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#27359 of 29668 Re: out in the rain [stickguy] by uplanderguy

Dec 29, 2012 (4:15 pm)

Replying to: stickguy (Dec 29, 2012 3:13 pm)
Must be fun to pull up to a drive-thru window with a Subaru SVX.

#27360 of 29668 Re: Interesting (to me) Caddy on eBay..lemko? [texases] by uplanderguy

Dec 29, 2012 (4:53 pm)

Replying to: texases (Dec 29, 2012 3:19 pm)
If someone told me I had to buy a Sting Ray, I'd probably most consider a '64. I think they're the most reasonably-priced Sting Rays, I prefer the single rear window, I think the horizontal side vents fit into the styling better than the vertical vents of '65 and later (although those were functional), and I like the wheelcovers better. I also seem to remember a steel blue (or silvery blue) on '64's that was attractive to me, although I don't know if that was a carryover color from '63 or not.
 
I'd still want a Fawn Beige or Honduras Maroon '62 though.

#27361 of 29668 Re: out in the rain [stickguy] by hpmctorque

Dec 29, 2012 (5:53 pm)

Replying to: stickguy (Dec 29, 2012 3:13 pm)
I see a guy driving a stick shift SVX out of a large mall garage occasionally. I suspect he works in the mall. The car looks to be about in a similar condition as the one discussed here, and the same color. It appears to be a daily driver, and it sounds tired.
 
I've been meaning to ask the driver a couple of questions about his car if I happened to see him walk to it, because seeing a SVX being regularly driven is such a rarity these days.

#27362 of 29668 Re: out in the rain [hpmctorque] by ateixeira

Dec 29, 2012 (5:52 pm)

Replying to: hpmctorque (Dec 29, 2012 5:53 pm)
That's a conversion because they were all auto from the factory. It is not uncommon to convert them to manuals.
 
Given their price back then, the owners were eating sit downs meals, not drive thru food.

#27363 of 29668 Re: out in the rain [ateixeira] by hpmctorque

Dec 29, 2012 (5:56 pm)

Replying to: ateixeira (Dec 29, 2012 5:52 pm)
Most were AWD, but Subaru did offer a FWD version in the U.S. for at least one model year, and probably more. Maybe these were offered with manual transmission. I'll have to research it.

#27364 of 29668 Re: out in the rain [hpmctorque] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Dec 29, 2012 (5:59 pm)

Replying to: hpmctorque (Dec 29, 2012 5:56 pm)
My Subaru guru who runs an excellent repair shop in California says they are very tough cars to work on, and he will not have them in his shop--for what that's worth--maybe it's just his problem, dunno. I do know that parts are hard to find and quite expensive, and having driven a few, (I like the car), they aren't very fast either.
 
An interesting curiosity.

#27365 of 29668 Re: out in the rain [Mr_Shiftright] by hpmctorque

Dec 29, 2012 (6:20 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Dec 29, 2012 5:59 pm)
I've also read that parts are scarce and expensive (those two things generally go together).

#27366 of 29668 Re: out in the rain [ateixeira] by hpmctorque

Dec 29, 2012 (6:37 pm)

Replying to: ateixeira (Dec 29, 2012 5:52 pm)
I checked, and you're right; they were all automatics. Now I'm even more curious about the one I occasionally see. It's either been converted to a manual, or I'm wrong about the transmission. From the sound it made backing out of the parking place and going forward it sounded like a manual to me.
 
For the '94 and '95 model year FWD was offered, but they too were automatics.

#27367 of 29668 Re: out in the rain [Mr_Shiftright] by ateixeira

Dec 29, 2012 (8:13 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Dec 29, 2012 5:59 pm)
Way back when, one of the major US car mags had a snow compare and it won, beating a dozen or so other cars.
 
It was a GT for the snow belt.
 
Nickname became Snow Vehicle Xtraordinaire.
 
In FWD it made no sense.

#27368 of 29668 Nova wagon> by andys120

Dec 30, 2012 (8:31 am)

Yesterday in traffic I spotted a very nice 65-ish Chevy II Nova wagon which appeared to be in good driver shape, as cars like this often are in Arizona where rust doesn't get 'em (and they aren't parked outdoors where the UV gets them. It was metallic light blue with chrome trim indicating top- model status (Nova?).

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