Sixty8panther

Yeah... or maybe a Chaika or Wartburg. LOL I think the story of the classics in Cuba is an amazing one. A fellow www.Buick-59.com member sent me a fantastic DVD about the car culture in Cuba. I was hoping it would have a pre-boat-conversion photo of that famous '59 Buick Invicta... green flattop that predated the 1951 Chevy truck and the 1940s Mercury airport limo.

Wow, amazing. Good luck to your grandfather.

true dat.

Weep not VonVeez.... In the USA the car would probably be crushed and forgotten. There in Cuba it has prob. logged 780,000 miles on its original motor. and the wear/dents/body damage is the result of 51 years of daily use, not some abusive jerk.

I'm over it. But I do agree they'd be better placed in the lisence plate cutout.

Sexy. Just about the coolest GM car (non-Cadillac/Corvette) of the past 30 years. + 1 I'll be buying the glass, window regulators & weatherstripping from a ragtop Camaro off my local GM dealer & using a sawzall/welder. Seriously. GM makes me work hard for my happiness.

Yes... that's the price you pay for saving on purchase price, sales tax, registration, insurance, exice tax, maintenance items, replacement parts.... the list goes on.

I'm surprised Camino did not notice the 1959 Pontiac G8 ute.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, after I dragged it home and then a few weeks later decided against re-using it in the Halloween Howler since I got a free Mazda 626, I junked it, which back in 2005 did not get you $175-$300 dollars, instead I towed it up to a junkyard in NH and exchanged it for some car parts I needed for my S10 and Camaro.

Could be worse, you could have tried to do the same with a Tundra. Your grill would be fine but the truck would have ripped in two pieces.

*cough, cough* '58 *cough!*

It's a baby version of my Banana... same basic frame & structure with diferent end caps & outside sheet metal. Not sure if it would have the power-pulldown trunk like my Caddy. And I was going to comment on that Balthy: the sig. of three fire engine red tails is delicious. I can only think of one way to "one up" that. NWS: http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/4595/90561893ji6.jpg what were you thinking FOUR cars?

If I posted a "FAVORITE SONGS FROM PINK FLOYD LIST" it would be one long thread. That's like saying "my favorite GM cars..." I can think of about three dozen immediately, just from the 1950s Moltar: PF & U2 are both in my top 5 best bands of all time list. ALSO: Did you know a pissed off Pink Floyd fan who spit on Roger Waters is in some way responsible for the WALL album's creation?

You guys DO realize that the GM oil-life monitor system does NOT test for viscosity,acidity or dirt, and therefore it does not know to adjust for your switch to synthetic? It monitors three things: TIME in terms of the calendar engine hours revs/idling/heavy duty engine use

Congrats. That's a smart move, esp. compared to that best to $h! Neon. Looks like it was in the upper atmosphere during a meteor shower. Sooooo... is this the first RWD car in the familiy since the Cudas?

The Bustleback was, in an era of boxy profiles, a swooping, 1930s-esque rebel. I agree with the agree to disagree... just my $0.02 In any case, that 1969 Cadillac Caballero Balthazar posted has to be one of the coolest wagons of ALL time!

How bout more sixteen-cylinder porn? This Cadillac Twin-8 would so kick a Packard Twin-6's a$$ in a barfight. Check out that Crane hood ornament, bout to put the smackdown on Hispanosuiza & Packard bird ornamentage! (I had to make up a few words to complete that sentance, so sue me)

You want black-n-white?

PCS: That Cadillac museum in Deuchland blows my mind. Insane! Keep posting, you've got some good stuff. That barn in front of a frozen lake, with the '53? Cadillac in front of it is just... spooky. Kind of lonely & sad. The post of the 1980 Sedan Deville that tried to eat a guardrail endcap in one piece is disturbing... Band the SAAB BulL$h! even MORE disturbing. :gross: now let's keep the Cadillacs coming: A yellow/white/white 1961 Cadillac in a two door hardtop, just like the one Danny DeVito drives (and crashes) in "Tin Men" is my ALL TIME FAVORITE post-war Caddy. This is my favorite photo of all time of the almost as cool 1962 ragtop equivalent. (xcept it has a yellow interior)

Cool post, yesterday I was daydreaming at work (when P.F.'s "Sheep" was playing) about the l ocal Science Museum's Pink Floyd laser light show. I've been a P.F. fan ALL my life. I mean litteraly my dad got me hooked since before I can remember. In 1991, 1992 (middle school) I was wearing P.F. t-shirts and the cool (rich) kids were making fun of me saying I would have been cool... if it was 1975, or other stupidity to that effect. Then just a couple years later, in the mid 1990s, all of a sudden P.F. became "in Fashion" in yuppieville and as god is my witness the same losers who had ZERO originality or self induvdualism were now WEARING Pink Floyd shirts and sporting Dark Side of the Moon stickers on their BMWs.

This mkight be a generational thing but I'm not impressed by wreaths.... Vs are way more cool. Wreaths = late 1970s & 1980s junk Vs = 1950s, 1960s & EARLY 1970s coolness...

This little Dustbuster on wheels is no more inspired by the 8C than the Chevy Vega was inspired by the '1970 Camaro RS/SS.

Saturn is the only one that I do not care about... Mercury has been dying a slow death thanks to Ford going WAY out of their way to screw that brand up with re badges that are so mediocre they disgust me. Ford gets an F- for their effort with Mercury/Lincoln.

He's right. This thing would be over priced if it was sold at the dollar store. Why do 99% of these Chinese cars look like a 3 year old designed them with a dull crayon!?

I love the 8C and I think Alfas designs range from gorgeous to hideous. This little guy has a kind of "Pokemon getting a rectal exam without warning" look to him. Lookit how shocked he looks, or maybe someone just told him that Santa Claus is not real.