Sixty8panther

Great so now my warning level is at 100%. Beautiful. :rolleyes:

Fly: I changed the title of the thread, other then that what do you want me to do? Praise Croc for being a Sadistic Bastard? <_< I'm not "having it out" wiht anyone... I posted some relevant pics/stories. Yes they were instigated by Croc but they are relevant to the topic of useless Automotive destruction. I guess maybe I have a problem understanding how someone could even mention a 1961 Cadillac and a 1993 Ford Escort inthe same sentance nevermind draw a comparitive annalogy. Either way the destruction this guy did is selfish and wreckless. I do not have a problem with him shipping his '79 Coupe Deville to Deutchland, someone will probably treat that car better than a MB AMG out there. Us Europeans who grew up driving/rifing around in little POS Econoboxes seem to prize/value GM Classics more so then the typical American. There's a few nice '59 Buicks in Germany.

I'll retract my statement that he was an Asshole, still at best he acted like a selfish spoiled brat! Sounds like the automotve equivelant of telling a girl if you will not date/marry/have sex w/ me I'll kill you so no one else can have you! But as far as Croc, my oppinion stands. :angry:

Here you see my POS Datsun and my old '87 Fleetwood Brougham Delegance. I SPECIFICALLY sold it to Allen because I KNEW even if it took him 10 years to resore it he'd never crush it... WORST case scenario the car would get parted out. And the Datsun was bought with no "legal" way of registering it in Massachusetts due to the fact that the Gypsies had abandoned it on Richard's property and moved to Texas and no one knew how to contact them. Technically I'm only the second owner of the car... they just drove around illegaly wiht detached plates. The whole story reeked of "hot car" which is why I had the cops run the vin and ran a carfax before I jumped into what I knew would already be a paperwork mess full of red tape and a dozen trips to the RMV. Now 12,500 miles later I'm glad I did it. Nine times out of ten I'd crush a Japanese car instead of making any kind of effort like this but a RWD talking Datsun-Nissan Maxima w/ the motor & IRS out of a 240Z hooked up to a nice 5-speed manual was worth it. Hipocrite I'm NOT.

As some regular C&Gers will recall I've saved just as many cars form the junkyard. I bought several cars without titles, which in Massachusetts as in most states, means that the chances of the car ending up in a junkyard are about 99%. Just recently I posted about my newest Cadillac: a 1979 Coupe Deville in factory colors: Firethorn Red with a white leather interiror and half-roof. Even this car pales in comparison to a 1961 Cadillac anything but me and my Buddy Ross joined efforts and saved this 72,000 mile beauty from the junkyard! Also, I played a major part in keeping several other cars (some more deserving than others) out of the junkyard and on the road: - 1987 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham - 1983 Pontiac Firebird t-top (create truck 350) - 1993 Mazda 626 w/ cracked block - 1987 Chevy Nova (5-speed, 188,000 miles) - 1987 Ford Crown Victoria - 1990 Chevy Suburban 1500 (barn doors) - 1984 Datsun Maxima (No title, bought w/ a "PARTS ONLY" P&S) But again, NONE of these would have been missed like a 1961 ANYTHING, esp. a Cadillac. I have a budget for 80s shitboxes not 60s classics otherwise I'd be saving '59 Buicks, '58 Dodges and '61 Cadillacs. Also, I do have a softspot for 1987 since that's the year my family emigrated to the USA.

Let's take a gander at the cars I've sent off to the junkyard. not one of them was drivable or worth even $50 when they got towed away... 1990 Ford Probe (4-banger, automatic) 1993 Ford Escort (5-speed, SOHC-4) 1990 Mazda 626 sedan (4-cylinder, automatic 280,000 miles) 1994 Mercury Topaz (4-cylinder, automatic) 1993 Buick LeSabre (rusted out rocker panels, gas tank, fuel lines & brake lines) 1979 Ford Granada (inline-6 auto) This years demolition derby car, sitting in my yard waiting to get reused next year or parted out if room becomes tight: 1983 Volvo 240 sedan (automatic, 240,000 miles odometer broken) For what it's worth I eBya all the junk off my demolition derby cars that gets removed for the race... The grille headlight buckets, interior scraps, tail lights, rear glass, spare tire, passanger seat, door panels and a few other miscelaneous things are goign to the VOlov fanatic who sold me the car. As always I was honest with him. Before I bought the car from him I told him exactyl the fate the car would have with me... he as 100% in support of getting some use out of a car that was not up to snuff according to the Mass State Insection station ot be puyt bakc on the road. And besides that it's a freekin' Volvo 240! They made these bricks for almost three decades, not ONE model year like a super luxurious 1961 Cadillac.

Yeah somehow I always knew Croc was a sick F***. What kind of a car enthusiast laughs at this kind of a destruction of a car that belongs either in a climate controled garage or in a Museum? :blink: At least he could have parted the car out and made some money but instead he decided to be a d1ckhead. Why don't you put this in your sig. you twisted SOB. Perhaps God will have mercy on your soul. [/0.9% sarcasm]

This guy makes me sick... his crimes against the Automotive world are bad enough but but to go advertising the destruction of a 1961 Cadillac as if it was something to be proud of is just sick! For what it's worth the 1961 Cadillac is my second favorite finned classic car of all time behind the 1959 Buicks and ties with 1967 & 1969 for my favorite model year for Cadillacs ever! Only click if you have a iron stomach: The aftermath: A cruel destruction of a 1961 Caddy

My knee-jerk reaction to this is very simple: Martha Stewart and Buick go togeaher like Kittens and Razor blades.

I'll be honest, I only skimmed the article when I got the magazine in the mail but I think it's obvious that RICE sucks and Detroit Muscle is on its way back. GM just needs to jump on the freekin bandwagon already!

Dude open up the local used-car classifieds. A guy offered to trade me a set of 100% mint condition chrome American racing 15" six spokes for my old POS Mazda demolition derby car.... I was only askig $100 for the car. There's good deals out there... if you buy your set throught a dealership you'll blow your brains out pricewise.

HITS HAPPENS!

WMJ: Wow, that Tricicle pickup is Awsome! I HAVE to get oe Immediately, do you think it comes in safety orange or Sublime green? I'll import one gray-market style and slap on a set of twenty-fo's on that Biatch. :lol: x 13ty million!

Two words: who cares?

Hmmmm Balthazar.... interesting and 100% accurate. What's it small in comparison to in 1955? BTW: Cadillac DID eventually do small blocks but we all try to pretend it never happened. My 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille has the last of the big ones... 425 cubic inches of carburated smoothness... That's 7.0 liters for those of you without a Calculator!

Dude, there's a junkyard here in Mass where every last Saturday of the month ANY rim/tire (except for alloys) is $5.00 Needless to say I've bought about $120 worth of 90% good tires mounted on decent (if not cosmetically) steel wheels over the past few years. Most of them were on the back of my Camaro for a week or two. My fuel economy dropped down to 7mpg and then I threw away a rim the remnance of a tire, hanging by the steel belts. :metal: How do you think Olds Superstockers ended up on a '68 Camaro? Look around, you may find a local place that does the same.

...enough said!

Some past MTCOY award winners that deserved the honor. (unlike this POS Honda) 1949 Cadillac Motor Division 1952 Cadillac Motor Division 1957 Chrysler Corporation 1959 Pontiac Motor Division 1960 Chevrolet Corvair 1961 Pontiac Tempest 1962 Buick Special 1965 Pontiac Motor Division 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado 1967 Mercury Cougar 1968 Pontiac GTO 1972 Citroen SM 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1977 Chevrolet Caprice 1982 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 1984 Chevrolet Corvette 1988 Pontiac Grand Prix 1991 Chevrolet Caprice Classic LTZ 1992 Cadillac Seville Touring Sedan 1998 Chevrolet Corvette Some others that DIDN'T. 1958 Ford Thunderbird 1970 Ford Torino 1971 Chevrolet Vega 1974 Ford Mustang II 1975 Chevrolet Monza 2+2 1976 Chrysler, Dodge Aspen / Plymouth Volare 1981 Chrysler K Cars, Dodge Aries / Plymouth Reliant 1983 AMC / Renault Alliance 1999 Chrysler 300M

I hear ya, Balthazar... but truthfully if I had more money than god I'd be buying the rights to a deceased brand right now... Oldsmobile, Studebaker, Deusenberg, Packard, DeSoto... so many deserve to be brought back!

That's a bullshit question! [/Marissa_Tomey] But yes, the first CHevy Small Block V8 was a 265cu.in. and it was first seen in fall of 1954 on the all new 1955 Chevy lineup (opt. on all incl. Vette)

Google to the rescue again. :)

Funny you say that buddy: Last night me and Ross were hanging out and I showed him all the ads you sent me, we both admired that ad, which led to a discussion (again) about my plans to buy a '59 Buick and his plans ot buy a '71/'72 Boat Tail Riv. That discussion led to the Starwars air cleaner and next thig you know in punched in a few letters into Google and I found this photo. The ad shows a gorgeous '65 Riviera Gran Sport floating in white space with a sophisticated girl in a fur coat. The first line of copy reads: Drive a Riviera home tonight. Who cares if it people think you're younger, richer and more romantic than you really are?

Chop needs work but I like the idea of a new Eh-Spader.

Cremazie: Well my chances of ever moving out there just went from slim to NONE! Sorry to hear that. B.B. sucks! :(