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Classic Cars What Will Be a Future Classic?
588 messages, Last post on Sep 06, 2009 at 3:54 PM
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just browsing around those paint chips, I notice that "Verdoro Green" made a comeback in 1969-1970 on Pontiacs. However, it's a different item, #2095, so perhaps it's a slightly different hue. When I was a little kid, my grandparents' neighbors had a 1970 Executive 4-door that was a dark green. Might have been that Verdoro, but there was also a dark "Pepper Green" offered that year. I think the Pepper green is more what I'd call "Forest green", though. My grandparents had a 1972 Impala in what we always called "Forest Green", probably because if you take a Crayola 64 crayon box, Forest was the closest color! Looking at the paint chip though, I see they have two dark greens. One's called "Spring Green", and the other is "Sequoia Green". I think theirs was the Spring. It was a beautiful car. When I was a little kid, I asked them to hang onto it so I could have it for my first car when I turned 16! They laughed, because at the rate it was rusting, it probably wouldn't have made it until then! 
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Jan 02, 2009 5:55 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 02, 2009 9:50 am) What seems to happen is that the things that offended the eye at the time the car was built become (interestingly) unnoticed by the eyes of the future. With the Edsel, it seems like our eyes are still sensitive to the ugliness, but somehow we have forgiven the Chrysler Air Flow, the '59 Cadillac, the '58 Oldsmobile, etc. Now they are "camp" (or whatever the new term is for IRONY IN DESIGN). Of course, ANY open car will generally be saved by someone, if it is not too badly deteriorated. So I'm predicting that PT Cruiser convertibles will be saved if they are nice survivors, but not restored. I see them as like Rambler American convertibles from the early 60s. Nothing to brag about, not worth that much, but if shiny and nice, too valuable or useful to junk. So somewhere between a Renault Alliance convertible and a Nash Metro convertible in value and desireability, is my opinion. |
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about the PT Cruiser convertible, is that IMO it's not a "real" convertible. It still has a full, thick, B-pillar with a roll bar. Plus, with the high beltline and the top that still sticks up about 7-8 inches, it just doesn't feel all that open-air. I wonder if the market would tend to differentiate between a "real" convertible and a "semi" convertible, such as the PT, VW Rabbit/Cabriolet, W-body Cutlass Supreme, and others that I'm sure I'm missing?
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 02, 2009 10:26 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 02, 2009 10:32 am) Thanks, Andre! I always wondered why Bunkie was called Bunkie. You've certainly removed all doubt on taht one. That Verduro Green was a pretty funny color for a car. Like they took the idea and started making refrigerators that color. Just when I thought I had blocked out the 70s... |
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Replying to: uplanderguy (Jan 01, 2009 3:50 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 02, 2009 12:05 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (Jan 02, 2009 12:27 pm)
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