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298 messages, Last post on May 11, 2009 at 1:53 PM
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Replying to: lokki (May 01, 2009 9:21 am) it probably went to Chevrolet because they had an engine and transmission for it and the "young blood" to build it. |
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I just looked up the specs for a 1972 Corvette, and it was $5296 for the convertible, $5533 for the coupe (Odd that the coupe was cheaper?). Anyway, that same year, my grandparents' '72 Impala was around $5,000. So even here, the Corvette seemed like it was reachable for those who really wanted it. However, at that base price you just got a 200 hp 350. If you wanted the 255 hp version, you paid like $485 more for it. Oddly though, the 270 hp 454 was only around $290! A/c was an option, at around $464. Power brakes and power steering were also optional. I guess the 1970's was when the price started jacking back up, though. The base price of a 1979 Corvette was around $10,200. Suddenly we're talking entry-level Cadillac/Lincoln territory, or well into New Yorker, Electra/98 territory. |
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Ive owned two of them. Both were diesel wagons. They were actually incredible cars. The most confortable seats of any car I've ever sat in and those diesel engines were as as tough as a box of rocks. BUT, they had to be maintained properly according to the book and most Americans woudn't do that. I had a good independant who only workied on Peugeots. He used to complain about how people would "kill" them at 150,000 miles. This guys was a bit of a Prima Donna (Mr. shiftright knows what I'm talking about) and if a poorly maintained Peugeot was brought to him, the owner would get a lecture and he would cut no corners to try to save them money. He was honest and competant but he would mince no words and if a customer was a cheapskate, he would decline their work. Luckllly he liked me and would take extra care of me and do me favors. I remember him telling me that replacing a heater core in a 604 was 12 hours of vexacious work! A lousy dealer network and people who didn't understand them ran them out of the US.
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Replying to: isellhondas (May 01, 2009 3:47 pm) Mercedes, Rolls and Jaguar. Not only was he happy to to care of my '66 TR-4A and later my '71 Fiat 124 Spider, he considered them a vacation from the finicky high end cars and occasionally let me work off part of the bill by waxing a customer's car. With that kind of support I was able to drive that car for many happy miles with no more problems than any 1970s era car.
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Replying to: andys120 (May 01, 2009 4:23 pm) I had a Peugeot 504 diesel sedan and I drove that car for over a year, including a trip in summer from California to Colorado. It even had working AC. Very comfortable, strong car. I liked it because it had license plates from Aruba when I bought it, and a bullet hole in the hood, down through the left inner fender. The car was very clean but I left the hole there. We have very good furrin' car mechanics in the San Rafael and the Berkeley area---some of the best in the country in my opinion. My cadre of mechanics have only refused me 2Xs, when I inquired if they would fix car so and so if I bought it. One blunt refusal from all sources was on a Subaru SVX and the other was a BMW Bavaria. (I was just trying to flip these cars, I didn't want either one). |
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the Merkur XR4Ti. When I was in high school, mid 80's, these cars we very popular. I remember liking them when they came out. I think they made another model, the scorpia or something, but it didn't seem as nice. I dont think ive seen one in the last 10 years.
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Replying to: steven922 (May 01, 2009 5:28 pm)
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Replying to: toomanyfumes (May 01, 2009 5:43 pm)
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Replying to: lokki (Dec 04, 2008 9:22 am) It looked like a normal Vega but HOLY SMOKES, that vega would run! I rode in it once and refused to after that. Finally it scared him once too often and he sold it.
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Replying to: isellhondas (May 02, 2009 8:42 am) |
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