The Best Vintage Cars

1927 Ford Model T

When we are looking at vintage cars, itís hard to surpass the power, style and legacy of the Model T. This car is usually viewed as being the first affordable production car, and it set the standard for what a classic car should look like way back in 1908. A variety of changes and improvements were made to it's design T during the 19 years that the Model T was in production, culminating in the 1927 model that is still sought after by collectors and makers of classic reproductions today.

The Model T (AKA Tin Lizzie, as it was often called) is a great example of how a car doesnít have to be the fastest available to still be revered by those who appreciate great vehicles; even though it only had two gears, the Model T was still voted ìCar of the Centuryî in 1999, beating out other classics such as the Volkswagen Beetle, the Mini, and the Porche 911 with a considerable lead.

1967 Ford Mustang

Seeing American muscle cars like the í69 Sting Ray, you canít overlook the Mustang from the Ford Motor Company. Even today, filmmakers and producers look to the Mustangs of the 60ís when they want a vehicle that conveys pure power and indomitable forceÖ and nothing does this better than the 1967 Mustang. It was in í67 that the Mustang received its first real increases in length and height, and the Mustang  was given a wider body frame which allowed for the inclusion on a ìbig blockî engine to give this beast plenty of horsepower. This was combined with a variety of extra vintage car parts giving features such as power disc brakes, a tilt steering wheel, and the innovative FMX transmission which allowed for fully automatic shifting in addition to manual shifting.

1967 Volkswagen Beetle

Though itís not a powercar like some of the other cars on this list, the VW Beetle is instantly recognizable and could very possibly be one of the more well known vehicles ever produced. Originally known simply as the Volkswagen Type 1, by 1967 the German motor company decided to embrace the nicknames like the ìBeetleî and ìBugî that their car had received from it's adoring public. The í67 Beetle featured a variety of improvements over its predecessors in addition to formally adopting itís new name; a new drivetrain was included, the engine was made larger, and the electrical generator doubled its output as it was converted to a 12V system. Additional changes were also made to the braking system, clutch disc, and various other features, making the í67 Beetle a functionally different car than anything that had come before, and it's one on this list that won't sting you too badly for vintage car insurance!.

No list of classic cars would be complete without an entry featuring Porsche 911, which was originally developed to replace for the smaller and less comfortable Porsche 356 (and also as somewhat of a more sporting evolution of the Volkswagen Beetle, as many of the early Porsche cars used parts from Volkswagen vehicles.) When introduced in 1964, the 911 featured an air-cooled rear mounted engine and a 5 speed manual transmission. Though it contained four seats, the rear seats are very small and many considered it to be a ì2 + 2î vehicle as opposed to a true four-seater. Though the Porsche 911 has remained in production since its original introduction, many still prefer the older models for their classical styling and air-cooled engines (as the company changed to water-cooled engines in 1998.)