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I can't believe the other fool turned DOWN the $12K. Smells fishy, don't it? :confuse:
I can't believe the other fool turned DOWN the $12K. Smells fishy, don't it?
I just hope the high bidder doesn't do what I did with the two cars I found on eBay...contact the seller and come to an agreement that's somewhere between the top bid and the buy it now price!
I don't regret doing that with either of the two I bought. But then, my '79 5th Ave had a buy it now of $1900. I was the top bidder at $703, and we agreed to $900. And with my '76 LeMans, Shifty, I remember you saying $2500 was reasonable for it. I was the top bidder on that one too, for around $2600 I think. IIRC, the seller's buy it now was $4500. I ended up paying $3K for it. I've been happy with the car, and If I overpaid by $500, I don't mind. To me at least, the car's worth it.
However, if I was paying between $12K-$14K for a car that might only be worth $5-6K, and then found out how much I overpaid by, I'd feel like a fool! But, maybe the seller had a shill or two planted to try driving the price up...who knows? I have a feeling it's not that easy to prove something like that.
Those were a very popular color combo in the Indiana/Ohio area back in their day--so I'm told. Green w/ light green in a blue green tone was also good.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Freaky
Neat Datsun
Not many of these left in unmessed with condition
As seen on TV
Almost a new car
Fancy K-car
Kind of a lowline interior ...but maybe for Andre or Lemko...
Plus, with the way that PCV valve hose is painted, and the throttle linkage, I really think it's been resprayed. It just looks too sloppy to be factory IMO.
The 350 on these cars had 175 hp, and I think it was a 4-bbl, as most 2-bbls were down to around 140-160 by this time. It might not be *too* thirsty with that engine, and might still be strong enough to move it around with some dignity. My grandparents had a '72 Impala with a Chevy 350 2-bbl, and it would get around 14 mpg in local driving, maybe 19 on the highway if you were gentle on it. Of course, a lot changed with emissions controls between '72 and '75! My '76 LeMans would struggle to get 16 on the highway with a 350-4bbl, but I think the Olds engine took much better to emissions controls than the Pontiac. Not sure how the Chevy engine compared in that regard...probably better than the Pontiac, not as good as the Olds.
That '83 LeBaron really shows how Chrysler brought luxury, or at least what passed for it in the early 80's, to the masses. It's Louisiana cathouse pimpy by today's standards, but back then, it's exactly what a lot of people wanted! And for being just guzzied up K-cars, these things were pretty popular for awhile.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
What was the LAST YEAR that GM made a true pillarless hardtop car?
(this is somewhat of a trick question).
There is no quibbling, there is no arguing, it is just one year as the correct answer. However, there are TWO body types that the last true pillarless appeared on, so there are two answers for the body type but only one answer for the year.
Now from 1979-85, the Eldorado/Toronado/Riviera coupes lacked a B-pillar and had a hardtop look. However, the rear windows were stationary. I'm sure you could pull them out if you put your mind to it and make the car look like a hardtop, but that's not a true hardtop in my book.
I don't know much about the foreign markets, but I could imagine something like Holden in Australia offering a hardtop Monaro for a few years longer.
If Cadillac comes out with their new CTS coupe in 2010, it will be the first GM pillarless in 34 years!
By '76 GM was only offering it in the Catalina, Delta 88, and LeSabre lineups. They started phasing out the big hardtop coupes after 1973. For '74, the Coupe DeVille had a stationary rear window, as those landau roofs and opera windows were becoming all the rage. The 98, Electra, and Grand Ville could be had with a roll down window and no B-pillar, or an opera window. The Impala Sport coupe was still pillarless, but the Caprice coupe was stationary. It had a thick B-pillar and a long, narrow quarter window that ran back to a narrow C-pillar. 1974 was also the year that the "colonade" style hardtop roofline was adopted for LeSabre, Delta, Catalina, and Bonneville coupes. 1974 was also the year that the Riviera went pillared, but I'm not sure about the Toronado.
In 1975, GM's hardtop sedans adopted that new roofline with the more squared-off C-pillar and the triangular quarter window set in it. Also that year, the Electra/98 coupes were pillared only, with stationary windows. The Grand Ville was the same, and this year the Bonneville adopted the Grand Ville, rather than the Catalina roofline. I think the Impala hardtop coupe also went away for '75. At least, all the '75-76 Impala coupes I've ever seen have been pillared. So that left just the LeSabre, Catalina, and Delta coupes offered as a hardtop for '75-76.
I'm a bit disappointed that the new Challenger isn't a hardtop. The concept that was making the auto show routes was, but the production model has a flush-mounted stationary rear quarter window that hides the B-pillar. I guess most people really don't care if the back windows roll down or not, but I think it's a cool feature. That's one reason why I like both generations of Legend coupe.
That would be way cool, if Cadillac really does make a CTS hardtop coupe.
2002, the last year for the Fourth Gen F-bodies (Pontiac Firebird & Chevy Camaro), neither had B-pillars so threy were in fact hardtops.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
If you were going to call the 2002 F-bod a hardtop, well isn't the current Corvette closed coupe pretty much the same theme?
Speaking of hardtops, that's one styling cue MB has kept...I think there's been at least one hardtop in the Mercedes lineup since 1961.
Yeah, I thought it was cool that BM did that. Especially once they came out with that more reasonably-priced hardtop. The CLK I think it's called? I mean, it's still probably around $50K, but I imagine that's still a drop in the bucket compared to the big one!
A Camaro would be a 2D Coupe. Nobody ever calls it a 2D hardtop. The technically accurate name for a Camaro would be 2D "closed coupe".
A 2D with a post or fixed window should really be called a 2D sedan IMO. Sometimes they call them club coupe.
91-93 Alfa Spider: The last of the Spiders are very reliable vehicles that can be used without much worry.
75-80 MGBs (rubber bumper cars): They may not have the cachet of the earlier chrome-bumper versions, but these can be excellent daily drivers. A good buy.
80-81 Triumph TR8: Though some may not like the styling much, these cars are perhaps the best Triumphs ever built. The exhaust note can be very satisfying.
I think back ca. 1983 a 300CD would have been about 30K, with a SEC (both hardtops) being about 50K, so I guess it is relatively equivalent.
TR8--well, okay, everyone's entitled to their opinion but I have to agree---the car has the build quality of an Italian frozen TV dinner tray and the engine is a slug unless you spend $$ to breathe on it pretty heavily. A Honda Accord would slap that car silly.
Rubber-bumper MGBs -- I'm sorry, ugly is forever. You want a cheap drop-top, buy a Miata and be happy.
Daimler Double Six coupe but a convertible. This was a conversion carried out by Avon, apparently the did about a dozen Daimlers and somewhat more of the Jag - basically they chopped the roof off an XJ-C. The owner reckoned there are only a couple of the V12 Daimler version, and he's probably right...
Also saw an Austin 1100 MkII, which used to be Britain's best selling car, but is virtually extinct now.
Porsche 911S - with American style huge rubber bumpers - particularly the rear which looked like a sofa stuck on the back !
Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn long-wheelbase limo - Park Ward.
Styling is subjective so we'll leave that out. I'm sure the exhaust note on a TR8 is sweet but that's characteristic of most V8s fitted with a sporty exhaust system.
The best built Triumphs were the TR-250s and TR6s (1968-1973). My brother's 250 had much fewer problems with poor bodywork , carbeurators and electrical components than my TR-4A built only two years before. The six, while not especially sporty is refined and smooth compared to the earlier 4. TR-6 bodies were built by Karmann. They were bound to be tighter and longer lasting than earlier British built bodies which were astonishingly crude even by 1960's standards.
The Wedge cars have a terrible reputation as some of the worst built sports cars ever to grace these shores..
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I guess in the UK they called it a TR5?
Yep, I believe yours was called the TR5 P.I. (Petrol Injection). Ours had dual Strombergs, just like those on my '66 TR4A. I've gotta believe the Fuelie was a real sweetheart to drive and IMO the Michelotti style was prettier than the somewhat incoherent Karmann styling of the later TR6.
I am a charter member of TA (Triumphs Anonymous). If you ever get an overwhelming urge to buy a Triumph call us at 1-800-LUCAS-SUCKS.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
...white 1971 AMC Ambassador sedan with black interior and dog dish hubcaps.
...horribly pimped-out red and black 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille.
"Does it come with air conditioning? Will you take my Grandma in partial trade? she has a few good years left in her. Good cook and can do laundry but dont climb stairs too good anymore."
he had me take it out for a drive. :shades:
i felt like i was in a ww11 fighter. loved how the fenders kept you focused straight ahead. i could see the tach, but the speedo was blocked by the steering wheel.
i took it up to about 5500 at one point, but that was enough for me.
the bottom hinged pedals were a little weird at first, but i just adjusted the part of my foot i used for the clutch.
i am defintely going to have to come up with a nickname for it.
'87 BMW 325is.. red.. great body.. typically worn tan leather interior.. Looked great for 20 years old.. smelled of gasoline, though..
On the way home..
'85-'87 BMW L6... that's the luxury edition 6-series.. Pretty rough... If they put about $15K into it, they'd have a nice $6K driver... :surprise: .. Surprised they could even afford to keep it running..
Last night.. in town..
Early '90s Subaru wagon... RHD.. rural mail carrier vehicle... In white.. NICE!!
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http://www.corvettefever.com/featuredvehicles/corp_0704_1966_chevrolet_corvette_- c2/photo_10.html
& a guy driving a 71' Mach 1 Mustang.
http://www.mustangreview.com/1971mach1.htm
Spring is just around the corner, probably another month before the good weather.
over the weekend i saw a similar style mustang headed east on I-84. dark green and not a mach 1.
it was warm enough today that i decided to start up my '91 mustang.
i wait until the sand is picked up to start driving it.
the landscapers are out working on the lawns, so spring must be on the way!
Nah, they were too fat and heavy to actually jump it...they sort of just teetered and fell into the pool and got the sharks so sick they threw up. :P
i think of those as a german version of the chysler fuselage cars.
it was in pretty good shape, but one day i drove by it and one of the fenders was dented pretty good, and i thought to myself, 'well that car is totaled'.
i have to give the owners credit, it's fixed and looks pretty good again.
Funny thing is that I live in Jersey burbs of Philly, and the bike had PA tags, so he must have even crossed the bridge on it!
Stinky though. I assume it was a 4 stroke running rich or burning oil?
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
These are wonderful bikes to drive, as they are light, very torquey and handle extremely well. You can buy really nice clean ones for around $6,000--$7,000, turn key all ready to go. The perfect twisty road bike that you can fix using discarded items you find on the street. No motorcycle freak should die without having owned one.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I guess that's what the public must have wanted back in the day, though. Seems like I see the Landau version more often than the true hardtop, so I guess the buying public actually WANTED those thick roof pillars.
Oh, and this one had oversized rims on it, too. Not quite 22 or 24", but still way too big. Maybe an 18"?