Posted on 04/19/2003 8:32:52 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
Nissan 350Z Roadster
2004 Nissan Pathfinder Armada, complete with 14 cupholders
Full-Size Titan Crew Cab
2004 Kia Amanti (That's a Kia?!?!)
2005 Chrysler 300C (aka the Dick Tracy)
2004 Ford Escape hybrid (before it escaped)
Mazda Washu (will it replace the 'Wash me'?)
2003 Chevrolet SSR
2003 BMW Z4
2003 VW Bug Convertible (The talking car in the Chevron commercial)
2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser Convertible
2004 Saab 9-3 Convertible
2004 Cadillac XLR
2004 Chrysler Crossfire
2003 Honda Insight (radio controlled)
2003 Nissan Murano
Toyota SCION ccx
2004 Scion xa
2004 Scion xb (Nothing says loser like this L-shaped car)
Kinda reminds me of the old SNL Adobe, the one with moldable bumpers
Honda Element StudioE (Your momma drives a combat boot)
2004 Saturn Vue Red Line
2004 Mitsubishi Lancer SportBack
2004 Toyota Prius (A cordless mouse)
Plymouth Prowler (Soon to replace the original PT Cruiser as the fastest way to identify pretenders with zero taste. (bless their hearts) I hear that dealers will be taking velvet Elvis' for trade-in...)
I thought of the old Mercs when I saw that these new cars are getting away from the greenhouse-on-wheels look with their higher beltlines and smaller windows. I could grow flowers in my Intrepid. :-)
Some of their cars remind me of what one would get if a Peterbilt raped a Delorean.
Probably mostly bad management, didn't plan far enough ahead. My dad's pet theory is that they built the darn things so well that they ran forever, so folks didn't buy new ones. He ALWAYS bought Studes while they were in business -- and we only got one lemon, a repulsive-green station wagon that just never ran right. He took it back to Baker Motors and they gave him another one. (Ah, those were the days when dealers had personal relationships with their customers!)
The Red Bug (it was a compact in its day!) now lives in palatial splendor in our garage (the SUVs live outside). I drive it around the neighborhood on Sundays and when we go out to dinner we usually take it just to see the look on the valet's face. (They always park it right in front of the restaurant door! That's a place of honor the Stude has shared with a Lamborghini and a Rolls. :-D )
I wanna drive the truck!
What kind of paint are you going to shoot on it?
Ah! Youth, I feel you returning! (In my dreams)
Freegards!
Just in your dreams? Mine is in my inbox daily.
You've been in Atlanta (Buckhead) a loooong time.
At that time, Baker was down in the block on Simpson Street between Williams and Spring - about 2 blocks north of the Merchandise Mart.
My dad came to Atlanta in '46 from Rome GA, via World War II. My mom was born here in '26. Her father came from Augusta GA to GA Tech in 1914.
But there are actually folks still here in town who are fifth generation natives (I don't personally know any sixth generations, but I'm sure there are some.)
Final reassembly is at a standstill. My Studebaker died and I've been messing with it.
Here's mine!
Avanti Corp. has brought back the Studebaker name and slapped it on an S.U.V.
(warning: Heavy flash site.)
I like your Champion, too. The bullet nose never appealed to me enough to hunt one down, but it's cute.
How does the horsepower compare to S.Bend's later offerings? Our Lark has the 289 Jet in it. Used to have a 4 barrel Holley, but Dad hoicked it out and put a Maserati injection system in it . . . runs great. Believe it or not, it just drops in. (Nope, the Red Bug's not a Concours car . . . :-D )
Aarrggh!
I'm gonna have weird dreams tonight.
What kind of Studebaker do you have?
I have a couple of classics myself.A 1966 GT350 Shelby Mustang and a 1968 GT350 Shelby Mustang Convetable.
See post #95.
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