balthazar

I dunno what it was, circa '33-34 4-dr sedan, waterfall grill, black, exc, parked. '63 Cadillac Series 62 convert, bright red, gorgeous, rolling slow. '66 Mustang hardtop coupe, silver, decent, parked in service garage. '68 Buick Skylark 2-dr hardtop, primer grey & black but all there, rolling. '70 Cadillac Eldorado hardtop, all white (steel roof), '8.2 Litre' grille badge, very nice exc it wore WWWs, rolling.

4-corners generica.... and dumpiness. Liked the circa '03 stopgap model's Merc-esque blocky styling better. No one buys the M45- I certainly don't see this turning that around.

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Pontiac had a fantastic vinyl in the '60s they called Morrokide- mine has often been confused with leather (tho I can tell the diff), and it wears incredibly well decades later. Great stuff- don't kno why they changed to something else, but by the early '70s it was notably downgraded.

>>"said they found a small leak in the driveshaft"<< Good thing they caught this- you don't want to run out of driveshaft fluid at speed! :OMG: Seriously- would like to hear the official repair ticket-listed reason on this one...

How'd I type that? Of course: it's the 6-spd auto with TapShift.

I saw that same pic too --but many people here in the Cyber-Age have just as much trouble ID'ing this era cars as we had here-- it could be mis-ID'd. Even the bumper/frame height on the B&W car doesn't match the green car's... I can see changing fenders, radiator shells, 'bolt-on' components like that.... but it's unusual to change 'hard point' details like the curve at the cowl. Those 2 above share absolutely nothing. Still not 100% convinced.

Somewhat similiar, and ongoing right now: I did a bunch of work on a woman's house last year. She had unexpectedly lost her boyfriend when he had a fatal heart attack. I stopped working there steady in Sept '08 when I realized she was basically broke, and it's only been a very few odd jobs since then. She still owes me a small amount- I've sold a bunch of stuff out of her garage she no longer wants (she has to move). However, she calls me frequently... too frequently. Well, I hear thru the grapevine yesterday that this woman has told her brother she's in love... and it's me. She knows I'm married, but she (reportedly) said 'yea- but not for long'. Frickin' marvelous. Now I am forced to not answer her calls, and ponder just what she might be capable of (not much). I have more than enough stress as it is.

Looks like more than one model of '17 REO : 1917 REO Car #2 Lots of significant detail differences on this ^ car, and this one shows different hood louvers : Another '17 Apparently "The Fifth" model is quite different. I do see other pics that match the car in question as '17 REOs - good work.

"Duh, I don't like the ideer because it's.... it's.... re-done-dit! Yeah, thats it, so get rid of it !!"

Interesting- but there were SO many manufacturers back then, that it's a tough task. Of note- the sharp angle where the front fender meets the running board- fairly unique. Doesn't seem to match up with Fords, Maxwells, Dodges, Willys or Buicks.... the sales leaders in the mid-late teens... searching could take hours.

God- it's a full-size GM 2-dr hardtop and yet it barely has any style to speak of. Largely shapeless. Hate the taillight panels (sheetmetal)- look 'slapped in'. Color is awful, not nuts about the vinyl top (white on green). Mud guards have to go. I do like '71's nose somewhat- but that's the extent of my love for F/S Pontiacs in the '70s. Still, it's about as nice as one will find for a '72 today.... but how about a 455 HO round-port in a steel-roof, Starlight Black '71 Catalina 2-dr hardtop ? Yea, you're right; not that much better.

>>"69 Pontiac A Body Custom-S"<< ??? Did you think that was part of the actual name ? Wierd way to name your car. >>"I would suggest you get your Pontiac while you still can ..."<< There will always be Pontiacs 'to get', esp for those that value 'real' Pontiacs. :wink:

Wow, you sure got me fgured out... Fer sher. :rotflmao: -- -- -- -- -- Don't you 2 go getting your LL Bean undies in a snit - tho it read that way, by "we" I meant a certain contingency of my HS, but I was not one of them. This was also a very different time than the touchy-feely '00s when you two were in HS. I didn't create it- I was just there. Lighten up, dudes; HS is over!

Oh you candy ass, you

We use to full-bore punch kids with LL Bean anything in my HS - reason enough right there. Might be partially why I've never owned a backpack my entire school career.

In keeping with my rep here: "haha-hoohoo" explained...

'54 Chevrolet Bel Air 2-dr sedan, pale blue, exce stocker, rollin. '53-56 Ford F-100 pickup, silver, modern tires, exc shape, parked. '60 Cadillac Sedan deVille, white, exc survivor, parked in driveway. Fantastic lines. '63 Chevrolet Impala 2-dr hardtop, red metalflake, primo, lowrider, rollin. '70 Olds Cutlass (442??) 2-dr hardtop, purpley, rolling fast. '75 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, white, very nice, parked.

Upgrading the class of generic FWD rental Meh-mobiles... or trying to.

Tucker weight has been misquoted since day one. 4200 / 4250 is the guesstimated weight of the original 'Tin Goose' prototype- which was heavily leaded & built from numerous donor cars. Buick Roadmaster is the same overall size as the Tucker with an iron block I8, iron DynaFLow trans and an enclosed driveshaft. After some persistance, I got a Tucker expert to admit the production Tucker weighs about 3750 lbs, which was my guesstimation. This is the sort of thing I live for- correcting misconceptions & straight-up incorrect facts in the auto hobby. Whether or not I can suceed in getting this corrected at large, remains to be seen. -- -- -- -- -- I never read that overheating was a problem. Aluminum engine did pretty well at dissipating heat, plus the car did duct in air from the leading edges of the rear fenders. Don;t forget- these are 60-some yr old cars with no replacement parts - component condition trumped original design decades ago.

Not defending O'Neil ... but any chance he was out of his mind with grief and/or 'medicated'? Who legitimately expects someone to have a drink on them at a funeral ?? Not the wonderings of someone in their right mind (....but then again; he's 'Hollywood'; are any of them??).

I've noted the 'Lutzring' in ariel shots- have you drive much of the rest of Milford ?? How about that monster-long loop on the west border ? Anyone believe GM could make mad bags of money having open houses there, where they invite car clubs to come in & drive like wild (after signing inch-thick liability releases, of course) ?? I would love to even tool around in a golf cart there, soaking up the aura.... -- -- -- -- -- On second thought- isn't letting Chris into Milford like letting the Hamburgeler into the Mickey D's kitchen ?

XP715 - >>"I know I can't take it with me when I die..."<< You can if you're build your own coffin !

One of my clients leaves their house unlocked & open, which in this era is naturally surprising... but they really have nothing to steal if you assessed it (not that I'm in any way a potential thief). I can't do it, I like things too much. And frankly- I would be... I guess it would be bored if I were to live like that.

I remember looking at & sitting in a fancy '60 Olds 98 convertible in my favorite junkyard. White car, 2 (or 3??) tone leather seats. Ashtray was full of cigarette butts ringed with red lipstick, and there were a handful of lil' sealed glass vials w/ colored liquid inside on the backseat floor; cracked one open- perfume. Right then I could see a taller, trim, classy, upscale woman, Ray-Bans, perhaps a scarf around her upswept hair, crusing that stylish monster along the less-trafficed roads, top ALWAYS down, looking fabulous. The woman- who knows? may be gone. The car was crushed in '98 along with the entire 25 acres worth of it's bretheren.