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Replying to: fintail (Aug 01, 2008 5:37 pm) To me, that 1976 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight is rare and beautiful. Holy smoke, andre1969! That R-Body is just called out to you! That's got to be one of the nicest R-bodies out there!
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Replying to: lemko (Aug 04, 2008 7:02 am) It may be calling, but I'm not answering the phone!  Tempting car, even with its shortcomings. I mean, I could replace the power window myself. I guess a new headliner might run $300-400, tops? And I don't think the heater cores are too terribly hard to get to on these cars. I think if I had one in that kind of shape though, I'd obsess over it too much, and stress out every time it got nicked or scratched, or a piece of interior trim fell off. Plus, I think I'm just getting tired of that color. I mean, I've had my 5th Ave for almost 7 years now. My '79 Newport and '69 Dart were both beige, too. And my '67 Catalina is a pale, creamy yellow, not too radically different in hue. What I really should have done was bought that midnight blue one we saw at the Mopar show back in 2006. It was an '80, with the weaker 120 hp 318-2bbl (versus the mighty  150 hp 360-2bbl from '79). And it wasn't a 5th Ave, but still had leather and was nicely equipped. It had 34K miles on it, versus the 5K this eBay one has. But it was also priced at $4300 asking, which was much more reasonable. And I think the midnight blue is a much nicer color. What I'd really like to do is find a nicely kept R-body in a 2-tone, either light green over dark green, or light blue over dark blue. Here's the second page for the blue spread.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Aug 04, 2008 8:00 am)
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Replying to: magnette (Aug 03, 2008 8:38 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Aug 04, 2008 7:02 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Aug 04, 2008 8:19 am) I heard that the mechanism could be troublesome, and when the CHP used these things as patrol cars, they tended to just disable them, so they stayed open all the time. I dunno if the mechanism is designed any different from the body-colored flip-down headlight covers on my two New Yorkers. Ironically, the day after I bought my '79 5th Ave, a '79 St. Regis in that same 2-tone green color scheme showed up for sale right around the corner from my condo. The body was in good shape except for a big dent in the passenger side front door. It wasn't as well-equipped as the 5th Ave...crank windows, 318-2bbl, cloth interior (which I actually prefer). But the seller only wanted $500 for it. If I had the place to keep it, and the money to waste, I would have bought it. And if I had seen it before I bought my 5th Ave, I would've gotten it instead.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Aug 04, 2008 8:26 am) You need to start an R-body conservatory 
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Replying to: fintail (Aug 04, 2008 8:39 am) You need to start an R-body conservatory Yeah, I'm sure the neighbors would just LOVE that! 
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Replying to: fintail (Aug 04, 2008 8:21 am) Same here, seems like the 'resto-rod' craze really got people thinking a '68 whatever looks good in 22" wheels. Chip Foose seems like a talented guy, but I just don't go for his wheels.
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Replying to: fintail (Aug 04, 2008 8:20 am) I think there were 7 or 8 V12 Lincolns including the Jensen at that show, but some of those must have come in later....
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