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Satty - >>"How do the constant bitching..."<< It's no where NEAR "constant". >>"that today's cars aren't the cars of the 50's and 60's"<< No one has said this (if you bothered to read any of these posts), but calling out the lack of attention to detail (as naturally compared to cars that feature this build approach) & the rampant homogenization in many modern cars hopefully serves to influence future quality, individuality & ATD. Gee, hasn't ignoring higher benchmarks what many here 'constantly bitch' GM has failed to do ?? >>"and posts perpetually blaming the media"<< It's no where NEAR "perpetually", but if you cannot see the bias in media overall, you must never read any of it. Not necc a bad thing : you're actually not missing much... (except, of course; the basis to defend it). Regardless; open discussion on issues promotes participation.

>>"BMW sells 500,000 3-series a year worldwide"<< BMW heavily fleets the 3-series in europe, unlike Cadillac with the CTS in the U.S. Cadillac also only leases in 5 states, and that just restarted. Actual private sales are closer than you think.

I will say this- the most uncomfortable car I've ever sat in, by far (and here I can willingly include the petrified, deteriorated seats inside junkyard cars) is an '80s BMW 3. Seats felt like thinly upholstered plywood boxes. They were SO wretched, in hindsight I have to believe they WERE thinly-upholstered plywood boxes.

>>"Washington, D.C., ranked above the average, with 95 percent of the banknotes sampled contaminated with the drug."<< Explains a LOT.

Absolutely incorrect : in reality there is a WIDE gap between passionate and 'bat &#036;h&#33; crazy'; in fact it is primarily the snap judgement... the 'need' to categorize those comments/ posters who don't immediately agree with one's views into 'Jar A' or 'Jar B' by a select few that has driven a number of the more knowledgable away. Who comes to a discussion group looking to be informative, yet instead accepts being branded & categorized? The 'snap judges' cannot handle insider information counteracting their own preconceived (and widely-advertised) opinions. That sort of belligerent judge-mentality is a core component of immaturity. Those interested in the healthy continuance of this board recognize that respect, civility and freedom of speech should be the goal, and those that can only label or shout down others will do nothing to increase traffic, only decrease it.

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.