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Well there's your first mistake right there; regardless of which of the three candidates you listed win the election (God forbid), we will still end up with a Democrat in the White House. Anybody that stands on stage with some $h!bag like Ted Kennedy and advocates amnesty for illegal immigrants and benefits for their children that you or I could only dream of receiving is no Republican I know.

Supercar: 1935 Duesenberg SSJ LaGrande roadster (a 4700-pound car that could do 160 MPH in 1935 is infinitely more of a supercar than ANY grossly overpriced modern European $h!box at half the weight is, regardless of top speed!) Sportscar: 1932 Packard Light Eight coupe-roadster Sports Sedan: 1933 Duesenberg SJ Arlington Torpedo (the famous "Twenty Grand" Duesenberg for you amateurs ) Luxury Car: 1929 Duesenberg J Barker Town Car Family Vehicle: 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser (one of the three that snuck out of the factory with the 442 package, probably the oldest car of the dream fleet I could convince the girl to drive!) Just for fun: Brewster-bodied 1915 Crane-Simplex rumble seat roadster Truck: 1973-1987 Chevrolet/GMC K30 (custom built to my specs) Economy: 1961 Pontiac Tempest coupe with the Indy Four

-1968 Buick Wildcat two-door -Early 1980's Pontiac Parisienne station wagon that looked like it hit everything but the lottery

1. 1967 Cadillac Eldorado (still own) 2. 1967 Cadillac Eldorado 3. 1971 Cadillac Coupe DeVille 4. 1971 Cadillac Sedan DeVille (still own) 5. 1974 Lincoln Continental Executive Limousine by Moloney Coachbuilders, Inc. 6. 1977 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (still own) 7. 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme sedan 8. 1978 Cadillac Coupe DeVille 9. 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille 10. 1989 Oldsmobile Toronado FE3 11. 1990 Chevrolet Suburban Silverado V1500 12. 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme sedan 13. 1996 Buick Riviera Still waiting for more! I think another truck is in order to balance out all these cars........

Nigel: "The sustain, listen to it." Marty: "I don't hear anything." Nigel: "Well you would though, if it were playing."

So when are you going to step up and buy something like a Grand National, or, if you really think that a tarted-up FWD two-seater LeSabre is the way to go, a Select Sixty Reatta or even just a pristine low-miles example? Every cheap roadside orphan you find is not an automatic candidate for restoration. The money you will spend restoring three cars you will never see a fraction of your investment returned on could be better spent on (and your effort better channeled into) one really nice vehicle or one awesome project car that WILL hold its value as you work on and enjoy it through the years. A winter beater Reatta might be fun if you're into them, but seriously, just throw some seat covers on this thing and get a junkyard center console cover and drive it into the ground. Every dollar you put into this car is a dollar that ISN'T going into your LeSabre or the other Reatta that seems a lot nicer than this one. And not to come off as a douche or anything but it's definitely something you should consider. This is the same realization I came to myself this summer when I had four Cadillacs sitting in front of me with grand plans for all of them; I later sold one ('71 Sedan DeVille), parted out and junked another ('78 Coupe DeVille), I drive one of them as my daily driver ('77 Coupe DeVille), and the '67 Eldorado is my REAL project car. Once again I have funds and focus and for the first time in a long time I'm actually getting stuff done. Any new vehicle you buy becomes a huge sidestep to finishing one you already had. Don't spread yourself so thin that one day you look around at a bunch of half-finished vehicles and wonder where all your money went!

[THEATRE ENTRANCE] PUPPET SHOW AND SPINAL TAP "If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put Spinal Tap first and Puppet Show last!"

There's a little dealership here in Wellesley, MA that's been a local landmark for years that now belongs to a local Chrysler dealership that is used to keep their used/trade-in inventory at. However, they never took the original sign down from the 1970's and everybody around here still knows it as Haskins Oldsmobile. One day a year the dealership moves their entire inventory from the lot and it's an Oldsmobile dealership once again for real for the annual Oldsmobile Spring Dust-off sponsored by the Eastern Massachusetts GMO chapter (you were probably wondering why there was a Starfire convertible and first gen 442 convertible underneath the sign!)

I thought it was six. I could be wrong, though. Doesn't matter; a Vista Cruiser with that double scoop Cutlass hood looks AWESOME whether it's one of the handful of W30's outfitted by Hurst for the race or your grandmother's 350-powered faux woodpanel-clad version with vinyl seats and AM radio.

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Yeah I'd say it's right up there with the Viva Viagra commercial in terms of awfulness and fruityness

That house could probably trigger some horrible acid flashbacks if it were rented by the right person.

Remember that episode of South Park where they showcased one of Carl-Pecker's proposed designs? Coming to a dealership near YOU!

I'm in; sign me up! I keep waiting for that silent heart of America to finally say enough's enough and start taking the country back, but I'm afraid I'll never see it. Maybe it's time I start myself!

Sounds much like the story my father tells me about getting burned on a brand new C20 Silverado in 1985. If you think of the typical Chevrolet/GMC two-toning of the time, my father wanted his truck to be red on the top and bottom and white through the middle. It got delivered just the opposite, with red above the brushed stainless trim on the cab to make it look even more ridiculous. The interior he asked for was all wrong too. He took back his money and drove his old truck for three more years.

- Stop spending money on $h! I could do without - Lose a little weight - Stop eating such awful food all the time (kinda goes hand in hand with the first two; my life is so busy these days that I eat fast food way more than anybody should; it's time to start brown bagging it before I die of a heart attack.)

Last movie I saw in theatres was I Am Legend, which I thought was very good; haven't seen anything else that you all have mentioned yet. Am I the only one that wishes they called the movie The Master Debaters instead of The Great Debaters?

Speaking of New Years, I just flipped by the Dick Clark special on TV.... who are those emo queers that dress like it's 1885? Are they like auditioning for a role in an upcoming production of Oliver Twist or something? They suck! And Dick seems to be doing better, ever so slowly. Poor guy was never the same after the stroke

I like stories! Do tell!

Happy New Year to you and the rest of ya!

I wouldn't mind a Tahoe myself, especially if it were a 4x4 in the super rare two-door with barn doors configuration. A manual trans would make it twice as badass ..... did they ever make a two-door barn door Tahoe with a stick?

No Zeta platform, eh? Well then it looks like it's time to find myself a little shop because I see rebuilding a lot of old Cadillacs and Chevy trucks in my future. If GM isn't going to build vehicles that appeal to me then I'll just have to redo the ones they used to build to ready them for daily service again.

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Well back in my day if we found out a guy had a bad case of fairy we'd send him off to war; it straightened 'em right out! But seriously, that's f@#ked up. I mean to be honest I'd say almost all of my beliefs would probably align with the relatives in question, but my whole take on the gay issue is that as long as the person is a good, decent, productive, contributing member of society then their lifestyle choice is of no concern to me.

Thanks to all of you and a Merry Christmas to everybody!