balthazar

We all get that TGUS is "entertainment", so are just about all (non-documentary) movies in national release... that doesn't mean it's necessarily GOOD entertainment. -- -- -- -- -- Just going by this guy's on-screen persona, I don't hate it. Beyond that will take more input.

I've 'done time' in a CRX; for one person, traveling locally, with a small quantity of items, it could have a 'perfect' amount of utility, I suppose, tho it's no more than any other car (besides a smart & a Viper). Curious that you bothered to mention it, is all.

Curious: how, exactly, do you measure 'utility' ??

98- didn't that '77 Toronado XSR go production, minus the t-tops? Back window slightly different, I believe, but it's pretty much 99% production, no?

"General dissatisfaction" ?? Approval rating has been below 20% what has to be at least 5 years and the Gallup approval number released this week stands at 13%. That' goes beyond "huge" to 'cataclysmically bad'. -- -- -- -- -- Frankly, anyone who somehow still believes the Gov is out for the interests of the people and the nation are delusional, IMO. In other words, assume some degree of corruption (or at the very least ineptitude), and be proven (with verification) otherwise. The more people think in this manner, the cleaner things will run.

Want to possibly get my attention? Fill an S600 with water and drive it around, then launch a RPG thru it and watch it explode like a hollow-point thru a melon. That might be amusing. Guess it depends on which side of the fence you stand on.

Not so sure really bad bodywork guarantees a good "great" sports car (let's ignore the GT-R for the moment)...

YEAH, that Gladiator, with all the (polished aluminum?) bits AND a TD would be a killer truck. The most appealing Jeep I've ever seen, concept or production. NICE. I missed it the first time around.

^ Fastenal (not auto, but hand tools & hardware) by me has 3 Rams. How is a RC, short- or long-bed truck not "maneuverable" ?? I can put my CC/SB truck anywhere- I back it into a single-wide driveway on a one-way, 2-side parking street with no problems- it's not that hard.

RAMONES ~ Motorhead

Are those... beer cans??

I'm going to pretend I didn't see that.

Hallelujah! I'm a Bum - Harry McClintock

Pretty cool they way they hands-on tortured cars back then. Of course, ChryCo didn't bother to mention that Torsion-Aire --while indeed good-- was only on the front end; the rear was old-timey leaf springs. All the damage mentioned/shown via GM cars was in the rear, not the front. Not good of course, but the answer there would not be torsion rods.

>>"Maybe for the die hard collector."<< Who else pays over used car values for ANY older car?? Collectors. What a bizarre statement. And to compare it to "later performance cars" is MORE bizarre- moderate performance cars can out-perform a stock vintage GTO- are they worth $500 because of it? You cannot make legitimate judgements of decades-old cars versus much newer cars and try to couple it to value. Car collecting just does NOT work that way. You may not care for the GNX, but you cannot explain away it's appeal to others NOR it's place in performance history.

Camino LS6 ~ >>"OK, analagous then."<< I get your meaning: unique alternate fuel vehicle dangled in front of public, mildly endearing, then yanked away. And I used the same reasoning I don't subscribe to WRT the Tucker, against the EV1.

Buying complete engines from your competition is admitting engineering defeat.

EV1 was built for 3 years & 1117 units tho.

You could. You could make the same argument WRT the G8ST since it's in production in a few markets. ChryCo built 55 Turbines, but they were never sold (only lent out); maybe they could squeak in on a technicality? I consider the Tucker production, tho only 37 were built in factory and there were constant running changes, 13 more were built after the factory closed. Many others do not consider it production (assumedly on volume & length of time). Not sure how many were delivered retail via dealers- I believe none. '55 EB looked very different than the '57 out back, but like I said, I'm just gooshy over the one-off fiberglas '55 XP-38. '55 shares no panels with the production '57-58 cars. -- -- -- -- -- I've always liked the offbeat proportions & simplicity of the '50 Martin Stationette, tho I'm not generally a fan of wood siding. The big disk rims make it the most substantial-looking of this era's 3-wheelers/microcars :

XP-38, the 1955 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham prototype. Tho the model did go into production in '57-60, there were substantial styling & amenitities changes between this & the '57-58s.... ah Hell: this is a pure porn nomination for me. Just so damned beautiful:

Like one single, solitary word to explain the reasoning behind this car is remotely necessary:

1963 Chrysler Turbine. A turn-key, production-ready, alternate fuel vehicle with appropriately space-aged styling to boot. Sat in #18, LOVED the interior. A great thumb-yer-nose at the oil chokehold the rest of motordom would be in in 10 years.

XP-39, the '55 L'Universelle is really interesting- making a cargo vehicle both glamorous, innovative and very capable. Mid-engined with unique scissor-lift doors at the pass side & rear. Love the design of it. It very well may have popularized the van right off the bat and help keep it from being shoehorned into the 'red-headed stepchild' image. I'd put that in my top 10 easy.

I just ran the zip code on this- East Brunswick, the next town over from me. Roger- I know you've said funds are tight- but you want an in-person assessment on this truck - let me know.