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^^ OK, cause for '09, 2 trims had non-alloys, 2 had alloys. BTW, our '09 2LT 4 has painted alloys, not polished.

I will admit- getting real alloys helped push us into a 2LT Malibu. I just don't know how the 'clad's would hold up over time. That said, it's her car and she really doesn't care either way.

Base Malibu rims, up close, are very well done as far as NOT looking like a cheesy hubcap. The chrome-clad steels are also very well done. Styling is of course, objective. The Malibu LS rims remind me of the Z28 rims of the 3rd gen Camaro- strong Chevy vibe. If you put the LTZ rims on the LS, what do you put on the LTZ and the 2LT & 1LT ?? Toyoyo is still pressing extremely cheap plastic hubcaps over visible, 20-hole stamped steel rims.

It truly is an amazing & fascinating study of human perception. Here, strong badge associations were thoroughly up-ended by --IMO-- the general impression that small = FWD. -- -- -- -- -- >>"Unless they own the ultimate driving machine on two wheels, it is "Bimmer"."<< Noted, and don't care.

But overall, the vast bulk of BMW drivers are not attending track days via their marque club, they're just clueless schlubs with death grips at 2 & 10, schlubbing their way to work and thinking they are totally fashionable because they drive a 'beamer'.

Funniest. damned. thing. ever. SMK is going to sh!t himself unconscious. And I fully content- 75% or thereabouts never press any more handling out of their BMWs than Yaris owners do.

>>"Can't be very many wagons left w/ the 6 though. "<< Agreed- wagons of the '60s (and '70s) have had a disproportionately high mortality rate. Tempest wagons weren't overly plentiful to begin with. 1967 : 3,495 Tempest Safaris, 5,324 Tempest Custom Safaris, 4,511 Tempest (LeMans) Safaris. The fact that's it's a clean, feature-able '67 tempest wagon far trumps the OHC-6 IMO.

C'mon RJ; don't be shy- tell us what details you see (other than the plating) that make you of the opinion that the car featured is a 'mock-up' ? I'd really like to see what you're seeing.

OK- so what do you think they made 'mock-up's of in 1955 ?

Catalina w/ Tri-Ps would not be relatively unusual for '59. Would be more uncommon on a Bonneville, I believe. Tri-Ps sold to performance-minded individuals, and they wanted the lightest car (the Cat). I myself found a Cat 4-dr with factory Tri-Ps on a vintage car lot circa 1985. And it was pink. OHC-6 wasn't rare in the least - it was the standard engine & the only 6 in '67. 21% of '67 Tempests were 6s. Hi-Po Pontiac should know better than this (implication)... Exposure depends on the circles you move in. I've seen far more '59 Pontiacs in person than GTOs & G8s combined.

Well, the Sport package was available on all '71 LeMans', so that it was applied to a 4-dr doesn't surprise me. I almost bought a '71 LeMans Sport convertible, but the buyer decided to keep it. The '59 Cat, '67 Tempest & '69 GP weren't portrayed as 'unusual', correct?

Nah- that's a real car. Mocked-up clays have 'feet' inboard of the tires to support the structure- that's a real car. Chrome looks slightly strange due to camera, lighting & age of film, IMO... but it still looks real to me. Great design- love the '55s, love the vertical rear fascia, the Silver Streaks, and the subtle fins. Greenhouse is perfection.

I'm finding that the vintage magazines, SIA, CA, this one, have already 'jumped the shark' WRT coverage, IE; it's all been done before. Unless they are unveiling design-stage stuff, it's already in print. That's why we're getting vehicles like the '52 Chieftan 4-dr. Not much historically significant there, as opposed to -say- '55...

I would far rather watch an equivalent time span of Pontiac commercials.

General historical overview, I assume?? Can't have too many vintage Pontiac articles - will hunt down a copy.

GMC ME

...Gonna ride around in style, gonna drive everybody wild" - that was under my pic in my HS yearbook.

Ahhh : didn't catch the first name at first...

Can't wait, FOG. Ocn : how's about an address, you know- so anyone who wants to perhaps.... Google Earth it, might be able to find it...

'least her first name wasn't 'Jucy'.

Jersey saw between 4 & 7" officially. Worst damage I've seen in my lifetime WRT trees down. In general, and as flat as central Jersey is, it was not nearly as bad as the pics above show. Today tho- 66 and sunny- things are drying up surprisingly well. 5.5" (the average) would've been 5.5 feet of snow- I would've made mad money plowing that...

Hmmm- how, umm, long would you say it was ?

Sign still there I wonder ??

OK : don't care.

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