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What's this ?
by magnette
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Sep 19, 2008 (11:17 am)
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Re: What's this ? [magnette]
by stephen987
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Sep 19, 2008 (11:31 am)
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Replying to: magnette (Sep 19, 2008 11:17 am)
Austin 3-Litre sedan, 1968-69?
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Re: What's this ? [stephen987]
by magnette
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Sep 19, 2008 (11:39 am)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Sep 19, 2008 11:31 am)
Yes - that was quick. Launched in 1967, but dropped in 71, the Austin 3 Litre was a flop - about 10000 were built, but it never caught on.
Based on the FWD Austin 1800 body shell, the 3 litre had a straight six engine, but was RWD, and too bulky and clumsy to sell - it was aimed at the Austin Westminster market, but apart from a few police forces nobody wanted it...
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Re: What's this ? [magnette]
by stephen987
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Sep 19, 2008 (12:14 pm)
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Replying to: magnette (Sep 19, 2008 11:39 am)
It is sort of goofy-looking. But I can see it as a police car, very easily. Was it as expensive as the Rovers and Volvos of the day?
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Re: What's this ? [stephen987]
by magnette
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Sep 19, 2008 (1:41 pm)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Sep 19, 2008 12:14 pm)
It would have been comparable to the basic Rover 2000, or the Volvo 144, I suppose, although the latter wouldn't have been a natural choice then as a police car - being foreign.
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I saw one of these for sale on the side of the road today.
by bumpy
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Sep 19, 2008 (4:36 pm)
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Re: I saw one of these for sale on the side of the road today. [bumpy]
by stephen987
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Sep 19, 2008 (6:06 pm)
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Replying to: bumpy (Sep 19, 2008 4:36 pm)
'63 Dodge Dart?
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Re: I saw one of these for sale on the side of the road today. [stephen987]
by wgrafer
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Sep 20, 2008 (4:56 am)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Sep 19, 2008 6:06 pm)
I agree - it's a 1963 Dodge Dart - I think it's a "270' model by the side ornament.
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Movie Still....
by andys120
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Sep 20, 2008 (3:08 pm)
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Potpourri from Hoffa(1992)>
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Re: Movie Still.... [andys120]
by wgrafer
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Sep 21, 2008 (3:16 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Sep 20, 2008 3:08 pm)
Good movie! On the ramp going away looks like a '56 Chevrolet. Coming at us: green 1960 Chevrolet, red 1954 Hudson, blue 1955 Chevrolet, next visible is a 1957 Chevrolet followed by a dark shadow then a pink '55 Chevrolet and an aqua '55 Chevrolet bringing up the rear. I can't quite make out the smaller white one (maybe a '60 Corvette?) or the blue roof in front of it, and I'm no good with buses. 
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