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I'm a bit surprised full wheelcovers weren't standard on a Supreme--they were on a '73 Chevelle Laguna, that I know. The green wheel on the spare to me substantiates that that's the way this car was built. (Full wheelcover cars from GM in this period came with black wheels.)
I think that interior is beautiful and surpasses a Laguna that year for sure.
https://duluth.craigslist.org/cto/d/duluth-1973-oldsmobile-cutlass-supreme/6957723325.html
Salesman should have ordered wheel covers for sure given that the entry-level versions were usually pretty cheap. The interior looks pretty nice though the light beige color does little for me.
According to the brochure I just looked at the paint color would have been either Emerald Green or Moss Gold.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
A group revived the cruising last summer once a month on Saturdays, recruiting partly on facebook.
The traffic on the road isn't there because one of the highways bypassed town. The drivers aren't as young as in the last century. But enjoy seeing some classics. Check the parking lots where folks park and enjoy watching others go by.
Detroit has its Woodward Cruise once a year and Muncie has its Madison Street Cruise. Yes, I plan to go over one Saturday night. I had access to my car and going to McDonalds on Madison was a treat to get away from studying.
https://youtu.be/jRcmqyoLkgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxuxqMKpqs
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Nice brocade in that Olds. It would look good on period Olds rally wheels, too.
Chevelles and Monte Carlos in '73 with no air only had two long, chromed vents just to the right of the center of the dash. The Monte had a cubby hole in the dash where the left-most A/C vent would be; Chevelles had this area filled in with hard, crinkle-cut black plastic. No A/C cars had no filler block where the rightmost A/C vent would be; cars received their own instrument panel pad with no cutout for the vents there.
First night St. Louis; second Amarillo; third Kingman, AZ, then San Luis Obispo. I'm a bit concerned about the whole thing but afterwards I'm sure I'll have considered it an adventure. Dropping the rental off out there (ouch) and flying back, so I don't spend every waking moment of a week off from work and the leading and ending weekends, driving by myself.
Come to think of it, it did absolutely nothing to help you drive along. It was muscle power, or nothing!
Darn, I loved that car!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I've never had a car without power steering, but I've had cars with broken power steering, which is actually worse! Good arm workout, though.
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2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
You are going to buy a lot of stuff out there?
Can't fit a lot of furniture in an Edge or Cruze.
We are indeed buying a bed out there, but she knows, as we've made it known, she will be living frugally while there.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
My Dad had neither an automatic transmission nor power steering or power brakes until the end of August '74, when we bought our new Impala Sport Coupe. He never had A/C until his 1984 Monte Carlo.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I drove my '68 Dart for something like 40,000 miles with the power steering not working, which is actually worse, because you have the quicker power steering ratio...something like 3.5 turns lock-to-lock versus 5 or so with manual steering. Plus, I'm convinced that all that crap that makes the steering require less effort, actually works AGAINST you, when it's not functioning! One of my friends took his driving test in that car...twice. The first time, he goofed up almost immediately, so the cop who went on the test with him had to drive my car through the whole course. My friend said the cop was griping about my car the whole way through! The second time, he did pass, but the parallel parking took some effort. And that particular cop noticed the effort my friend was putting in to turn the wheel and said "let me guess, no power steering?"
My '79 5th Avenue started to lose its power steering back in 2011, at about the worst possible time...during the Mopar show up in Carlisle, PA. I got a few quarts of fluid and used that to limp it along while I was up there. It held out until, on the trip back, it finally went dry on the highway. Now, at higher speeds, you don't really notice it. But, once I got off the highway, had to come to a full stop, and make a sharp left turn, well, that was a tricep builder! The 5th Ave was worse than the Dart, too...heavier car, bigger tires, and a more modern, smaller-diameter steering wheel. I think the "lock-to-lock" ratio is tighter, too.
I could barely turn the wheels when stopped.
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2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
$500 for a 2009 Grand Marquis? My first thought was, what's wrong with it?! But then I read the ad... "$500 IS THE ESTIMATED DOWNPAYMENT AMOUNT! YOU MUST FINANCE THIS VEHICLE AND BE 18 YEARS OF AGE. PLUS TAX, TITLE, LICENSE AND SERVICES FEE.*$XXX down. DEALER WILL FINANCE ADDITIONAL DEFERRED DOWN PAYMENTS. Does not include tax, title or fees. Limited offer with approved credit on select vehicles at participating dealers. See participating dealer for full details and down payment required. Your down payment may vary. Sample deal: 40 monthly payments of $34.97 per $1000 financed at 21APR. Your payment and interest rate may vary. "
So THAT's what they mean by "Buy here, pay here". I always thought it was just a slang term for a little mom & pop used car lot where a lot of poor people financed a cheap car. I didn't realize they FORCED you to finance it through them?!
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2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
People couldn’t afford to fix the cars so they would trade them in and start paying more per week on something else.
My uncle would then take the traded in car, fix it and put it back on the lot.
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I was joined by a couple of Olds buddies with their '71s:
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Kind of the last of the small pickups, for now.
First, just a few blocks from my house, an '85 Cutlass for sale at $6K Cdn asking. Looked to be in good condition, maybe even original paint. No idea whether it has the V-6 or the Olds 307, which is the only engine that would justify the price in the absence of buckets/console. I got some pics:
Driving along just after, a square-rigger 80s Sedan DeVille in superb condition went by, looked brand new. Later on, going past a rad shop, what do I see but the same car in the lot, maybe radiator or A/C issues.
But wait! What's that in the background? Why, it's the TVR Tasmin I saw last year driving around, also in for repair. Good luck!!
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Those VINs could get confusing, too, because sometimes they'd recycle letters. For instance, in the late 70's, "Y" was the code for the dreaded Pontiac 301. I forget how GM handled it in the years when they had both the 301 and the 307? Maybe that was when they used "W" for the 307?
Another way to narrow it down, somewhat, is if the transmission was a 4-speed automatic, it would have been the 307. The 231 only used the 3-speed automatic. However, the 307 did also offer the 3-speed, just with ridiculously tall gearing to offset lack of overdrive. Confusing times!
**Edit: I just found this online... https://www.gbodycentral.com/forums/vins-oldsmobile/1985-oldsmobile.php Looks like, by 1985, they were using "9" to denote the 307. This site doesn't say what the code for the 231 was, though.
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No wonder Lincoln really took off in the mid-80s. Multiport Fuel Injected 302 (after 85) and 4spd auto OR a 4100. HMM, tough choice there.
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-ford-mustang-136/
Nice modest little house he has.
(Firefox went back to working with images for a while but something must have happened and it just went out on strike again. It seemed to spread to Chrome this time too, uh-oh. Like something in a thriller movie, the last push of the button on my last option (my personal laptop using Chrome) let me post the above. One out of 4 isn't great.)
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
This is a huge pet peeve of mine...take a freakin' picture before you start the work!
RE.: The 4100--lousy engine; I still thought the Caddies had jewel-like design features, as I was never a fan of the thick side window frames of the Mark VII and where I live, I was always seeing '80's Lincolns sitting like a low-rider, but not on purpose.
While on this subject, I'd still very-much like a '79 or '80 Eldorado or '77-79 Fleetwood Brougham, with the tapered B pillar I hated back then but now like as distinctive.
Continentals and Mark VIIs maybe... not the Town Cars. Those didn't get air springs until 1990. Years prior had regular springs and air shocks to level out with a lot of weight. If it broke the cars would still sit level unloaded.
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'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
They were 5 cylinders, correct?
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
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2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6