Sixty8panther

Great post. :) "Powertrain & Performance A 427-c.i.d. engine - that's where it's at if you want a bomb. Add 4-on-the-floor and it's practically a supercar. Not exactly the abstract concept of what the mass of men leading lives of quiet desperation have parked out in the garage."

I can not believe someone woud ever find a redeming quality in a K-car. ANY K-car is a tremendous Pile of $#it to me and always will be. The only ones I'd even buy (if it was in great shape & cheaper than a new car battery) would be one of the Shelby GHL cars... but even then it's kind of sad to waste any amount of time or effort doing anything more than an oil change to it. To me the 4 gallons of gas in the tank of a K-car are worth more than the rest of the car combined. Satty: Here's a mind blowing concept: Some people (me included) love owning a big cushy couch on wheels.... the Caprice was competition to a Crown Victoria not the Honda Accord. I'm not sure what part of " C A P R I C E C L A S S I C L T Z " you don't understand. It's supposed to be a big land barge, not a freekin BMW M5. Perhaps I have my prioritires mixed up but if I was going to reinact the chase scene from Ronin I would not drive a Caprice Classic LTZ wiht a GVWR of 5000lbs. Sounds to me like you need to buy an '88 Corsica, slap on a set of 18" rims, eibach springs and a strut tower brace, then go do the slalom arund the mall parking lot's light poles. :rolleyes: Fly: So let me get this straight, the same person who thinks the current Grand Marquis (& siblings) is an antiquidated, tacky POS that should be discountinued finds redemig value in a 80s Caravelle or Dodge 600. I'm speechless.

never a big fan of this one... actually I was very critical of it when new.

How about both? YES PLEASE! :)

The point is they made millions of Escort Hatches, a 1961 Cadillac was a rare car to begin with. Not a throwaway econobox. If you were driving a '61 Caddy new you were SOMEONE. It made you a VIP just by the virtue of the fact that it was stil the Standard of the World. Thsio was before emissions bullshit, cats, evap canisters, 4100, diesels, FWD miniature sedans and even before the dissapearance of fins.

Congrats in advace... we want those photos the SECOND you pick it up! On second thought AFTER you run out of gas money and finally have to go home and stop driving it THEN post the pics. :)

Jezzus Guys take a breath and think for a minute... He was being sarcastic. Substitute "American" for "Japanese" and you have a very over used gripe form the Automotive rags. Give 'em hell Balthazar I got your back! :)

Before I read your post Ocnblu I was JUST about to say: what if it's just an oil change, tire rotation or a tranny flush you go in for? Car was not broken when it went in. I don't knoiw about this blue Beetle but Earl Gray Tea is no substitute for 10W40. :P

No offense taken, who else but a dumbass would drive around in a 377 horsepower Camaro with brakes that could be described as "marginal at best"? Ahh sho aint no learn-ed folk like all ya's city guys with yer fancy-schmancy Toy-o-durs. Reg: Al I have to say is if Pinoccio symbolised Toyota the nose would be about as long as the state of Texas is wide. Great post. :P

The Purple Prototype (W8?) was featured in that awsome Australian TV show "Beyond 2000" in the mid 1990s on the Discovery Channel. (or perhaps it was TLC) It was a very cool car frmo my teenage perspective, very different fomr Lamborghini and more original than the typical Exotic car.

Wow... cool it's like collectively we at C&G are like a retarded Sherlock Holmes.

Guilty. Usually they're good people but I've had one experience with an a$$hole I had to practically shove out of my STS with my boot. He kept asking for money and saying "C'mon you driving a Cadillac you can spare a $20". I was like 'get the f*** out of my car...' I was willing to drive out of my way slightly but I'm not a freekin millionare who can hand out $20 bills to strangers, this guy was a pushy jerk. Then again I met some cool peolpe over the years who just needed to get another few miles down the road. In my old POS 1983 Firebird I gave these two chicks a ride down the street to Lowell ans they bought me KFC.

Hmmmm... I think you're right LA, can't be a Celebrity since the ights do seem to be slightly wraparound. Century seems liek agood guess though Skyhawk in still a possibility.

Okay... I'll give you the Si But for every ONE Si Honda must have made about 300 EX and HF Civics.

Satty: I'll respond to this when I quit laughing. The whale, the old man's car, the least sporty car of the 90's, probably shouldn't have been Car of the Year, unless there were no other domestic debuts that year. Wow. Worst COTY EVER! Like a Tilt-A-Whirl on wheels, getting thrown in every direction without a hint of body control. I would love to know what the Caprice was up against. Had to have been some super-crappy competition for a car thats only really good at getting grandma to church to win. Plenty of room in the backseat to get Sodomized though. Thanks for you insight on how the Caprice did not stack up well in the skidpadd test & cornering department when comapared to a 5.0 Mustang. :rolleys: I think the Honda Civic sucks becasue it is not avaiblable with a bench seat or air ride suspension. [/emulative sarcasm]

please elaborate:

If I have to own a mid size FWD car from the late 80s the Grand Prix makes a great choice. A 5-speed was still available as were DOHC and Turbocharged engines. Next queston: 1992 Seville and the subsuqent Northstar was an AMAZING vehicle. A+++ all the way. Think about it: 99% of the time I hate FWD and yet I own a 1997 STS. Back in the late 90s my best friends mom had a 1992 SLS and we used to go joyriding in that car... years after it debued it still looked better INHO than most of the new luxury cars. (Lexus, Acura, Infiniti...) K-car... you MUST be freekin Joking right??? If you think there is anything positive about a Chrysler K car then you are living in a fantasy world. Brand new they were still worthless. Yes it saved Chrylser in the 1980s when cars were a dirty word but they were still horrific cars. Ugly, slow & unergonomic with the durrability of a Wal*mart Throwaway camera. Now onto the piece de resistance: The Chrysler 300M. First off do you know why it was originally called a "300" series car? Thought not. It was because the originals w/ fire breathing V8s (like the original HEMIs) had 300+ horsepower. Evry one from the original 300(a) to the 300L had a big genuine V8, RWD and a roomy cabin with luxurious styling. So assuming that you don't find it's FWD layout completely unappealing given the car's heretige the 240 horsepower still makes the car one of the most undeservig car ever to wear a classic car nameplate. 240 Horsepower is pretty damn short of 300 horsepower. Not even close. Do not pass 'Go' do NOT colect $200. You're fired. The car's short rear overhang and feminime fascia also did not appeal to me at all. If they had called it a Newport or Imperial I would still call it lame but at least it would not be insulting. The new 300C does everything right that the old 300M got wrong. It eliminates the feminine & compact styling cues, brings togeather a modern HEMI wiht RWD and a IRS plus a rock soild chassis with a decent tranny unlike the POS FWD ones that seem to blow up atwo Transmissions every fiscal year. I'll agree with you about '84 and '88 even though I would still have never bought one except for maybe a CRX.

Skyhawk is a good guess... for some reason I'm getting a Chevy Celebrity vibe.

It's on my agenda right after I saw off my legs with a steak knife and have a plutonium soaked granola bar.

Three years ago I said the only thing the 350Z/G35 need is a highed end 4.5 V8 powered variant. Limited production would be fine but I'm sure they'll sell al the ycan make.

I love tailfins! :D

Wow... the other day I got an email from a friend asking how in the world I did not mention to him my car was all over the internet. I was like Uhhhh, it's on my website and C&G but where else? American Muscle Car Association Home Page! he replies. I had almost forgoten about it and certainly had not anticipated it staying up there for like 4 months. Sweet! :) http://www.musclecarnationals.com/index2.htm direct link: http://www.musclecarnationals.com/feature1.htm

Wow, another thread I missed. I need to get a laptop for my next roadtrip... Then again with my priorities I'll buy a 1959 Buick first! :)

Inspection Sticker and Free tank of gas are pretty standard these days, new or used. They were at Chebby of Lowell.... except as you can imagine guess who picked up the tab for both on my STS? You guessed it, your trully.

Slap some twenty-fos on that Bee-otch and you be ridin in style with an icy smile! WURD! :P