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I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today! (Archived)
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every story referred to her being taken by someone in a Ford Granada.
there was a picture posted of a car the police confiscated.
all you could see was the greenhouse, but to me it was obvious it was an LTD II, not a Granada.
i got a sinking feeling that the authorities were looking for the wrong kind of car, this whole time. Hopefully, it was just another car they owned.
it's good to know what kind of car you are looking at.
sorry to be so serious.
This one was original, in red color, almost an orange hue actually, driven by a guy in his 50s.
I had my camera but he was going the opposite way so I couldn't take a picture.
The engine had a very distnictive sound.
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There needs to be a device to instantly snap a pic. The boot up time for a cellphone or normal digital camera is too long.
Very nice clean lines.
2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX
2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX
Anyway, on the way home, I spotted a first-gen Seville, in a green so pale it could almost pass for white, sitting in a driveway, looked to be in good shape. Across the street from it was a '76-77 or so Dodge Aspen sedan, in sort of a peach-yogurt color. Looked almost new, at least at a quick glance.
Then, less than a mile later, I spotted either a Maverick or Comet sedan in someone's yard. Dark blue, looked to be fair condition. It was too far away to tell if it was a Maverick or Comet at a quick glance, but it did have the big front bumpers, so I'm guessing '73-77?
His mid 70s Eldo hasn't moved all summer, and the W126 has been idle for awhile too. I think there's a 61 Ford hogging the garage.
...and it ran and was not rusted out?
I spotted either a Maverick or Comet sedan
While those cars were decent mechanically, take a look inside - only Ford could come up with such a stripper interior back then!
It was almost a bit too chilly this morning to put the top down...but that didn't stop me!
Heck, that's what you've got a heater for.
About 10 years ago, a guy at work had a Maverick sedan, that was lovingly maintained and looked almost new. He let me sit in it once, and it's not something that I'd want to repeat anytime soon. Very spartan inside, although this one was dressed up a bit by the red interior. It was still a neat little time capsule, though. I didn't like the seating position, but it might not be bad for a shorter person.
And unfortunately, the heater in my '67 Catalina doesn't work.
He has some kind of glasspack-sounding exhaust on it, I am sure it's a 383. It does look to be in nice condition, which is surprising as it has slept outside a lot lately.
I don't know how old or classic it really is. That's why I'm posting it. I did notice it's a two-door which is really unusual for that era in this area and it's a drab green that wasn't that common here.
$1000 or best offer.
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2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
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needs a nose job
i like this green on this car
hobson's choice
kinda nice
couldn't find the ad. :sick:
The '81 Datsun 280Z might be worth saving--depending how bad that body work really is.
I could've sworn that the Corvette had some kind of special edition model for 1982 though. I remember one of my former coworkers having one for a few months, and then getting tired of it and getting a 1973 or so Benz 450SL instead. Maybe they just had some kind of collector's edition to celebrate the end of the C3? I think it was a 2-tone black and silver though, sorta like those pacecar colors.
Per google there was a "collectors edition" in 82.
There was no '83 Corvette and in '84 of course they had a new chassis and body---the 1982 chassis was the same as the 1963 model, so that was pretty long in the tooth.
Now the truck speed limit was increased to 65 same as cars. I was against that personally because we have truck accidents that are occasionally bad for autos that are mixed in.
However the truck speed limit being raised has actually decreased the number of frustrated drivers. Surprisingly the two-lane interstates are generally flowing more freely. Some trucks are still going 58-60 and others travel near 65 and up to 72. A few are faster.
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>School bus
Driving in Ohio is different from a few other states I've been in.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScoW9KveKqY
Anyway, here's some useless trivia that some may find interesting. If you go to www.googlemaps.com and type in "267 18th Street santa monica ca" , and then go to the street view, you'll see something kinda interesting. It may not be recognizable at first because the house is on the corner of Georgina Ave and 18th st, and Google defaults to showing it on the Georgina Ave side. But move around to 18th st and view it from the front, and it should be fairly recognizable, albeit a mirror reverse....
About a month ago, one of my coworkers, who's also into this kind of stuff, went to CA, and I gave her the address of the Brady Bunch house. She and her friend took turns getting their picture taken out in front of it, just as the mailman came up. She said to the mailman "I hope we don't look like idiots, or that the owners think we're strange", and he said "Oh, they're used to it...just as long as you don't go up on their lawn or try to annoy them! In some of the pics my coworker took, I noticed there was a 1992 or newer Seville parked in the driveway. So after all these years, the Bradys are still keeping it American! :P
Beautiful.
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As for "Bewitched," I believe the Stephens family preferred Chevrolets. I've seen Darren driving anything from a 1967 Camaro to a 1970 Caprice. Didn't Larry Tate have a Corvette? I don't remember as I haven't seen the show in about 10 years.
I might have to stop off and give that one a closer look.
And Lemko, yeah, the Stephens family did prefer Chevies. In the older black and white episodes, before the Camaro came out, I think Darren drove a Corvair. Samanth had a '65 Impala at one point. Or at least, I remember seeing her using witchcraft to parallel-park one once! And yeah, Larry always drove Corvettes. I think Larry Tate is the reason that I always looked at the C3 Corvette as sort of a mid-life crisis car. :P
In the episodes where they visited Salem, they were driving around in a full-sized '70 Pontiac convertible. Wonder why they didn't just go with another Chevy? Or maybe they had dual sponsorship...Chevy AND Pontiac, by that time?
What about architects? Since Mike Brady drove ChryCo products, it's hard to do an apples and apples comparison to Maj. Nelson and Darrin Stevens.