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2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I'd imagine you can just throttle gently and gain speed gradually. Hitting full thrust is probably suicidal.
I hope he doesn't wear a hairpiece.
If he gets rear-ended, that jet engine is most likely going to come out through his mouth.
The car with a tongue...neat
Looks nice
Looks cool, but I don't know about that paint scheme. Strange thing to say, but I love the font on the sides of the hood on 41-42 Packard 120/160/180
Ghastly...hard to believe people bought these new
Wow, what a freakshow...probably the only one left
Some nice patina here
It's called a "Chateau" because it's the size of one
Should go to England...a RHD ponton cabrio has to be impossibly rare, but only desireable in a couple markets
Neat wagon, crazy buy it now
But for some reason I still like it. I think part of it is because it's a 60's car they were trying to pass off as a late 70's car, and it's an interesting exercise in showing what a desperate, sinking company would resort to try and keep afloat. And hey, I do kinda like those seats. :P
The rims on it are actually prett cool IMO. They remind me of the rims on my Silverado. Chrysler had a rim similar to that in the 70's that was common on some of the big cars, too.
There were a lot of cool cars there, and I didn't take as many pics as I probably should have. I also got bored and started taking pics of the local wildlife (don't worry, no hookers, winos, pimps, or gangbangers :P ), the sky, etc. There's also a pic in there of my buddy with the Mark V, in a really groovy 70's shirt they gave him to wear. And way too many pics of my LeMans. Oh, and the third pic in, if you really, really focus, you can see Don Cheadle toward the center of the pic, wearing kind of a neon green shirt.
They gave me a 70's shirt to wear too, just in case they decided to have me driving around in any of the scenes, but it wasn't nearly as gaudy as my buddy's. It was itchy though. And didn't breathe well. With clothes like that, no wonder nudist colonies and streaking and stuff was so popular back then!
MATADOR---looks like the bull won this round.
RHD PONTON --- oi vey, why do people try to sell RHD cars in America?
Once again, here's the rule: "the only RHD car you can sell in America for any kind of reasonable money is one in which they only CAME in RHD...e.g., MG-TC. Otherwise, plan on offering a 50% discount".
49 Buick Sedanet --- love that car, great lines!
DYNA -- if we could only park a Plymouth Cricket in front of it and watch what happens...
Today I saw a ca. 1966 Continental convertible. White on white, not the best combo as it makes the car look even bigger than it is. Looked to be a good unrestored car.
They are fun to drive. It's kind of hard to get used to them though, because the steering does not "auto-return" when you take a turn...you have to re-center the wheel yourself after every turn.
Only the drivetrain is Maserati I think...the rest is French.
The movie is called "Talk to Me", and is about the life of Petey Greene, a local ex con, radio talk show personality, and civil rights activist. It's supposed to span from the early 60's to the early 80's. At least, for the scene my car was in, it was supposed to be 1982. From what I heard, most of the movie was actually shot in Canada, but then they came down here to do some location shots.
There was one car, a green 1973 Dodge Polara 4-door, that looked like it was in good shape except for some body damage to the right rear quarter. Oddly though, it had similar damage on the left rear quarter when I saw it from that side. Yet the trunk, rear bumper, etc seemed fine. I wonder if it got rear-ended in a peculiar enough way to cause both rear quarters to buckle in, but not do any other damage?
Or maybe the dude was just unlucky enough to get hit on both sides at different times? :confuse:
If they weren't such rust buckets ...
Just rare these days to see an AMC version running around, or maybe you just have to get stuck behind one to notice the badge.
Also, a tired looking 70's vintage Datsun, 210 I think. Kind of a chunky hatchback. You hardly see any of that vintage running around anymore, especially here in the NE, since most of them rusted away by the early 90's.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 Spyder Veloce
In a cream color that looked nearly perfect. Really was a hot car.
So how much of a nightmre are these???
You'd love it if you had one. They are very charming cars. One of the top ten fun cars ever made in all automobile history.
Of course, the one in the photo is no longer cheap! A "real" Veloce would set you back $35,000 if it were sharp.
But you could find a "normale" with a few needs for much less.
This little Alfa was amazingly modern for a 1956 design....alloy twin cam, bucket seats, 5 speed transmission, a convertible top that opened and closed like a dream.....doesn't this sound like a Miata 35 years ahead of its time?
If I had extra cash, it's the first car I'd buy as a new hobby car--probably the coupe version, the Sprint.
Light blue 1968 Ford Mustang with the "Cobra" wheels and black vinyl top and stripes.
Also a very old Saab wagon
1960ish? It was a fat looking thing!
movie review
What would be interesting to this group was the exterior shots around Washington DC that featured dozens of cars from the fifties and early sixties. Buick seemed to be the ride of choice for congressmen of the day. (Well, they weren't all men. One senator was played by a very young Betty White!!!)
james
IIRC, Betty White was kind of a babe back in her younger days. It'd be interesting to see some of those old exterior shots of DC, too.
Funny thing is, from a distance it didn't look like a little SUV as much as it did ten years ago. From behind, it blends in with the current crop of really tall narrow subcompacts.
The light blue one was in fair shape but need a repaint and a good interior cleaning and perhaps a new top. It was a four speed.
I only got a glance at the freshly washed maroon one but it looked in very good shape.
I also spotted a '67 or '68 Mercury Cougar, black vinyl over whit, looking very rough with primer spots all over various parts of the body.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
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Didn't they sell them as Bertones, after Fiat had closed up shop in the US? That's what made me think it was a later model...
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Parts available anywhere, no doubt
So many of these wound up in Canada
Nice patina
The freakshows you can buy in Canada...
Could be the best left, but the price is a little out there
Fantastic condition whale...same seller has another listed
Yeah it's rare, but get real
A sunroof manual W112 300SE finally turns up, and it's in this condition. Oh the humanity. At least it's not a LWB
Not many nice ones of these left
I could see Andre in it
No ebay time next week, I'll be out of town for a few days.
Plus, I just like the look of the 4-door hardtop roof. The coupe looks a bit disproportionate to me, like they just used the roof off of a '58 Impala, but on this car it looks too small. I think the 4-door just seems better balanced.
I kinda like that '72 Catalina, too. Kind of a weird shade of washed-out green, but somehow I think it works.
Anyone interested???
I must be getting soft in the head. :sick:
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Could it maybe be because it's solid black, instead of a two tone? I think that's one thing that goes a long way towards making the car look a bit more restrained. I've also noticed the effect with 1958 Oldsmobiles. Normally, I think the '58 Olds is about as bad as styling got for 1958, but I remember seeing one in a medium/dark blue single-tone at the GM Nationals, and that color reduced the eye-strain considerably.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93