The Car Shopping Round 21: Legendary 40s Cars… on a budget
Hello everyone! I am part of a team that is working on a documentary on classic cars from the 40s, 50s, and 60s. We plan to cover all types of cars, from sports cars and race cars, to GTs and luxobarges. We’ve got a couple of Chevys, a 300SL, even a DB4. Unfortunately, we kind of blew our budget before we got a 40s car penciled in for the show. This is where you come in.
(Car and engine year: 1946.)
We want a car that can stand shoulder to shoulder with some of the legends in automotive history. We want a car with character, one that has a story to tell. What that story is, is up to you. Perhaps it’s a race car that surpassed its competitors with the limited technology of the time. Perhaps it’s a luxury car that exuded so much class it is remembered to this day. Whatever the story is, the car has to be memorable and prestigious. We’re not looking for a Mini here. (Prestige, comfort, sportiness, track time, etc. will all be considered based on the type of car and its story.)
Here’s the catch, though: We need a car that we can actually get our hands on. That means a car that was produced in a significant enough number that they aren’t ridiculously rare today. The original sale price of the car isn’t that important.
(Maximum estimated price of $40000 with 100% markup. You may want to target less than this. But more importantly, I will be looking carefully at the production costs of the engine and body. Also, using limited production parts may hinder your score.)
And we want a car that was actually in production in the 40s, not designed in the 40s and produced in the 50s.
(Maximum engineering time of 48 months, the lower the better.)
We plan on driving this thing around on public roads, and we know how difficult and unsafe old cars can be. We’d really like to not crash our one 40s car during filming. We also want it to be able to run without having to stop and fix it all the time. (Drivability, reliability, and safety are important.)
This is a minor concern, but we are on a budget so we’d like to not have exorbitant fuel or running costs. It’s hard to get leaded fuel these days!
Oh and just in case it wasn’t clear, this car is going to be on camera. Do try to make it look nice, please. That last sentence may be a bit of an understatement.
We’re on a tight schedule, so if you have a car that you can offer us, we’d like to hear from you by 8:00PM EST Thursday, September 29. We encourage you to tell us as much about the car as possible. What is the car’s character, what is its story? What makes it unique? We’d like to set up a nice classic car show over the weekend and we’ll choose our car at the conclusion of the show.
Cars will be judged in open beta, not stable release.
Submission format:
Model: CSR21 - Username
Trim: Car Name
Engine: CSR21 - Username
Variant: Engine Name
Good luck everyone! 
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