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19249 messages, Last post on Nov 10, 2009 at 3:21 PM
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Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 09, 2009 10:25 am) |
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This in no way, shape, or form, can be considered a "luxury car". Aside from the vinyl, I think this is the same interior. I wonder if the surfboard has the wreath & crest on it. Last of the andremobiles. A fitting end for malaise-era luxury. Let's complete the trifecta. I forget, was the turbo a portent of doom in these? |
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True, the '99 LeSabre isn't a luxury car, but unless I missed it, the seller makes no claim regarding luxury. The Dodge Dart sedan, on the other hand, is clearly not a classic, as the seller claims it is. |
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Replying to: bumpy (Jan 10, 2009 5:34 am) As for the rest, you've certainly reminded me of what a sad time the end of the 70's were. I do have to say, though, that I always kind of liked the Nova based Seville.... at least it wasn't FWD and looked (to my eyes) a lot better than the rest of the Caddy family in those days. And on the Dart, I think by 76 they'd stripped out all the things that made a slant six such a great engine.... like most of the bearings. Is it not so, Andre?
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Replying to: bumpy (Jan 10, 2009 5:34 am) 79 Seville -- well at least we know that 30 years doesn't make one of these valuable. Maybe 50? Ah, the late 70s. Now you know why wrecking yards don't want to keep these cars for people---no profit in them. |
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Replying to: bumpy (Jan 10, 2009 5:34 am)
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Replying to: boomchek (Jan 10, 2009 11:14 am) i typed viliant by mistake(i think) the first time. |
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Really Wes. Educate us how about how much it's worth. What is a mint Eldo convertible of that vitage, 10 grand amd he's advertising no mice???? Call the junkyard
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Replying to: gsemike (Jan 11, 2009 9:47 pm) I'd say Acme Auto Wrecking, hence to crusher, then by rail to New York harbor, then to Turkey, then to a tourist teapot factory. Harsh you say? Well he's the one who destroyed it, so let him suffer the consequences, not the innocent buying public. |
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Replying to: lokki (Jan 10, 2009 7:11 am) I dunno about bearings, but I heard that at some point in the 1970's, Mopar went from a forged crankshaft to a cast crankshaft in their engines, and that made them less durable than before. The main issue with the slant six is that it adapted very poorly to emissions controls. The engine tended to run cool, but cleaner emissions demanded a hotter-running engine, and the slant six just didn't like that. FWIW, Pontiac had a similar problem with their V-8 engines, and they never did get them right. I heard that in 1977, California banned Pontiac V-8's in new cars. Dunno if the slant six ever got banned, though. Oh, and whenever they started putting Lean Burn on the slant six, that certainly didn't help, either! I think that was 1975, but I could be wrong. My grandparents had a '75 Dart Swinger, and swore it was the worst car they ever owned! It would stall out randomly, and the dealer never could get it fixed right. Also at some point, I think they went to either an aluminum exhaust manifold, or just a really cheaply cast metal one. It tended to crack, right in the middle. That may have been later than 1976, though.
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