A Horse With No Name

They were incredible cars. A sixty 5 Supersport Hardtop (2 door) lived on each side of me growing up. Damn, I miss those cars. Chris

I can relate to the prewar car lust, 68. I am thinking a V-8 Ford or a Stoveboltn 6 Chevy may very well be in my future. But I want it stock and original, if possible. I could handle a street rod but... I really want say a 36 Ford so bad I can't stand it. Chris

It is a hell of a car, dude. I'd think hard...I love the way it drives. Chris

What issues? There is NO category whatsoever that he can take Obama on. Chris

Considering NONE of the Republicans in my lifetime (Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush SR, Bush Jr) have cut actual government spending, this is just another pure bull$h! lie from McCain. Chris

IIRC we were making major progress back during the Carter years until craphead Reagan cut the funds. +1 Chris

As the former owner of a 55 Chevy, I'm just happy to see it make the list. 55 FTW! Chris

G8 slightly used ought to be about 22-25k in a year or two, about $425-445 per mo if you finance it, Pauli. Probably a bit more than you want to spend, but it would make a very nice car for you. Although there is a little of Sixty-Eight in me and somehow I always picture you driving an Italian Car, like an Alfa Milano or an old GTV. Chris

I'd like to come, BTW, great pics. That early 70's red vette is to die for, and the silver first gen MONTE is awesome. Thanks for sharing this...it really made my day. Chris

Things haven't been good here, for sure. I miss a lot of people...sad, really. Maybe the newer car you can save for is a 39 Lasalle, which will be newer than Oldsmoboi's model "A"? Seriously, I used to be just like you, only with houses. I lived in a Craftsman Style bunga low, and the newest thing in the house was built in 1915, swore I would never buy a newer house. But I realized I needed a better neighborhood and a school district, so we built a new four bedroom house 7 or 8 years ago and have lived there since. Next house I am going to build is going to be a re-creation of a Craftsman Style bungalow with all of the "issues" of the previous house fixed. Great pic of Sofia BTW, reminds me of when my daughter Joanna was 4 and riding in my 55 Chevy... Good luck with whatever you do, sixty eight. Chris

The wheels are going to come off of the whole thing pretty quickly, IMHO. Chris

We need to attack it from both the left and the right. We need, for instance, real financial help for the gifted Science student when she comes from a poorer family. The governmetn can do that. We need individuals to give to individual charities. I'm not religious, per se...but the notion that "God doesn't give a man more money so he can go from a Chevy to a Lexus, he gives them more money so a family in Africa can get one step further from starvation" goes along way with me. Chris

+1 Chris

Ohmygosh...I am not a fan of bigger cars but this thing is really cool. It has a lot of syle and presence. If GM can make money selling 25,000-50,000 a year and keep it here, more power to them. IMHO this is the kind of car GM needs to be building. Chris

I wouldn't want NAV in one. I wonder if the blackberry color carries over...the FIT looked excellent in that. Although the Cobalt is really growing on me also, I am almost ready to get in the market for one. Chris

I know what you mean, Camino. Neither party seems to be close enough to the center to relate to the things americans really want. I've been going door to door for the obama campaign,and a lot of people share your level of disgust with our political process. Personally, I'd vote for a third party candidate before I'd vote for McCain. I don't trust the man at all. Chris

Exactly....this is the largest of many failings of the Republican party over the last 30 years. Chris

You'll smell a lot more $h! if McCain is elected... Chris

Somewhere West of Laramie...yes there was, they were the people I was thinking of when I saw this thread. Chris

My wife's aunt used to be a mail carrier and had a right hand drive Subaru. It was fun going through a drive through with a large dog in the left hand seat....really kind of freaked the girls at the window out to see a large dog supposedly driving a car... Chris

How the hell anyone votes Republican with the shape our nation is in is beyond me. Hopefully Ohio will push it over for Obama. Chris

Because we won't spend the money to upgrade our rail infrastructure. The Japanese bullet trains run MUCH faster and have an almost flawless safety record...they are willing to spend the money on a proper rail system, we are not. Chris

+1. Chris

...and yeah, blu it was an EXCELLENT review. Chris

...no, they shouldn't. Not everyone wants a large, V-8, RWD car, and if America is about the freedom to enjoy a V-8 land yacht it can also be about the freedom to enjoy a small car. Let me give you this wildly improbably scenario...Julie, your wife, invents a carb that lets any 50's or 60's or 70's V8 RWD car get 34 MPG. The Martians exist and have quietly stolen every 50's, 60's, and 70's Hardtop American V8 car that was going to be crushed back in the day, taken it to Mars, and performed a nut and bolt resto of amazing quality... I can be teleported to Mars, have my pick of these cars, and put it in my garage. I can have up to four cars in my garage, lets say, and all 4 can be from the "Martian collection." I'd have a nice 66-67 442 Hardtop Olds...along with a Volkswagen GTI, a 240Z, and a 34 Ford street rod or something. I like old RWD land yachts but I also like other cars. Given that most of the cars (RWD, Hardtop, non-special interest) of the era are in anything BUT the aforementioned perfect shape, and that I wouldn't really want to put my wife and family in a 68 Bonneville that has spent its life in somewhere like Ohio or mAssachusetts, esp. not on a long distance trip out of state... I think I see a Fit in my future. I don't really see one in yours, but I also don't see a Cord or V16 Cadillac either. Chris