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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 25, 2008 6:32 pm)  A friend of mine in high school had a 69 Nova sedan, bought new by his great-grandfather and handed down to his parents in the 70s when they were in college...and kept around as a beater since. It had a 307 with a 2-speed powerglide. I do not remember the car having any decent performance, and that transmission amused me as it would hold 1st until maybe 50-60mph on hard acceleration with the engine working very hard - but it admittedly did have transmission issues, along with many electrical issues. I think it got pretty bad mileage, too. |
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Replying to: kyfdx (Jul 25, 2008 7:26 pm) |
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 25, 2008 5:25 pm) The Jag/Benz from the Indiana Jones movie would be a nice addition to any car collection. I like the blue Dodge cop car too. I always wanted to have a basic doemstic boat from the 70s (well I did, my Impala), or an ex-cop car. Just a basic car with base equipment but with heavy duty mechanicals. Dang, all thse listings are so tempting. I need money and a huge garage, and my life will be complete. 
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I was down in DC, and spotted a couple of old ones. First, a real oddity. It was a 1975-76 Dodge Coronet sedan, apparently still being used as a taxi! Unless someone restored an old cab, or just took a regular car and dressed it up as one, but I couldn't see going through the trouble. It looked like it was in pretty good shape. About a block later, I saw a '67-68 Cadillac Sedan DeVille. 4door hardtop. Dark blue with a black roof. It was parked on the street. Paint looked faded, but the car looked pretty solid otherwise. At least, from a quick glance. As for old Novas and Venturas, I think it's a bit odd that Pontiac only let you get the 307 as the top engine in '71. The Nova offered a 200 hp 307 or a 250 hp 350, while the Ventura just sort of split the difference with a 235 hp 307. I guess maybe since that was the first year for the small Ventura, maybe Pontiac just wasn't taking it too seriously, and didn't want it to overlap too much with the midsized Tempest/LeMans? They did start offering a 350 in '72, though. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 25, 2008 6:32 pm) |
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 25, 2008 5:25 pm) 64 Fintail -- a starting bid of $9000? I don't think so. Try openers of $2,500. It's not even an SE for gawd's sake. 300SE - might be worth $2,500 if it's not a complete rust bucket. Needs a lot of work though, so you'll never see paydirt here. Nice ride though...comfy. 79 Dodge with Daytona Wing --- just shoot me now, I don't wish to suffer. 58 Lancia Appia -- these are high quality, wonderful cars and a pleasure to drive, but this one looks pretty incorrect. Engine looks wrong. Bidding is now $4,500, and I don't see it going too much higher. I'd almost bite at $4,500 myself but I'd bring a magnet along. I kinda smell a rat. Bidding might not go too much higher. Lancia collectors are like Studebaker collectors. Enthusiastic tightwads who horde more parts than the factory ever had.
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93 Supra GT, a bit steep starting bid, no wonder no one is bidding. Very nice shape though. Another one, but better mileage and price, although an automatic. Anoter one, this time a 98, with cloth, and automatic, and odd looking wheels. Weird combo, good miles, but steep price Integra Type R, rare, not stock. Originals are pretty much impossible to find These will be the cars I'd be willing to blow big bucks on now or i the near future, when I have the means, and only when they'r original. No mods.
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Replying to: boomchek (Jul 26, 2008 12:14 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jul 26, 2008 11:48 am) They were talking about that same Magnum in my Mopar club. I think for the most part everyone concurred it was a horrible thing to do to a car, but one guy argued that at least this guy is keeping these things out of the junkyard! Still, I dunno. I love the '78-79 Magnum, but I wouldn't touch that one, so I guess to me it shouldn't matter if it ended up in the junkyard or not! Evidently the guy has a fetish for putting those wings on Magnums. I've heard that the same guy has a bunch of them that he's inflicted this treatment on. I wonder how big of a deal it would be to just take the wing off and fill in the holes? Then all you'd have to worry about is that loud, "ARREST ME" color that simply does not suit that car well at all. These things look much better in dark colors, like black, midnight blue, or even the lighter blues and greens they offered back then. Heck, even brown would look better on this car than that yellow! |
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| I'd rather be driving my Volvo 850 than any mid-90s Toyota Supra. I'd get bored rather easily if I owned one of the latter. With the 850, I never get bored with it- it's such a great car to drive, even though the maintenance costs are a little above average. | |
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