balthazar
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'60 Lincoln hardtop sedan, white, sitting for a few decades but visible off a major highway.
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Cadillac's omission in Europe is not offering mass-volume, stripped-down, entry-level fleet cars. That's the bulk of volume for the Germans in Europe, and until Cadillac matches that, their volume can only hope to be as good as the slim retail sales the Germans have there; not enough to survive on. Reputation is secondary at best, more likely tertiary. -
I spent the better part of today replacing the fuel supply/return lines and the fuel cooler on my DuraMax. No way I would want to be a mechanic on modern, post-computerized stuff.
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Surf City Garage Killer Chrome
balthazar replied to Intrepidation's topic in Product Questions and Reviews
Had a job recently where I polished up about 30-ft of 4" angle aluminum. Even tho it was fresh material, I block-sanded it with 600, 1000 & 1500, then polished it twice with Busch's Aluminum Polish. GREAT stuff. I'll try and get pics up here.... I have to do another 21-ft this month. -
Circa '54 Ford 2-dr sedan, mild custom metal work around the (now stacked quad) tails, light blue, clean & motoring. Circa '53 International pickup, solid runner but not done up, parked in driveway.
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Looked over a '67 Buick Skylark 4-dr hardtop, but the car was rusted, rotted & loaded with Bondo. 'Custom' green & lime paint, black interior, factory A/C, SBB V8. If it was your dream car and you could get it for less than $500, you'd have a crapload of work to do.
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By your own emphatic definition, it is impossible for the CTS & XTS to appeal to the same consumer, as one is FWD & the other RWD (when either is not AWD).
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^ An excellent point. However, the rear treatments on MOST cars are rather bland. mercedees, BMW, audi; Snorefests, all series. Yes, I am thinking of the tailfin era, where both ends had the hardware to delight & entertain. Not that I expect tailfins (real tailfins) to return... but a return to a similar effort of styling would be nice. I'm just not sure there's much that can be done.
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'66 Olds Cutlass 2-dr hardtop, completely stripped into a race car- exterior sheet metal (but not the hood or decklid) and the dash were the only Olds parts left. Even the front & rear glass was Lexan. Rough shape.
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e-class stops the chrome beltline trim where the black plastic triangle of the sideview mirror mount starts- that reeks of cheapness & highlights the plastic. CTS does it cohesively, and runs the trim right to the lower corner, takes the eye around the sidelights round-trip, rather than stopping it cold. Cadillac did it right. Frankly, I see no more 'mercedes' in here that a dozen other cars; it's not like mercedes is unique or proprietary in their greenhouse design. But we're talking about the most generic of sedan views; the profile view of the greenhouse. Where mercedes falls flat is that the '14 CTS overall makes it look, instantly, quite dated. Hard to avoid with how generic MB's look : pop the 'star' off and it could be a bunch of different brands (and it's "brand new" for '13).
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'70 Chevelle wagons : Nomad (series 131/132), Greenbriar (series 134), Concours (series 135/136), Concours Estate (series 138) Total Chevelle wagon production for '70 was 40,600 units (35,000 were V8s). This one's not far from me, Camino, maybe 30 mins.......
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Wow, that one shot (the 3rd pic) looks like high-gloss dynamite. The e-class looks 15 yrs old next to it. Going to be real interesting to see the whole enchilada.
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I LOVE it when defunct brands make a return. How this story will play out only Time knows. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-57575495-54/detroit-electric-set-to-launch-u.s.-made-tesla-rival/
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I can see a lit central emblem (it's been done), but 2, that bright in the shape of the logo would be extremely tacky.
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I've been tracking my MPG habitually for years. I don't know why I started or why I continue. Gives me something to do while the pump's a-pumpin'.
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Just seems like the front end on these is... unrefined, somehow. It doesn't grab me. The car; the front end on the girl grabs me fine.
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The lux imports made 'coal bin' grey/black interiors, somehow, fashionable. Me, all I can see for motivation there is cheapness.
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1963 Buick Skylark coupe, some sort of yellow creme, extremely nice original shape, suspect lil old lady owner, will inquire if available.
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Most sign places can cut vinyl from a .jpeg.... but I'd think it would be prudent to avoid the wiper sweep area.
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^ There ARE no "Chevy engines", they've all been corporate since the early '80s.
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^ Seems to be inaccurate. Aachen is a serif font, which 'GMC" is not.
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'71 LeSabre 4-dr sedan, silver, very clean, police impound yard. '51 Chevy sedan, black, solid, missing hood & wheels, awaiting the hammer at the scrap yard, but sitting out front like a lawn ornament.
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The 'hurt' is also ongoing- the push downmarket & FWD by the mainstream brands, all in the insatiable thirst for higher production.
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Most of them are well below. Give the few that are above a few years, and their value will be below 100K, too.
