spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
There is a house a few blocks from me where someone has an early Willys they are restoring in the garage. It looks like a fun project.
The Official "I haven't seen one of those in AGES!" thread
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stuartk
Super Member
When I was in high school, I worked at a local country club parking cars. One of the members owned a Pantera, a bright yellow one.
I never got to park it, but one day he gave me the "tour," and showed me the engine compartment, let me sit in it, etc.
What a car!
spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
Probably almost as much fun as restoring an old Spartan if someone had one hanging around..
lol that would be fun.
tentoze
Twangophile
My bro-in-law at the time (mid-70's) had a red Pantera. What a monster- first time he took me for a spin, we got clocked going over the Buckman Bridge here in Jax (it's about 2 miles long) in the mid- 140 mph range. At least, that's what the state trooper said. He was cool though, wrote the ticket for 80.
stuartk
Super Member
One big downside to living in the Rust Belt is that cars quickly become swiss cheese and old cars are a rarity.
On the other hand, there are relatively few old tanks with a million miles on them spewing out clouds of blue smoke. Also very few clunkers running way too rich and choking you to death.
I remember the days when there were still cool cops around. Different world now.
spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
I still think VW should come out with an updated Carmen Ghia and use the GTI frame.
That's a picture I grabbed off the Internet... not the actual car that I saw as I was in traffic when I saw it, same color scheme though.
Scott
crackerkorean
Striving for Polymathdom!
3rd Gen RX-7 droool
epifanatic
acoustically suspended
One dead giveaway is the little oval opening under the large one, beautiful replica though.
epifanatic
acoustically suspended
...not the fact that it has one, the shape is different on the original....
As a car guy, I am always keeping my eye out for what's on the road. About 99% of it strikes me about as exciting as a toaster, being the automotive appliances most cars are. Every once in a while I see something cool (their is an Aston Martin Vanquish in the neighbourhood), but almost more cool is the spotting of a weird car that I haven't seen in ages.
Today, I had one of those moments. Spotted a MINT shape, white, late production Merkur XR4ti. Looked just like this, but better:
Anyone spotted an oddball car recently? Anything you had not seen in ages and had pretty well forgotten about?
Funny, that was the first car that came into my mind when i saw the thread. I europe they were sold as "Ford Sierra". They were available as 3 and 5 door "liftback", 4 door sedan and station wagon and with several different engines and drivetrains. There might also have been a convertible, but i'm not sure. A few years ago these cars were everywere, but now they are hard to get, and most of them are "used up". My father had one, a '89 Sierra 2.0 CL 5 door. I think that was the last year it came with carburetor, probably just a simple one-barrel. It had about 100-110hp output, 5 speed manual and rear wheel drive. He bought it used i '96 with 50-60.000 kilometers on it, and when it got stolen and damaged beyond repair in late december 2003 it had more than 250.000 on it. The only breakdown we ever had was when the timing belt snapped on the highway, but we just replaced it and it fired right up. Unfortunately, i don't have any pictures of it from the outside, but i have one of the interior.
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When's the last time you saw one of these?
This morning! It was white. I did a major double-take. With the small stock tires they look goofy and topheavy.
JesusChrysler
...drives a Dodge ; )
Guy down the street from me has one of these. A 1961 Dodge Dart (Phoenix I think). Camera isn't handy so I cribbed this from the Net. His is black.
Perfect example of what I call MoUgly.
This does not mean I don't like it.
Matt
Perfect example of what I call MoUgly.
This does not mean I don't like it.
Matt
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Chrysler design chief Virgil Exner evidently discovered LSD a few years before Timothy Leary did.