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Hawkeye's-911T 08-29-2011 12:07 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314648389.jpg

How about this?
Cheers
JB

NeunElf3.2 08-29-2011 12:39 PM

I drive a 911...why do you ask???

JavaBrewer 08-29-2011 12:46 PM

I see this -

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314650801.jpg

masraum 08-29-2011 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer (Post 6224621)

I thought that myself, but I think he'd be in the convertible version of the 300SL.

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-.../1957300sl.jpg

Por_sha911 08-29-2011 12:57 PM

An XKE V12.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314651408.jpg

Stay thirsty (for fuel) my friends

masraum 08-29-2011 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by McLovin (Post 6223422)

Close, but I think this is what you were going for...

http://media.ford.com/images/10031/p...litt_tease.jpg

Laneco 08-29-2011 01:23 PM

Front engined V12 ferrari - take your pick e.g. Daytona Coupe, etc.

When the weather turns bad, an Unimog!

angela

pwd72s 08-29-2011 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawkeye's-911T (Post 6224557)

Interesting...my friend Stan, now pushing 80 and recovering from recent surgery could be considered an "interesting" man. He kind of fits the profile depicted in those alcohol ads.

For instance, how many here were in the Guinness book? Stan was, for "circumnavigation, go kart". His entry later dropped because nobody was foolish enough to try to break his record.

He was a live-aboard yachtie for quite some time...bought the boat in England, sailed to the Med...lived there in various harbors before crossing the Atlantic into the Caribbean. Sold the boat in, Florida...now living in Germany with his wife...

A true "grasshopper" life. Stan isn't wealthy...but he sure has a lot of memories to look back on.

I owe him for allowing me to live vicariously through his adventures...and for the time I spent on his boat, both in the Med and the "spanish lake", the Caribbean.

widebody911 08-29-2011 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarlyPorsche (Post 6222467)
Mercedes G500/G550. Is there a manlier vehicle?

He said "World's Most Interesting Man" not "3rd-string Russian mobster"

RWebb 08-29-2011 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikesride (Post 6224550)

Quote:

Originally Posted by techweenie (Post 6223897)
A hovercraft.

Full of eels.

both close - the best pic would be this one moment later

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314656472.jpg


right at the point when he rolls down the window and tosses out a wayward fish

- wish I had a pic of that

stomachmonkey 08-29-2011 02:59 PM

He has no need for a car or any other form of conveyance.

One minute he is not there then at the absolute optimal time he is, simply there.

MMARSH 08-29-2011 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 911pcars;6224106BTW, the actor is Jonathon Goldsmith.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Goldsmith
Jonathan Goldsmith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]

.... and he can drive anything he wants, but he used to live on a boat.

Rumors of his death early in 2011 appear to be false.

FWIW,
Sherwood


Thats correct, He used to live on his boat in Marina Del Rey when I worked there. He said the biggest bummer about being the "most interesting man in the world" was that because of his contract, he couldn't drink any other beer when out in public....

sammyg2 08-29-2011 03:53 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314662017.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314662028.jpg

wdfifteen 08-29-2011 04:36 PM

Sammy and I agree about .006% of the time, but post 36 is the winner. Cool, classic, and fast.

944Larry 08-29-2011 04:58 PM

'86 944, without a doubt!!!:D

dw1 08-29-2011 05:27 PM

He would have a collection, of course:

D-type Jag

Ford GT40P, sn 1075

Bugatti Royale (for him and his women) or perhaps a 1934 Hispano-Suiza H6B Million-Guiet Dual-Cowl Phæton

some kind of Ferrari spider with a racing pedigree

Porsche 917 adapted to be a street car.

and whatever he borrows from his good friend Jay (i.e. from Jay's Garage) that week!

DanielDudley 08-29-2011 05:47 PM

I may be wrong, but I think he is driving a successful marketing campaign.

74-911 08-29-2011 06:39 PM

I don't know about any other time but on Friday nights when he cruisess the local DQ, he drives a '55 Chevy Bel Air 2 door sedan running a 327 short block, power pack heads, Duntov green stripe with solid lifters, a Carter AFB or Tri-power on Edlebrock manifold and Hedman Headers... and posi-trak with 4:11 in the rear..SmileWavy and don't forget the Hurst shifter.

kach22i 08-29-2011 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 911pcars (Post 6224106)
BTW, the actor is Jonathon Goldsmith.
Jonathan Goldsmith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Quote:

To advance his acting career, Goldsmith moved to California from New York in 1966.[5] Like many aspiring actors, he found it difficult to gain enough acting work to survive and wound up working various jobs, including driving a garbage truck and working in construction, to help make ends meet
Garbage Truck, we have our answer.:cool:

onewhippedpuppy 08-29-2011 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey (Post 6224893)
He has no need for a car or any other form of conveyance.

One minute he is not there then at the absolute optimal time he is, simply there.

Winner!

chocolatelab 08-29-2011 09:21 PM

probably a black chevy cargo van....wait thats me

ErVikingo 08-30-2011 02:49 PM

What else for an Extraordinary Gentleman:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314744552.jpg

snbush67 08-30-2011 03:56 PM

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Reg 08-30-2011 04:43 PM

he is sorta cool but in a cheesy way so I pick this:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314751394.jpg

SXSMAN 08-30-2011 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willtel (Post 6223206)

I see V12 also , but this......

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...N/Dsc07367.jpg

And yes , that's my Vespa.

Bob Kontak 08-30-2011 05:56 PM

Bugatti Royale
 
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314755776.jpg

RR711 08-30-2011 06:40 PM

8 series just like mine and Deniro's

epbrown 08-30-2011 07:13 PM

Something vintage, luxurious, not too common, not outrageously expensive to buy but perhaps expensive to run:

http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/...pe_Front_1.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/...83c302b349.jpg

Alternatives would be a BMW 3.0CS or 3.0 (Bavaria).

HardDrive 08-30-2011 08:45 PM

http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/u...harmsDonk2.jpg

sca037 09-02-2011 04:44 AM

Well after his garbage truck early years, when he's not slumming in his LeMons ride he races a Radical DSR (read the message on the side ;^)

Brian
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314967416.jpg

VINMAN 09-02-2011 05:09 AM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314968960.jpg

techweenie 09-08-2011 09:24 AM

Thanks, you guys, especially AFC-911, for the inspiration:

The Most Interesting Man in the World's Car - Road Testament - YouTube

emcon5 09-08-2011 10:58 AM

250 Spyder California, in any color but red.

Actually, this:

<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KTbP2ZwA50U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

s_morrison57 09-08-2011 01:08 PM

If he's the most interesting, then he would be the most manly also, then according to one of the newer threads it would be a Mustang
Finn

AFC-911 09-08-2011 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techweenie (Post 6243267)
Thanks, you guys, especially AFC-911, for the inspiration:

The Most Interesting Man in the World's Car - Road Testament - YouTube

You should have had them drinking beverages while discussing it (coke or sprite on clear glasses...so it looks like it could be alcohol, yet can get past legal by not showing brand names).

They are staying thirsty after all.

foxpaws 09-08-2011 01:35 PM

No Question....

http://cdn-3.thejameslist.com/data/i...828_large2.jpg

http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/...e/GhiaL6_4.jpg

KNS 09-08-2011 02:40 PM

A bit off topic but - what nationality is The Most Interesting Man in the World? I know the actor is a Jewish guy from New York but looking at the commercials I would say he is from Bolivia or Argentina..

And I see him driving a Mercedes 300 Gull Wing.

Anyone else..?

masraum 09-08-2011 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KNS (Post 6243911)
A bit off topic but - what nationality is The Most Interesting Man in the World? I know the actor is a Jewish guy from New York but looking at the commercials I would say he is from Bolivia or Argentina..

And I see him driving a Mercedes 300 Gull Wing.

Anyone else..?

I can see him in a Mercedes 300SL, but I think it would be a convertible, not the gull-wing. He enjoys life too much. In a convertible, he could take a lovely lady on a leisurely cruise at sunset along the coast.

I don't see the guy in a car that's too manly, because he doesn't have anything to prove. His car will be a bit manly, but it will also be classic, beautiful, but with a patina, and a bit unusual.

drcoastline 09-08-2011 04:05 PM

I'm going with one of these two bad boys.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1315526377.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1315526567.jpg

and I bet he wears this

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1315526686.jpg

MT930 09-08-2011 04:31 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1315528286.jpg

My Pick


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