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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jun 26, 2009 6:56 am) I liked the 57 Buick wagon. Good thing he wants too much.
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Replying to: fezo (Jun 26, 2009 11:43 am) Well, you're just the buyer for the OTHER '57-the rusty one out in the weeds.  How much can that guy be wanting? 'Reserve not met' - he's gotta be smoking something...
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Replying to: texases (Jun 26, 2009 12:08 pm) Hey, it only takes one sucker.... |
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82 New Yorker Plush Interior Not a Bill Blass This thing is Niiice Absolutely beautiful! |
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Replying to: tjc78 (Jun 28, 2009 4:45 pm) I gotta admit, that '79 New Yorker has me drooling! Oddly, the base New Yorker with optional leather seats comes off looking plusher than the standard leather in the more expensive 5th Ave Edition. And a lot of customers noticed that as well, so for 1981, Chrysler switched, and made those pimpy, button-tufted seats the 5th Ave seats, while what had been the 5th Ave seats (more of an "X" pattern) the optional leather seats for the base model. I had always been under the impression that my '79 5th Ave stickered for around $12K new, but if that blue NYer stickered for $11,937, I wonder if my car was more? That '82 New Yorker looks really nice, too. I really like that "Nightwatch" blue color. It's non-metallic, so it stays shiny forever (although my Nightwatch '79 NYer is oxydizing) I saw an old beast at the GM show in Carlisle this past weekend that really caught my eye. 1972 Buick Centurion 4-door hardtop. White with a green top and green vinyl interior. Supposedly only had around 8,000 miles on it, but if so, it hadn't been stored very well. Carpet and package shelf were shot from water damage, and there was some surface rust here and there. Seller wanted $1800 for it. I thought it would've been a neat beater, especially with the 455-4bbl! I took a pic of it, along with some other stuff at that show. I'll post a link to it all once it's uploaded.
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Replying to: tjc78 (Jun 28, 2009 4:45 pm) |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 28, 2009 5:03 pm) My neighbor had an 86 in white just like the one in the ad. From what I can tell not much was changed from 82 to 86. Chrysler had some nice interior back then. He put 250K miles on that car on the original motor and trans. The '79 is pretty well equipped for not being the 5th Ave edition. Probably pretty rare optioned up like that. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 28, 2009 5:03 pm) |
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....very pretty but you can tell it's not a high-line (interior looks kinda plain and NO power passenger seat, blasphemy!!); I remember there were a plethora of 'designer' editions (Bill Blass was two-tone white and blue, w/matching interior, I think; there were also Pucci and Givenchy editions, among others). Since I'm most familiar with GMs, those old tanks seem nice enough for the money.
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Replying to: ghulet (Jul 01, 2009 2:40 pm) There were four... Cartier, Blass, Givenchy, and Pucci. The one and only way to be sure its a designer series cars is by the opera window. If it wasn't marked on the window its just a plain 'ol Mark. So many sellers think they have a "Cartier" edition just because the clock says Cartier. Almost all late 70s Lincolns had a Cartier clock standard. For 78 the Blass was actually a Brownish red with matching interior Here is a nice example In 79 the Blass was the white/blue combo you mentioned. 
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