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I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today! (Archived)
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The Avanti is in the top row of photos, below.
http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o13/geojerry/RM2010/
As posted on the Studebaker Drivers' Club forum.
Bill
That Audi 90, ugh. My principal in 4-6th grade had a 100 (similar), it was a POS then, as now. Not surprisingly barely any exist in the U.S.
Peugeot 504s have a certain soft spot for me. A super-hot late-teens/early-20s woman across the street from me (when I was, say 11-14, so you get the idea :shades: ) owned one (not a diesel; it was gas, automatic, dark green, dark tan interior, sunroof, power windows, I think). I do remember it breaking down on a fairly regular basis, though. I think her mom had a Corolla, a nice offset if you actually want to make it to work every day.
That 500SEL is sickening, though not a big fan of the paint color. I would do some things I'd probably not be too proud of to own that thing (and have done worse for less, admittedly), though I'm not certain it would fit in my garage (I guess I could get rid of the first three feet of crap to make it fit, though). I could even live with the 12 mpg, no problem.
And while both are nice, for what they are, the prices for both the diesel Maxima and Brougham (particularly the Max--they want EIGHT stacks, and who's gonna be able to fix that thing?) are insane, as has been noted, the mileage claim on the Maxima).
When I was in grade school, I knew a kid who's dad had a 504 diesel wagon. He had a French last name, and these paired together in my mind.
I'm also glad to see someone else swooned over the W126...color combination would be among my last choices, but the thing seems brand new, brings back memories of when I first really became interested in MB, when those things were new. I loved them then and that has never changed. Gorgeous timeless cars.
I was thinking the same thing about the pictures... Must be a big car that won't fit into one shot.. :surprise:
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I can recite most of my teachers cars from grade 2 onwards. (grade 2 - 77-79 T-Bird, grade 3 - newer Supra (among the coolest teacher cars), grade 4 - Volare coupe, and so on). I remember my grade school principal had an Accord hatch, which was replaced with a new-style pop-up lights...why do I remember all of this 25 years later? And of course I remember the cars owned by all neighbors too.
My little brother, who attended middle school in a different district than I, had a teacher who drove a then-new Alfa 164 and who also owned both a Ferrari Dino and a Ferrari 512. That always seemed a little ostentatious to me.
I think buckets were available in the Sedan de Ville in '62. Due to one of those memory quirks that characterize my relationship with cars, I know that they were available in '63.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
My English teacher who was a bit of a hippy had a Subary Loyale wagon. Mechanics teacher had an old purple VW Beetle.
Our socials teacher who was in her late 40s but was a bit of a cougar drove a late 70s Fairmont Future coupe. I really admired how ugly that car looked.
One of the gym teachers drove an early 80s Accord hatchback, and another had an old school early 80s Suburban (maybe to drive the whole soccer team to games).
Not much else that I can remember as we had a big high school.
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on a horizontal placed utility pole which were used as parking lot bumpers.
The administration was not amused.
and other of my teachers had a 1975ish Datsun 610 2 door. Truly ungainly looking car. I only remember this one because I test drove it when he was looking to sell it (yes, I started young as a stroke). But hey, it was a 5 speed!
awful running car. Seem to recall lots of hanging revs and backfires. And I think that was normal for it! No, I did not end up buying it.
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In that town there was a couple who were teachers, and they always drove older MBs, especially diesel W123s. My mother was friends with the wife, and I had the husband as a teacher in high school. He would always ask me for car advice. His wife later bought a W126 similar to mine. But I think nowadays they both drive boring cars, I think one has a Fusion...my mother still sees them now and then. I remember back in the 80s the wife had a blue 240D that she would beat on...once she hit the curb in front of our house so hard the hubcap came off :sick:
When I was in college, a professor drove a 66 Beetle that he bought new and had religiously maintained - it was pristine, and he still drove it daily. Another prof there had a 69 Caprice 2 door HT, that looked very clean and original. Other than that, stereotypical beige college professor cars, acres of Camcords.
One drove a '79 BMW 320i.. The other one was a mid-late '80s Toyota Corolla FX.
Learning disabilities and high school math, respectively.... :surprise:
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Thinking back about school principal cars...I remember the Accords, the next one had a Ranger, the next had a F150, and my high school principal had a Reatta.
Today's odd sightings include another Camry 5 door (I swear they are all here), a ca. 1970 911, a nice looking BMW shark coupe of indeterminate model, and lurking in a garage near where the fintail is stored, an early 70s looking 911 alongside a 67-69 Firebird...both covered with what looked like eons of dust.
"It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" is on TV right now, in HD no less...lots of obscure cars in that...still hurts to see that 61 Impala and that red on red 62 Dodge crash.
I'm from Ohio too. What grade were you in when all this happened?
(Mercury Capri, Librarian, 12th grade)
Spotted a late 80's Coupe Deville driven by an older guy in the neighborhood. It's very close to the pic except without the white top. If anything the one I see around the neighborhood is even cleaner. Except for the sharp angular shape you'd think it was a nearly new car.
There used to be a decent looking brown, old (69-72) Porsche 911 at a repair shope a few blocks away (half block from Cemitas Puebla, as seen on 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives'). On 'Streets of San Francisco', Micheal Douglas' charater drives a 911 Targa (uh, in SF on a cops' salary?).
One of my high school English teachers drove an early 1970s Dodge Dart.
I remember there was one of those in town when I was a little kid...I thought it was a mixture of a Volvo and some kind of old Jaguar. Pretty flashy for a brick!
6th grade: teacher had a new 1982 Accord hatchback. I think it was kind of a goldish/brown color.
9th grade: school secretary had a Pontiac Fiero. She drove past my bus stop every morning, and would wave. She was also hot! One morning, she actually stopped when she saw me standing there, and my 9th grade fantasies were running wild. Alas, she stopped because her car happened to break down right there, and she rode the bus in with me. One of the other teachers, who I recognized at the school but didn't have in any of my classes, drove a Horizon.
11th grade: Spanish teacher had a 1974 Electra, but I can't remember now which body style. I'm picturing a coupe with the stationary opera windows, which were optional that year.
11th grade: Shop teacher (well, they called it "Construction tech") drove a beat-up red mid-70's Ford pickup.
12th grade: Spanish teacher had a 1981 or so Datsun Maxima, the kind that would talk to you.
12th grade: Architecture teacher drove a 1985 BMW 318.
12th grade; Finally got that teacher who was driving the Omni. And he was STILL driving it!
That MB coupe is very nice. A perfect "GT" car----not fast and certainly no sports car, but a stylish comfortable cruiser. The later 3.5 V8 version is highly prized today due to its ability to quiet motor on modern freeways.
i did see a maroon saab 9000 today. had never seen that particular one before.
also, a late 80's white camry in nice condition.
yesterday, a light blue late 50's ford pickup. dropped in the front with an old guy driving it that looked like he had owned it for the last 50 years.
just remembered, yesterday, 2 high end of the line cousins in great condition, a mitsu 3000 gt and dodge stealth.
I also saw a SAAB 9000 yesterday (one of the later varieties, with the smallish front end, which I never liked), hatch, automatic, I think a CSE. Black, tan leather (yawn), automatic. Love the design of the 9000 (I drove an '89 CD turbo automatic from Chicago to NYC long ago), but I know they're in beyond-monster status mechanically. Shocking. :P
Two neat-o second-generation Mazda RX-7s; the first was a white turbo (complete with its original matching white wheels, I was impressed), and now I've discovered my neighbor bought one (black, don't know if turbo or not), with size-and-style appropriate, non-gaudy aftermarket rims. And it's in beautiful condition. I'll have to corner him and discuss this new toy, and perhaps convince him to allow me to take a spin. I think they're beautiful (yeah, I know they're kinda 944 rip-offs), though heard they're not the best cars ever. Mazdas rarely are, but they're usually fun, at least.
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Bewitched:
68 red Impala Custom Coupe, w rallye wheels (Darrin's mom visiting)
68 Camaro SS convertible (Tabitha riding shotgun), wire hubcaps, I think Grotto Blue (funny name) with matching interior
(inexplicably, cuz they only had one car), Darrin pulls up in a yellow-ish Concours Estate wagon. Fancy.
next day, 67 Camaro RS convertible, same blue. Lord.
In person, the only notable sorta-cool car spotted was a 1978 or 79 Olds Delta 88 'Holiday' coupe (the sorta-sporty version), gray with red interior. Drove by, didn't really get to 'look' at it so well.
Anyway, in that episode, Sam was driving a green '69 Camaro RS/SS convertible, same one I'd seen in a couple other episodes. Here's a shot of it, with a goldish SS convertible parked beside it, and a pale yellow Corvette, which I think was used as Larry Tate's car in a few episodes...
And here's a shot of Samantha backing in...notice the sign on the pavement that says "head in parking only", yet every single car is backed in!
Oh, and I was wrong about that shot having a bunch of Camaros in it...it just had the two. But every other car is a GM. Considering that some of those cars are a bit older, I wonder if they just had a casting call for crew members to put their own personal cars in that scene, just so long as they were GM products?
Bill
Back in high school I worked part time at a veterinary clinic, and the receptionist drove a '69 Camaro in that same shade of green. Hers was nothing special, just a 307...although I thought it was way cool at the time! (And still do...at least something like that would make a nice daily driver, instead of some high-hp, high-dollar beast that I'd be afraid to drive!)
Sometime in the early 70's, Chevy used a color called "Spring Green". Would that be similar to the "Rally Green" of that '69 Camaro? It's hard to tell sometimes, looking at scanned-in paint charts and photos.
And you know this how??
Check out the '68-69 Fiat color chart. Mind boggling.
Last night, the most beautiful, original-looking '71 Ford LTD coupe (white, red interior, original hubcaps, high-back seats, optional cornering lamps).
Here's a good representation of the color (at least on my monitor)>
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