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And with Ford, I still see big Lincolns and Mark V's, but very rarely do I see a Marquis or LTD from that battlecruiser era.
Another example is the Chrysler R-body, built from 1979-81, it was Mopar's last stab at a true full-sized car. Of them all, the NYer 5th Avenue was the priciest and rarest...only 15K built for 1979. Now the R- is a car that's pretty rare in general nowadays...most of the cheaper models were actually sold as police cars and taxis, so they've all been used up. And as they became used cars, it was popular to take the NYers and 5th Aves and put them into taxi service as well. Plus, build quality really wasn't that great on them, and they'd start rusting before a Ford or GM of the era would. Still, I see an occasional 5th Avenue here and there. There are usually a few on the show field at the Carlisle Mopar Nationals. The lesser Newport, St. Regis, and especially Gran Fury (an '80-81-only model) are almost non-existent, though.
I think what happens, even with these less-desireable cars, is just that people with more money end up buying them in the first place, and hold onto them longer and take better care of them than people who bought the cheaper models.
-Andrew L
4 door. It said lexus on the back. It had a
chrome grille with a lexus badge on it. But NO
other #s or markings on the side. It had Ontario
plates and a lexus dealer plate surround.
Also a Pontiac Firefly aka Geo/Chevy Metro.
ANY Canadians out there know about that lexus?
However, the Corolla-sized Lexus is probably the current IS300:
http://www.lexus.com/models/is/index.html
Only had a looksee at 110 kms and heavy traffic on the 401.
TB
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
performance modified Volkswagen and especially, Audi cars.
The ur-Quattro is what the call the original Audi Quattro that came out in coupe form in 1980. Not a lot were sold but there were two there at the shop today. The black was an '84 Turbo that belongs to one of the techs, he told me that it has 215,000 on it. Both cars were in good original #3 condition.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
...And a gen-u-ine, aluminum body, built by Shelby's own shop as a race car, formerly-driven-by-Dan-Gurney, big block Cobra. The current owner races it in vintage events. You couldn't carry on a conversation within 50 feet when it was idling. If he was within 100 feet of me on the track I couldn't hear my own engine. A fast car driven well. The driver was using the whole track (and then some in a couple of places).
-Andrew L
So it's getting rare-ish but not really rare relative to some other orphans.
Yesterday, I saw an '86 SAAB 900 Turbo convertible. Not exactly 'obscure', but the '86 was the first year they were built, the only year with the non-composite headlights. Only 350 were sold here, all were silver.
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I am not able to tell one year of Checker from another, but hadn't seen one of any description in a long time!
Scott.
A big primitive tank, very uncomfortable and clumsy, even by 1963 standards. But you could knock down somebody's house with it, if you had a mind to do that. My conception of a Russian sports car, circa 1946.
I have seen both the standard and long wheelbase(limousine) Checker Marathons.
I have seen pictures of the long station wagon model (was it called the Aerobus?) that had 4 doors on each side, but never seen one in the metal.
Cheers,
Scott.
-Jason
I also saw a Pontiac Trans Am and an Oldsmobile Achieva in Austria!! Haha
I also saw a Checker Marathon today, pre-1973 (small bumpers), a long-wheelbase sedan with a lovely oval opera window through its vinyl roof. Stunning!
Haven't heard from you in awhile. I hope all is going well and it's good to see you're still around.
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I am actually not in France, I changed my flag when the whole "weapons of mass destruction" malarkey was going on. I felt the French needed defending, and that they were gutsy to go with what they felt was in their national interest.
I am currently trying to get my permanent work permit settled in the UK, but I am having much harder of a time than I thought.
Steve, Host
When did they come out? Early 80's?
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
My college buds and I drove it full of gear from coast to coast on many a climbing trip. The engine was so simple I gave it a full tune up and changed a water pump without even looking at a book (late 80's so no WWW yet). What a great little car.
When it first came out for 1978, it was probably the first domestic subcompact that could really be considered modern and up-to-date. Also one of the first domestic subcompacts to offer a 4-door version. Actually, it may have been the first...I'm not sure what year the 4-door Chevette came out.
I thought that as a drive, the Omni/Horizon was a blast. It had power that was so much greater than any car its size at the time. But the whole thing was thrown together so cheaply that it resembled a bucket of bolts. I mean, the nameplate of the model would fall off. The carpet wore through to the floorpan by about 50k miles. I had friends that would need to get in the backseat to drive as both front door handles broke off ...
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
If it had only been reasonable to maintain ...
-Andrew L
My college sweetheart thought it was a kick. She used to like to crawl in with me instead of waiting by the door. I almost did not want to get it fixed.
Kind of funny how at 19 the defects of your car are almost more important to you than the good things.
My Chevette was a solid car EXCEPT that the molding strips would always fall off. I must have glued those things on twenty or thirty times and they would not stick on.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93