balthazar

Short hood, long deck, hardtop, RWD, V8 & American one-ups the above.

Trickle up reform? I don't think so, Tim. A few thousand guppies aren't going to turn the Queen Mary around. I cannot afford to donate my time to Gov't projects for free, and I would never trust a 'tax for work' agreement written up by DC lawyers. However, I will do evil for cash. • • • Here's what happened; There used to be 3 broadcast news outlets with limited daily shows, so the 'pie' was cut into 3 huge slices. Now there are 40,000 news outlets, 24/7, and partisan broadcasting works really well, so every outlet filters their output.... in order to fight for their 1/40,000 slice of the pie. 'Objectivity? SNORT!- who still believes news is about the news? Unfortunately, I am going to have to lay the blame of rampant subjectivity in the media at the doorstep of Technology. • • • How exactly has refrigeration been used for evil in the past? Do tell....

My truck's blower fan resistor, just replaced under a factory TSB/recall a few months ago, is on the fritz again.

An alternative to what ?

Balthazar is still salivating over a Lincoln flower car...

And here we are different...I would take a 69 GTO over any car built int he 1950's by Pontiac. Clarification: I was saying I could take a '68-72 A-Body, but I would not buy a '73-77 version. I like the 1st gen GA and the '77 Can Am, but I'm still not buying one. I've actively pursued a few really nice '68-72 generation a few times (Pontiacs), tho sadly it never came to pass. But in your comparison, I would take a '57 Super Chief Catalina over any GTO (value aside).

Not sure how old my street view house pic is, but it's at least 2 years old.

Yes, but do we really need to read it in EVERY. THIRD. POST?

We CANNOT just send people to DC and expect a turnaround- we've been DOING that all along. The SYSTEM has to change, not just the puppets. That said; I don't necc. disagree with you, Horsey

"RWD proportions" is the new "hardtop" on C&G.

Had a nice dinner with Mom & Dad tonight- Mom still makes a killer scratch-baked apple pie!

^ Yikes, I'd have never bought if I followed what I really like- they were all out of production before I was born.

The '60s ones are real clean, but to the point of almost being boring, IMO. I've been around them (same owner) and while I appreciate them, there's not much going on stylistically. Converting a car to have a bed where it did not would take a thousand hours of skilled labor. As for building a copy of this from a hearse; impossible, there were no hearses built. Hearses in general have rather high interior floors, anyway. It's likely easier to build one from a 2-dr hardtop. ClassyE- I'm on the message board of the PCS, but the owner was a long-time member of the LCOC, I do not question the claim (and it was borne out by my own research). Frankly, if I have any chance at this, alerting the core audience for this one is not advisable.

I don't watch these, but I don't believe the price is that out of line.

I mentioned this about a year.5 ago- a exceedingly rare car may become available to me in the near future. I got the phone call today, touching base & alerting me to this ad of said car: http://cnj.craigslis...2621361274.html My friend/ the owner passed away in Sept of '09, but I had seen this car a few times over the years. Imagine a circa 19' long El Camino with custom bodywork & trim and commanding presence. I am pretty damned good at research, but there's ZERO on the net about this vehicle- seems the "1 of 1" claim is true (tho I remember the owner telling me it was '1 of 2', but the other no longer existed). According to the owner, he had a considerable mental list of people who wanted dibs on the car should he ever sell it. What it might reasonably be worth restored.... even I don't know. Money & time are always tight... but today not only did I find a possible inside storage location with a drive-up ramp & plenty of room, but a willing financial backer (same party). Hoo-boy. The (tiny) pics in the ad are from many years back, as it is no longer in such spiffy shape (tho it has been inside since those days). I have a feeling this one will slip away to another buyer before me....

There's really only 1 grade of chrome on the front of any vehicle- plasti-chrome. Beamer & Benz use it too. The GMT800s are rugged, yet not terribly refined/classy. The GMT900s got classy, but lost most of the ruggedness. There's a balance somewhere between the 2 concepts...

Of course you had 2 tiers of Pontiacs at the end; the GTO, G8 and Solstice.... and those other things. None of those 1st tier were 'cheap, flashy & boring'.

^ Eons in the minds of the typical mainstream, mass-produced lux vehicle buyer...

^ Ferrari-esque.

^ I would disagree- DC just isn't that plugged in to be directly effected. They operate outside of reality & the world of the people they supposedly represent.

I've seen worse... Stylistically- it's just the doubled vents on the pass side- the rest is not awful. Then again, I've never been in one.

Well worthy of a pic; an athletic, crisply-tailored sedan:

He said 'Yes; it's still his favorite', and 'No; he's not interested in selling it', but 'If he were to sell it, he'd ask around $6K'. Now, I have no ready info on whether that's a fair market price for this in this condition, or if it's the 'heartstring' price. It's in good shape for being 20 yrs old, but it's no preserved original. If it were me, I'd consider closer to $2K, but I'm notoriously cheap.

Same goes for the mainstream (mercedes/BMW/etc) lux. category- most drivers have no idea how to open the hood.

"Long time ago- no one remembers that."