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#6140 of 17846 gas hogs by Mr_Shiftright HOST Feb 26, 2005 (2:59 pm)
It would help to own your own oil field if you plan on driving one regularly.
#6141 of 17846 none by fintail Feb 27, 2005 (9:30 am)
Ebay time:   Never liked these...U-G-L-Y, gawky proportions, etc...but apparently some like them   This could be fun...the market for old timers has declined, but Brighton cars still remain strong   Probably a lost cause but still a cool front end   Only 50 made? What a shame   Shifty-mobile   I've heard these are a joy to own   Ebay is like a dumping ground for mint original Newports   I don't know if the wood trim was a good idea   Ebay is also a dumping ground for mint Andre-mobiles. This one seems like it wasn't a horrible deal   Nice looking Mirada   An old Mercedes and Alabama...maybe not a good match. Hint to seller: It's actually a German car   Lovely lowline fintail...well worth this bid.
#6142 of 17846 an interesting hodge-podge by Mr_Shiftright HOST Feb 27, 2005 (10:08 am)
Damn, why are all the Shifty-mobiles 3,000 miles away?   Lancia HPE--a joy only to the person sellling Lancia parts. Piece of junk.   Only 50 convertible 200sx made because....nobody wanted any more than that! Yeah, have Italians chop the top off an 80s japanese car...good idea.....not!   RE: Supercharged Graham---oh, someone will buy that and fix it up, definitely. They aren't worth that much money but it's an unusual car. The buyer will be buried financially but he'll have something few people have.
#6143 of 17846 Too bad about those...... by andys120 Feb 27, 2005 (10:34 am)
The Lancia HPE was one slick, sophisticated car in it's day, too bad they wre only good for about 5000 miles.   That 250S was one of the cars that established Mercedes as a luxmobile brand in the US.   I never heard the Daimler SP250 referred to as a Daimler "Dart", perhaps that was limited to the UK. They were indeed extraordinarily ugly which was a shame because it had what the Brit roadster buyers of the day craved, V8 power.
#6144 of 17846 Hey... by andre1969 Feb 27, 2005 (11:16 am)
it's a Hemi Dart, how can ya go wrong?
#6145 of 17846 I like the guy's write-up... by andre1969 Feb 27, 2005 (11:26 am)
on his '79 5th Avenue, touting how rare it was. Yeah, it was rare alright...I think of the roughly 55,000 NYers made in '79, "only" 15,000 of them had the 5th Avenue package!   And if this guy's only seen two of 'em on eBay over the last year, he must not have been looking very hard! Seems to me like one pops up every couple weeks or so! Still, looks to be a nice car...   I like that Mirada too. I always thought the Mopar J-body was one of the few cars that could actually carry off a carriage roof with some grace. Probably the lack of a B-pillar that helps out some. Even with those wheels, I like it!
#6146 of 17846 this 'n that by Mr_Shiftright HOST Feb 27, 2005 (11:45 am)
Daimler Dart can bring big money, hard as that is to believe. It's a car only it's mother could love, but people do vintage race them, once they squared away the flexi-frame. It's supposed to be a pretty fast, good handling car, if you like driving a lizard I mean.   Andy, I think by 1978 Lancia was nothing more than a Fiat. You might be thinking of earlier cars, when they made really fine rallye cars.   "rare" is like....12 of something, not 6,000 of something. Replies to this message: andys120 (Feb 27, 2005 12:01 pm)
#6147 of 17846 Re: this 'n that [Mr_Shiftright] by andys120 Feb 27, 2005 (12:01 pm)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Feb 27, 2005 11:45 am) Andy, I think by 1978 Lancia was nothing more than a Fiat. You might be thinking of earlier cars, when they made really fine rallye cars   Nope I wasn't thinking of cars from the classic Lancia era (Fulvia/Flamina/Aurelia). The HPE was essentially a Fiat but it was a pretty sophisticated one IRRC which was both it's beauty and it's downfall
#6148 of 17846 I kinda like... by andre1969 Feb 27, 2005 (12:45 pm)
that 200SX convertible. However, the fact that they don't show it with the top up gives me cause for concern. I always liked that style of 200SX in general.
#6149 of 17846 200sx by Mr_Shiftright HOST Feb 27, 2005 (1:07 pm)
It's hard to chop a car and get a good looking top to fit tight and right. I have rarely seen this happen. It either looks bad UP or looks bad DOWN.   Personally, chopping an 80s Japanese car sounds pretty scary to me. There must be some monstrous scuttle shake on that baby unless they've welded railroad rails to it.   Chopping a modern car is very risky business, since it is a unibody. Ever cut one side out of a cardboard box?....there you go...

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