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Re: The main thing that bugs me... [Mr_Shiftright]
by fezo
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Jan 02, 2009 (11:54 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 02, 2009 10:32 am)
Those are pretty good examples. The PT Cruiser convertible was a mistake from the get go. With the top down it looks like a misshapen Easter basket. The VW Cabrio and its predecessors had the same problem.
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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Re: One of the Edsel's biggest problems... [uplanderguy]
by lemko
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Jan 02, 2009 (12:05 pm)
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Replying to: uplanderguy (Jan 01, 2009 3:50 pm)
I just Google-mapped 1580 East Grand Boulevard, Detroit. Post-apocalyptic best describes it.
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Re: One of the Edsel's biggest problems... [lemko]
by fezo
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Jan 02, 2009 (12:27 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 02, 2009 12:05 pm)
Now that I think of it that Verduro Green Pontiac is something you;d look sharp tooling around in while wearing your leisure suit...
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- #519 of 588
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Re: One of the Edsel's biggest problems... [fezo]
by andre1969
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Jan 02, 2009 (12:45 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (Jan 02, 2009 12:27 pm)
Evidently, somebody doesn't mind that Vedoro green color. On these cars, I think it looks okay. But yeah, with that '68 Bonneville pictured above, it looks like the leisure suit crowd would go for it. I think part of the problem is that in 1968, the big Pontiacs were starting to shed their sporty looks, and were getting a bit tacky. The fender skirts that they put on Bonnevilles certainly didn't help, either!
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Re: One of the Edsel's biggest problems... [andre1969]
by fintail
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Jan 02, 2009 (1:19 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 02, 2009 12:45 pm)
I am sure I am off on this as I am recalling seeing an old photo, but before I was born, my grandfather had a fuselage Chrysler, and it was a green not too different from that. Not the best color for something so huge.
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Re: One of the Edsel's biggest problems... [fintail]
by fezo
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Jan 02, 2009 (5:49 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 02, 2009 1:19 pm)
Green is a tough color to pull off on a car. I'm not exactly sure why but it seems to me that you have to get green just right for it work. For some reason red and blue work in all sorts of shades. Yellow is another story altogether.
Of course now white is the most common color on new cars. Not for me, thanks.
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Re: One of the Edsel's biggest problems... [fezo]
by fintail
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Jan 02, 2009 (6:32 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (Jan 02, 2009 5:49 pm)
Few non-British cars can pull off green, and those that can are mainly from the 70s when green was common.
My mom has a white Taurus with a dark blue interior. My uncle has a white LeSabre with a burgundy interior. You can imagine my opinions of those color schemes. White works on very few cars, and usually cars where just about any color (except for pink, screaming yellow, etc) works. Somehow a white MB with a pano roof is acceptable to me. But I don't like white either - light/silvery blues and greys, please.
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Re: One of the Edsel's biggest problems... [fintail]
by berri
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Jan 02, 2009 (7:50 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 02, 2009 6:32 pm)
I'm not fond of white because too often it reeks of fleet car. However, white is a good color to look at a car and decide if you will still like its design down the road since it tends to show design flaws. I did have a white Olds once and have to say it actually didn't show dirt as bad as black or dark blue.
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Re: One of the Edsel's biggest problems... [fintail]
by corvette
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Jan 05, 2009 (12:42 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 02, 2009 6:32 pm)
I dislike burgundy interiors, period. Bright red accents can work on a sporty car. I never liked the Corvette's solid red interior (I think it had solid red carpet plus solid red leather seats and door panels, and maybe a black dash).
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