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#15094 of 17968 Re: Rare Bugatti Supercar Found (fintail) [hpmctorque] by andre1969 Jan 03, 2009 (4:30 am)
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! Replies to this message: uplanderguy (Jan 04, 2009 4:31 am) lemko (Jan 04, 2009 8:37 am)
#15095 of 17968 Re: [texases] by wevk Jan 03, 2009 (6:13 am)
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
#15096 of 17968 could be one of these by explorerx4 Jan 03, 2009 (6:30 am)
swiss cheese pontiac Replies to this message: texases (Jan 03, 2009 10:27 am) explorerx4 (Jan 03, 2009 1:22 pm)
#15097 of 17968 Mammoth Marmon by lokki Jan 03, 2009 (7:25 am)
Replying to: fintail (Jan 02, 2009 6:25 pm) Somewhere during the depression, my grandfather owned a Marmon. The details of exactly why he choose one are a little fuzzy, but the car was legend in the family for several reasons....   1. The nicest car the family ever owned... it had a very luxurious interior - to the point of having a pair crystal flower holders.   2. It was silent.... my grandfather loved to sneak up behind people who were walking along (not always family!) and blow the horn.   3. It was incredibly powerful... my grandmother once drove it home with the parking brake on and never noticed. She got caught when my grandfather happened to look out the window and notice her coming up the drive - with smoke billowing from every wheel!.   4. Aluminum body work. My grandfather always claimed some sort of plot by the steel companies stopped car companies from producing aluminum cars after the Marmon.   I don't know what model it was - My memory says was one of the Marmon Sixteen's but it was probably a Marmon Big 8.   http://auto.howstuffworks.com/marmon-cars2.htm   My sister, 1200 miles away) has all the old family photo's - I'll see if I can get her into nostalgia mode deep enough to look for old car pictures! (Wish me luck).   The pciture below is a 1930 Big 8   Replies to this message: boomchek (Jan 03, 2009 12:25 pm)
#15098 of 17968 Re: Finding Crane Rental Los Angeles [jorg1] by andys120 Jan 03, 2009 (8:17 am)
Man, talk about "off-topic". Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 03, 2009 10:04 am)
#15099 of 17968 Re: Finding Crane Rental Los Angeles [andys120] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Jan 03, 2009 (10:04 am)
Replying to: andys120 (Jan 03, 2009 8:17 am) post removed for solicitation in the forums.   Shifty the Host
#15100 of 17968 Re: could be one of these [explorerx4] by texases Jan 03, 2009 (10:27 am)
Replying to: explorerx4 (Jan 03, 2009 6:30 am) Pretty impressive - talk about a bunch of unobtanium! That one sold for $450,000 at the auction. Replies to this message: explorerx4 (Jan 03, 2009 1:22 pm)
#15101 of 17968 Re: Mammoth Marmon [lokki] by boomchek Jan 03, 2009 (12:25 pm)
Replying to: lokki (Jan 03, 2009 7:25 am) Good luck. Please do find some pics and post them!
#15102 of 17968 Re: could be one of these [texases] by explorerx4 Jan 03, 2009 (1:22 pm)
Replying to: texases (Jan 03, 2009 10:27 am) i guess i should go back and look more closely at that link i posted. finding a picture of the chassis was the only thing i was looking for.

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