A Horse With No Name

I'm a chevelle man myself, through and through...but SS454 Monte is just badass! Chris

caddycruiser-THANKS for posting that...one of my fav. GM cars!

Still like stang ragtops...but yeah...that car, that color, was everywhere!

But nothing beats the 1960's Mustangs for me...

Another Fox of the era...

{IMH} {IMH} Always liked kinda the fox body ragtops of the era...

Happy new year everyone! Chris And woo-hooo this makes 7000 posts for me here!

GNX was cool for the day

Camino...just glad to know that you are a "fellow traveller" in this regard! Chris For more modern stuff, I'm obviously into road racing, though... c

Another car will come u0p, slow down, take a ritalin, and chill. Seriously...these cars were like Fleas on a stray cat back in the day. There are still a bunch left. Chris

I liked the downsized Cutty, but not the downsized MC. The best Pontiacs to me are the 65 midsized cars...just awesome. But you can't live on that forever. Back to the 1950's...I love the 55 Pontiac 2 door hardtop. As a former 55 Chevrolet owner I can honestly say that I have had fantasy's about being alive in 55, walking right past the Chevy dealer and getting myself a new tin indian... A Pontiac, that is. White walls and a V8...hmmm...saw one made into a rat rod this summer and it looked great. 55 Pontiac FTW!

Thanks 'blu...glad someonme else understands! Chris

One of my fav. GM cars of the era-Olds Calais Quad 4 ! Fast, cool little car. Local Junkyard has one that I was thinking about trying to put back on the road but she's a little far gone for that...but black on black...hmmm...she had to be quite a little car back in her day... But to me this era marks a downturn in GM. GM never put the development money into the G body midsized cars that they should have...every damned car owning household on my block back in the 70's and 80's seemed to own a Cutty like that at one time or another. And GM left the poor cutty on the vine to rot and die. So even though I love that era Cutty, GM cars from that era, and the thought of buying a grand national...that era also represents to me the decline of the car company I in some ways love the most. Yes, I own a Miata, and talk about GTI's and so forth...but most of my cars have been GM and have been damned good cars. And while I think the new Cruze looks great...and while I want to own another GM car...and while i think the Volt is a kick ass product...part of me can't get excited about where GM has finally ended up through all of this. Even though I am the king of loving FWD sport compacts on this board...I still love the old V8 RWD stuff. That GM let it rot on the vine and die is kind of bitter and while not unforgiveable...still causes me emotional pain 25 years later. Hope you understand...don't know if you will or not. Anyways, 'blu...if your still reading...thanks for hanging with me! Chris

Still love watching the C4 Corvettes as Corvette Challenge cars, SCCA autocross cars, etc. Local guy by the name of Beerman (yes, his real last name) has a C4 that's pretty fast at the local SCCA autocrosses. Axoid posts here once in awhile...and riding in his third gen would convert even balthazar to a little 80's GM love. That thing is wicked fast and he can drive! Still enjoy the third gen Camaro's in NASA Mutang-Camaro Challenge races, and NASA American Iron. Ocnblu, Caddycruiser talked about these cars being around 20 and 25 years later...to me it is impressive that they are racing 25 years later. Buick Grand National ranks with the first gen RX-7, 911, et al as one of my fav cars of the era. Just freakin badass, in every sense of the word. The GM GN makes a great car for those of us who are older who don't want to fool with a tempermental 60's car and just want to enjoy a really reliable, fast, unique GM product. Local guy traded a 67 GTO in at Arena Motors (same people who bought my 71 chevelle when I sold it). Got a Grand National...still has it...as far as I know. Enjoyable in a way to him that the 67 was not.

Ocnblu...I think you've hit a soft, sad spot for me. One of my fav. GM cars was the 78 Cutlass that I drove in College, dated my wife in that car. We drove that thing partway acrossCanada on a trip together while we were dating...LOTS of very good memories with that car. Since it was comfortable and reliable it was a great road trip car...load it up with the GF (now wife) and friends, and go to someones home for the weekend...or load it up (the cutty, not my GF) with guys and take it to a football game or out to shoot some basketball. Great car, great memories. VERY positive memoires of my years as an SCCA flagger watching the third gen Camaro's in SCCA A sedan, and I've seen the 89-90 C4 Corvette Challenge cars raced during vintage races at Mid Ohio. I think THAT car coming at me at 145 MPH while I was working a corner and wearing white re-ignited my love of the Corvette.

You guys are going to shoot me for saying this...but I would LOVE a 73-77 Monte Carlo. Silver car of that era that was just effin flawless was owned by a high school class mate...had a very healthy SBC. I still wake up at night with dreams of that car in my head!

...and after looking at that a second time...that really COULD be in my garage by dinner time...hmmm...better get over there and get that thing before I do something stuuupid...like drive to Kentucky with cash in hand. Chris

Now you see what I said about spend a little more money, get a little better car. Better hurry though, as I am only in Ohio...that 'bird could be in my garage by dinner time!

Kind of seeing where your going smk as far as Cadillac as a premium brand goes. Be interesting to see what else Cadillac has up their sleeve. Chris

This advert is just so much fail. Can't seem to get the back skirt on the female figure skater to fly up so I can check out her hindquarters... Oh, I was supposed to be looking at the CAR. I'm kinda with Balthazar, good old GM days for me was growing up with a 65 Impala SS on both sides of me...neighbors to the left had a Yellow two door hardtop with a 327 and a 4 speed and the neighbors to the right had a daughter with a boyfriend with an aqua/turquoise 396 car. Bonnevilles, GTO's, LeMans, 67, 68, 69 Camaro...the cars of the 50's...these are the cars of my youth. And that figure skater is making me remember the girl next door...watching her wash the 65 in that white bikini is also in my boyhood memories. Chris

Just avoid the fat bottomed girls (or women, as it were) and you'll be fine, sir. THANK YOU for letting us blow off and have a little fun with your thread. Came home from work today, after a good day at work, in a bad mood wanting to shoot someone for no good reason. Took my aggression out on the asshole that cut me off after tonights Hockey game...I think the paint is peeling off his Chryco minivan after the ass chwing I gave him. But seriously, I needed a good laugh and this thread, that poor corvette esp...made me laugh. We now return to serious talk about barn doors...and still sad one like your died with CFC. Chris

I'd love to drive THAT damn beast you have on your hands... Chris

Will you be able to see them through the gold chains hanging from the rear view mirror? Chris

At least one good thing came out of C4C then... But dem hip hop boyz like dem girls with dem big ass butz...you might want to find yourself a bench seat, Camino.

Fusion would be such a big jump over the Maxima, IMHO. MUCH nicer car. Glad you liked it! Chris