I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today!

Replying to: lemko (Nov 14, 2008 6:26 am)

Oh yeah...
 

 
And the Accord:
 

Replying to: boomchek (Nov 08, 2008 10:29 am)

The restored Opel I think is the same model that Car and Driver knocked back in the 70s really badly, causing GM to get upset
 
No, that was the earlier Opel "Kadett", the Mini Brute
C&D actually liked the later, Opel Ascona wagons.
 

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Replying to: oregonboy (Nov 14, 2008 2:21 pm)

Thanks for the correction. I don't have my past issues hadily available for reference as my place is tiny. They're in a storage locker downstairs.

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Replying to: fintail (Nov 10, 2008 11:00 am)

The hidden-headlight Accords were sold in the USA 1986-89. At the time I really wanted a hatchback Accord, but I didn't like the pop-up headlights because I always drive with my lights on. They not only look bad when up, but they must be an areodynamic disaster.
 

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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 14, 2008 2:32 pm)

Sad to say that I tossed out my old issues from 1969 through 1999.

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Replying to: oregonboy (Nov 14, 2008 3:14 pm)

Was the hatch made for all four years? I never see those, but I do see a coupe or sedan now and then. And yeah, the pop up lights can't help aerodynamics, and theere is always the danger of the car becoming a winker.
 
Shame on you for tossing those magazines!

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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 14, 2008 4:41 pm)

Yeah, I know... but 30 years of magazines makes a heck of a stack...
Road and Track, too.

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Replying to: oregonboy (Nov 14, 2008 6:12 pm)

Every time I go to a second hand store I look for old magazines...rarely find any.
 
I once had a big pile of 50s car magazines...sold them on ebay when I was in college, as cash appealed more than old paper. I also had a few boxes of 70s and 80s examples which my mom sold at a garage sale when I was in school.

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