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Re: Rare Bugatti Supercar Found (fintail) [hpmctorque] by fintail
Jan 02, 2009 (6:19 pm)
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Jan 02, 2009 3:31 pm)

It's a car I always somewhat disliked as a kid (whwn they were new)...I especially hated the cheesy dashboard and hilarious fonts used on the instruments. A real dumbed down car, and it would be real fun with a hoary old iron duke 4. Although I will admit its platform clone siblings never really offended me at all, GM did a respectable (for the time period) job of moving them just enough upmarket to be palatable.
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by fintail
Jan 02, 2009 (6:25 pm)
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Big and brash
 
Good bids on this forgotten marque
 
Who actually bought these when new?
 
Globalization will bring us cars like this
 
The style of bathtub Packard to have
 
Rare Packardbaker
 
This got bid up pretty high
 
Preservation
 
Maybe an Andre-mobile
 
But I think this is more his style
 
Options galore
 
Can't be many of these left
 
Someone went all out
 
Lotsa miles here, still going strong
 
Easy access seats
 
Possibly the worst thing on ebay
 
"Super Duty"...says it all
 
This seller loves old barges
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Re: [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Jan 02, 2009 (6:49 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 02, 2009 6:25 pm)

64 Mercury Montclair -- nasty looking thing. I forgot how lost Mercury was in those days.
 
Marmon---fine automobile, and first car to win the Indy 500.
 
48 Packard Super 8 convertible -- bids are way too low. This car should bring $40K or more.
 
1958 Studebaker Wagon -- now that's going to be a b** to restore. One of 159 made? Hope you never crash it.
 
AMC Pacer -- well as long as they don't attempt to drive it anywhere. GEEZ, $6700 bid? People are crazy.
 
53 Benz diesel -- asking price is mighty, but who knows? If it was a gas car, he could get that $$$ for it, but a diesel, I kinda doubt it. This is a rough little powerplant and absurdly slow. 0-60 in maybe 30 seconds, if ever. Nice for a museum maybe.
 
1976 Pontiac Bonneville -- current bid is $100.Does anybody care? Doubt it.
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Re: [fintail] by bumpy
Jan 02, 2009 (7:44 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 02, 2009 6:25 pm)

I like that '62 Catalina. Looks just like a straightforward, no-compromises go-fast machine should. The price is pure silliness, though. I could build one from scratch for less than that.
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Re: [bumpy] by texases
Jan 02, 2009 (7:54 pm)
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Replying to: bumpy (Jan 02, 2009 7:44 pm)

I like what's in that Catalina, but it goes beyond 'sleeper' to 'comatose', as far as looks go - I'd want something a little flashier. And what does he mean by 'aluminum front end and bumpers'? Did they do the fenders, etc. in aluminum?
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Re: [fintail] by andys120
Jan 02, 2009 (7:55 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 02, 2009 6:25 pm)

'64 Mercury-- With all due respect to Shifty, it's a lot better looking than the '59 Monterey I learned to drive on and it's probably a better car,too(at least I can't imagine it being worse!).
 
'58 Packardbaker--rare for a reason. You know that but what a sad ending for a once-great marque.
 
'62 Pontiac Catalina SD/421--before there were muscle cars the real hot shoes of the early 60s bought these stripper Poncho, Fords and Dodges with big motors, stick shifts, bench seats, dog-dish hub caps and lighter non-hardtop bodywork. The car shown was probably lighter than the typically optioned '64/'65 GTO h/t or 'vert and faster too.
 
Sleeper? You bet if it didn't have an engine badge you 'd think it was a police cruiser unless untnotice the stick shift or the big tail pipes. Love it!
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Re: Rare Bugatti Supercar Found (fintail) [hpmctorque] by andre1969
Jan 03, 2009 (4:30 am)
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Jan 02, 2009 3:31 pm)

Actually, the Camaro Z28 was Car of the Year in 1982. I have an old Motortred or C&D from early 1982 that has a road test of a Caprice in it, and they reference the Celebrity in the text. Here we were, at the height of a recession, and GM had to throw heavy incentives to get people to buy Celebrities, while the relatively thirsty Caprices were going out the door at close to MSRP.
 
IIRC, the Celebrity didn't even outsell the Malibu, the car it was supposed to replace that year. Even in 1983, I think the numbers were close. However, part of that may have been the model mix. While both offered 4-door sedans, the Malibu had a wagon in '82-83, which the Celeb didn't have until 1984. The Celebrity had a coupe (well really more of a 2-door sedan), while the Malibu dropped the coupe after 1981. The Malibu wagon was pretty popular even in those down years, but the Celebrity coupe was kind of a flop.
 
I've joked with my uncle in the past, that if something ever happened and I'd die prematurely, they're gonna have a heck of a time clearing out my estate. He just said nah, they'd call the crusher and clear it out all at once!
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Re: [texases] by wevk
Jan 03, 2009 (6:13 am)
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Replying to: texases (Jan 02, 2009 7:54 pm)

I believe that Chevy also could be had with an aluminum front end, drag race cars.
 
WVK
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could be one of these by explorerx4
Jan 03, 2009 (6:30 am)
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swiss cheese pontiac

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