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Posted: 8/28/2023 7:48:26 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My first car was it's cousin, a 1970 Torino GT. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 7:49:21 AM EST
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Quote HistoryHe was talking about the smaller late 1980's Comanche with the 4.0 HO engine. If you got the Eliminator model with the right option boxes ticked, it was nearly a match for the Buick Grand National in stock form, the fastest factory quarter mile car you could buy from a volume producer at the time. Comanche Eliminators are hard to find now. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 8:15:37 AM EST
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Quote HistoryI went to high school with a guy that had one exactly like that, same color, he then had a third Gen Nissan Maxima SE. He loves that car. His license plate was 4NAFAIR. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 8:56:17 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I went to high school with a guy that had one exactly like that, same color, he then had a third Gen Nissan Maxima SE. He loves that car. His license plate was 4NAFAIR. Mine was a silver XT6. It felt like you were in the cockpit of an X-Wing fighter even though mine didn't have the digi-dash. Shit air suspension that was always breaking until I had it replaced with standard shocks. It would go anywhere, handled the winters with ease and was fun as hell. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 9:10:01 AM EST
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 Attached File1971 Duster 340 Same color as above but with black stripes and black interior. Put a Carter thermaquad and hush thrush mufflers on it and had a great time with it. Ended up trading it in on a jeep scrambler.  Attached FileVehicles I wish I had kept, but when my wife had the temerity to get pregnant the second time I had to sell the jeep to get a Chrysler K car so the kids could ride in the back  |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 10:11:28 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Had one....  My '76 Olds starfire (231ci 4-speed)is still somewhat my template for my perfect car today . Had 3 '95-'00 ford mustangs ...also 3.8 liter and manual transmissions. About time for me to pick up another beater to play with . |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 10:13:03 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Its Merkur. Another German built Ford. Yes. Great car. The US version of the Ford Sierra that was being raced in Rally and Touring Cars at the time in Europe . We never got the sweet Cosworth engine. But the 2.3 was pretty bullet proof and could put down big HP with mods. Typo, I didn't catch it. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 10:33:27 AM EST
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Quoted: 1968-72 Pontiac Grand Prix J/SJ - It was overshadowed by the more dramatic Buick Riviera boat tail on the same chassis, DeLorean and other Pontiac planners saw a way to reverse the declining sales of the full-sized Grand Prix by creating a new niche in the burgeoning personal luxury car market. Smaller than the Cadillac Eldorado and Oldsmobile Toronado, but positioned with the Ford Thunderbird and Buick Riviera, the new Grand Prix also competed with the Mercury Cougar XR-7 Pony car and the B-bodied Dodge Charger intermediate. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 10:39:03 AM EST
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Guy in high school had VW thing 35 years ago. May have been the last one I saw.
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Posted: 8/28/2023 10:39:04 AM EST
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I walked by the marina yesterday and there was a flawless Porsche 912 sitting in front of the restaurant. I'd never even heard of a 912, much less seen one in the flesh.
I had to go home and look it up. Low entry level 911, 1.6L four with very modest performance...but a good reputation and now a cult following. Prices are starting to reflect, if BAT is any indicator. Owner had PCA and a 912 owners club badge on it. Not the same car, but identical color and wheels.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 10:41:21 AM EST
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My sister had an Opel GT as her first car in high school
I have owned several on the list: 1987 Suzuki Samurai 1986 Merkur XR4Ti 1990 VW Corrado G60 1992 Mercury Capri XR2 1984 Porsche 944 I remember looking at the Autotrader every week and seeing cheap air cooled 911s, 914s, Maseratis etc but the one that still persists for my covet list is from the 1970s I still really want a VW thing and almost bought one on two separate occasions Still kind of want an Omni GLH Had a friend with a Starion, dated a girl with a Laser, had a friend with a Grand National and I’m sure many others. There were some cool cars in those days but they were really still trying to figure out the turbo thing then. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 10:42:05 AM EST
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Gremlin X
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Posted: 8/28/2023 10:42:26 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1988 Honda Prelude https://media.carsandbids.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1800,quality=70/f2acd32538fd950f45033f2020f43e44e93f4359/photos/36Gk8YYP-ecWfpHoud--(edit).jpg?t=169056313017 https://media.carsandbids.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=2080,quality=80/da6e8a1d4896127a9d2adf83461993b45339474c/photos/36Gk8YYP-BSeCMA3_63-(edit).jpg?t=169119552876 Those were nice, especially the 4WS version. I was a poor kid so I had to make do with the CRX Si (not mine but mine was exactly the same)...   Not the fastest car around but still a lot of fun to drive. I was really into high end car audio back then and the CRX was the perfect platform for that IMO |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 10:52:35 AM EST
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 Attached File Attached FileCRX's aren't exacty forgotten, they're just all gone. Cash-4-Clunkers and Fast and the Furious claimed many victims. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 11:01:22 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fiat Panda. I was just in Italy. I always liked these cars. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Opel GT I was just in Italy. I always liked these cars. Dude if we're doing euro markets skip right to the front  Attached File Attached FileBeen a long time since I saw a FX-16 - GTS or not. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 11:05:22 AM EST
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Damned shame there is ZERO parts support for the 80's Dodge Omni GLH's left. 5 years ago I was going to buy a very nice one, knowing how notoriously shitty they were, so I researched parts availability and it was non existent. In a perfect world I'd replace the driveline with all Mitsubishi EVO parts but I'm done with projects like that. It's a shame, I'll never forget a kid with one blowing away a rich kid's brand new 5.0 GT in front of the whole school.
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Posted: 8/28/2023 11:23:06 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Only one cool American car in that era. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/64501/IMG_0429_jpeg-2934463.JPG Some of those Levi’s Renegades had performance cammed V-8s, six-point cages, lower gears and lots of cool factory performance bits. I still have my 1980 CJ5 Renegade I bought in 1982 for $5700. Mine had the 258 six and a 4-speed manual. Now it has a small block Chevy 383 with a Ford 9" in the rear and a Dana 44 from a Scout in the front, both with Detroit lockers riding on 35's. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 11:41:43 AM EST
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Does a 1986/87/88 Nissan Maxima SE count? with a 5 speed these cars were the hotness with all of the auto magazines at the time.
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Posted: 8/28/2023 11:52:46 AM EST
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Nobody remembers the Excalibur:
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Posted: 8/28/2023 12:14:46 PM EST
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Quote HistoryMy uncle had one. 
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Posted: 8/28/2023 12:42:26 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm pretty sure that is not true... The Cadillac Eldorado, Buick Rivera and Oldsmobile Toronado all shared the same FWD platform. There was never a Pontiac or Chevy version that I am aware of? The Riviera was not FWD until the 5th generation cars in the late 1970's, the boat tails were RWD. Theoretically, the Toro/Eldo/Riv shared a platform even when the former two were FWD and the Riv was RWD, but looking back that sounds more like GM Treasurer-speak to please Wall Street. The floor pans, which are one of the more expensive stampings, bear little resemblance (Riv has a driveshaft hump as you might guess), and neither did the bodies. They didn't share engines or transmissions, obviously, or even interior bits. I doubt even the frame was similar, but you are right, it was also not the same chassis as the GP. The GP competed more against the Riv, and against the Thunderbird. That was what I meant by being overshadowed by the Riv. Collectors all know the Riviera, not many people are really out there collecting and restoring GP's, despite the GP vastly outselling the Riv. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 1:40:06 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Our family had one of those. I was fascinated as a child that snow would come out of the interior vents when it was snowing outside! My sister got the car as a hand me down and despised it, wrecking it twice. The first time seemed to be intentional, but the parents couldn't prove it and no real damage was done, it just had to be dragged out of a ditch. The second time was right in front of our house. We lived on a four lane, and I heard it happen while playing outside. I ran in and told mom "Hey, someone had a wreck in a car that looks like ours!". I went back for another look and realized it was ours. Just as I was telling this to mom and she was starting to panic, my disheveled sister walked in the door along with the other driver. She had pulled out in front of a pickup towing a small boat that was probably doing 60 or better. He hit the rear quarter and spun the car several times. Now this was 1970, and wigs were very popular, so my sister had been wearing one. Somehow it ended up under the car along with a blanket and some other items. The state highway patrol arrived while all parties were a couple of hundred yards away behind trees in our yard out of sight, discussing the accident. In a panic after seeing the wig and blankets, they thought someone was trapped under the car and started trying to lift it off the unfortunate wig! Ours was destroyed in a head-on collision with a cunt who almost killed us 2 years later in the exact same spot drifting over the center line. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 2:12:29 PM EST
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1984 Plymouth Turismo 2.2, same platform as the Dodge GLHS Turbo but not turbo. Mine had a 4 bbl intake, small Holley carb, header. Fun little car and my intro into small car performance. I had the same color scheme as the one in this stock pic:
 Attached File1975 Pontiac Ventura. Mine was sunstorm yellow, OEM with a Buick 350 but I later stuffed a Buick 455 into it.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 2:22:29 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: He was talking about the smaller late 1980's Comanche with the 4.0 HO engine. If you got the Eliminator model with the right option boxes ticked, it was nearly a match for the Buick Grand National in stock form, the fastest factory quarter mile car you could buy from a volume producer at the time. Comanche Eliminators are hard to find now. @VVinci Can you provide a reference for this? Maybe there was a concept truck that had specs like this but the production Comanche Eliminator was an appearance/trim group IIRC. Happy to say "I learned something new today" but I can't find a single reference to this. I owned 2 Jeep XJ's and thought I was pretty well researched on this. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 2:23:42 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Had one.... Quote HistoryQuoted: Had one.... 
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Posted: 8/28/2023 2:28:22 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does a 1986/87/88 Nissan Maxima SE count? with a 5 speed these cars were the hotness with all of the auto magazines at the time. https://images.classic.com/vehicles/7a1aa92c34a846ce1c3431140b75f4f8.jpeg?auto=format&fit=crop&w=600&h=384
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Posted: 8/28/2023 2:30:09 PM EST
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Quote HistoryI don’t see how one of the most iconic supercars of all time could be considered “forgotten” This is that popped into my mind. 
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Posted: 8/28/2023 2:30:29 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Riviera was not FWD until the 5th generation cars in the late 1970's, the boat tails were RWD. Quote HistoryQuoted: The Riviera was not FWD until the 5th generation cars in the late 1970's, the boat tails were RWD. Quoted: The GP competed more against the Riv, and against the Thunderbird. IMO, the early 70's GP/MC's competed more with the Ford Grand Torino Sports and out of all of them, a 72 Ford GTS is the car I would lust after...  |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:06:16 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Only one cool American car in that era. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/64501/IMG_0429_jpeg-2934463.JPG Some of those Levi’s Renegades had performance cammed V-8s, six-point cages, lower gears and lots of cool factory performance bits.  A lot of good times with that 
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:16:37 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @VVinci Can you provide a reference for this? Maybe there was a concept truck that had specs like this but the production Comanche Eliminator was an appearance/trim group IIRC. Happy to say "I learned something new today" but I can't find a single reference to this. I owned 2 Jeep XJ's and thought I was pretty well researched on this. I see a reference to the test data every now and again, but it's been years. This Hemmings article hints at it but the quarter mile time mentioned is what I recall for the much heavier 4WD long wheelbase model with offroad wheels/tires that were taller. They also mention the 10 hole Eliminator-specific wheels and short low profile tires, which are hard to even find a pic of actually on a Comanche anymore. Here's a set of them on eBay. I remember seeing one on a dealer lot that I test drove, and it was impressive. It would spin the rear wheels effortlessly. EDIT - seems like I remember the package included a 4.11 axle with the five speed trans, but it was not common to find them that way. The one I test drove was the only one I ever saw on our dealer's lot, and I passed that dealer daily. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:21:12 PM EST
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The Gran Torino's were pretty, but I always saw them as A-body (Cutlass/Chevelle/Skylark) competitors. The Monte Carlo for the first two generations was in the personal luxury class, especially the 2nd gen version, and was the smallest car in the class IIRC (not saying much!).
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:23:51 PM EST
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1978 Fiat Spider
 1974 Triumph TR-6 
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:33:32 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: First car I ever bought that was running and driving was a frankencar. 1972 comet with a maverick hood/fenders/bumper. 250cid inline 6, 1 barrel carb, 4 wheel manual drum brakes, bench seat. I loved that shitbox. Mine was a bunch of different colors. First thing I did was rattlecan it flat black. Like this, but way shittier and used up. If I ever catch a decent deal on one, its coming home with me. https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/adventure/1/333/19820/1920x1440/1972-ford-maverick-sprit |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:35:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryIf you go back to post 31 on page 2, and read the "R&T comparison test of five $3500 GT's in 1971. Datsun 240Z, Fiat 124, Opel GT, MGB GT, Triumph GT6", the Fiat actually finished second, with just the 240Z topping it. Now I want one again. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:35:25 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dodge Demon / Plymouth Duster. I had a Duster with the 318 but my bud's 340 Demon was sooo much quicker. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:40:39 PM EST
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MG Midget
 VW Karmann Ghia VW Thing |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:41:52 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you go back to post 31 on page 2, and read the "R&T comparison test of five $3500 GT's in 1971. Datsun 240Z, Fiat 124, Opel GT, MGB GT, Triumph GT6", the Fiat actually finished second, with just the 240Z topping it. Now I want one again. Yeah, but that was the Fiat sedan, not the Spider, and the sedan was kinda homely, especially in comparison to the 2 seat convertible! |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:52:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fiat X1/9 My second car. It was a POS, but the chicks dug it. https://media.hagerty.com/media/wp-content/uploads/uscamediasite/images/story-images/2018/07/05/fiat_x19_220180717125623 My first car... but mine was imported under the Bertone badge, not Fiat. Still a POS. My blender makes more HP than that car... but the chicks did dig it! |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 3:57:44 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, but that was the Fiat sedan, not the Spider, and the sedan was kinda homely, especially in comparison to the 2 seat convertible! Huh, well I be darned...I read 124 Sport and just assumed it was the Spider. I don't think I've ever even seen the Coupe, or knew it existed. Which, all things considered is no great loss, it is homely. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 4:09:30 PM EST
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Lotta Fiat love. X1/9 got a lot of auto cross and track use. Prolly cos they were cheap.
 Attached FileOther than in the possession of a handful of Lancia fans, I don't ever recall seeing a Scorpion on road in the States, or a Beta Montecarlo anywhere else. They aren't dear and kinda cool.  Attached File"Holy Shit there's an engine back here!!" |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 4:31:13 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude if we're doing euro markets skip right to the front https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14291/IMG_0726_jpeg-2935014.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14291/IMG_0725_jpeg-2935015.JPG Been a long time since I saw a FX-16 - GTS or not. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Opel GT I was just in Italy. I always liked these cars. Dude if we're doing euro markets skip right to the front https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14291/IMG_0726_jpeg-2935014.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14291/IMG_0725_jpeg-2935015.JPG Been a long time since I saw a FX-16 - GTS or not. Fun car! I have a HotWheels model of the Lancia behind me in my office, though. ETA: also the yellow Volvo 850 estate |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 4:55:47 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Was the 250 a special order instead of the 200? I had a '69 Mustang with the 250 and it had to be special ordered. I dont think so. I have a 69 mustang that came with a 200cid inline 6. It's rocking a 302 now. I think by 71, ford had mostly dropped the 200, and the smallest motor you could get in a 71-73 mustang was the 250cid. My comet was a 72 model. I assume the 250 was the factory engine in it. No way on earth somebody would have gone through the trouble to perform an engine swap and only go up to a 250. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 5:35:12 PM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Does a 1986/87/88 Nissan Maxima SE count? with a 5 speed these cars were the hotness with all of the auto magazines at the time. https://images.classic.com/vehicles/7a1aa92c34a846ce1c3431140b75f4f8.jpeg?auto=format&fit=crop&w=600&h=384 I know where there is a black one, and a maroon one. The black one is pretty clean. |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 5:37:03 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Doesn't really count as "forgotten". Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Datsun 280Z  It was a PIA to keep smogged in CA with the stock carbs, I stupidly sold mine.(not mine) 
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Posted: 8/28/2023 5:38:40 PM EST
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Pre cash for clunkers used to see a lot of cars/trucks running around that were old and odd. Pretty sure I've seen more Vegas at the drag strip than I ever saw on the road when they were new.
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Posted: 8/28/2023 5:53:25 PM EST
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Baddest of the bad, 87 Buick Grand National ,mine is pushing upwards of 700HP with a big turbo upgrade and methanol injection.
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Posted: 8/28/2023 5:59:41 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Baddest of the bad, 87 Buick Grand National ,mine is pushing upwards of 700HP with a big turbo upgrade and methanol injection.https://i.imgur.com/1cWSvfx.jpg" target="_blank">https://i.imgur.com/1cWSvfx.jpg I got one too, but our cars are hardly forgotten about, hell, I think they're more known now!
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Posted: 8/28/2023 6:04:04 PM EST
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This was my dream car until I finally had the opportunity to sit in one.
I am 6'1 If I don't slouch. I am a cyclist and thin. This car was too effing small. Absolutely beautiful and I would have killed myself in it.  What It's Like to Drive The Alpine Renault A110 |
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Posted: 8/28/2023 6:07:03 PM EST
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Buick apollo, v8 powered mustang II
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Posted: 8/28/2023 6:13:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mercury Capri (German made Ford imported by Mercury dealers) With the bobcat V6? |
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