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Classic Cars Project Cars--You Get to Vote on "Hold 'em or Fold 'em"
19240 messages, Last post on Nov 08, 2009 at 2:55 PM
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Here's a whole car museum for sale: Car Museum Owner Looks for Buyer
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 12, 2009 9:14 am) |
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 12, 2009 12:23 pm) |
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 12, 2009 12:23 pm) Speaking of that actually, Shifty, you're from San Francisco correct? Any car related museums or things to see there? Wife and I are taking a small vacation by driving down there for about a week in February. I always like to catch some automobilia related places when in a different city. |
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 12, 2009 12:23 pm) |
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Not a project, but maybe a good car to drive for the money...wheels are wrong, but it's a very rare (maybe not excellent) color. These cars are a nice amount of bang for the buck.
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 12, 2009 3:26 pm) 
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"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." My parents' '68 Dart Slant 6 had a cracked manifold. They took it to several independent shops, because it ran so badly due to the manifold, but no one realized the manifold was cracked. Finally, in frustration, they traded it, and only after they had sold it did they find out what the real problem was. So, the cracked manifold problem occurred some time in the '60s, unless theirs was an isolated case. From what we learned later, though, I suspect that this problem occurred earlier than the mid-'70s. This is another example of a domestic manufacturer causing a lot of avoidable aggravation and expense to save a small amount per car. Apparently, the auto makers didn't realize how such decisions would damage their reputations. It's a variation on the proverbial story of the straw that broke the camel's back, repeated over and over again in the '60s, '70s and '80s, until - SURPRISE! - many people abandoned American cars for Japanese ones. The European cars had their own quality issues, but compensated, to some extent, by being more satisfying to drive.
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Jan 12, 2009 3:51 pm) |
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 12, 2009 3:26 pm)
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