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I owned one of these ... briefly. Whilst in college, I had the misfortune to total my '79 Pontiac Sunbird. The insurance settlement was $2000 and I only had 3 months to graduation ... but no job lined up afterwards. I thought briefly about a new car (this was late summer 1985) and talked to a Ford dealer about an Escort diesel .. he was willing to defer the payments ($150/mo!) until after graduation, but my parents talked me out of that plan. So, plan B was to find a relatively inexpensive used car. A '77 Olds Omega caught my eye. 350 V8, royal blue (repainted) with a white vinyl top. $1000 - sold! As I am not mechanically inclined, I didn't realize I had a problem until I went to get it smogged ... fail. Cost a couple hundred bucks to rectify. Discovered that it was really only running on 7 of the 8 cylinders. Sold it the day before I graduated for something like $200 ... just enough to pay for the rental car that got me back to CA for my post graduation job. Sigh. |
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 To know you'd have to remember when GM controlled half the US automobile market.
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Replying to: andys120 (Jun 02, 2009 10:15 am)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Jun 02, 2009 10:34 am) Hint: the individual had nothing to do with GM, was awarded the Corvette for something he did in 1958, the car is either a '58 or, more likely a 1959 Corvette. 
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Replying to: andys120 (Jun 02, 2009 11:22 am) 
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Well, standard engine was a 6, so you were still 1 ahead with 7. reminds me of the Nova I bought in my freshman year of college. It was a V8 with a 3 speed on the floor. Also had some sort of engine issue (a miss in 1 cylinder?) that I was too dumb to notice. Never did register that one, but managed to sell it for at least what I paid 9a rare talent I had in those days, making money on junk!) Did end up with a spare hood for it. That stayed laying against the side of my parents garage for a while. pretty sure it is gone now though (being 27 years later and all...) |
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Replying to: kyfdx (Jun 02, 2009 3:04 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Jun 02, 2009 7:08 pm)
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Replying to: magnette (Jun 02, 2009 11:20 pm) AFAIK it's something like rugby, we call it football but it's nothing like your football which we call soccer. Back to cars... |
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