrari 330 p4 the Ferrari P series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970sAlthough Enzo Ferrari resisted the move even with Cooper.
The successor to the iconic E-Type the XJS was a great-looking car in its own right. The Charger ranked first in 13 US. The DeLorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future James Bonds Aston Martin DB5 or the VW Beetle named Herbie are good examples for cars we know from the screen.
Celebrities and their iconic classic cars. States as the most searched collector car followed by the iconic Ford Mustang the Chevrolet Corvette the Chevrolet Camaro and the Pontiac Firebird. When you strip away Corvettes and Mustangs from sales at Hemmings the Thunderbird becomes the number one classic people are interested in.