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I wonder if any of the newer configurable digital dash displays allow you to pick how high you want it to go, so also how spaced out you can make them.
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RE.: Mile-long rear decks--I always thought this specific year and model had the most out-of-sorts front-to-rear proportions of any car. Something about the pillared sedan roofline for some reason adds to it I think. Well, forget it--my cheapo laptop can't copy photos, and my work computer is prohibiting me from going to the site I want. But it's a '62 Pontiac Star Chief four-door sedan (not hardtop).
Talking Buicks a minute ago reminds me that I liked the looks of the Lucerne, and I remember they could be had with a V8. Seems like I never saw a bunch of them. Whatever trim level had the chrome strip at the bottom of the decklid, I would've had to have
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It's a somewhat rough example, but I think the side angle shows perfectly, how they tacked the extra length on. They added three inches of wheelbase, and you can see it all in the rear. They simply pulled the rear axle back, but kept the passenger cabin the same size as the other B-bodies, so you ended up with 3 extra inches of metal between the rear door and rear wheel opening. 2-door models can get away with this trick better than 4-door models, in my opinion, because the section of quarter panel is longer, to begin with. If you stretch something from, say, 2 inches to 5, you're going to notice. But from, say, 22 inches to 25, not quite as glaring.
The 4-door sedan might look a bit more exaggerated too, because the C-pillar on the 4-door hardtop was thicker, so it extended a bit further back.
A '62 Catalina is 212.3" long, while a Star Chief is 218.6. So they probably tacked on a few inches out back, in addition to the wheelbase stretch. So overall, you end up with 6.3" more rear deck on the Star Chief, compared to the Catalina.
They were still doing that wheelbase trick in '67. My Catalina is 215.6", on a 121" wb, while a Bonneville is 222.6", on a 124" wb. I think the extra length works better by this time though, because the cars themselves were styled more chunky, had thicker C-pillars, etc. There's been a few times when my car would be parked next to a '67 Bonneville convertible, at the GM show in Carlisle. It's funny how, while my car looks big enough, on its own, when I see it next to that Bonneville, it looks kind of stubby. Pardon the pun, "trunk-ated"
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The Interceptor reminds me in a way or two of an Avanti. Back window primarily of course.
I do sort-of like the '66 Star Chief Executive, which they offered in a two-door hardtop for the first time, and it was the last time the "Star Chief" name was used. The cloth interior was nice but not available on the two-door hardtops, sadly.
I have a feeling that if GM wanted to make that '62 Star Chief pass those 5 mph bumper standards, it would probably add about 10 inches to its length. Although, I guess they could have tried a rear-end treatment similar to what GM did with some of their Electras, Ninety-Eights, and Caddies in that crash-bumper era...have the actual metal part of the rear quarter panel stop early, and have the back part end-capped with flexible plastic. You'd probably lose some trunk space in the process.
Overall I'm not a huge fan of the '62 Pontiacs. It's not that I hate them, per se...it's just that I like the '61 and '63 styles a lot better. Especially, the '61. I think if there's one year I'd ditch my '67 for, it would be a '61. Although, I'd imagine the nicely maintained examples of the more desireable body styles are a third mortgage nowadays.
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Where I really notice it is at the bottom of the rear quarters, behind the wheel openings. After owning Larks for over 30 years, that area on the Chrysler (and Star Chief) really slap me in the face.
A guy wrote in our club magazine once that that area in an Avanti, which is short and rounded, is almost sexual when you drag a wet chamois over it, LOL.
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I never was that crazy about the exposed headlights on the '63-64 versions, but for '65 I think they got the styling perfect! Beautiful color, too.
I like that style of vinyl. It almost looks like leather at a quick glance.
Taillights in the bumper always reminds me of my Dad coming home from work and saying "I saw a truckload of new '68 Chevys at the Corner Dairy--they have the taillights in the bumper; why would they do that?!". My Dad was ever so practical (sometimes cheap).
Only the '63 of the first-gen could be had with leather seating (my friend's does), but who needs leather when the vinyl they used as in this car looks so good, and frankly would hold up better than leather.
The '65 taillights look a bit Lincoln-ish. Maybe that shows just how much of a trendsetter the '63-65 was though, if some later cars picked up on those details...even if it was most likely inadvertently.
That's a green exterior I wouldn't pick if I could choose other colors. But that interior is _nice_.
And the matching engine. Wow.
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It had a V8 sound to it...definitely didn't sound like a Diesel. There was a bit of exhaust scent as well, definitely more akin to gasoline fumes, rather than Diesel.
(I'm sure @fintail will show up at any time and give us 200+ words on this particular model - which will educate all of us)
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I thought you might enjoy a bit of this, you only have to watch for a few seconds.
You might even like the ending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOME1wR1U5o
They could be had with V8s - a 3.5, 4.5, and the top dog, the 6.3 (basic engine was an I6, carb or FI). These were MBs first V8s in a normal sized sedan. These cars appeared in a lot of movies, and are relevant to MB and its entrance to the US luxury market, the V8 giving it much wider appeal. I see the statement most in "Driving Miss Daisy", where Daisy's son, usually driving a late model Cadillac, is driving a MB like this at the end.
Andre's pictured car is a W108 of indeterminate engine, but with sidemarkers is 1968+, anachronistic tires of course.
It's not really the last Studebaker built in South Bend, but the last 'regular production line' Studebaker automobile. The Avanti and trucks were built for another week, but they were built in a separate building. The last Hawk was five serial numbers before this Daytona and it was sold to a customer and the car survives in private hands. The last Studebaker Avanti is on display in the Crawford Museum in Cleveland. The last Studebaker of all, built in Hamilton, Ontario, is on display in the Stude museum as well. It's good most of the last cars survive. The last truck was sold to the GSO and I'm sure was used-up.
This Daytona has 4-speed, the Avanti R1 (non-supercharged) engine (240 hp; similar to a 327 Chevy), in-dash tach, disc brakes, Twin Traction, and 50/50 individually-adjustable front bench seat. It has 23 miles.
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The range of body styles the Corolla had back then was pretty amazing, as well. IIRC there was a 2-door sedan, 4-door sedan, the fastback/hatchback coupe, hardtop coupe, hardtop wagon/hatchback, and 4-door wagon.
These days, they're down to just the 4-door sedan and hatchback, although I guess you could make the case that the RAV-4 sort of fills in for the wagon market. The hatchback must be a really slow seller. I don't think I've ever seen one, out in the wild.
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I also remember someone using a hardtop coupe to do pizza deliveries. But that was back when I was still delivering pizzas, so that's pushing 20 years, now.
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Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
even I could work on a 325 from that generation. He got the IX, so added the complexity of the AWD. at least it is a manual. That car in iS trim would be great to have. If you could find one that isn't all rusted out or thrashed.
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Also saw a mint black 85-87 Town Car.
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Oh, and yesterday, or maybe the day before (they're all starting to run together), I was walking up to get the mail, and a good looking W126 went past. I was still a couple hundred feet from the road, so I didn't get that good of a look, but it was black, shiny, and looked like the shorter wheelbase version.