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17983 messages, Last post on Dec 03, 2009 at 8:46 PM
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AKA Satan's own road, of all places An early Sl Mercedes convert. Red. Passed the other way, so didnt see the badges, but I assume it was a 190SL? |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 06, 2009 4:53 pm) I think you could get the Pontiac T-37 with racing stripes and a spoiler. It also cut costs by things like a fixed rear seat window that didn't roll down, and despite the sporty options I think it still had a bench seat. I believe there was a "heavy Chevy" or some such version Chevelle as well that was a poor kids fake muscle car back then. I just could never get into racing stripes on a car. I always liked the 71/72 Plymouth Sebring coupe. I thought it was a sharp looking car, but I don't think it really sold all that well. In fact, I think it did better with the 73 restyle which I personally found kind of boxy and less attractive. I also liked the 72 fastback Torino coupe and its roofline, but I think that style was also short lived. I guess the message back then related to the cars I liked was that I was either avant garde or the only taste I had was in my mouth! |
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Replying to: martian (Jul 06, 2009 4:30 pm) The firm went under in Germany in the early 60s, but was made in Mexico until around 1970. Some kind of financial shenanigans.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 06, 2009 4:53 pm)  And about a decade later, Pontiac would bless us again with the "T" prefix with the awesome T-1000.
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Replying to: martian (Jul 06, 2009 4:30 pm) And, what happened to the firm..was it absorbed by a larger automobile maker? I couldn't tell you definitively but I first became aware of them ca. 1957-8 and they ceased production in 1961. The primary export to the US was the Isabella Sport Coupe, a lower priced competitor to the Mercedes 190SL. Production machinery was sold to a Mexican according to Wikipedia where they were produced from '67-'70. |
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 06, 2009 5:31 pm) I passed a Mustang convertible for sale this weekend, thought the sign said $2000 so I stopped to look. It ended up being $20,000. I think it was a '73, It was one of the bloated ones. Pretty pricey for probably one of the more undesireble Mustangs. |
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| ....1971-72 Pontiac LeMans four-door sedan for sale in my neighborhood. I can't tell what the original color was as almost every color is on it - white, black, blue, red... | |
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 06, 2009 5:29 pm)
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Replying to: martian (Jul 06, 2009 4:30 pm) Mr. Borgward made some interesting cars, even a racer. But he was apparently a very eccentric, egomaniacal type, and drove his company in a wrong direction. He could have been a contendah....he could have been somebody... 
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Replying to: mp67riv (Jul 08, 2009 7:56 am) The cars have a decent following in Europe, and quite a few seem to have survived, so they were probably solid.
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