How do I post a picture on the forum now, since it got changed ? Can I post straight off my computer or do I still need to put it on a webpage hosting it, like Flickr...
When you click the "folded corner" icon at the top of the posting box, you can browse for an image on your computer. Or you can paste a URL underneath the browse box (below the red line).
Supposedly you can also drop an image from your computer into the "drop image/file" box, but I haven't played with that. Hm, that seems to work okay too. (I'm using IE - your browser may act a little bit differently).
@fintail said:
Maybe he means 200 4-speed models? Cool that the car is local, and has year of manufacture dealer plates.
Speaking of Pintos, my paternal grandmother had one when I was little. I vaguely remember it - a hatchback model, I think with the large glass window. She'd later have multiple Cavaliers. In the late 80s, my dad somehow got an urge to buy a Pinto "Cruisin Wagon", and at the time, there were still a few around, I remember looking at them with him. I think my mother objected to it, and that was that.
I'd forgotten about the "Cruisin Wagon" until you mentioned it. It was a cool vehicle. I'm trying to imagine how a 2015 Focus variant of that would look. I'm thinking that if it were done right, it might draw a lot of attention to the Ford brand, even with limited sales. Maybe Ford should have done it with the previous generation Focus, when they offered a wagon version.
That reminds me of the much-maligned Vega Panel Express. I liked the concept and it was introduced at the same time as the other three bodystyles. I remember seeing a hippie-looking guy who ordered a new '74 dark green panel express at our local Chevy dealer that was actually quite loaded for a panel express. I told him I thought it was cool and he thanked me. I did see it come back in on a wrecker probably three weeks later.
I still liked them. I could enjoy a '75 or later Vega wagon today and wouldn't worry too much about the usual stuff said about them, at this point.
BTW, steve, thanks for the picture information. I'll have to actually try it.
Focus wagon--I always liked that for a Focus and it would've been the one I'd have considered. I disliked the two-door hatch big-time. I didn't like the current Focus for styling when it came out but it has grown on me. I also admit to starting to like the current Fusion in profile, although I dislike the front end and am 'meh' on the rear-end. Wish there was one with bigger wheels and tires that fill the wheel openings. If there is such a model, apparently I haven't seen one yet.
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@berri said:
...But then, if buyers were willing to buy other than basic color cars, we'd probably have more choices today I suppose. No -I'm not wearing plaid sans-a-belt slacks and white bucks and belt
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Funny! I saw this online a few days ago:
Everything Old is New Again: Sansabelt Pants are Back
NEW YORK, NY - April 5, 2014 - No, it’s not a punch line to a joke. Sansabelt pants are back in production after 20 years.
The appeal of basic colors must be a somewhat subconscious choice. I've had 1 gray and 2 silver cars and the last 2 new cars were both white. One new car was blue-but that was only because the white car I test drove had some nasty factory paint flaws. No black cars at all that I can recall- new or used. Not sure how that happened because I like black cars. I have nothing much against green cars except the scientific fact that they are bad luck on the race track and are a sure sign of impending doom on public streets. And domestic strife if parked in your driveway. And they're ugly.
GM used to make a lovely shade of light yellow pastel called "bamboo" or something like that. I looked over a '70 Buick GS in that color on an AMC dealer's used car lot when I was in high school. If the dealer had offered a better price, it would have been my first (and only) yellow car.
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Back then there were 2 distinct GM paint colors. Bamboo was called Bamboo Cream sometimes and was a creamy yellowish-white. They also had a pale yellow I really liked, sometimes called Butternut Yellow, sometimes called Saffron, that was around for several years. It was a bit more yellow than Bamboo, but neither was the screaming yellow you mostly see nowadays.
A car I just happened to look at on a dealer lot today is the only one I've seen in years that comes close to this kind of shade. A Chevy Spark was on the lot in "Lemonade", which is not an intense yellow and may have a little bit of green in it, but was a fun color. The car I looked at had a yellow and black interior too! Yellow cloth on the seat facings and yellow accents on the dash and doors. A bit much, but unique.
I hate the Spark, but I gotta say, that is an original (and pleasing IMHO) color and interior combo. I detest that screaming-yellow used on "sporty" cars like Corvettes.
BTW, I saw the first C7 I ever saw on the road a few days back--on I-76 west of Akron, OH. It was black with black wheels. I have to say, I was excited to be behind it. Uniquely American and looked good, IMHO, in a dark color. I'd still want the dark green (I think they call it Lime Rock Green).
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When you click the "folded corner" icon at the top of the posting box, you can browse for an image on your computer. Or you can paste a URL underneath the browse box (below the red line).
Supposedly you can also drop an image from your computer into the "drop image/file" box, but I haven't played with that. Hm, that seems to work okay too. (I'm using IE - your browser may act a little bit differently).
That bamboo or whatever you call it isn't that far off from the "Montego" cream on my '67 Catalina. Or "Capri" cream...I forget which. All I remember is Chevy called it one, Pontiac called it the other, and they were both Mercury-ish sounding names! BTW, I used to think my '67 Catalina was Butternut, or whatever the Pontiac equivalent is. Until I saw a '67 Delta 88 convertible in the Olds equivalent of that shade. The two look really close, until you see them side by side...
At the GM Nationals in 2009, I happened to see this '67 Olds at a local car lot nearby. My Catalina is poking into the lower right corner. You can really see the difference between Butternut and Montego/Capri here.
Lovely day here, but saw very few noteworthy cars on the road. Did have kind of a meeting of old cars at an intersection though - behind me was an early 50s International pickup, several cars back was a Scout, oncoming was an early 60s Ford pickup - none were restored, just old cars being driven. Also saw an ~80 Corolla wagon.
OK Andre, Omar tells me Sansabelt slacks are back, now you post cream/light yellow big GM convertibles. I guess it's time to retire to the links in Florida. BTW Andre, the latest Collectible Automobile magazine has an article in 57-59 Desoto's.
Hmm, I never knew they had a Nomad Vega. probably just the unique rear window? But heck, if cheap, I would buy it! And regret it almost immediately of course.
I have a vague memory of seeing a folder for the "Nomad" at my Chevy dealer's. I'm thinking it was an outside job that was still promoted at the dealership.
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@uplanderguy said:
I have a vague memory of seeing a folder for the "Nomad" at my Chevy dealer's. I'm thinking it was an outside job that was still promoted at the dealership.
It's a 1976 trim package from Chevrolet that made the B pillar appear to slope forward, giving the Nomad resemblance.
Spotted a brown 1955 Cadillac Series 62 sedan in Huntingdon Valley just outside of NE Philly. It's for sale and the owner is asking $6500. Was thinking about it until I saw the massive rust on the lower left quarter panel. There was also a black 1956 Studebaker four-door sedan nearby.
Also spotted a Go-Green 1968 Dodge Coroner R/T near a repair shop in my neighborhood.
Actually, water injection does work as a de-carbonizing agent.
@fintail said:
Cool...when my dad bought a 68 Fairlane back in the 90s, it had something similar under the hood. My dad called it "water injection" (and removed it).
Apropos of the comments about car colors. Until about the mid-1980s (IIRC) most white cars were actually cream white or ivory but then they started making cars in the color i call Appliance White (the makers call it Alpine White or something like that.
It wasn't long before Appliance White became the default for any car ordered in white. Personally I never cared for it at all and living part time in the Sunbelt I've become sick of it.
I've noticed in the last few years that this is changing and I occasionally will see new cars that are Cream White, Pearl White, Ivory or even a very Pale Yellow. Minis don't come in Appliance White but they have a cream that is very popular and looks good with the black roof.
I've seen Malibus in Pearl White and Edges in a cream that look quite nice.
My beef is not with White per se. I used to own a very pretty '98 A4 that was a multi-hue metallic White that looked like Pearl White in bright sunlight or Ivory when not in direct sunlight.
They made the same car in Appliance White and IMO took all of the drama out of the Audi's very nice styling.
My '63 Lark in my sig photo was called Ermine White by Studebaker, and it was an off-white/creamy. In '64 they called their white 'Astra White' and it was appliance-white. I've always liked the creamier white better myself.
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@uplanderguy said:
My '63 Lark in my sig photo was called Ermine White by Studebaker, and it was an off-white/creamy. In '64 they called their white 'Astra White' and it was appliance-white. I've always liked the creamier white better myself.
'64 humm; Appliance White was very rare back then so that Lark may have been one of the earlier applications of that color.
@andys120 said:
Apropos of the comments about car colors. Until about the mid-1980s (IIRC) most white cars were actually cream white or ivory but then they started making cars in the color i call Appliance White (the makers call it Alpine White or something like that.
The Wimbledon White that Ford made famous in the mid-60s was a rather "dirty" (not the best term for it I guess) white. Our '74 Maverick was Polar White, which was whiter than Wimbledon, but not an appliance white either. I remember watching some of it being mixed and being surprised at the tints they added to it.
My E is a bright white, very stark - no muting or dirty in it at all. I kind of like it on the car, it works well with the angular lines, sets off the pano top, and is kind of Germanic to me.
White doesn't work on all cars, but I like it on this design. I like a light or silvery blue more though.
Car sightings today - saw a group of tri-Chevies on I5 today, typical 70s style stuff lowered with wheels, greybeard drivers, etc. One was a Nomad. I like these cars more when stock.
My mom and stepdad's '98 Expedition is white, but I forget if it's off-white or, as I always called it, refrigerator-white.
My '68 Dart was an off-white that I always called "antique white". In looking at the color chart for '68, Chrysler called the off-white simply "White", while the refrigerator-white was "Corporate White".
My stepdad almost always bought white cars. he had an '81 Escort when my Mom met him, and I think it was off-white. An '84 Tempo followed that, and it was white with a gray lower body. I can't remember if it was off-white or not though. They also had an '85 Chevy van that I'm sure was regular white. I think their '91 Stanza was also regular white, but I can't remember. Shame it wasn't that nice pearly white that was common on Maximas of the era...or maybe Nissan reserved it only for upper level cars in those days?
Their '99 Altima, I'm pretty sure, was just regular white. I took a pic of it a couple years back, when I was keeping it for them at my place after dropping them off at the train station. Kinda looks out of place with the other cars almost seeming to circle it menacingly...
I think my Mom started putting her foot down about color choices since then, though, because that was their last white car. Since then they bought a dark green 2002 F150, a light green '08 Altima, and a bluish gray 2012 or so Prius.
My 2002 Cadillac Seville STS was a beautiful pearlescent color called "White Diamond." My 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis was "appliace white" though I think Ford called it "Oxford White."
@fintail said:
Funny pic, one car is not like the others.
I just realized...there's actually five decades of cars in that pics...
1970s: two New Yorkers and the LeMans.
1980s: 1985 Silverado
1990s: 1999 Altima
2000s: 2000 Park Ave and housemate's 2006 Xterra.
2010s: 2012 Ram (barely visible, parked at my grandmother's across the street).
If I could've gotten the Catalina in that pic it would've been six decades, and once the DeSoto comes home, I'd be able to work in seven! Actually, no I couldn't...just remembered that my Mom and stepdad finally sold that Altima, sometime last year, so I don't think there's any 90's cars left in the immediate family, to represent. Unless I get them to drop off their '98 Expedition sometime. I think that Altima had about 320-330,000 miles on it, and still ran pretty well. It even still looked good. They had offered to give it to me on a few occasions, but I politely refused. I kinda hated that car...weird looks and an uncomfortable driving position.
My housemate's grandmother had an Altima of that generation...an '01 I think. It was a deep red, and must have been one of the better trim levels, as it had a sunroof. It was a good car, but just started getting up in miles. She does a lot of driving, from North Carolina to Connecticut, and the fear of being stranded as the miles crept up was becoming a concern, It think. She replaced it with a Sentra...forget the year, but it was the current generation.
Weird to think that the name "Altima" has been in continuous use now for what, about 22 model years? Still seems like a somewhat recent entry to me! Guess stuff like that happens as you get older!
Altima began in model year 1993, replacing the Stanza. I remember the early Altima being touted as fancy for the price range, and it look somewhat upmarket with subtle chrome trim and lines resembling an Infiniti. Makes me feel old too, although I can say I was still in high school then
probably not old, but I discovered a Porsche in my neighborhood I didn't know about. People that moved in last fall. Was walking the dog last night, and the garage door was up, and there was a 911 variant of some sort under a car cover. from the shape, looked like a fairly recent one.
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Yes, it was a metallic green. In the big picture, I never saw a lot of vehicles in that color, a plus I think. My wife would not have it.
How do I post a picture on the forum now, since it got changed ? Can I post straight off my computer or do I still need to put it on a webpage hosting it, like Flickr...
You can do it either way.
When you click the "folded corner" icon at the top of the posting box, you can browse for an image on your computer. Or you can paste a URL underneath the browse box (below the red line).
Supposedly you can also drop an image from your computer into the "drop image/file" box, but I haven't played with that. Hm, that seems to work okay too. (I'm using IE - your browser may act a little bit differently).
I'd forgotten about the "Cruisin Wagon" until you mentioned it. It was a cool vehicle. I'm trying to imagine how a 2015 Focus variant of that would look. I'm thinking that if it were done right, it might draw a lot of attention to the Ford brand, even with limited sales. Maybe Ford should have done it with the previous generation Focus, when they offered a wagon version.
That reminds me of the much-maligned Vega Panel Express. I liked the concept and it was introduced at the same time as the other three bodystyles. I remember seeing a hippie-looking guy who ordered a new '74 dark green panel express at our local Chevy dealer that was actually quite loaded for a panel express. I told him I thought it was cool and he thanked me. I did see it come back in on a wrecker probably three weeks later.
I still liked them. I could enjoy a '75 or later Vega wagon today and wouldn't worry too much about the usual stuff said about them, at this point.
BTW, steve, thanks for the picture information. I'll have to actually try it.
Focus wagon--I always liked that for a Focus and it would've been the one I'd have considered. I disliked the two-door hatch big-time. I didn't like the current Focus for styling when it came out but it has grown on me. I also admit to starting to like the current Fusion in profile, although I dislike the front end and am 'meh' on the rear-end. Wish there was one with bigger wheels and tires that fill the wheel openings. If there is such a model, apparently I haven't seen one yet.
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Funny! I saw this online a few days ago:
Everything Old is New Again: Sansabelt Pants are Back
NEW YORK, NY - April 5, 2014 - No, it’s not a punch line to a joke. Sansabelt pants are back in production after 20 years.
The appeal of basic colors must be a somewhat subconscious choice. I've had 1 gray and 2 silver cars and the last 2 new cars were both white. One new car was blue-but that was only because the white car I test drove had some nasty factory paint flaws. No black cars at all that I can recall- new or used. Not sure how that happened because I like black cars. I have nothing much against green cars except the scientific fact that they are bad luck on the race track and are a sure sign of impending doom on public streets. And domestic strife if parked in your driveway. And they're ugly.
GM used to make a lovely shade of light yellow pastel called "bamboo" or something like that. I looked over a '70 Buick GS in that color on an AMC dealer's used car lot when I was in high school. If the dealer had offered a better price, it would have been my first (and only) yellow car.
Back then there were 2 distinct GM paint colors. Bamboo was called Bamboo Cream sometimes and was a creamy yellowish-white. They also had a pale yellow I really liked, sometimes called Butternut Yellow, sometimes called Saffron, that was around for several years. It was a bit more yellow than Bamboo, but neither was the screaming yellow you mostly see nowadays.
A car I just happened to look at on a dealer lot today is the only one I've seen in years that comes close to this kind of shade. A Chevy Spark was on the lot in "Lemonade", which is not an intense yellow and may have a little bit of green in it, but was a fun color. The car I looked at had a yellow and black interior too! Yellow cloth on the seat facings and yellow accents on the dash and doors. A bit much, but unique.
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I hate the Spark, but I gotta say, that is an original (and pleasing IMHO) color and interior combo. I detest that screaming-yellow used on "sporty" cars like Corvettes.
BTW, I saw the first C7 I ever saw on the road a few days back--on I-76 west of Akron, OH. It was black with black wheels. I have to say, I was excited to be behind it. Uniquely American and looked good, IMHO, in a dark color. I'd still want the dark green (I think they call it Lime Rock Green).
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This is my Magnette - just back from body work and respray.
Thanks - it worked in Safari on my Mac too...
That bamboo or whatever you call it isn't that far off from the "Montego" cream on my '67 Catalina. Or "Capri" cream...I forget which. All I remember is Chevy called it one, Pontiac called it the other, and they were both Mercury-ish sounding names! BTW, I used to think my '67 Catalina was Butternut, or whatever the Pontiac equivalent is. Until I saw a '67 Delta 88 convertible in the Olds equivalent of that shade. The two look really close, until you see them side by side...
At the GM Nationals in 2009, I happened to see this '67 Olds at a local car lot nearby. My Catalina is poking into the lower right corner. You can really see the difference between Butternut and Montego/Capri here.
Magnette, looks snazzy. And not at all like I thought it looked like.
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I love Magnettes, at least the early models, pre-tailfin. They remind me of 50s Lancias.
Nice car! And definitely something you don't see every day! I've always been a sucker for a nice shade of green.
Looks great, except they put the steering wheel on the wrong side.
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Hey, that's what makes it rare!
Nice MG, perfect color for it!
Lovely day here, but saw very few noteworthy cars on the road. Did have kind of a meeting of old cars at an intersection though - behind me was an early 50s International pickup, several cars back was a Scout, oncoming was an early 60s Ford pickup - none were restored, just old cars being driven. Also saw an ~80 Corolla wagon.
OK Andre, Omar tells me Sansabelt slacks are back, now you post cream/light yellow big GM convertibles. I guess it's time to retire to the links in Florida. BTW Andre, the latest Collectible Automobile magazine has an article in 57-59 Desoto's.
Cool...when my dad bought a 68 Fairlane back in the 90s, it had something similar under the hood. My dad called it "water injection" (and removed it).
Maybe they could make a Transit variant too, dress it up a little, maybe a retro homage.
The Cruisin wagon is pretty cool in a late 70s kind of way - kitschy, but not awful.
I know I have posted this before, speaking of special Vegas, I happened upon this "Nomad" many years ago:
Hmm, I never knew they had a Nomad Vega. probably just the unique rear window? But heck, if cheap, I would buy it! And regret it almost immediately of course.
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I suspect it was an aftermarket job. I found the car back around 2003 - I forget what they wanted for it, but it wasn't much.
I have a vague memory of seeing a folder for the "Nomad" at my Chevy dealer's. I'm thinking it was an outside job that was still promoted at the dealership.
It's a 1976 trim package from Chevrolet that made the B pillar appear to slope forward, giving the Nomad resemblance.
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Spotted a metallic beige 1963 Chevrolet Corvair four door sedan near a repair shop on Bingham and Martins Mill Road in NE Philly.
Spotted a brown 1955 Cadillac Series 62 sedan in Huntingdon Valley just outside of NE Philly. It's for sale and the owner is asking $6500. Was thinking about it until I saw the massive rust on the lower left quarter panel. There was also a black 1956 Studebaker four-door sedan nearby.
Also spotted a Go-Green 1968 Dodge Coroner R/T near a repair shop in my neighborhood.
Actually, water injection does work as a de-carbonizing agent.
Apropos of the comments about car colors. Until about the mid-1980s (IIRC) most white cars were actually cream white or ivory but then they started making cars in the color i call Appliance White (the makers call it Alpine White or something like that.
It wasn't long before Appliance White became the default for any car ordered in white. Personally I never cared for it at all and living part time in the Sunbelt I've become sick of it.
I've noticed in the last few years that this is changing and I occasionally will see new cars that are Cream White, Pearl White, Ivory or even a very Pale Yellow. Minis don't come in Appliance White but they have a cream that is very popular and looks good with the black roof.
I've seen Malibus in Pearl White and Edges in a cream that look quite nice.
My beef is not with White per se. I used to own a very pretty '98 A4 that was a multi-hue metallic White that looked like Pearl White in bright sunlight or Ivory when not in direct sunlight.
They made the same car in Appliance White and IMO took all of the drama out of the Audi's very nice styling.
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Great looking car! Love the color..er... colour!
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My '63 Lark in my sig photo was called Ermine White by Studebaker, and it was an off-white/creamy. In '64 they called their white 'Astra White' and it was appliance-white. I've always liked the creamier white better myself.
That color is called Pepper White.
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'64 humm; Appliance White was very rare back then so that Lark may have been one of the earlier applications of that color.
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i had an appliance white '61 Corvair.
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The Wimbledon White that Ford made famous in the mid-60s was a rather "dirty" (not the best term for it I guess) white. Our '74 Maverick was Polar White, which was whiter than Wimbledon, but not an appliance white either. I remember watching some of it being mixed and being surprised at the tints they added to it.
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My E is a bright white, very stark - no muting or dirty in it at all. I kind of like it on the car, it works well with the angular lines, sets off the pano top, and is kind of Germanic to me.
White doesn't work on all cars, but I like it on this design. I like a light or silvery blue more though.
Car sightings today - saw a group of tri-Chevies on I5 today, typical 70s style stuff lowered with wheels, greybeard drivers, etc. One was a Nomad. I like these cars more when stock.
Looks great Fin.
Thanks. That pic is old, 2 days after I picked it up. Although it is pretty much just as clean today, because I am me
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My '65 Mustang was 'Wimbledon White'. Definitely 'cream', and I needed to wax it pretty frequently, no clear coat back then!
Here's one, but no way to show the different shades of white with these pics:
Our '99 Expedition was also Oxford White.
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My mom and stepdad's '98 Expedition is white, but I forget if it's off-white or, as I always called it, refrigerator-white.
My '68 Dart was an off-white that I always called "antique white". In looking at the color chart for '68, Chrysler called the off-white simply "White", while the refrigerator-white was "Corporate White".
My stepdad almost always bought white cars. he had an '81 Escort when my Mom met him, and I think it was off-white. An '84 Tempo followed that, and it was white with a gray lower body. I can't remember if it was off-white or not though. They also had an '85 Chevy van that I'm sure was regular white. I think their '91 Stanza was also regular white, but I can't remember. Shame it wasn't that nice pearly white that was common on Maximas of the era...or maybe Nissan reserved it only for upper level cars in those days?
Their '99 Altima, I'm pretty sure, was just regular white. I took a pic of it a couple years back, when I was keeping it for them at my place after dropping them off at the train station. Kinda looks out of place with the other cars almost seeming to circle it menacingly...
I think my Mom started putting her foot down about color choices since then, though, because that was their last white car. Since then they bought a dark green 2002 F150, a light green '08 Altima, and a bluish gray 2012 or so Prius.
My 2002 Cadillac Seville STS was a beautiful pearlescent color called "White Diamond." My 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis was "appliace white" though I think Ford called it "Oxford White."
Funny pic, one car is not like the others.
I just realized...there's actually five decades of cars in that pics...
1970s: two New Yorkers and the LeMans.
1980s: 1985 Silverado
1990s: 1999 Altima
2000s: 2000 Park Ave and housemate's 2006 Xterra.
2010s: 2012 Ram (barely visible, parked at my grandmother's across the street).
If I could've gotten the Catalina in that pic it would've been six decades, and once the DeSoto comes home, I'd be able to work in seven! Actually, no I couldn't...just remembered that my Mom and stepdad finally sold that Altima, sometime last year, so I don't think there's any 90's cars left in the immediate family, to represent. Unless I get them to drop off their '98 Expedition sometime. I think that Altima had about 320-330,000 miles on it, and still ran pretty well. It even still looked good. They had offered to give it to me on a few occasions, but I politely refused. I kinda hated that car...weird looks and an uncomfortable driving position.
There is something odd about the proportions of that era Altima, especially the rear quarter and C-pillar-fender relationship.
A co-worker has an 01 that he hasn't exactly babied (including a couple fender benders), and it's still going fine - looks pretty rough though.
My housemate's grandmother had an Altima of that generation...an '01 I think. It was a deep red, and must have been one of the better trim levels, as it had a sunroof. It was a good car, but just started getting up in miles. She does a lot of driving, from North Carolina to Connecticut, and the fear of being stranded as the miles crept up was becoming a concern, It think. She replaced it with a Sentra...forget the year, but it was the current generation.
Weird to think that the name "Altima" has been in continuous use now for what, about 22 model years? Still seems like a somewhat recent entry to me! Guess stuff like that happens as you get older!
Altima began in model year 1993, replacing the Stanza. I remember the early Altima being touted as fancy for the price range, and it look somewhat upmarket with subtle chrome trim and lines resembling an Infiniti. Makes me feel old too, although I can say I was still in high school then
Saw a 912E and a Beetle with 1963 plates out in the rain today, along with a nice late W140 and a W126 with unsightly rear quarter damage.
probably not old, but I discovered a Porsche in my neighborhood I didn't know about. People that moved in last fall. Was walking the dog last night, and the garage door was up, and there was a 911 variant of some sort under a car cover. from the shape, looked like a fairly recent one.
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