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Funny thing is, all us locals lovingly call Glen Burnie the "Armpit of Anne Arundel County" (and now that I've made that slam, watch me end up living there someday!) So unless she's an out of towner, I'm guessing her car payment is running neck and neck with her mortgage! :-P
It was amusing watching her try to leave the parking lot too. Naturally she had to swing it extra-wide, wanting "her half out the middle", as Granddad used to say, and almost snubbing an old Cutlass Ciera wagon in the process!
Oh yeah, I also saw an early-50's Hudson 2-door hardtop. Real light green, looked like it had been well taken care of.
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A lot of chains can't survive in Austin because we have the luck of being the headquarters for both Schlotzsky's and Whole Foods. We have probably 25 Schloztsky's in town at least, where some cities are lucky to have 2. We also have a near monopoly in the grocery store industry, too. I think 75% of the market is HEB.
Notable ones (there are others):
One has: Chevy, Buick, Cadillac, VW, Audi, Subaru, Saab, Hummer, Honda, Acura, BMW, Saturn, Isuzu, Mini, Oldsmobile, and Suzuki
One more: GMC, Audi, BMW, Pontiac, Nissan, Chrysler, Volvo, Mitsubishi, Kia, Porsche, Ford, Acura, Honda, Dodge, Mini (almost every location is self-contained, all along one strech of road)
Many others too, but they are statewide, and probably have a dealer or two for almost every model.
BTW Matt, nice pics. That Pontiac wagon up on jacks is a '64 Catalina. The Buick wagon is a '70. I think that year Buick just called the full size wagons "Estate", instead of "Electra Estate" or "LeSabre Estate". Having 4 portholes, you'd think it'd be an Electra, but the rest of the trim (or lack therof) makes it look more like a basic model.
Anyway, I will need to update my site and put the correct model names for those wagons. I know of probably another 50 cars I can take pictures of, so stay tuned!
Also, I saw an Audi 100 (mid/early '90s model), and I look at them at think at how nice they look, and then remember their stale reliability problems. darn...
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I wonder how many of those are still running around.
I saw a '49 or 50 Ford that was either once a wagon or a sedan delivery. It had been lowered, all chrome trim removed, and bamboo siding put on it with rattan. Chrome spokes, whitewalls, jet black inside and out, surfboard on top. Actually looked GREAT!
Avanti coupe - don't know year, pristine condition
'66 Chrysler Imperial - had his Honey sittin' close
the new Z - very nice and fast
chopped and lowered old Mercury - also very nice
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The Fraternal Order of Procrastinators
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Speaking of Neons, do they have a power option for the rear windows yet? I remember when the current-gen first came out, if you got power windows, they were front-only...the rears were still crank-operated.
You are joking right?
A lot of the non premium brands like Renault and Peugeot still practice this.
GM did the same thing with its downsized intermediates for 1978. Evidently, the public outcry was loud enough to make them think twice about doing it again, as the Citation and other X-cars of 1980 had rear windows that rolled down about 1/2 way. Too bad the public didn't cry louder though, as the intermediates had those damn stationary windows right up until the last G-body Cutlass Supreme sedan rolled off the assembly line in 1987.
Chrysler, which had much more to lose by pissing off customers, reacted pretty quickly. By 1982, they were making the windows roll down, about 3/4 of the way. They originally made them stationary to save money, but found that it cost about the same regardless of whether it rolled down or not.
I can't imagine that they're saving that much money by skimping on power windows in the rear for the Neon, but for some reason they keep doing it!
I saw a weird truck today. It was some kind of ancient Japanese pickup truck, but a diesel. Looked like from the 60s, probably an Isuzu I'd guess. I couldn't read the logo because the front end was smashed in. The diesel part was no secret, however.
Looks like it hasn't been driven for years, an idea with some credibility, but it's a handsome car. I wonder if a tuned VW engine would fit in the back?
I might be tempted but previous experience rescuing a '65 Fiat 1500 cabriolet from the wrecking yard taught me all I want to know about bringing back weird cars with minimal parts sources and no resale value.
Nothing like working that hard and finding out nobody cares--yessir!
Just a reminder that every Thursday you can join the Subaru Crew for a chat session from 6-7pm PT/9-10pm ET. Stop in to talk about Subaru or just to say hello!... We had a great turnout last week, but there's always room for more, so stop by and join in this week! Hope to see you there!!
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I saw a PT Cruiser the other day - nothing obscure there, but it had a surfboard on top. I live in Boise....
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I just know I'm going to get flamed for that remark though, because I'm just cooking up an answer. But hey - go ahead and get steamed about it if you want... it was just a half-baked idea that I shouldn't have put on the table.
After all that, I can't give you the real answer but someone else will.
Tarik
Yeah, "rotisserie" restoration is the new buzz word in ads for collectible cars.
Actually, it is SUPPOSED to mean that this is a stripped down frame/body without glass or trim or paint or upholstery on that rotisserie, not that you somehow bolted a complete car on there and spun it a few times to level out the bondo.
Other similar terms:
"nut & bolt"
"frame-off"
"cost-no-object"
DEVIOUS TERMS:
"sympathetic restoration"
"partially restored"
"ready to restore" (my favorite)
I was flipping through my past appraisal files and came up with a few truly obscure cars I have had to evaluate over the years. Ever hear of any of these or see any?
Bitter
Chevrolet Canopy Express
Moretti
Dodge Lancer La Femme
Stanguellini
Simca Aronde
Berkeley
Bond Equipe GT
Packard Hawk
Alfa Montreal