A Horse With No Name

Off topic but... I saw just the car for you today. Yellow 72 Corvette, beautiful, driving down a beautiful tree lined street with the top down. Black interior. Chrome was perfect. You know my passion for C3 cars.

Mint

Since we seem to be at each others throats a little bit lately...let's take it "out into the parking lot" and fight over "cars' instead of stupid stuff. Here is what we can argue about-Suppose you have been picked by the Smithsonian to pick ONE GM car as a historical visual "high Water Mark" of North American car production. Let's suppose the Smithsonian will buy an example of this car and put it on permanant prominent public display. What would you pick? Also-Has to be built in North America, so PCS can't flood us with a fleet of Holdens. My pick-58-62 Chevrolet Corvette. To me even better than a 55 Nomad, 65 GTO, or other notable GM cars. That car just has the look, if you know what I mean. What is your pick...not as your fav. car...but as the all time visual high water mark for a GM car? Let's fight away, guys. Chris

Yuck...however, having done electrical and refrigeration work in food processing plants...I've seen some strange things... Chris

Didn't know you were a ragtop kind of guy. The ragtop on the 4th gen flows better with the car when the top is up than the top on the third gen cars, which is slightly awkward when the top is up. Chris

Lots of C3 Corvettes have somehwat low miles on them, as they were not that much of a real "drivers car." Biggest thing with the 4th gen cars is that some people I know buy a more fuel efficient car for daily use. Like Jay, who had a 94 Formula V8 that he just added Ram air to. I sat across from him in a college class I just took. He bought a Civic because he has a long commute through heavy traffic. But I can't imagine owning one of these cars and not driving it "in anger." Chris

Blizzacks FTW...seriously. I've run them and they make a huge difference. Chris

We have too many Caddy stores around here also. Chris

You should. I saw the coolest 61 Bel Air Fourdoor that had been made into a lowrider, old style, with wide whites and spinner hubcaps, no hydraulics or anything like that. Old GM iron never seem to go out of style. Chris

+1 Bigtime. Let's piss away our heritage completely and then build from scratch. It's got to work at least as well as the last time GM tried that play... Chris

Wow, I love that bodystyle Buick... Chris

Thanks for the links, right now I just want to read about them as I won't have the cash to pull the trigger so to speak for awhile. Glad to know people are fanatical about these. Saw an interesting F body the other day that really got me thinking about these cars...a silver 2002 Camaro that was a replica/pace car for the brickyard (I think it was the brickyard, couldn't get super close in traffic.) I like what you said Longtooth about these cars being the last of the "While Rome as Still Rome" cars. I would agree, which is part of the charm. Chris

I have a basic overview of the 4th gen 'bird (Formula vs. TA, LT1 VS. LS1, etc. ILE, etc.) Would like to know these cars in depth. Websites, stories, anything that would help me learn, please post here. Looked at one today that was about 7,500...nice...Trans AM...Ram Air...94...Silver...but had a salvage title. Think I can do better than that. Still would like an F body in the fleet at some point, but if the economy doesn't improve it ain't gonna come in 2009. Chris

I am hearing you. I would do anything to save Pontiac. Don't think it's gonna happen...so I'm looking elsewhere for inspiration right now because if I think too much about what's going on I am going to get angry and depressed and it just ain't gonna be good. Chris

It will appeal to a certain group or two. Chris

...also...white HHR SS panel, clean looking...I WANT! Chris

Two very, very clean and very, dvery different cars. 36 Ford, black, Resto Rod, just out of 1951, wide whites, red wheels, just the right rake, probably a merc flathead under the hood, flawless period piece. On Bridge Street Headed north. The one remaining Civic CRX that hasn't been riced, rusted or destroyed here in Ohio, red, on Spring Street, NICE. Chris

Didn't Nostradomas or someone think the world would end in 2012? Hope Chryco is still around in 2012... Chris

I'm with blu, they pretty much own us right now and I don't trust them at all. I remember the tank thing well. Chris

Don't we all. Chris

Actually you may need to take a step back for a minute. My wife and three youngest children went to a really nice art show Sunday. It was nice seeing beauty in the world. There is value, there is worth, there is hope. Don't give up yet. Chris

Agreed in one sense on the name thing. Every time GM gets "equity" in a name, be it Electra,Cutlass, 88, Solstice, Firebird, Coupe DeVille, Roadmaster, Caprice, or whatever, they piss it away by changing the name of the car. Kind of moronic. Chris

...the Grand National was/is even nicer. And there is the 9700 original mile 3rd gen T/A the other car lot had for sale also... Chris

To me those cars look almost cool with their patina of age and the fact that 25 years later they are still in use in the rust belt. I saw a pristine 87 Grand National and a Pristine 84 442 Olds...at two different classic car dealers. See one here. http://www.arenamotor.com/listings/l0014.html Chris

First gen F bodies never go out of style... Chris