The Most Desired Historic Cars and Motorcycles
There are some historic vehicles that are part of everyone’s dream – the Bucketlist of Cars and Motorcycles. However, most of the time, they are out of reach. Sometimes they are so rare, they almost never come on the market, or they are too expensive. Many times it is both.
On the Bucketlist for cars you find the Split Window 1963 Corvette Stingray, the early seventies BMW 3.0 CSL any pre-1974 Porsche 911 – all vehicles that always make the list. So does the Jaguar E and of course a Ferrari or two will also make the list.
On the Bucketlist for motorcycles you find the 1969 Honda CB750, Kawasaki Mach III and H2, the Ducati 900SS, and the 4-cylinder MV Agusta. Of course the older Indian and Harley-Davidson bikes are also on the list.
We hope you can live your dream and own one or two in your lifetime. Or at least drive a few on the list.
Here is our extensive list.
Desired Cars
Jaguar E-Type
To some “The most beautiful car ever made”.
Chevrolet Corvette Split Window
The Corvette is the most collected vehicle in America and the 1963 Split Window is one of the most desired car.
Lamborghini Miura
Considered by some to be the sexiest car ever built.
Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 represents vintage driving at its best. For 50 years one of the best sports cars in the world, with timeless styling.
Mercedes SL 300 Gullwing
In 1954, the Mercedes SL 300 Gullwing was the fastest production car of its time. It could travel at an amazing 160 miles per hour. It is loaded with technical innovation and is arguably one of the best looking cars ever made.
Ferrari 250 GTO
Ferrari made just 39 of these elegant race cars between 1962 and 1964, so they are extremely rare. The 250 GTO is the holy grail of high-dollar collector cars. Not only because of the price but also because of its rarity.
Aston Martin DB5
The James Bond getaway car. A thoroughbred through and through. You can always settle for a Vanquish and would be very happy.
BMW 3.0 CSL
A race car for the streets. No, a very very good looking race car for the street. Rare in the seventies and even rarer today. Nevertheless, pure driving pleasure.
Mustang Shelby GT350
Known as the Cobra, this high-performance Ford Mustang from the late 1960s, was a legitimate racecar for the street.
Dodge Viper GTS
The V10 Dodge Viper GTS of the 1990s is raw power and macho looks.
DeTomaso Pantera
Italian styling and reliable Ford V8 power, the DeTomaso Pantera represents the best of both worlds.
McLaren F1
The McLaren F1 is a Formula One car for the road. Driving the McClaren F1, just like driving a F1 car, offers shocking power, braking, and cornering. Only 64 cars exist and one will cost you eight figures.
1966 Shelby 427 Cobra
With an insane power-to-weight ratio, the Shelby 427 Cobra will leave you breathless.
1969 Boss 429 Mustang
What a monster. It will scare you going straight line, in turns, stopping and parking, because the mob will be so big.
1969 Ferrari Dino 246 GT
One word, “sexy”.
1969 Dodge Charger
The ’69 Charger is a thing of beauty offering raw power. “Hemi”, say it a few times, it sound so nice. The sixties were great!
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
We needed the Camaro, because there was a Mustang. The Z28 took it to a whole new level.
1961 Ferrari 250 GT California
Perhaps the greatest aspect of this car’s history is the pivotal role it played in the 1986 John Hughes’ classic, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Regardless, it is a classic beauty.
1966 Ford GT40 MK. II
The Ford GT40 is Ford’s greatest car, EVER. See one in person and you fall in love, drive one and your life will be changed forever.
1967 Ferrari 275 GTB
The 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB, what lines, and shear driving pleasure. Who wouldn’t want one?
Desired Motorcycles
1969 Honda CB750
The Honda CB750 is the bike that changed everything. A smooth, sophisticated four-cylinder engine, packaged in a bike that was handsome, and had front-mounted disc brakes that finally made bikes stop. The CB750 revolutionized the motorcycle market, at an affordable price. Is was the first Japanese superbike.
Kawasaki Z1
The Z1 was Kawasaki’s bigger, faster answer to Honda’s CB750. When it hit the showrooms the big Kawa 903 cc was the most powerful Japanese bike. The 82 hp output was enough to propel the superbike to 130 MPH.
Kawasaki KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica
A green, mean machine, the Kawasaki KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica is a super collectible classic today. It is a limited run, special edition Superbike, named after Eddie Lawson.
1960 Triumph T120 Bonneville
Named after the Bonneville Salt Flats, it tells you everything you need to know. Bone stock it could go 110-mph and.
1949 Harley-Davidson FL Hydra-Glide
Harley-Davidson got the styling right and created a motorcycle with a timeless look sporting a 1200cc Panhead engine.
1948 Vincent Black Shadow
Powered by a black-enameled 1000cc V-twin engine the bike can go 125 mph and was the baddest motorcycle in 1948, and remains one of the most desirable bikes today.
1979 Yamaha RD400F
Light and fast, and smoking, the two-stroke RD400 was regularly humiliating bikes with more than double the displacement on racetracks and backroads across America. It evolved from the legendary TZ350.
1983 Honda VF750F V45 Interceptor
A racing bike for the street, it is a direct descendant of the RC30 racee. Still easy to find, so buy one before they are gone.
1985 Suzuki GSX-R750
The Suzuki GSX-R750 was the first superbike of the modern era “a racebike-with-lights”. Aerodynamic bodywork, aluminum frame, 18-inch mag wheels, mono-shock, and a oil-cooled 106-horsepower inline-four that delivered racetrack acceleration.
1994 Ducati 916
Fast and more beautiful than most motorcycles, not so old yet and still easy to find, the Ducati 916 is a bike that must make this list. The 916 dominated World Superbike racing for years.
Harley-Davidson XR750
Essentially a street-legal AMA track bike. How cool is the XR750? Evel Knievel made it his bike of choice.
Kawasaki 750H2 Triple
The Kawasaki Triples, or “the Widowmaker” as the bikes were called, had had incredible power-to-weight ratio. Bone-stock bikes did sub-13 second quarter-mile runs, thanks to a torquey, free-revving, smoking and rattling 3-cylinder engine, but only if you could keep the front wheel on the ground.
Moto Guzzi LeMans
The Guzzi LeMans is a factory café racer with Italian style.
Laverda Jota
The 1000cc Laverda Jota is a 4-stroke triple that cruised all day and had enough power and good enough suspension to keep up on mountain roads.
Norton Commando 850
The Norton Commando was a light and powerful bike. You could feel the pistons slamming back and forth in the 850cc twin.
Ducati 900SS
The ’70s Ducati 900SS with it’s Desmodromic V-twin engine is one of the best looking bikes ever made. Need more reasons to agree that the 900SS is a “superbike”? It won the Isle of Man TT. Enough said.
1974 Ducati 750 SS
Ducati produced just 400 of the green-framed Desmo 750 SS – they are some of the most sought-after bikes. The Desmodromic valve train engine with massive 40mm Dellorto Carbs was the start of a winning streak for Ducati, that has lasted until even today.
1940 Indian Chief
The ‘40 Indian Chief was a worthy competitor to Milwaukee’s finest.
Yamaha V-Max
The 1200cc Yamaha V-Max is a brute. The bike with custom cruiser look and lightning fast acceleration, could go from the showroom straight to the drag strip and win some races.
Suzuki RG500
The Suzuki RG500 “Gamma” featured a two-stroke, twin-crank, square-four powerplant that was smoking and crackling, and had an output of 94 hp.
1972 MV Agusta 750S
A classic right from the time it was first introduced. The MV Agusta 750S had a 4-cylinder motor and frame with Grand Prix heritage. And stunning good looks.
1957 MV Agusta 500cc Grand Prix Racer
They don’t come much rarer than this bike. Art on wheels! The 3 and 4 cylinder MV Agusta racing bikes won races again and again and again and again…, you get the point.
1974 Yamaha TZ750
The Yamaha TZ 750 “The Beast”, was the most powerful and fastest racebike of the time, and you could purchase it at your local Yamaha dealer. Only 567 were made – we have no idea how many survive. Sporting a liquid-cooled, four-cylinder, 2-stroke engine, the bike was fast, with the 1979 model TZ 750 F making over 120hp.
1975 Kawasaki KR750
The Kawasaki KR750, or H2R, at one point serious competition to the Yamaha TZ750, is another super rare motorcycle, now almost impossible to find. It featured a liquid-cooled, three-cylinder, two-stroke engine.
1917 Henderson 4
The Henderson Four was the first production motorcycle capable of 100 mph.
Munch Mammut
The Münch Mammut, Mammoth in German, was the ultimate ’70s superbike. Tipping the scales at 600lb and powered by a 1,000cc, four-cylinder engine from the NSU Prinz car, Friedel Münch built the Mammut four years before Honda introduced the CB750.
During those four years, the Mammut was the mightiest motorcycle on the market – all for just three times the price of a BMW R69.
Benelli 750 Sei
The Benelli 750 Sei was the first production motorcycle with a 6-cylinder engine.On its launch, it received tremendous publicity overshadowing all other bikes of that year.
The engine was based on the four-cylinder Honda CB500, but with two extra cylinders. The cylinder head fins of the Sei were squared off to provide individuality, but otherwise the engine is obviously derived from the Honda.
Honda CBX
The Honda CBX had a 1047cc inline six-cylinder engine producing 105 hp. It was the flagship of the Honda range. Still today, the six-cylinder Honda CBX is a desired bike.
1975 Bimota HB1
With only 10 made, the Bimota HB 1 is rare. The bike was derived from a frame kit produced to be paired with a Honda CB750 engine. The Bimota HB1s are definitely one of the most valuable bikes produced in the 1970s with a Japanese motor.
1978 Bimota KB1
The increasingly rare Bimota KB1, sporting a 900cc Kawasaki Z1 engine, is one of the best looking bike on the street – if you ever had the luck to see one. It was produced from 1977 to 1982, and only 827 were made. Like most Bimotas of this period, the KB1 used a tubular steel frame and was one of the first bikes to feature an adjustable steering head angle. With the weight saving of almost 100 lbs, the KB1 is a lot quicker than the standard Kawasaki, and will reach 140mph.