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The '78-80 Montes were still the same size, but a bit more curvaceous and over-styled.
The Euro Ford Granada and US Ford Granada looked a lot a like, except that the former was boxier (which pointed the way for the Fox-based Granada later). They shared nothing in common, different engines, different interiors, etc. but they looked similar and may have shared some parts.
The Vauxhall Chevette looked a lot like a Chevy Chevette, but was a different car. http://www.chevettes.com/showimage.php?section=va&page=5&chev=50
Yeah, the '78-80 Monte Carlos and '78-81 Buick Centurys (RWD) are becoming pretty rare. I kind of like that generation of Montes, though the '78-81 Centurys were one of the uglier versions of that nameplate in my opinion. The FWD Century came out for 1982. All of the FWD A-bodies are pretty rare in 2-door versions. I saw a 2-door 1984? Century recently, though it was in somewhat poor condition.
As for Parisiennes and Caprices, well, I see a Parisienne almost every day :-) and I find that I still see a good number of all the '77-90 B-body wagons (though the Parisienne is the rarest). People keep them running, because they know you can't buy anything like them anymore.
-Andrew L
Traditionally, Impala and Catalina were the volume sellers, but as buyers demanded more upscale cars, the Caprice and Bonneville began outselling their cheaper counterparts starting in '77. The downsized Catalina peaked its first year, at about 46,000 units, and went downhill from there. In '81, they only moved about 10,000 or so, compared to around 90,000 Bonnevilles.
'77-81 Catalina 2-door coupes are especially rare. Now that doesn't mean everybody go hoarding them, now! It just means they weren't popular when new. I'd love to have a '77 Catalina coupe with a 400 or 403, though!
At one point he asked me if I'd be interested, since he knows I love old cars. I would've been, except for the fact I had too many already!
Well, he ended up "trading" the car for 8 E-pills (which I think is a street value of $200). When I found out he did that, I reamed him out! Not only over the whole drug thing, but if I knew he was gonna let it go that cheap I would've bought it!!
These are obscure cars, but I didn't spot them anywhere but on km77.com.
Go take a look folks... three new awesome Euro-market convertibles... the Ford StreetKa, the Peugeot 307 CC (hardtop roof), and the Citroen Pluriel.
Yesterday, I saw a '67 Chrysler 300 convertible (1594 produced). It's been sitting on various streets in my neighborhood lately.
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They were imported into the US by Malcolm Bricklin who imagined they'd be the solution to the oil shock of 1973 (the first of several losers advocated by Bricklin).
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
1976 Pontiac Astre: It was actually running, and looked to be in good original condition.
1998 Nissan Sentra Base: This is the model with black bumpers and 13" steel wheels with no covers. As I recall, these also had no radio and no A/C. I can't imagine that more than a few hundred of them were ordered.
-Andrew L
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They were, by 1937 standards, pretty quick cars--you can imagine a wooden framed British open car powered by a huge stragiht-8 flathead of some 125HP. A few Railtons were tuned up to 160HP, and were officially clocked at 0-60 in 8.8 seconds, as fast as some modern cars today. Of course, they were trucks to drive and they were not terribly popular nor terribly attractive in their day...not bad, but not great.
HOwever, obscure to be sure and hard to sell here in the US. You'd be lucky to get $20K for one, which isn't much for a classic 30s British open car if you think about it.
If it was open, like a golf cart, it was a Mini-Moke, a cool little contraption of marginal utility.
And Jrosmac, the Alfetta was a fairly good-looking car for the 70s, altho it bore no resemblance to the earlier Bertone GTVs/GTAs. I'm sure it wasn't any worse than any Euro car of the 70s as far as reliability was concerned (Shifty may think otherwise.) Don't confuse the Alfetta (rwd, DiDion transaxle) with the awful
fwd Alfa Sud (so named caused it was made in Naples, not Milan.)
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I also saw my first 2003 Honda Accord. Talk about an ugly car...
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My dad had a 1965 Corvair Corsa back when it was new. His wasn't a convertible, though. I believe '65 was the year they redesigned the suspension, so they weren't as hard to handle as the older ones.
-Andrew L
Great pics! Unfortunately I got about 2/3 of the way through them, and I exceeded your daily data transfer :-P
I love that AMC Pacer, and the '70s Buick wagon. Also, notice that the Focus in the first pic is already missing a wheel center cap. Those things fall off if you look at them funny!
One of these days I'm going to take some pics of the weird cars in my college town...
-Andrew L
I am uploading a bunch more pictures. My Mac.com homepage was temporarily down. I hope to have a few hundred photos eventually.