Sixty8panther

The Cien is the equivelant of a low flying F117. If they do make it I thinkit should be wiht a V16 that could be shared wiht a ULS Sixteen. That woudl make Cadillac smell like roses and make RR & Bentley look like Lincolns.

No arguments there Fly.... Buick & Cadillac are the two brands I'm goign to stick with for a while. I've had a couple Chevys & a few Pontiacs and I'll ahve more in the future but right now I'd love to have 1996 Fleetwood Brougham for a daily driver and a '59 Invicta hardtop for a toy.

Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. The IS300 is not a bad car. If I ever did buy a Lexus it would most certainly be an IS. the new IS is decent but the lack of an inline six is a major turnoff. I too hope for your sake the car is totalled. I'm of the opinion that a modern car with crumple zones is never the same after a bad hit. Keeping in mind your loss, if it is totalled what will you buy next? Will you consider a CTS?

Someday when you win the lottery you can pull out that sweet faithful 3800 and throw in a 572 crate and twin turbo it. :metal: Take on anything short of a Veyron!

Well I guess if the DTS was inspired by the '67 Razorback you could say the Alante was inspired by the '61 Coupe Deville. :huh: Sorry but IMHO it's like comparing the Mona Lisa to finger painting.

That Town Car deserves it's own thread. What a looker. The interior makes a new RR look like a Honda Accord. There's more gold than in Mike Tyson's mouth!!!

wow... those all suck, I even grieve for the Lexus IS... it is the coolest car to wear the "L". :(

Almost forgot Munson: please do post pictures!!!

I immigrated to the states wiht my family form Slovakia at the age of 8 durring the twilight years of communism. After having grown up with tiny, underpowered, super-economical unsporty cars the streets of Boston were littered with Suepr cars. Low slung Camaros, Corvettes & Firebirds were like some kind of boyhood fantasy come true. T-tops, loud exhaust notes & the promisse of a V8 under the hood became the ultimate. A few years later through magazines like Hot Rod & Car Craft I discovered that back in the '60s cars looked even better than in the 80s. And they were faster, quicker, louder, sexier, less inhibited and bolder... it only took a few glances at a carshow & in a magazine for me to become a muscle car fan. Above all else I loved F-bodys. I remember telling myslef as I stared at a '68 Camaro: someday I WILL have one! Later I decided '69 was the ultimate year but a '68 happened to come along I could not resist and the rest is history. :) http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/ssil...ARCRAFT2004.jpg

Go to photobucket.com... upload your stuff (make it like 700 pixles wide or smaller) and place it here including tags. :)

Balthy: yup... I can see what you're saying. GM1: Hey buddy... thanks I think. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit back there. :blink: :P

Still love those '61-63 Contis but as I said earlier in this thread the fact that they are not hardtops is a bummer. Now this new concept is sharp. I loved it fomr day one... if produced it could be made a true hardtop but not like the concept. I mean this thing does not even have a hardtop style B-post. THere's nothign there. I mean not even any kind of latches or strikers for the doors. A little over the top even for a concept, no? Eh whatever... that '66 is sharp. :wub:

Cool. Way to go. Are those cupholders Ocnblu was refering to? The quad exhausts are wild, not my choice of wheels but they work. Always loved the sunset orange. :)

You should have posted this AFTER you won it. I think we's about to have ourselves a bidding war...

> What do the letters “AC” specifically stand for in AC Delco? I knwo this one but can't think of it at the moment > What do the letters in “Delco” stand for? no idea > What is the significance of ‘United Motors Company’ and ‘International Motor Car Company’? no clue to be perfectly honest > What 3 independent truck manufacturers were bought & merged to form GMC? Rapid Motor cars, Raliance Trucks & uh, no idea about the third. I know Buick made trucks back in the day. > What 3 auto manufacturers were party to the initial talks of consolidation to form what would become General Motors? Dodge Brothers, Oldsmobile & Buick > What year was the first Buick engine built? 1907? > What year was the first Cadillac engine built? 1903 (this seems to easy I know I'm forgeting something)

Sorry to hear that buddy... on the plus side does Decka need a parts car? It's always sad to see a car go. I even get a bit sad whenever I sell something out of my fleet. After 9 years in my family (having been purchased brand new) I sold my '93 Achieva the same day I bought my '68 Panther. For obvious reasons I never looked back at the time and pretty much had a good-riddance attitude about the Achieva. After all it had a POS 115hp Quad four and my newly aquired Camaro had almost 400. I also vowed to never drive a FWD in my late teens and the temporary Achieva was wearing on my nerves. But now years later I do feel bad about just casting it aside. Esp. since the poor car was abused, crashed & junked by the girl I sold it to in less than a year. :(

I looked at a Diesel Benz a few months ago. It was only $800 O.B.O., I went to take a look at it and it ran fine but the bodywork was pretty sloppy and it had nearly 1/4 million miles so I decided to pass. It was a big vanilla colored '1987 300SDL with a nice interior but the outside had more bondo than a '1975 Corolla. It would have been sweet to convert taht thing to run off bio-fuel... driving down the street smelling like a Wendy's fryalator.

Oh and three things: 1. I'm not a fan of Toyota, although a Cressida is a semi-decent excuse to buy one. 2. The Volvo & Mercedes are not readily available for $300 in excellent condition just because of a lost title. 3. Vocalized Warning System: Zero-for-3. B) :lol: P.S. If the modern day Cressida (Avalon) was RWD I'd stil think it was an UGLY blob of a car.

I'm thinking about trading in the STS on something newer or atleast with less milage. The STS is in my name but the G/F drives it 80% of the time. A pre-Ford Volvo wouldn't be the worst thing in the world aside from the fact that I really want to buy GM. Marcia's mom bought a gently used white '98 Volvo 960 about a year ago. If all else fails and we can't find her a decent STS, Bonneville, Deville, Caprice Classic, Fleetwood or watever then the Volvo would still be better than a few cars she's suggested. If it was up to me I'd be replacing the STS with a B-body... preferebly a baby-blue Roadmaster sedan with a steel roof. Marcia thinks it's way too conservative and fuddy-duddy for her. <_<

You know it will Sucka!

more to follow....

Ladies & Gentleman, I submit for your approval: Nineteen-hundred & Sixty-nine Cadillac Sedan Deville

Well... now that's different. But still I'd be tempted to go with the '49. > thinks < If you throw in a RR style parthenon grille with a 24k GOLD Caddy hood ornament on each and every C!marron then I'll settle for the 2.8 liter Cadillac that Zigs.

A bit unorthodox but I'd take it over twenty five brand new C1marrons wiht continental kits and vinyl roofs. :CG_all: