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Re: . [fezo]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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May 18, 2009 (5:06 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (May 18, 2009 4:12 pm)
They still aren't a high dollar car. You can buy a #2 nice clean driver for $20,000, so something like this that needs paintwork and chrome repair may only bid out at $10K or so.
Endless money pits and no foreseeable upside. It's simply not a real collectible IMO, just a nice "old car". Really not worth much more than a '56 Chevy Belair 4-door sedan and harder to sell.
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Re: . [fezo]
by fintail
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May 18, 2009 (5:16 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (May 18, 2009 4:12 pm)
Shame there aren't more pics. Sounds like a cool car. The fitted luggage would be very cool.
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Top-down Goat>
by andys120
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May 19, 2009 (11:06 am)
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I saw a '66 or '67 GTO convertible pulling onto a highway, blue-green in color, in fine shape. A twenty-something woman was driving, accompanied by two female passengers.
Does anyone know a good way to tell a '66 from a '67 at a glance? 
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Re: Top-down Goat> [andys120]
by fintail
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May 19, 2009 (12:13 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (May 19, 2009 11:06 am)
I have always thought the 67s were pretty much carryover from 66, on the outside anyway. Why mess with a good thing?
I knew a girl in high school who drove a 67 GTO. It actually belonged to her mother, who bought it in like 1970. I think it had something like 250K miles on it, but had been renovated and refreshed along the way.
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by fintail
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May 19, 2009 (12:14 pm)
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This makes me think of the opening to 'Christine'
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Fintail:
by jrosasmc
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May 19, 2009 (12:31 pm)
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I came across this good article I wanted to show you:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/curbside-classics-1966-mercedes-benz-250-s/
Were those particular cars built on the same chassis as the Fintail series?
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Re: Top-down Goat> [andys120]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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May 19, 2009 (12:37 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (May 19, 2009 11:06 am)
wire mesh grille instead of plastic, larger rocker panel molding with 6.5L crest, water temp gauge now reads 250F, and oil pressure now reads 80 psi. Different rear tail light panel, with 4 horizontal slates. There are more differences but those are the major ones. Not much really. Also I *think* the 66 didn't have GTO emblems on the rear fenders but the 67 does. Not sure about that.
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Re: Fintail: [jrosasmc]
by fintail
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May 19, 2009 (1:04 pm)
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Replying to: jrosasmc (May 19, 2009 12:31 pm)
W111 and W108s are very similar structurally and mechanically, yeah. Almost identical suspensions, same transmissions on most of them, the I6 models having very similar engines varying only in displacement, and so on. The 108 was evolutionary, made to move the higher line cars away from outdated tailfins more than anything else, I suspect.
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Re: Fintail: [fintail]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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May 19, 2009 (1:17 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (May 19, 2009 1:04 pm)
it was really the first Benz that Americans took seriously. I don't mean technically, but i mean as an alternative to an American sedan. It looked modern and clean, drove beautifully (for the most part) and had excellent brakes and steering. The two things they didn't like were lousy AC, a very harsh shifting automatic and a low-torque motor. They weren't used to revving up engines.
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Re: Fintail: [Mr_Shiftright]
by fintail
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May 19, 2009 (1:30 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (May 19, 2009 1:17 pm)
Exactly. And when the smooth little V8s were placed in later 108s and 109s - that last problem was solved. Then the 116 was introduced here for MY 1973, and the rest is history.
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