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Too bad, Mitsubishis are now very good cars.
67 (pretty sure only because of the steering wheel, 67-69s look alike to me) Thunderbird coupe, black, quite nice 10-footer (so-so amateur paint)
67 red Firebird 400 convertible, owned by the local Pozoleria guy, he's selling (wants something like $28k, eeek---I keep trying to remind myself that this was a $4k mass-produced car when new)
80(?) Trans-Am turbo Pace Car (white, prisine, had that nice, thick checked velour interior, those turbine-y looking wheels, T-tops, the contact paper dash, power windows and the cool Trans-Am steering wheel)
beat up 66 Buick Electra 225 coupe, I see all the time; can't imagine one as a daily driver, for the gas usage alone
the most beautiful example, if that's an adjective we can use for one, Checker Marathon station wagon, dark green (I think they stopped making these way before the sedans....this looked late-60s, if judging purely by smallish bumpers)
Plus, the one I saw was an M-model... Twin turbo V-8.. $81K :surprise:
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The one I saw was a sad little rat- dented and making blue smoke.
Are they worth anything? :sick:
Looked pristine and restored, early model, and it wasn't on fire or wobbling or anything like that.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
(cellphone pics)
I didn't post the drivers side pic because there's a big dent in the front fender that makes the car look pretty horrible :shades: . The paint is old and faded unevenly - original perhaps, and metallics never age well if not maintained. Light surface rust on the chrome that could easily be cleaned, but not much rust on the body. Rotten old tires, who knows what it is like under the hood. Interior was pretty decent though, and I noticed it had a Wonderbar radio. It's not as nice as it looks in the pics, but it's not horrible and shouldn't totally be a lost cause if one can do work by themselves. They want $2500 for it, but I am sure it could be had for 2 grand or less.
Excellent BUT: It was that soft green the Chrysler liked in those years, with a white vinyl top and a green interior.
Somehow that dragged the desirabilty meter down into the low end for me. I understand about how hot it gets in Texas, so the white top makes practical sense. Still, since there's nothing practical about a 1970 Dodge Charger anyhow, why not a black roof.
Would putting black vinyl in place of the white bring up the desirability enough to offset the fact that the car wouldn't be factory original anymore?
It sure would have in my book.
Looked like this but not this pretty green
More like this green... but a little softer
They had SIX shades of green that year! There was a light green that seemed popular back then, sort of a sage green I think it's called, that I always thought was pretty nice. Probably what Chrysler called the "light green poly", while that olive color was probably the "dark green poly". I wonder what shade of green that Charger with the white roof is? Looks metallic, and emerald to me, and I don't think it really matches up to anything on that paint chart. Of course, sometimes those scanned-in images don't always reflect the true color.
I got to experience first-hand what a difference color can make when it comes to heat, when I bought my second '79 New Yorker. It's midnight blue, with a matching cloth interior that's sort of a corduroy pattern, with a bit of vinyl trim in places. My first NYer is light creme, with a matching leather interior. On hot days, the blue one becomes downright brutal, and heats up much more quickly, and much worse, than the creme one. I knew color made some difference, but didn't think it would be THAT noticeable! Still, that's changing the color of everything...body, roof, and interior. I wonder how much of a difference changing just the roof would make?
Those old 60's cars (and for all intents and purposes, a '70 Charger is still a 60's car) tended to have better fresh-air ventilation than later cars, what with the vent windows, roll-down rear windows, the big fresh-air vents under the dash, etc. Plus, they weren't sealed as tightly, which probably helped with heat build-up. And I imagine even little details, like the way the side glass curved in so much more on the 70's cars, letting in more of the sun's rays, made a difference. So even with a black roof, something like that Charger might not be too bad.
My '68 Dart used to be black, with a black vinyl interior, and I don't remember it being too bad. I was a lot younger back then, though...22 when I bought the car, and 23 when I repainted it back to its original white, so I probably had a higher tolerance for pain back then!
I think it had PW, yeah...the little cranks are for the wing/vent windows, I think....I remember my Galaxie had normal cranks for the side windows, and small ones for the wing/vent windows. The fintail just has a round dial that is turned to open those windows.
I think that car would be a fair enough deal for 2 grand, assuming that it has no major mechanical needs....but if one does a nut and bold restoration, they are still going to be buried alive in it.
Sounds like it might be a neat car to have and drive around in for $2K or, hopefully, less. Like Ghulet, I've always had a thing for those big 4-door hardtops. I'd never put any serious money into it though, unless it was a true labor of love.
What would that thing have in it, like a 394?
I will say I like that color combo a lot...the exterior color reminds me of the "diamond blue" of my old W126...a color that doesn't seem to work well on most modern cars...or it is seen very seldom anyway.
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We're going to have to ask you to stop by there when the place is open for business and inspect the car for us!
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The blue car had vertical sewn lines in the inserts like the brochure....the insert cloth also seemed kind of wrinkled, I don't know if that was a factory texture or an age issue.
I won't be down there again for about 8 weeks probably...but it might still be there. I'll make an offer on your behalf :P
Thanks to this board, I knew what it was!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DODGE-DART-LIMO-1962-NUNRUNNER-V10-T56-6SPD_W0QQi- temZ270421689672QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item3ef6638548&_trksid=p4- 506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A-2%7C39%3A1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge-1968-Dodge-Monaco-Woody-Stationwagon_W0QQit- emZ260438936526QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item3ca35ecbce&_trksid=p45- 06.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A-2%7C39%3A1
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ctd/1246921358.html
1970 oldsmobile cutlass supreme - too bad about the sunroof.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/1254332720.html
This will never get finished.... too bad too
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/1243030263.html
MAYBE this one will get finished....
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/1250055133.html
I also saw one of those huge fuselage-era MoPars, also a 4-poster. It wore a very appropos license plate: QE2
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
And, what happened to the firm..was it absorbed by a larger automobile maker?
In googling the GT-37, it looks like it was advertised as sort of a poor man's GTO. It came standard with a 350-2bbl, rather than the Chevy-6. However, you could order it with bigger engines, like the 400 and 455.
When my friend was still in college, at the U of MD, one day he came out to the parking lot to see some fresh body damage down the side of his car. He got really upset about it, but then really went ballistic when he saw that the car in the spot next to it, a newish Honda Accord (this would've been around 1981-82 I guess) had damage on it that matched up! Yep, that's right, the perp had the nerve not only to hit his car, but just leave their car blatantly parked right next to it!
Well, it turns out it was owned by an Indian girl, new to this country (and driving, evidently) and she said that she thought it was okay to hit my friend's car, because it was an old car! :surprise:
Ultimately, that car gave way to a 1982 Bonneville with the bigger Buick 252 V-6. Sometime in the late 1980's, my friend got it repainted, in its original light jadestone. Within days of the repaint, one rainy fateful day, a mid 1970's Royal Monaco wagon wiped out, crossed the center line, and took him out along with a late 70's Cutlass Supreme and a Citation. Must have been pick on GM day! The Cutlass and Bonneville were totaled. I don't think the Citation was totaled, but it wasn't driveable either. The only car that drove away from that scene was that mammoth Royal Monaco!
1st a 1988 325. Odd part was that it was an iX. I didnt even know they made them that early.
And the nice one inthe garage. A gen 1 (forgot to ask which year) red M3. All original, super clean and totally stock.
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An early Sl Mercedes convert. Red. Passed the other way, so didnt see the badges, but I assume it was a 190SL?
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I think you could get the Pontiac T-37 with racing stripes and a spoiler. It also cut costs by things like a fixed rear seat window that didn't roll down, and despite the sporty options I think it still had a bench seat. I believe there was a "heavy Chevy" or some such version Chevelle as well that was a poor kids fake muscle car back then. I just could never get into racing stripes on a car. I always liked the 71/72 Plymouth Sebring coupe. I thought it was a sharp looking car, but I don't think it really sold all that well. In fact, I think it did better with the 73 restyle which I personally found kind of boxy and less attractive. I also liked the 72 fastback Torino coupe and its roofline, but I think that style was also short lived. I guess the message back then related to the cars I liked was that I was either avant garde or the only taste I had was in my mouth!
The firm went under in Germany in the early 60s, but was made in Mexico until around 1970. Some kind of financial shenanigans.
And about a decade later, Pontiac would bless us again with the "T" prefix with the awesome T-1000.
And, what happened to the firm..was it absorbed by a larger automobile maker?
I couldn't tell you definitively but I first became aware of them ca. 1957-8 and they ceased production in 1961. The primary export to the US was the Isabella Sport Coupe, a lower priced competitor to the Mercedes 190SL.
Production machinery was sold to a Mexican according to Wikipedia where they were produced from '67-'70.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I passed a Mustang convertible for sale this weekend, thought the sign said $2000 so I stopped to look. It ended up being $20,000. I think it was a '73, It was one of the bloated ones. Pretty pricey for probably one of the more undesireble Mustangs.
Mr. Borgward made some interesting cars, even a racer. But he was apparently a very eccentric, egomaniacal type, and drove his company in a wrong direction.
He could have been a contendah....he could have been somebody... :P
The cars have a decent following in Europe, and quite a few seem to have survived, so they were probably solid.