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Actually hit a radar trap in Arkansas one day. The big discs hauled it down really quick, and as I went by I could see the deputy pointing the gun and shaking it. A buddy who was a cop said they were tricky to get a lock on, especially if you were hard on the brakes. He would pull one over just to let them know he knew they were speeding, even if he couldn't prove it. :shades:
Might be some money left on the table for an industrious lad.
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http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/954109807.html
2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX
Or some cheesy made-for-cable movie, like that one with the child molester in the black '69 Charger terrorizing the short-bus driver. "Wheels of Terror", or something like that?
I actually kinda like that car, although the "ran when permanently parked" part doesn't give me the warm fuzzies. If I could see proof that it could move under its own power...and you could clean it up without it falling apart on you, I'd be tempted to give it a spot in my yard. Well, if it was free!
Also, with a lot of those old cars, the doors really aren't as big as you might think. The car itself is a mastodon, but the doors themselves probably aren't any bigger than a modern compact. Cars may be smaller these days, but they make the doors bigger for ease of entry/exit.
I had a '67 Newport 2-door hardtop...same generation, but a fairly heavy restyle. It had a huge trunk itself, but I think the '65-66 was even larger.
I don't know if current state-of-the-art law enforcement radars do that or not, but I still use that technique if the need arises. Not that I would speed, of course
I really don't think the fiberglass did much of anything to the older style X-band radar units. X-band energy is just not attenuated that much by an eight inch of fiberglass. As was said, there's still all that metal behind the fiberglass anyway.
Fiberglass and other non-metallic materials attenuate the signal more at the higher frequencies, Ku and Ka, that a lot of the newer radars use.
had a lot of fun with it, but whacked it up and traded it on an 86 mustang gt.
"whacked eet oop", what exactly does meen thees, whacked eet oop?
:shades:
now there are 19 different colors, plus a couple of closets that i painted with a color that i didn't use as originally intended.
paint is cheap. go for it. i recommend priming first.
the walls look a lot flatter when the finish paint is applied.
some of the colors are reproductions of old colonial colors, so i guess it was decided to hold them, not fold them.
"You're a braver man than I, Gunga Din"
Certainly bolder, and I mean that in a good way.
my wife doesn't like my favorite color, but i managed to save it in a small area.
(And what did you paid that color???)
On topic: would you paint a project car that color? :P
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Still too Macho?
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ctd/951438724.html
Still didn't enough attention?
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/949771300.html
For those just feel that putting a deposit on a Tesla isn't a stupid enough gamble
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ctd/956356693.html
i was looking for a bonneville for you, but couldn't find one.
Sometimes I wonder if I should have just sunk some money back into my '68 Dart to get it roadworthy again, but after two of those things and over 112,000 miles combined, I'm sort of Darted out!
If you really want to relive the "Dart experience", I'm sure that you could find a fairly nice example for not too much money. In the current economic climate, I am already seeing people trying to unload their extra vehicles to free up some cash.
With older cars, like your Dart, there is usually no lien holder, so the seller can drop the price to whatever level it takes to find a buyer. With newer cars, that is frequently not an option, because there is a balance due to the bank that must be paid before the deal can be done.
"So long old friend, good-bye Dart..."
I don't think I'd be putting a deposit on ANYTHING that's not built yet. Well, maybe a Delorean or a Bricklin.... those were machines of the day!!!! :P
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2016 Audi A7 3.0T S Line, 2021 Subaru WRX
I suppose it wasn't very popular if it lasted only one year though.
Another case of rarity beginning caused by an initial repulsion of the buyers of the time.
Looks like Pontiac called this one "Iris Mist", while Chevy called it "Evening Orchid". To me, the color looks silver with a hint of purple. I like it. If that '64 Bonneville had looked like that, I wouldn't have minded it, but it was just too danged pink!
thanks
Jett
BTW, do you have any plans to go to the GM show again in 2009? I'm going to take my '67 Catalina convertible this time. Presuming it cooperates! If not, I'll have the LeMans again.
Will you be bringing the Catalina to Macungie? I remember waiting to meet up with you before Macungie last summer expecting you to bring the LeMans. I saw this blue New Yorker R-body coming around the curve and thought, "Oh, cool! Andre will like this! Somebody's bringing an R-body!"
I had an old early 70's Chrysler hubcap lying around that I put on it. Doesn't match, but it's better than nothing. I've been checking eBay every once in awhile for the hubcap I need, but never find it. The Diplomat/LeBaron used a hubcap that was similar, but looks cheaper.
As long as it behaves itself, I'll be bringing the Catalina to Macungie, too. After all the money I'm dumping into that thing, I'm going to get some use out of it! Hell, if GM and Chrysler merge before then, I'll drive it to the Mopar Nationals! :shades:
That really is a nice color. I never thought a pinkish/purplish color could look so tasteful, but GM found a way to make it work! I wonder if Ford and Mopar had some equivalent to it?
It's a shame we missed each other at the GM show this past June, but I think it's kinda cool that you at least got to see my disco era relic! It'll be fun to bring the convertible this time, though. I love my '76 LeMans, but the convertible is just soooo much cooler!
Of course, if I bring the convertible, watch it end up raining every blessed day of the 2009 GM show! :surprise:
Here's a pic I took at that show last year, of a '66 Impala in midnight blue. It's a big pic, too big to actually post here. Imidazol97 showed me how to re-size, but I forgot!
It's at the junkyard, but it's in an area where they keep the cars that they just got in, but haven't dismantled yet. I hate to say it, but I'm kinda tempted to go look at it, at least.
My mechanic also said that they had in some 80's RWD Mopar, but he's not that familiar with their nuances to know what it was. He tried to describe it to me, saying that it wasn't a police car, but it wasn't a 5th Ave either. It was newer and smaller than my '79 NYers, and it was ugly. He said it was nicer than a 5th Ave. I told him that there isn't anything nicer than a 5th Ave. Well, okay, there's lots nicer than a 5th Ave! :P But not in the Mopar M-body lineup!
Best I can figure out, it was a Dodge Diplomat S/E. Basically, a Diplomat with a plush interior, and a front-end that looked like the 5th Ave, with the headlights below the turn signals, and a crosshair grille.
Years ago, my mechanic rescued this 1959 DeSoto Firesweep wagon from the same junkyard. It's no longer his, but he sold it to a local guy a few years back, and it still pops up at local car shows from time to time.
you are definitely a keeper of the flame. our country needs more people like you.
heritage is great, but many times under appreciated.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
That DeSoto wagon looks quite nice. I have always had a soft spot for wagons.