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Re: Wackiest Cars Owned By Forum Members

TieDyeVikki wrote:

Ok Bill, you got me all curious and nostalgic... I did some searching for specs and photos... seems the 1965 Polara had a 122" wheel base... and I had the full-size 4-door model.  Here's the closest pic I could find... this was basically my car, similar condition too, except mine was blue... sigh...
http://www.prestoimages.net/graphics07/ … 2345_1.JPG

Oh, and get this... one weekend that I was home from college, I slipped on some ice and crashed my Polara into a telephone pole, crumpling the fender to the point that it was undrivable (would've been much worse in a "normal" car).  I needed a cheap car fast to get back to college and for daily use, so my parents quick found a $450 Chevy Chevette (otherwise known as my "Shitvette").  Imagine going from an 8-cylinder 383 engine, to a 4-cylinder 212 engine!  I'd go up hills (even slight inclines) chanting "I think I can, I think I can..."  But at least I didn't have to worry about speeding anymore... not only was it was almost impossible, but I didn't even mind, as 55 mph felt like 75 mph in that car (as opposed to 90 mph feeling like 55 mph in the Polara, lol).  But that car had problems and didn't last too long, so I used my parents' Dodge Aries station wagon for a little while... so uncool, lol.  Then for a graduation present my parents spent the money to fix up my Polara, including a new paint job... I was so in my glory to have my baby back!  Never got rid of it til I was 22, and then it was mainly because I was pregnant and needed a car with back seatbelts!  Sold it to a friend of my brother, and we just happened to run into him together last year and found out that car was still on the road until not all that long ago... amazing. cool

--Vik cool

It's been great reliving the moment!
Here's my New Yorker:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt … n%26sa%3DG

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Re: Wackiest Cars Owned By Forum Members

Bill S wrote:

It's been great reliving the moment!
Here's my New Yorker:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt … n%26sa%3DG


Gee Bill,

That looks like a car a hitman would drive for the mob. Oh wait that's right, you work in Chicago. wink

Roy

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21 Reply by Brack (edited by Brack 2009-08-10 17:09:46)

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Michael wrote:

OK Ian you've outed me, here's proof of me on my way to a Joe show with suitcase on roofrack but as you can see i broke down in Oxford Street and i had 200 bottles of Peckham Spring water in the back .......... i'm jus pullin' your plonker

...................... Del Boy

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur … start%3D20

You mentioned Peckham  Spring Water, (Ref, ONLY FOOLS.....) so funny!!!LoL, but thats for another thread! smile
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BluesMan wrote:
Bill S wrote:

It's been great reliving the moment!
Here's my New Yorker:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt … n%26sa%3DG


Gee Bill,

That looks like a car a hitman would drive for the mob. Oh wait that's right, you work in Chicago. wink

Roy

I do believe that car WAS bulletproof.
One of my favorite things about it: Center pull down armrest in the back seat.

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When MOPAR was king.

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24 Reply by BluesMan (edited by BluesMan 2009-08-09 23:32:33)

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BluesCrazy wrote:

I owned both a 1976 and 1974 Chevy Vega. Some of the biggest junk ever made. The only good part was that that me and my girlfriend could use the hatchback for fun as it was almost like a station wagon in back!!! Good memories in that car!!

Ah, you're a man after my own heart there BluesCrazy. For my first car, I bought my dad's old Rambler which had fold down bucket seats in the front. At the drive-in my girl and I would get in back and put our feet up on the reclined buckets. It was also great for just parking and ....uh hum...."workin' on mysteries without any clues". Ah yes, the good old days in the old Rambler. wink

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I have never seen so much metal in my life.

I'm with NPB for my future car , with 65 mpg , zero car tax, zero London congestion charge.

(Ok, this is post band , post kids )

THIS, my gas guzzling friends, is the future and you can buy it today

  http://www.toyota.co.uk/cgi-bin/toyota/ … id=TOY0822

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26 Reply by BluesMan (edited by BluesMan 2009-08-12 16:08:50)

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crossroads wrote:

I have never seen so much metal in my life.

I'm with NPB for my future car , with 65 mpg , zero car tax, zero London congestion charge.

(Ok, this is post band , post kids )

THIS, my gas guzzling friends, is the future and you can buy it today

  http://www.toyota.co.uk/cgi-bin/toyota/ … id=TOY0822

Wow Crossroads, not only does it get 65 mpg, but you can drive on the side of freeway and tunnel walls! wink That's really going to help me with passing those slow people that ride the left (passing) lane and drive under the speed limit here in America! lol I wonder if it can actually do a 360 degree arc in a tunnel?

Ok, I'm having a little fun with cars, but get this. This morning on the old boob tube, they showed a new car by Chevy called the "Volt". They said it would get 230 mpg. Hmmmm.....how interesting that they "just discovered" how to get 230 mpg in an American made car. Check it out:

http://www.chevrolet.com/pages/open/def … chevy_volt

Roy

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My first car was a 1959 Dodge Polara, faded out black with big yellow flowers all over it. Quite the cop magnet! Even had pushbutten transmission.

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28 Reply by Matt (edited by Matt 2009-08-12 22:45:08)

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Ok i don't actually own this car but a friend of my brothers has one very similar and took me for a spin in his. I think it has a 2.0 litre ford engine but in such a small/light vehicle the accelleration was phenomenal, I thnk we hit about 110mph aswell and being so low to ground, that felt really quick lol.

Needless to say I would like one if i can save up enough funds. I'll need to be out of univeristy and have a real job before the insurance is affordable aswell roll

Heres a pic:

http://www.pistonheads.com/pics/news/14 … MX-5-L.jpg

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I paid 100 cash to a dealer for a Grenn black vinyl stripped 1970's Gremlin back in the early 80's.
Car ran forever...gave it to my brother...he sold it for a few hundred &  it was still going
strong for years after that.....I think it was a straight  6 cylinder....burned no oil at all.
This car would not die...even when my tranny line broke and I lost all of the fluid..Once the
line was replaced and refilled back up...it shifted fine...The best 100 I ever spent in my life...:)
They don't make them like that anymore.....

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually.........
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Lada Riva - you know, the box shaped one!

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Lynnl wrote:

Lada Riva - you know, the box shaped one!


Nice car, 40 to the gallon. (oil, that is.)

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BluesMan wrote:
crossroads wrote:

I have never seen so much metal in my life.

I'm with NPB for my future car , with 65 mpg , zero car tax, zero London congestion charge.

(Ok, this is post band , post kids )

THIS, my gas guzzling friends, is the future and you can buy it today

  http://www.toyota.co.uk/cgi-bin/toyota/ … id=TOY0822

Wow Crossroads, not only does it get 65 mpg, but you can drive on the side of freeway and tunnel walls! wink That's really going to help me with passing those slow people that ride the left (passing) lane and drive under the speed limit here in America! lol I wonder if it can actually do a 360 degree arc in a tunnel?

Ok, I'm having a little fun with cars, but get this. This morning on the old boob tube, they showed a new car by Chevy called the "Volt". They said it would get 230 mpg. Hmmmm.....how interesting that they "just discovered" how to get 230 mpg in an American made car. Check it out:

http://www.chevrolet.com/pages/open/def … chevy_volt

Roy


Hey Roy, it's a great promo that Toyota ad, that girl singer 'unsettles me' big time !

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