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#16592 of 18020 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 18020 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...
#16594 of 18020 Re: Convertible Mopar [imidazol97] by andre1969 Jun 23, 2009 (5:55 am)
Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 23, 2009 5:35 am) It was probably a LeBaron convertible. There was a Dodge 600 convertible, but it was dropped after 1986, and never sold all that well. Plymouth was relegated to mainly boring cars by this time, so they never got a version.   One of my friends had an '86 LeBaron convertible, in that same cream color as the car in the link you posted.   One other possibility...could it have been a Dodge Shadow convertible, perhaps?   Or a LeBaron GTC? Replies to this message: imidazol97 (Jun 23, 2009 5:57 am) andre1969 (Jun 23, 2009 6:32 am) fezo (Jun 23, 2009 3:43 pm)
#16595 of 18020 Re: Convertible Mopar [andre1969] by imidazol97 Jun 23, 2009 (5:57 am)
Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 23, 2009 5:55 am) The front grill was white rather than chrome, so it may be a Shadow. Did they write "Shadow" on the plastic white molding along the lower part of the door? The script was bright red. Replies to this message: andre1969 (Jun 23, 2009 6:32 am) fezo (Jun 23, 2009 3:43 pm)
#16596 of 18020 Re: Convertible Mopar [imidazol97] by andre1969 Jun 23, 2009 (6:32 am)
Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 23, 2009 5:57 am) The Shadow I posted doesn't look like it has anything written on the molding, but that may have changed from year to year. Also, now that I think about it, the LeBaron convertible and coupe went through a restyle around 1993 that gave it a body-color grille and exposed headlights, like this...   Some of the fancier models might have had the model name written in the molding in a different color, like the GTC maybe? Replies to this message: fezo (Jun 23, 2009 3:43 pm)
#16597 of 18020 or what about the slightly infamous.... by ghulet Jun 23, 2009 (8:50 am)
.....Chrysler/Maserati convertible thing (I saw one in Chicago the other day), although imazizol97's descrition doesn't fit:   http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHRYSLER-TC-MASERATI_W0QQitemZ300323388582QQcmdZV- iewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item45ecab3ca6&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=6- 5%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A317%7C240%3A1308 Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Jun 23, 2009 8:51 am)
#16598 of 18020 Re: or what about the slightly infamous.... [ghulet] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Jun 23, 2009 (8:51 am)
Replying to: ghulet (Jun 23, 2009 8:50 am) Wow....it bid all the way up to $2,025!! I may have to revise my low estimate of this car's worth
#16599 of 18020 Re: Convertible Mopar [andre1969] by fezo Jun 23, 2009 (3:43 pm)
Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 23, 2009 6:32 am) My brother had one of those old Dodge 600 convertibles. nearly got himself killed in it but that wasn't the car's fault. He was behind a truck at a red light. The truck makes a left turn and my brother just assumed that the light had changed. It hadn't. So as my brother pulls into the intersection he got hit by a tanker truck. If there'd been anything in the tank of the truck it would have killed him. The extra steel reinforcing the sides of the convertible actually helped matters.   It's better than 20 years down teh road and he's still kicking - and still driving convertibles.
#16600 of 18020 . by fintail Jun 23, 2009 (5:04 pm)
I saw an 80s Volvo 700 series turbo today that was really a blast from the past. Black with tinted windows and period style black and alloy BBS style wheels, and it was pristine, looked brand new. Can't be many left like that. Replies to this message: lemko (Jun 24, 2009 7:06 am) Mr_Shiftright (Jun 24, 2009 7:16 am) fintail (Jun 24, 2009 9:05 am) hpmctorque (Jul 03, 2009 3:04 pm) fintail (Jun 24, 2009 9:05 am) andre1969 (Jun 24, 2009 9:08 am) and 12 more...
#16601 of 18020 Re: . [fintail] by lemko Jun 24, 2009 (7:06 am)
Replying to: fintail (Jun 23, 2009 5:04 pm) BBS wheels - nice period touch. Was the driver sporting the Don Johnson look? Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Jun 24, 2009 7:16 am) fintail (Jun 24, 2009 9:05 am) hpmctorque (Jul 03, 2009 3:04 pm) fintail (Jun 24, 2009 9:05 am) andre1969 (Jun 24, 2009 9:08 am) fintail (Jun 24, 2009 9:11 am) and 11 more...

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