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Posted: 2/14/2014 2:15:02 AM EDT
The Impala thread got me thinking. When is the last time I was in one?
For this thread, has to be a passenger car (coupes okay, but no "muscle cars" or fixed up "classics"). Also needs to be an everyday use car, not a creampuff piece that a collector had in their garage. In other words, it had to be still in the wild, in its natural state. I can't remember which it was, it was probably 1998-ish and either one of these (but black) 1977 Chevy Caprice Coupe 
or one of these, again 1998-ish 1979 Buick Electra 225 Coupe (but white). This car was a beast. 
What was your last ride in one of these barges? Oh. honorable mention, 1986 took my driver's test in this: 77 Plymouth Fury II (but green) 
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Posted: 2/14/2014 2:18:37 AM EDT
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I remember the road trips in the 1976 Lincoln Town Car being nice.
The road trips in the Celica sucked. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 2:19:55 AM EDT
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Probably a late-70s early-80s Ford LTD in HS.
Basically same blah color... but with whatever the stock wheels were. 
Though I am immediately reminded of this. 
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Posted: 2/14/2014 2:21:29 AM EDT
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1971 Dodge Dart in 1996. My first car.
Burned to the ground the first time I drove it. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 2:23:41 AM EDT
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Last big car was a 77 fury like above . I've had four different Lincolns that were all very enjoyable to cruise , the 73 coupe was my favorite to cruise in
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Posted: 2/14/2014 2:33:41 AM EDT
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last big car for me was this
at 16, i was way too much of an asshole for this car...im lucky to be here today. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 2:43:48 AM EDT
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1973 Grand Prix - I got it from my mom in 1979 after my 69 Mustang Mach 1 fastback crackdd the inner subframe.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 2:44:21 AM EDT
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last big car for me was this http://americandreamcars.com/1978chryslercordoba072411.jpg at 16, i was way too much of an asshole for this car...im lucky to be here today. I had that with a white top same color. Curb feelers and all! |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 2:59:11 AM EDT
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last big car for me was this http://americandreamcars.com/1978chryslercordoba072411.jpg at 16, i was way too much of an asshole for this car...im lucky to be here today. My sister had one in college (1980-84). May be a land yacht now but it wasn't back then. It was then considered a midsized car. Now two years ago I saw a true land yacht. Was at the gas station when a mid70's Buick Vista Cruiser in mint condition pulled up. A great big 9 passenger, full sized station wagon. Man was it huge. What a treat to see such a beast again. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:03:13 AM EDT
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My parents 1977 Monte Carlo back around 2003-2004. I used to drive it to college every once in a while and would get some good comments from people on it. It had the perfect ride for a car that I've never known since.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:04:22 AM EDT
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Not mine but very close to what I had.
1971 Olds Delta 88. 455 CID with a turbo 400 3 speed trans. I would roast off a set of rear tires every weekend in that thing and I was a regular at the local used tire place. The last trip I took in it was in the early summer of 1982. Took the GF up to the Mackinac Bridge for a little one on one time before I shipped out to boot in August. 
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:08:42 AM EDT
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Learned to drive with a 76 Cadillac sedan de ville.
Owned a 76 olds ninety eight when I was old enough. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:11:44 AM EDT
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I paid cash for a new 1975 LTD Brougham. Nice car at the time. Laughable compared to my Yukon Denali.  Like this (except mine was gold metallic):  |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:11:49 AM EDT
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1977 Lincoln 4 door. Maroon paint and leather interior. 460 under the ridiculously long hood. Most comfortable car I ever owned, but also worst mpg of any car I ever owned. Had hydroboost brakes (power steering pump provided the boost for the brakes, instead of vacuum boost), and having to repeatedly replace parts on that was what finally caused me to junk it.
Around 18 years ago, I drove it down the Natchez Trace from Nashville to just inside Mississippi and back, and took a trip or two to Chattanooga. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:12:51 AM EDT
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1970 Olds Cutlass.
Why was it my last cruse? Because that was the day that hulking piece of shit caught fire........For the fourth time. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:15:46 AM EDT
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73 Plymouth Fury III
Certified land Yacht 
1977 Olds Cutlass 
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:15:52 AM EDT
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1970 Dodge Polara w/318
Drove from Paradise Ca. to Rawlins, Wy. then to Tucumcari, NM. This was in 1984 and was an absolute blast.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:16:56 AM EDT
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My wife & I rode along with some good friends in their 1972 Ford LTD convertible as we went rummage "sale-ing" across mid Michigan. Their's is very similar to this one.
 I may buy it for my wife as she deserves something nice.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:18:20 AM EDT
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1970 Olds Cutlass. Why was it my last cruse? Because that was the day that hulking piece of shit caught fire........For the fourth time. Perils of motoring in the 70's apparently. (My '76 Scout burst into flame on the ride home once. Put out the flames and drove it home). |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:22:29 AM EDT
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my mother and father chauffeured me to all my shooting competitions all over America in the late 70's and early 80's in a Malibu Classic Station Wagon. it was a beast. My dad coached baseball and a lot of the kids did have rides and in a small town back then it was an every day occurrence to have to go and pick up half the team for practice and games. That wagon got a workout every week.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:22:42 AM EDT
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1975 Plymouth Valiant. Huge POS.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:27:06 AM EDT
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My dad had a 1976 Chevrolet Caprice station wagon..........that thing was a land yacht extraordinare
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:36:56 AM EDT
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Land yacht story for laughs.
1978 at Spring break from Northern Michigan University. I had been driving stick shift cars since I was 15. I hitched a ride downstate to Troll Land with a classmate who had a 1976 Monte Carlo. Auto, with the shifter in the center console and a big 10" wide POWER DISC BRAKE pedal. We just rolled out of Shingleton after a gas stop. He settled in to the passenger seat for some sleep as I drove to the Seney stretch. Got up to speed and unconsciously stomped on the "clutch" and reached for the shifter to shift into fourth. Damn near put us both through the windshield.  Them GM cars could stop on a dime. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:48:36 AM EDT
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Land yacht story for laughs. 1978 at Spring break from Northern Michigan University. I had been driving stick shift cars since I was 15. I hitched a ride downstate to Troll Land with a classmate who had a 1976 Monte Carlo. Auto, with the shifter in the center console and a big 10" wide POWER DISC BRAKE pedal. We just rolled out of Shingleton after a gas stop. He settled in to the passenger seat for some sleep as I drove to the Seney stretch. Got up to speed and unconsciously stomped on the "clutch" and reached for the shifter to shift into fourth. Damn near put us both through the windshield. Them GM cars could stop on a dime.
I remember these. I think they were made of surplus WWII carrier decks. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:52:25 AM EDT
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Best friend in HS drove a 79 sedan de ville
Many a road trip back in the day. Thank God gas was cheap. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 3:59:47 AM EDT
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My first car was a 1983 Buick Electra Limited. All my friends wanted to go on road trips in it with the way it rode and the pillow-top seats...until the 10mpg kicked them in the wallet.
30mph or 130mph...it still got 10mpg. It was gutless with the 2.73 gears and a stock 307, but floor it at 65 and it went, and went, and went. 
I also took that places that classmates had a hard time (or couldn't) getting a 4x4 to. And I learned how to drive in the snow in that car. I loved that car...and hated it. Not mine, but nearly identical.  Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:01:14 AM EDT
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Best friend in HS drove a 79 sedan de ville Many a road trip back in the day. Thank God gas was cheap. I had a 79 coupe De ville, that was indestructible. But wow could it suck the gas down, thank goodness it was only .70 cents back then . I think on a good day it got 12mpg. Still it had a better ride than most luxury cars today. Mine had a towing package and was faster off the line than most of the common sports cars of the era. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:02:49 AM EDT
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Two or three times a year I pull out my '77 Mercury Marquis, 2 door, yellow & gold.
Got it years ago for $200 before it got weird looks. Rated at a whopping 10.4 MPG, I don't go too far with it. One of a few good stories...some kids informed me I had a large car. Another time I pulled into a parking space and a lady in the next car almost broke her neck looking for the other end of it. I did upgrade it from an 8 track to casette. 
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:03:08 AM EDT
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Growing up, this was our "family ride".
I think it got 8 miles per gallon. It was awesome! Lots of good family trips in this bad boy. 
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:03:55 AM EDT
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Growing up, this was our "family ride". I think it got 8 miles per gallon. It was awesome! Lots of good family trips in this bad boy. http://media.collectorcarpricetracker.com/auction_data/2012/11/21/130803520907/1.jpg Travelall? I love teh International "SUVs" |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:05:43 AM EDT
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Travelall? I love teh International "SUVs" Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Growing up, this was our "family ride". I think it got 8 miles per gallon. It was awesome! Lots of good family trips in this bad boy. http://media.collectorcarpricetracker.com/auction_data/2012/11/21/130803520907/1.jpg Travelall? I love teh International "SUVs" Yes, '73 Travelall. The thing had seating for like 9 people and was bigger than a Surburban. I remember when the tires were out of balance, you'd get a shimmy that would at times want to throw you off the road. never knew when it was going to happen. We had a few close ones
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:06:35 AM EDT
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The last land yaht road trip was in 1970. My dad moved us from Greenbrier, VA to Ft Leavenworth, KS in a 1967 impala. It was yellowish. The trunk was packed. My brother and I shared the back seat with our pillows and the hotly contested DMZ between us. My mom was buried in maps and spent the entire trip with our GSD we got in Germany. That dog was the best ever. She tried to eat every gas station attendant and toll booth operator. That was exciting. The best part of the car was laying on the back seat deck and looking up at the stars while driving.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:07:45 AM EDT
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Growing up, this was our "family ride". I think it got 8 miles per gallon. It was awesome! Lots of good family trips in this bad boy. http://media.collectorcarpricetracker.com/auction_data/2012/11/21/130803520907/1.jpg my family had one in the late 60s...last i remember, it was retired around 1972 |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:09:29 AM EDT
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my family had one in the late 60s...last i remember, it was retired around 1972 Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Growing up, this was our "family ride". I think it got 8 miles per gallon. It was awesome! Lots of good family trips in this bad boy. http://media.collectorcarpricetracker.com/auction_data/2012/11/21/130803520907/1.jpg my family had one in the late 60s...last i remember, it was retired around 1972 They were pretty rare. I'm surprised people here remember them. There's a farm near me that has an old one out in the back. Looks too rough for me to even think about putting it back together. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:09:39 AM EDT
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Mine didn't look this good... Got rid of it about 5 years ago. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:10:11 AM EDT
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late 70s dodge station wagon, with a 440 wedged into it
 that car was a robeast!
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:16:24 AM EDT
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We also had the family wagon....a 1971 Olds Vista cruiser with the funky windows in the top. I remember many family trips falling asleep besides my older brother looking up and out at the stars.
Good times!
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:17:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes, '73 Travelall. The thing had seating for like 9 people and was bigger than a Surburban. I remember when the tires were out of balance, you'd get a shimmy that would at times want to throw you off the road. never knew when it was going to happen. We had a few close ones Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Growing up, this was our "family ride". I think it got 8 miles per gallon. It was awesome! Lots of good family trips in this bad boy. http://media.collectorcarpricetracker.com/auction_data/2012/11/21/130803520907/1.jpg Travelall? I love teh International "SUVs" Yes, '73 Travelall. The thing had seating for like 9 people and was bigger than a Surburban. I remember when the tires were out of balance, you'd get a shimmy that would at times want to throw you off the road. never knew when it was going to happen. We had a few close ones That is called the "death wobble". It actually a flaw in the straight front axle design. Ask any Jeep owner That same friend I described above with the '72 LTD had a 73 Travelall also. He is a primo body/paint man with real skill. He did a custom job on his "irrational" as he called it. Beautiful cream & burgundy paint with custom interior. Modern fuel injection driveline with all the comforts. We were at a big car show just cruising around enjoying the day when a guy walked up and made a cash offer. That beast changed hands that day for $28k.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:22:02 AM EDT
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One of our neighbors was a retired navy chief who was like 90. He had one of these in his driveway until he passed in the late 90's.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:23:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We also had the family wagon....a 1971 Olds Vista cruiser with the funky windows in the top. I remember many family trips falling asleep besides my older brother looking up and out at the stars. Good times! http://ericpetersautos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Vista-JPEG.jpg |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:23:28 AM EDT
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We also had the family wagon....a 1971 Olds Vista cruiser with the funky windows in the top. I remember many family trips falling asleep besides my older brother looking up and out at the stars. Good times!
http://ericpetersautos.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Vista-JPEG.jpg My dad had the Buick version. I loved that car! ETA: Probably the last ride in a land yacht was a summer afternoon and evening spent driving around in my friend's 1970s Cadillac. I was home from college and I got together with my buddy driving around, drinking beer, listening to music and . . . maybe . . . enjoying an alternative tobacco-like product. But that was a long time ago. So long ago, that we didn't even wear seat belts . . . . . . gas was probably 70 cents a gallon then.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:31:41 AM EDT
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was pretty much the same car as this .color and all.
old man bought it new in 77 I took my DL test in it in 81 drove it till i broke it in 82 when I mistook a quart of engine flush fluid with oil. garage was dark and cans looked similar
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:36:42 AM EDT
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About ten years ago I took a trip to Wyoming in a 1971 Buick Riviera Boattail, it had a 455 in it........beautiful car.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:38:05 AM EDT
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About ten years ago I took a trip to Wyoming in a 1971 Buick Riviera Boattail, it had a 455 in it........beautiful car. They are pretty awesome. They remind me of the mid 60's "S" type Barracuda. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:39:27 AM EDT
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In about two weeks
I'm a "young feller" (22) but I got an '88 Grand Marquis and a DAMN nice car, I love the land boats. Better than the tin cans they have now. I get the cash I'm planning on getting an earlier LTD too. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:42:24 AM EDT
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They are pretty awesome. They remind me of the mid 60's "S" type Barracuda. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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About ten years ago I took a trip to Wyoming in a 1971 Buick Riviera Boattail, it had a 455 in it........beautiful car. They are pretty awesome. They remind me of the mid 60's "S" type Barracuda. It's the back glass of course, in that way they are kinda similar. Had a buddy in high school that had an early Barracuda, really small V8 or V6 as I recall 225 or something like that.... |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:44:59 AM EDT
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When I was a kid, we had a Chevy Impala. (Not sure of the year - late 60's, early 70's.) I remember that car being pretty big.
It threw itself a Viking funeral in the parking lot of the local supermarket and went off to automotive Valhalla.  |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:45:51 AM EDT
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Chrysler stretched the K car into an "executive sedan". Ive only seen pictures but the concept and execution are so awful that the idea of doing a roadtrip across America in one is a dream of mine. The blue velour interior is like a rolling whorehouse of vulgarity.
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:49:49 AM EDT
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My first car was a 76 pontiac Grand Prix, 18' long with 400 cubic inches of fire breathing fury (ok it was a 70's model so it was just gas guzzling fury)
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:51:08 AM EDT
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 Oldsmobile lol - we went to a cabin by a lake for a week. |
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Posted: 2/14/2014 4:52:26 AM EDT
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was pretty much the same car as this .color and all. old man bought it new in 77 I took my DL test in it in 81 drove it till i broke it in 82 when I mistook a quart of engine flush fluid with oil. garage was dark and cans looked similar
., http://www.njrod.com/images/hf/77wagon.jpg My Dad had that exact car when I was a kid! 1977 Impala wagon, same color too. We took many a road trip in that beast. I still remember sitting in the rear backward facing jump seat making all the truckers honk their horn. 
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