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Ontario man spending $300,000 on iconic sports car axed by Chrysler
The Globe and Mail ^
| August 3, 2015
| Dan Proudfoot
Posted on 08/03/2015 10:26:26 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: CivilWarBrewing
Grabber orange ain't so bad. That is Plymouth Tor-Red, which is actually Orange, not to be confused with Plymouth "Vitamin C" which was also a shade of Orange.
Pontiac started this trend with "Carousel Red" on the GTO which is also Orange.
Dodge called Plymouth Tor-red "Hemi Orange".
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posted on
08/03/2015 11:08:26 AM PDT
by
UNGN
(I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
To: rickmichaels
So who does the hatchet work for Chrysler?
Do they use their own people or do they contract the work out to a Tong?
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posted on
08/03/2015 11:27:21 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: nascarnation
dear nas,
If i’m going down a track with ‘more horses’, it will be in a rail dragster. I saw Tommy Ivo’s and Daddy Don Garlits’ machines up close, personal, and running.
To: central_va
Lee Petty had a blue one that he would drive around Greensboro.
To: CivilWarBrewing
Could be the Pontiac Aztec’s maternal grandfather.
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posted on
08/03/2015 11:34:21 AM PDT
by
Moltke
To: CivilWarBrewing
The nose piece never looked like it fit properly. Looked like someone’s backyard special.
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posted on
08/03/2015 11:40:10 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Falcon 105)
To: nascarnation
I wonder how many Hellcat’s have been wrecked already?
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posted on
08/03/2015 11:43:24 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Falcon 105)
To: Moltke
LOL! The Aztec was indeed a clusterf*ck. Makes the AMC Pacer look elegant.
To: Stanwood_Dave
I’m sitting on my originally purchased,1970 Challenger 440 RT/SE, in storage since(Divorce) in 1974. Due to error in purchase/build documents it has AT on wheel, not console. Great for dating!
Unless I win(Ha) the lottery it goes to my eldest. If I should win the lottery it goes to Harbor Restoration, Rockledge, Fl..
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posted on
08/03/2015 11:53:14 AM PDT
by
GOYAKLA
To: Moltke
“Could be the Pontiac Aztecs maternal grandfather.”
LOL. Is there an uglier car ?
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:02:30 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
To: Terry L Smith
I had a friend, Slim, in Applelton Wisconsin. He raced the Pro Funny Car Circuit. He had me sit in his car one day as he was showing off the engine to a potential buyer. I had to press both hands on my knee to keep my leg straight, and the clutch disengaged! Very exciting for me, and very amusing for Slim, who was a huge guy!
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:04:23 PM PDT
by
Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
(Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
To: CivilWarBrewing
This is what mine will look like when I'm done (still a ways to go, but I'm done with the vroooom vroooom part).
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:31:42 PM PDT
by
DaxtonBrown
(http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
To: rickmichaels
Since when is a huge sedan with a monster engine a "sports car"? Fast in a straight line, perhaps, but a MGB would eat it up on a tight road.
I think the author needs some learning about cars.
To: DaxtonBrown
68 camaro/firebird were very clean designs.
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:33:16 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: doorgunner69
And the Daytona would be lapping the MG at...Daytona.
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:38:11 PM PDT
by
Crim
(Palin / West '16)
To: rickmichaels
"Iconic sports car"? Iconic car, certainly - but it was a NASCAR homologation special, sold only because the pentastar guys needed a certain number of them on the street in order for NASCAR to recognize it as an oval-track racer. Only a pickup truck could be further from a "sports car".
Must be a real nightmare to park one of those winged Mopars in a compact-car space.
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posted on
08/03/2015 12:42:49 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Endeavor to persevere...)
To: Crim
What I said:fast in a straight line, which is all most “super speedways” effectively are.
To: Rodamala
I saw real versions of that car run at Darlington back in the early 70s.
Petty wasn’t driving his when he did his triple flip on the front straight. I saw parts of a car I never thought I would see that day.
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posted on
08/03/2015 3:54:48 PM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: rickmichaels
Superbirds were one of the stupidest looking cars to ever hit the road. (and I used to be a Mopar fan)
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posted on
08/03/2015 3:59:39 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: CivilWarBrewing
Pontiac was once run by people who liked cars and we got the 66 GTO. Then the financial guys took over and we got the Aztek. The n the unions took over and Pontiac is no more.
There's a lesson in there somewhere
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posted on
08/03/2015 4:06:11 PM PDT
by
Cowman
(As Jerry Williams used to say --- When comes the revolution....)
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