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That supercharged Graham is really nice. The Yugo looks much better than it has a right to for a throw-away. Now if it were, say, a Corolla, it would be cheap at that price. If only...if only my grandmother had a moustache she'd be my grandfather. Except for a couple of blemishes, that '77 Celica looks like new. Of course we know that very low mileage old cars can have issues associated with having sat for long periods without having been driven. |
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Most Gen I Celicas had the Notchback roof which IMO was far less attractive than the fastback shown. In fact the Fastback compares favorably stylewise to the contemporary 280-Z. Kudos to the seller for providing comprehensive and well-composed photographs illustrating the condition of the car which is apparently superb. This car is probably going to be a good buy for someone given that the seller will be lucky to recover the cost of the fancy paint job. How can a car with a $6500 repaint win a First Prize for originality? |
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 16, 2009 6:18 pm) I even thought about importing some oddballs from Poland, but then I don't have the space for them. I was also going to get a 2nd car, likely a domestic boat from the 70s as a fun car last fall, but we decided to put $$ away for now and save as much as possible.
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Last night I saw an old Volvo 444/544 in traffic...I couldn't make out which model, but it had some kind of "Sport" badge on the back and was in very good condition. It was driven by a woman in her 20s, which shocked the heck out of me. Women like that are hard to find... When I was in school I knew of a young woman who drove around in a restored Volvo Duett wagon...it was actually her dad's, but she loved it and drove it whenever she could. She also thought highly of my fintail.
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Replying to: boomchek (Jan 17, 2009 10:19 am) |
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 18, 2009 9:06 am)
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Just curious, how old do you think that Volvo 444/544 owner was? Did she look as if she was out of college, or a little older? The firm I work at in the DC area has a lot of mid-to-late 20-somethings like myself. One lady I know who is about 27 drives a '79 Cadillac Sedan DeVille, and it's in mint condition. I found out that it used to be her grandmother's. I'm sure Lemko would love to meet her!
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 18, 2009 3:16 pm)
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Replying to: jrosasmc (Jan 18, 2009 3:40 pm) Is that girl taking care of the Caddy? That's a problem I see with young people and old cars...they don't like to maintain them any different than they would a Corolla. I have a friend who is around my age (31) who has a pair of 80s Monte Carlos, one is very well maintained, the other is kind of returning to the earth, very slowly. A co-worker inherited a lower mileage mid 90s LeSabre from his grandmother, but more out of necessity, as he's a perpetual debtor and the payments on his late model car were killing him (84 month term and all), so he picked up that thing. It hasn't been exactly problem-free either, I think the old timer didn't maintain it. On the obscure car front, I had the fintail out on the first sunny Sunday in eons, and got a wave today from a guy in a ca. 1970 220D....he was keeping up with traffic, so flooring it no doubt. I also got a thumbs up from a guy in a Civic hybrid. |
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 18, 2009 4:24 pm) I once saw a B18A engine, which has only one downdraft carburetor. Most engines you'll see are B18Ds. The B16 has a fatal flaw in it so i can't imagine adding extra HP to it for a sport version. It simply doesn't have enough main bearings (only 3 I think) as opposed to the B18s five main bearings (BIG difference!).
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