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Oddly failure 1 reminds me of a 71 Grand Prix ...

Kind of reminds me of a couple old MPC models of a customized '72 Grand Prix with 30s styling touches... first came the 'Grand Superfly' car in '74, modified into the 'Sweathogs Dream Machine' in '76.

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I actually had and built the sweathogs dream machine as a kid.

Brings back memories!

Chris

I picked up an unbuilt SDM at a flea market about 15 years ago, still haven't built it. I have the stock MPC '69-71 Grand Prix kits ('69 and '70 unbuilt, '71 and '72 built) in my collection. I've never seen the Grand Superfly kit.

Rob

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Man.... what do you say? I know Bill Porter worked for Pontiac back then and went on to work for Buick. I know that the 1969 Grand Prix and early 70's Grand Prix's were inspired by Stutz Bearcats. Grand Prix was a personal luxury car too. I think Delorean had something to do with that, but that car is not attractive. You can clear;y see it was a Riviera. It makes a point about how GM used to badge engineer its cars.

The second one... no comment.

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To call that first turdwagon a Packard is blasphemy; I'd love to borrow it for the day and drive it to my parents house to see my father's reaction (he owns three REAL Packards). Should be good for a laugh.

As for the second one, is anybody really surprised given the source? Looks like a classy neighborhood. The rims are worth more than the $h!ty rowhouses it's parked in front of. Guess business has been good lately. Some things never change......

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