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Re: '84 Accord hatchback in white. [fintail] by oregonboy
Nov 14, 2008 (3:14 pm)
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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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Re: Ebay time [boomchek] by oregonboy
Nov 14, 2008 (3:16 pm)
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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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Re: '84 Accord hatchback in white. [oregonboy] by fintail
Nov 14, 2008 (3:41 pm)
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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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Re: Ebay time [oregonboy] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Nov 14, 2008 (4:00 pm)
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Replying to: oregonboy (Nov 14, 2008 2:21 pm)

Do you have any IDEA what an elephant could actually do to that car? Find a big one with his ears flapping, large tusks and stamping on the ground....oh YEAH, goodbye Opel.
 
54 Chrysler 4-door sedan, in primer, back sagged way down, doors ajar, spewing black smoke, trunk tied with rope....but running down the road. Not sure if it was heat-seeking or radar controlled but I'm sure it will hit something soon.
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Re: Ebay time [oregonboy] by boomchek
Nov 14, 2008 (4:41 pm)
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Replying to: oregonboy (Nov 14, 2008 3:16 pm)

I agree with Fintail, too bad you tossed the magazines! Oh well what can you do?
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Re: Ebay time [boomchek] by oregonboy
Nov 14, 2008 (6:12 pm)
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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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Re: Ebay time [oregonboy] by fintail
Nov 14, 2008 (6:29 pm)
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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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Ebay time by fintail
Nov 14, 2008 (6:35 pm)
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Perhaps ebay was the wrong venue for this...certainly it didn't actually sell
 
Odd rat rod
 
Back to England with ye
 
Going out of business in style
 
Not many of these left
 
Ambitious project
 
Has to be one of the best left
 
Quality restoration
 
Another milestone car, one of the first links to modern motoring
 
Interesting use of resources
 
Maybe a good driver for the money
 
Limo with presence
 
For the more subtle pimp
 
Another rig from the police car seller
 
Andre-mobile, shame about the colors
 
Finally, a cool hybrid
 
Fuelie
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Re: Ebay time [fintail] by andre1969
Nov 14, 2008 (6:40 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 14, 2008 6:29 pm)

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.
 
Oh great, that makes me feel old...I didn't even know what the internet was when I was in college! And on a similar note, my roommate was talking about going trick-or-treating as a kid, and his best friend's Mom taking them around in her minivan. The minivan hadn't even been invented until after I got too old for trick-or-treating!
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Re: Ebay time [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Nov 14, 2008 (6:53 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 14, 2008 6:35 pm)

It's a Duesie! But a re-bodied one (most of them are actually). Coming from harrah's will help the price but people who buy these cars will check every fact you post, in triplicate, and roast you alive if you're lying.
 
51 Hudson -- what a bizarre creation and what a terrible thing to do to a nice Hudson. Ah, well, it's different!
 
Daimler Century -- forget England...drop it in the ocean on the way over. Hideous!
 
74 Opel -- "not many of these left" -- well that's comforting.
 
60 Lancia -- save every pre-Fiat Lancia, please! I love these cars, they are such little jewels of craftsmanship back in the day.
 
 A 1980 toyota celica "Grand Prix Limited Edition"? Well that just rendered those words meaningless....
 
1912 Cadillac -- you gotta love it. The car that single-handedly sunk steam and electric cars overnight, and for 100 years to come. Significant car. Self-starter and battery/coil/breaker point ignition is introduced to the world!
 
Supercharged '78 Seville-- just shoot me now.
 
Hybrid UNIMOG -- Go, California!
 
 '78 Buick Le Sabre for $2,700? Yer pushin' it, but you might get that. Not on most people's radar and never will be in our lifetimes. The beginning of the End Times for GM.
 
57 Pontiac Fuelie Bonneville convertible --- *very* rare and I'm sure *very* pricey car. The top of Everest for the Pontiac collector. GTOs are chicken feed compared to this. (presuming it's real...ahem...)

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