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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I hope they find the vandal who chainsawed the pieces out of that car! :mad:
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    I agree its being a 1969 Tempest. The nose and the rectangular side mirrors are the key clues.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    It's a '68 IIRC.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
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    HINT: 1980s

    HINT #2: Often described as "The car for people who hate cars"
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670

    HINT #2: Often described as "The car for people who hate cars"


    Gotta be a Volvo 240DL ;)

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    gold star! Can you guess the year---actually I'm not sure.

    No, I didn't set fire to it myself.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,676
    Do they all smoke like that! :P

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    That 60 Merc had a somewhat weird shallow dashboard as well.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    yes the dealer said it was normal and I shouldn't worry. They all do that.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I'll say 1988 or so.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    It's a Dodge Monaco wagon, don't recall if they had a separate name for the wagon version. I'll say 1972ish.
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    I think it's kinda cool that they went to the effort to make the wagon a hardtop, though. But yeah, still kind of an ugly looking thing, overall. Mercury must have wasted a lot of money on that design. I've heard that the 1959 was all-new, although to me it just looks like they took a '57-58 Mercury, stretched the wheelbase a bit, and gave it a facelift. Anyway, the '59 was a poor seller...not exactly the right time to start making your cars even bigger than before! I think the '60 sold even worse, although overall sales were probably up thanks to the Comet. And the for 1961 they scrapped that Mercury-only body, and the new Mercury was just a dressed-up Ford. Probably a much better balanced, better-handling car, but suddenly there was little reason to pick a Mercury over a Ford.
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    I think Grbeck, Lemko, and I actually saw that very car at Hershey a couple weeks ago! And that does look like Hershey's Giant Center Arena in the background. That woodgrain applique on it was really, for lack of a better term, groovy!

    **Edit: Yup, it was at Hershey. Here's a view of the car from the rear.
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    It had been for sale, but by the time we saw it, I think it had been sold.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Those big rubber mallets on the bumper make me think it's a 1973 model.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Wagons this old, in any kind of good condition, are getting rare, because wagons were beat to death in their day. A niche market, but perhaps up and coming? Good "let's look cool" surfer cars at any rate.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,356
    I don't think those are 5mph battering rams. Look like steps for reaching the roof rack.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    The front shot shows rubber pads - the fact that the bumper itself isn't huge makes me also guess '73, the trasition year before the full 5mph standard went into effect.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yup, that's a 1973 Dodge Monaco wagon/400cid as seen @ Hershey.

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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Shoot, I imagine a Ford wagon of this vintage is a rare creature. My Dad had a 1972 Ford LTD Country Squire wagon that rusted with such a vengeance, a Vega, by comparison, would've appeared to have been stamped from the finest, most corrosion-resistant stainless steel alloy on earth. By the time he got rid of it, it looked as if mice ran through the body. It had a princely trade-in value of $150 in 1981.
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    You mean like this one, alleged to have been photographed in 1999 in Newburyport, Massachusetts?

    I really liked the styling of the early '70s full-size Fords at the time. Of course, I was in second grade in 1972. . .

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Easy, that's the Toyota Lexus Toyota Lexus ... LF-A.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Many a baby boomer could tell you station wagon stories about when they were growing up in the 'burbs. I grew up in NYC, so all our vehicles looked like cop cars.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Yeah! That's the one. Dad's car was a dark green metallic and it had two big bumper guards near the central grille. That styling was leftover from Bunkie Knudsen's short reign at Ford when he tried to make everything look like a Pontiac.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Buick Electra, I'll guess about 1977 or so.

    My dad had a coupe that looked just like that.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    OMG! That looks like my Uncle Daniel's car from back in the day! Same color! That's a 1973 Cadillac Sedan DeVille. I owned a 1975 model myself.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Easy, that's the... Lexus ... LF-A.
    'Bout time somebiody chimed in w that! ;)

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Did those share a platform with the Buick Electra? I should have noticed the Cadillac badge near the front.

    My dad's looked like this IIRC, I was less than 10 years old at the time so I just remember a lime green coupe with a white vinyl top, no B-pillar:

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  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    Yeah, the Electra, DeVille, and Ninety-Eight were all on GM's C-body (although I've heard the Caddy referred to as a "D" body from time to time). The B-body (Chevy/Pontiac, LeSabre, and Delta 88) were essentially the same thing, too, just a few inches less wheelbase, and less room in the back seat.

    The last year for a pillarless Electra coupe was 1974. They came standard that way, but if you paid extra, you got a landau top with stationary rear windows. I always thought it was annoying that you paid more money to have the windows NOT go down, but I guess with a/c, nobody cared anymore. Plus, that isolated personal luxury coupe look was all the rage, so they capitalized on that. For 1975-76, the Electra coupes all had stationary windows and a B-pillar.

    Those old hardtops are cool cars...just as long as you don't roll one over! :surprise:
  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    Quite correct--it's a '73 Sedan DeVille. Ours was the same dark green over light green, with a dark green brocaded cloth upholstery.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    So my dad's must've been 72-74, around there. I recall sitting in the back seat and the window definitely went down.

    I e-mailed him to ask.
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    this monster has caught my attention...
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    Any guesses as to what it is? Lemko, I know this would be too easy for you! It's actually for sale, but they want $6800 and I think it only has a 350. always liked the oddball hardtop roofline on these.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    I think that's a '74 LeSabre Custom coupe.
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    wow, that's a rare bird, indeed....an airport limo based on the FWD (this one's a '68) Olds Toronado. I think some of these chassis were also used for motor homes, IIRC. Since we're on the subject, this is an interesting site (discovered after seeing an 8-door '68 Pontiac sedan airport limo in a chase scene, of all things, on 'Hawaii Five-O' (one of the best shows, along with 'Jeannie', 'Bewitched' and 'Beverly Hillbillies') for car-spotting. Being an unemployed geek is bad. Anyway:

    http://my.net-link.net/~dcline/limoair1.htm
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    Very, very close! It's a '75.
  • wgraferwgrafer Member Posts: 592
    " And the for 1961 they scrapped that Mercury-only body, and the new Mercury was just a dressed-up Ford"

    It sure was! I remember taking a tour through the Mahwah NJ Ford Assembly plant in 1962. As I recall, about every 6th or 7th car on the line was a Mercury!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Renault maybe?
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Renault Gordini? I used to have an orange Matchbox car like that when I was a kid.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yup, it's a 1978 Renault 17 Gordini Convertible Coupe.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Datsun 210 wagon?

    1980 or so for the model year.

    I had a coupe that sort of looked like that.
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    .....it was her first car in high school (2-door sedan, baby blue, matching interior, 5-speed, rusty) but got her from Chicago to Florida when she ran away from home (with no oil changes, or anything resembling maintenance). It wasn't much fun to drive (spongy suspension, kinda wheezy engine) but got the job done, I guess.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    You just described my car to a T, even the color and rust. Wonder if we owned the same car?

    I sold it to a guy who replaced the clutch soon after. The exhaust was also leaking so I think he fixed that, too.

    Funny thing was it was Rear wheel drive!

    Not fun like a 510 was, though.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yup, as you probably know the 210 was known in many markets as the Datsun/Nissan Cherry.

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  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    I think her stepdad bought it for her (my friend) in 1987 or '88 (if '88 it was early, because she ended up buying a brand-new base Civic hatch that year). Chicago suburbs....?
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • stephen987stephen987 Member Posts: 1,994
    67 Camaro RS/SS. Beautiful.
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