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#46 of 1262 Re: A Star is Born [Mr_Shiftright] by texases

Nov 10, 2009 (7:42 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 10, 2009 7:34 pm)
1948 Jaguar XK120?

#47 of 1262 Re: A Star is Born [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail

Nov 10, 2009 (7:44 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 10, 2009 7:34 pm)
Jaguar XK120?

#48 of 1262 Re: A Star is Born [texases] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Nov 10, 2009 (7:47 pm)

Replying to: texases (Nov 10, 2009 7:42 pm)

 
Love the car but I hate those chrome wires. They should be painted.

#49 of 1262 a slightly harder one? by nippononly

Nov 10, 2009 (7:49 pm)

My model was sold for more than 30 years in the U.S., but isn't any more. I was built in my model's most popular year, when the truck engine under my hood was fuel injected for the first time and around the time I got an edgy new body style. A few years after I was built my model line went FWD, and it was never the same after that.
 
Who am I?

#50 of 1262 Re: a slightly harder one? [nippononly] by british_rover

Nov 10, 2009 (8:38 pm)

Replying to: nippononly (Nov 10, 2009 7:49 pm)
Caddy Deville?
 
Not sure what year they got fuel injected though.

#51 of 1262 Re: a slightly harder one? [british_rover] by nippononly

Nov 10, 2009 (10:13 pm)

Replying to: british_rover (Nov 10, 2009 8:38 pm)
Nope. Gosh, were there 30+ years of Devilles? Yikes.

#52 of 1262 Re: a slightly harder one? [nippononly] by 210delray

Nov 11, 2009 (6:58 am)

Replying to: nippononly (Nov 10, 2009 10:13 pm)
More than 30 years, something like 50!
 
I keep thinking Nissan/Datsun 810 Maxima for your answer, early 80s before the shift to FWD in '85, but they still make Maximas.

#53 of 1262 Re: a slightly harder one? [nippononly] by andre1969

Nov 11, 2009 (7:05 am)

Replying to: nippononly (Nov 10, 2009 7:49 pm)
My first guess would be a Chevy Impala? Originally sold from 1958-85, revived in FWD form for 2000. The truck engine was the 348, later enlarged to 409. I think the Impala's most popular year was 1965? I have a feeling I'm off base though, as I don't remember the 348/409 ever being fuel injected.
 
As for the Deville? Believe it or not, that name's been around close to 60 years! It first came out in 1949, as the name for Cadillac's first pillarless hardtop coupe. For 1950, all Cadillac coupes went hardtop, and the Coupe DeVille became a higher trim level. For 1956, they added a Sedan Deville hardtop sedan, and for 1959, DeVille became a whole model line. I forget now when they phased the DeVille name out, but by 2007 it was called DTS.

#54 of 1262 Re: I Get No Respect [bhill2] by andre1969

Nov 11, 2009 (7:20 am)

Replying to: bhill2 (Nov 10, 2009 5:15 pm)
Looks like I goofed up on the Rebel's engine, though. In 1957, it was a 327 with 255 hp, lifted out of the big Nash/Hudsons, which were in their final year. Rare car too...only 1500 built.

#55 of 1262 Nope by nippononly

Nov 11, 2009 (7:47 am)

Not the Impala, and not the 810/Maxima, although if you're thinking 810, you're around the right time period.....

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