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Hip to Be Square: Why Young Buyers Covet 'Grandpa' Cars
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| 05/09/2006
| By JENNIFER SARANOW
Posted on 05/10/2006 4:48:01 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Betty Jane
My first car was a 1960 Buick LeSabre with a 401 four barrel carburetor that top in was between 135mph and screaming. It was light green on the bottom and white on the top. The back seat could sleep four and two comfortably.
To: Cobra64
Can
I be your son?
That is way cool!
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:30:27 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(A Moose Once Bit my Sister. Yeah. She Turned Moose-lim.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Gee. I guess gas prices aren't high enough.
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:30:34 PM PDT
by
rwilson99
(Too soon... to forget. See United 93)
To: cripplecreek
I had a banana Chevy Nova. Banana in that it was yellow, with brown rust spots, and shaped like a banana.
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:31:29 PM PDT
by
mhx
To: Right Wing Assault
They look better 'original'. Yes they do. A little compounding and a few coats of Mother's Wax is just right. Besides, pimped cars ruin the purpose of a vintage car. The kit car I built was as original as I could make it. Right down to the original paint color #s from Shelby.
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:31:53 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: Cobra64
Now that's just plain old showing off. (Not that I blame ya ;})
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:31:59 PM PDT
by
EricT.
(CA conservatives only serve to inflate the number of electoral votes won by the Dems.)
To: mtbopfuyn
A 58 corvette, a '64 Mustang, '65 E-Type are my favorite production cars.
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:33:56 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: Heyworth
I also had a 1971 Baby Blue Volkswagon Beetle. Man, that thing would be worth a pretty penny these days. My Dad has owned 18 VWs over the years. I remember camper vans that we had to park on a hill so we could roll it to get it started. My Beetle was that way, too. I had to take a running start and pop the clutch from the top of the Hoover Dam once, LOL!
Oh, well. Too soon old and too late smart. :)
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:34:07 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Responsibility2nd; All
Y'all are making fun of me and my car. I'm 73 and my car belongs to my wife. 95 Buick Riviera with the Supercharged 3.8...
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:34:16 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Tagline...I don't need no stinking tagline...)
To: Ainast
My wife has one . GM really screwed the pooch when they stopped making them and the Impala.
I was at Walmarts a little while ago and saw one there with a for sale sign in the window. $2500 bucks and it looked pretty good.
To: krb
'56 Chevy Bel Aire and Gloria. Those were the days.
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:34:39 PM PDT
by
Nakota
To: Responsibility2nd
I had a 67 Galaxie 500 in the early 80's that brought me to work, school, and many other places/night spots. Had a 390ci engine and used to beat the heck out of my friend's Z28 Camaro. It was an old beat, but the chrome shined.
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:38:33 PM PDT
by
chemicalman
(Many have skeletons in their closets. In New Orleans, we have skeletons in our attics.)
To: Responsibility2nd
I'm a under 30 driver who bought a 1985 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham for the reasons stated. I bought it when gas was 1.25 though...
![](http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6828/85cadillac7zu.jpg)
That is not mine, but it's exactly the same except mine is graphite grey.
Only car i've ever had where I've been waved through parking lot waiting lines at concerts just so the security guards could ask how much i want for it, on the spot. had a biker offer to swap me a Harley roadster for it. I'm hoping to buy another of the same make/model/year and pimp that one out for weekends, I got enough Caddy parts laying around to sell the parts and afford another Caddy. The last of the D-Body cars, absolute keepers if you can find them with a good tranny and chrome.
To: krb
To: sgtbono2002
I imagine a lot of us did :-)
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:41:37 PM PDT
by
krb
(ad hominem arguments are for stupid people)
To: Responsibility2nd
How about my mother's 1964 Chrysler New Yorker? It has less than 20,000 miles on it. My third son will someday inherit it and he plans to keep it in its original pristine condition.
To: television is just wrong
My (wife's) 72 Demon (one owner/ October 1971). It gets driven to work every day; yes, it's the original engine. My wife gets approached all the time by people that want to buy it.
I love driving it. They don't make power steering like this anymore.
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:43:48 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s...you weren't really there.)
To: Nakota
I always preferred the '57 Chevy Belair over the '56 but both were stylish.
To: Irish Queen
![](http://www.buickwildcat.us/70wildcat-white-frontside.jpg)
The car in which I learned to drive, a 1970 buick Wildcat. Ours was a hardtop, gold, with white vinyl seats.
It had a 455 CID engine, 4-barrel carb, and got 4 MPH on it's last tankful before the Demo Derby. :)
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:47:07 PM PDT
by
TonyInOhio
(Apparently, I'm easily amused.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Now some of those Roadmasters came with the Corvette engine. And from what I understand, they command 7-8 grand maybe more. I've got a 95 Roadmaster in the driveway. Still runs like the wind, and you get there in great comfort. I was recently offered $5k for it. Thought about taking it, maybe I'll hold out now.
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posted on
05/10/2006 5:47:57 PM PDT
by
Lawgvr1955
(You can never have too much cowbell !!)
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