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#16584 of 18006 Spotted... by lemko Jun 22, 2009 (10:19 am)
...not necessarily obscure, but unusual on the streets of Philadelphia - a classic black London taxi. Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Jun 22, 2009 10:20 am)
#16585 of 18006 Re: Spotted... [lemko] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Jun 22, 2009 (10:20 am)
Replying to: lemko (Jun 22, 2009 10:19 am) That's pretty obscure. I wonder if it's the old type with the ghastly Perkins diesel or the newer ones with Toyota engines?
#16586 of 18006 In Chicago... by ghulet Jun 22, 2009 (1:32 pm)
.....we actually have quite a few of those London-style taxis, some of which are used as such, but the majority are used as hotel limos. Replies to this message: kyfdx (Jun 22, 2009 2:19 pm) fintail (Jun 22, 2009 4:59 pm)
#16587 of 18006 not much to see lately... by explorerx4 Jun 22, 2009 (2:14 pm)
it rains almost every day. did see a nice maroon MGB and an open Model T on on the road. The poor guy was pulling over every time a car came by. I would have run some interference for him, but I had to get to my service appointment.
#16588 of 18006 Re: In Chicago... [ghulet] by kyfdx HOST Jun 22, 2009 (2:19 pm)
Replying to: ghulet (Jun 22, 2009 1:32 pm) I was at a hotel in Santa Monica, a couple of years ago.... They had a London taxi that they used for short trip shuttles.. Replies to this message: fintail (Jun 22, 2009 4:59 pm)
#16589 of 18006 Chrysler Newport by kyfdx HOST Jun 22, 2009 (2:21 pm)
On the way home.... in original faded yellow with mono-chromatic vinyl roof..   About 1970, as near as I can figure...
#16590 of 18006 Re: In Chicago... [kyfdx] by fintail Jun 22, 2009 (4:59 pm)
Replying to: kyfdx (Jun 22, 2009 2:19 pm) I remember I saw several of those the last time I was in Vegas, too
#16591 of 18006 Re: fintail, do you only post insane-mobiles? [ghulet] by andre1969 Jun 23, 2009 (5:14 am)
Replying to: ghulet (Jun 19, 2009 11:58 pm) The '69 Newport--very nice, but I never understand (from a 'collector' standpoint, though I like as a non-collector) why so many old Chrysler sedans in really nice shape exist versus other domestic brands.....seriously, I don't see as many old lower-line Buicks and Mercurys in this condition, but on eBay I see Chryslers all the time.   I've noticed that phenomenon, too. At first I was thinking that maybe Chryslers were bought by mostly older people, who held onto them longer and took better car of them, but I'm sure a lot of old people bought Mercurys and Buicks, too. Maybe Chrysler's clientele was still older, though.   Another possibility, is that maybe the Chryslers were just built better? Now I can't speak for a Mercury from that era, but having had a '67 Newport, '68 and '69 Darts, and a '67 Catalina and '69 Bonneville, I'd say the Chryslers were definitely built better. Oh sure, fit and finish wasn't quite as good, but the Mopars had a more solid feeling to them...like they were thicker and sturdier, somehow.   However, I also heard that the quality level went way down when Chrysler redesigned their full-sized C-bodies for 1969.   I also notice the same thing with the big '74-78 Mopars, that Newports and New Yorkers seem to have an excellent survival rate. I always figured that since they were unitized, rust would have gotten to them quicker than a body-on-frame GM or Ford full-sized car, but that doesn't seem to be the case. I've heard the '73-78 Fords and Mercurys were horrible rusters. Lincolns seemed to survive pretty well, though.   In the later 70's, when downsizing was all the rage, I think there was a group of holdouts that still wanted their full-sized cars to be mastodon-sized. And they tended to go for cars like the Lincolns, Newports, and New Yorkers, and they held onto them. I think a lot of people figured these cars would be worth something in the future, as a symbol of the last "true" full-sized cars, a product of a bygone era. Cheaper cars, like the LTD and Marquis, just got used up and discarded for the most part. And the mammoth Gran Fury and Royal Monaco only made it through 1977, on mainly taxi and police car sales. Dodge and Plymouth left the full-sized car market completely for 1978.
#16592 of 18006 Not obscure, just odd by michaell Jun 23, 2009 (5:21 am)
In my (not so little) town of about 30,000 residents halfway between Denver and Colorado Springs, I saw two cars that were related to one another, by brand and one other circumstance.   The first was a Cadillac XLR, the second an SRX V6 AWD. Different parts of town.   "So what?" you're probably asking yourself.   They were both painted in that ghastly Mary Kay pearlescent pink color!   I cannot begin to imagine how much MK product one would have to sell in order to qualify for an XLR!
#16593 of 18006 Convertible Mopar by imidazol97 Jun 23, 2009 (5:35 am)
I saw a beautiful, perfect white convertible. Short. Cute. It's similar to this in the picture in shape.   link title   But it had a wide molding along lower part of the door with bright red script lettering on the molding--obviously a specially named model. I couldn't read it and don't know if it was Plymouth, Dodge, Chrysler. The driver parked it in the driving lane on the two lane road near the stop sign and was getting out so at first I watched him to see if he was ill or what. Replies to this message: andre1969 (Jun 23, 2009 5:55 am) imidazol97 (Jun 23, 2009 5:57 am) andre1969 (Jun 23, 2009 6:32 am) and 1 more...

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