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Location: Ben Lomond CA in the Santa Cruz Mtns | I've been driving by this house for years and this car has always been covered....except for today! A knock on the door and after some chit-chat I was given permission to take a few pictures. I asked if it was for sale and it was not. Turns out they've been asked that question "hundreds of times". I'll add pictures as soon as I get them downloaded.
Bruce
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Location: Connecticut | Are you planning to tell us what you looked at, or do we have to guess ? Ron |
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Location: Echuca | This reminds me of the time when we were counting down a timecapsule opening in Tulsa, hopefully the outcome will be better! |
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Location: Parts Unknown | In all the suspense, let's make guesses !
My first one will be a 1979 Chevette.
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Location: Ben Lomond CA in the Santa Cruz Mtns | Wait a minute, my dad had a Chevette! Anyway my son re-sized the photos in between helping me replace a water heater. Here they are:
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | Oh...it's an Invisimobile.
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Location: Parts Unknown | About 1970, my enthusiasm for cars began to wain, as the late 60's cars became
bloated pigs and chromed steel was replaced with plastic. But is was the Chevette
that really chapped my hide for the American car and brought my focus to a boil over
the sh!t we were being fed as "newest is best". An unapologetically repulsive box of
sh!t to look at, it ushered in a tidal wave of ugly that we have never climbed out from
under. What a piece if sh!t.
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Location: Ben Lomond CA in the Santa Cruz Mtns | Who can ask for anything more!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9OL4OuOw24 |
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Location: Netherlands | Doc, why don't you tell us how you really feel ?!
I had a similar reaction/feeling when I started getting interested in American cars somewhere in the late '80s.
But every year, the new car-crop was such a let down and I just couldn't understand why they put out such lame excuses for cars, and why they just didn't make cool, big cars anymore like 10-15-20 years before.
Edited by BigBlockMopar 2014-05-27 3:55 AM
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Location: Parts Unknown | That's just it. As if the cars weren't less and less each year, it was the BS we were fed about
how much "better" they were that made me come to hate it all. It was the same for music and
clothing. Good Gawd, ... weren't the 80's AWESOME ?
It was like being forced to eat a sh!t sandwich, all the while being told it was roast beef. I KNOW
what roast beef tastes like, and THIS AIN'T IT !
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Location: Jamaica Plain, MA | Chevy Chevette, "It will drive you happy." That commercial looks like a John Waters movie. We traded in our Audi for a Monza. I never forgave my mother. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT4czozlfV0
Anyway, nice 62 Imperial. The fins were simply removed for 62. That car has a desirable drive-line. The 413 and aluminum 727 with drum style propeller shaft brake are a direct bolt-in for 57-61 V8 cars-- and with a few exceptions this swap can make your car into more of a beast than ever. But, we wouldn't want to part out such a lovely automobile. |
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Location: Ben Lomond CA in the Santa Cruz Mtns | So, maybe someone here can decipher the VIN. Drove by again this morning while on my way back from the hardware store and it was still uncovered. Highly unusual!
Edited by Twin Fins 2014-05-27 2:18 PM
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Location: Houston | Just another old Mopar that will fade slowly into the ground.... |
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Location: Kansas City, Kansas | I think some people just like having something interesting sitting out for people to see. They love it when people come to the door, asking if it is for sale, sort of an "I have something you want" mentality. It doesn't matter what it is to them, just something that gets passersby interest. Could be a Chebby, a Humber, an Oliver tractor...any shiny object will do. It will sit there until the person dies, so there is no worries about declining value. |
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Exner Expert 19,174 posts. Neil passed away 18 Sep 2015. You will be missed, Neil!
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Location: bishop, ca | Well, FWI(not-)W, at least the steering wheel is already 'broken'.
Hate to see a "stored" car, like this one, still having good quality ephemeral parts/pieces on it, like steering wheels, dash pads, upholstery,
headliners, and plastic components, which will go-bad if the car is allowed to continue to be exposed to 'the elements'.
Another car "appreciating" in value, as it slowly decomposes.
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Location: central Illinois | "That was the last new car my daddy bought. He said I was conceived in the backseat but I was born 5 months after he bought it. Mother always hated it, said it made our cottage look like a ritzy whore house. But I promised daddy I wouldn't sell it till the Chicago Cubs won the World Series."
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