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I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today! (Archived)
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geez louise.... when was the last time you heard anyone actually say that?
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I always thought that the Axioms were nice looking and I think that they were Isuzu's last attempt at anything that wasn't a GM rebadge. Were Axioms decent cars? Could a used one be a good value now?
And another popped up too
I remember when those were new...I lived in an area that got a bit of snow, and they were fairly popular in my town. I remember a teacher I had in 3rd grade (who I hated) had one. I liked the Civic 4x4 a little more, somehow.
It's not too bad with a 5 speed but it is a typically cheesy 80s Japanese car in terms of materials they used on it...the finest tinfoil and cardboard...but a pretty durable car drivetrain-wise. Good in snow, too as long as ground clearance is not an issue. Not an "off-road" vehicle, no, no.
Elegant, healthy bidding
The colors suit it
Another kind of Seville
Price reflects demand
I admire the preservation, but please change those hubcaps
People want this
"Palm Beach"
"One of a kind" - I sure hope so
Seems nice, but I don't know about that shade of blue
Very sad
Best color for a W111
Lovely looking W110
Nice 'Luxury Sedan'
This is kinda pretty
Nice big battleship coupe
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62 Rover -- I like this car. Too bad it's a RHD, that just kills the value in America unless that's the only way they made them (like the MGTC). But you could buy this Rover LHD. I'd bid on it if it were LHD and selling cheap. Old Rovers are rather dull, middle class cars, so don't expect sport or luxury. It's more like an MG Magnette than anything else I think, or a Peugeot 403.
76 Pacer -- I'll guess we'll find out what a Pacer is REALLY worth...could it make it to $3,500? $5,000? Has the world gone mad?
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I wouldn't pay $40, let alone $4000!
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
The other one I didn't get real good look at.. .but, I think it was the Mercury version of an early-60s Ford Falcon... in Black/Red.... pretty cool..
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Funny about that Mercury...last night I met a friend at a fairly upscale local hotel. While waiting for him I observed the valet parking area - 3 cars came though. A current 7er, an 07 Escalade, and a 63 Mercury Comet convertible...well, it drove through and didn't seek valet attention.
I can't tell from your photo if the Porsche is a Speedster or a Convertible D.
Both are getting so rare that I always assume that as with Cobras, if I see one it's 99% sure to be a fake but you've obviously stumbled on a real one, very cool!. I suspect Convertible Ds are even rarer than Speedsters, there's replicas
of those around too.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Today I saw a really good one...I dropped my C43 off for its big service, and as I pulled up the guy who owns the shop pulled up, in a pristine Subaru Brat! Apparently his dad used to be a Subaru dealer, and collects Brats. The one he was driving today was an 85 with 60K on it. It looked new.
... a Renault Alliance limo!
This one was black and silver and seemed to be in pretty decent condition. It was parked in front of one of the few restaurants in town.
I cannot imagine why someone would go to the trouble of cutting up and stretching something so odd as a mid-80's Alliance to make what I would suspect to be a cramped limo.
About that Alliance limo...i saw one on ebay a few weeks back. Why did they make those? A cheapo eoonobox turned into a limo?
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Also saw a Grand LeMans. Might be 1973 based on pictures in wikipedia. Had loud mufflers. No idea if stock motor. Had nice chrome wheels that weren't oversized but were not GM wheels.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
Still... great looking example..
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I saw a really nice 116 today. I think they are actually still depreciating.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-Buick-Regal-S-R_W0QQitemZ4633642850QQcategor- - - - - - yZ6141QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Next, the strippo, or at least one with a three-on-the-tree, which I've never seen on a Regal, or much of anything else other than a domestic pickup, circa 1977:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-Buick-Regal-with-rare-stick-shift_W0QQitemZ4- - - - - 633960884QQcategoryZ6141QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Other than 'motor sounds great', there's no mention of it at all....could be a 350, or perhaps the 3.8 V6, in one of its earliest years.
That stripper Regal does have the 231 V-6. It's hard to see in the pictures, but if you look reeeaaally close and focus hard, you can see a little badge on the front fender, right behind the marker light. This is the "V-6" badge that, for some reason, Buick seemed really proud to show off. I would think it would be a badge of shame, but I guess in those days, with fuel economy concerns, and the fact that most other 6-cylinder cars this size would've been an inline-6 back then, maybe there was a bit of honor to it?
Also, I think you could only get the 3-on-the-tree with the 6-cyl models. IIRC, if you got a V-8, you were forced to get an automatic, with the exception of the rare sporty model where you could get a 4 on the floor. Those may have been gone by '77 though.
Tres cool!
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Then on the way home some high school-age looking kid in a TL looked over my car as we were stopped at a light and gave me a thumbs up...not something most late 90s cars can garner.
Something you don't see every day
Canada can import cool stuff...the US gets...more dumpy SUVs!
I always kinda liked these in wagon form, although I'd want a nicer one than this
Can't be many left like this
Fixer-upper
I'd drive this
The Bradys should have had one
And its younger brother
Hey Andre...
Worst color for something like this
"Sports Wagon"
For the downsized pimp
I've never seen one of these like this
Nice early downsizer
Quite cool, quite pricey
No ebay time next week, I'll be away
All the hypoe over the Honda Ridgeline offering the in bed trunk, and that Mirage had one in 1976!
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I assume with the general rise of interest in Hemi-power the "Letter Cars" prices are skyrocketing, after all the 300s were the greatest of all Hemis at least IMO.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
No there's not. It's funny back in the 70's you would AMC EVERYWHERE now you don't see ANY! I know why...I was just making an observation.
The Bradys should have had one
Actually I am surprised they didn't. I mean he was an arichetetic .
"Sports Wagon"
Yeah those were so cool also. In 1979 I saw A Caddy wagon on a Cadillac dealer showroom. Of course based on the current full-size C-P-O-B wagon
I've never seen one of these like this.
I never heard some were re painted due to "not selling well" IRC Didn't any and all the Pace cars sell out as soon as the dealers got them?
Hey Andre
OMG that makes me miss my 1979 New Yorker 5th Avenue
a purple dodge challenger with a black vinyl top.
a 70's stingray with 2 chrome 4 barrels sticking out of a hole in the hood.
a '68 or so dark green roadrunner with little dog dish hub caps.
a red austin healey that had been backed out of a garage around the corner.
a 90's yellow mr2. the driver was getting a lesson on driving a standard transmission.
it was a sunny warm day.
It was right in front of Bertucchis.
I'd take either the 1973 or 1977 Chrysler Town and Country wagons over any modern SUV
Per the red 1977 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight - I had a light yellow 1979 model.
See the plate on that 59 Pontiac? "59 SUV"
did you go?
i'll be putting the insurance back on the 'stang soon.
Was it a rear ending accident or did it look like it was the Chevy driver's fault.
I would be crying if tha that happend.