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Replying to: dieselone (Jun 03, 2009 6:17 pm) A lot of those old cars really don't have very good side bolstering, to keep you planted in spirited driving, but I've found that they do at least tend to support me in all the right places, which helps keep fatigue away during long-distance driving. For instance, my '76 LeMans and both '79 New Yorkers give me good support in the thighs and lower back. Many modern cars don't give me very good back support, forcing me into a bit of a slumping position. Or the seats don't give very good thigh support, which puts more pressure on my butt cheeks. I have seen some old cars though, where the seats look plush, but they really aren't. For example there was this one awful goldish colored '74 Cadillac that I'd seen pop up for sale at one particular car show for years. Lemko and Grbeck have seen it too. I remember sitting in the back of it, and sinking way down low, like the springs were really weak or something. It felt like it would get really bouncy out on the road, with little provocation. I'm with you on the '87 Caprice, too...I actually like the old ones better than the rounded off 1991-96 style. The only thing that sways my preference towards the newer style is greater availability of the 350...especially once the 260 hp version hit the streets in 1994! With the older '77-90 style, they dropped the 350 after 1979, unless you got the Diesel, or a copcar. Otherwise, if you wanted a 350 in 1980 you had to get a Pontiac, Olds, or Buick. |
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Replying to: roadburner (Jun 04, 2009 6:46 am) 
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 04, 2009 6:58 am) I had a set of Cragar S/S wheels on it, but aside from that it looked dead stock. The duals weren't all that loud either, so it was an excellent sleeper. |
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71 Firebird, mostly original 68k car. Im the 2nd owner 
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Replying to: blh7068 (Jun 04, 2009 7:38 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 04, 2009 6:30 am) Is it? I thought the consensus in Mystery car pix.... was that it was a '61, but I may have forgotten. I was 8 or 9 at the time and about all I remember from those days is riding backwards in the third row "magic seat" in my mom's station wagons. (ah, I need to change my CarSpace page - it is a '60). She used to get a new Buick every 3 years for a while there. Then my dad went off on a tear after selling his '53 and ran through a Valiant, Falcon and a Galaxie 500, before picking up a used '59 Chevy for my brother and returning to the Body by Fisher fold. Mom wound up with a GMC pickup for at least a decade, and then a long spell with an Impala (with the passenger door secured by a coat hanger) after that. But a Protege was her last car until she quit driving last year.
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Replying to: blh7068 (Jun 04, 2009 7:38 am) 1967 Catalina:  1976 LeMans:  1985 Silverado (pic is too big to post here, so I'll just link it instead) |
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Replying to: roadburner (Jun 04, 2009 7:54 am) |
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