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Twin Fins
Posted 2014-05-26 4:27 PM (#442339)
Subject: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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

Edited by Twin Fins 2014-05-26 4:36 PM
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ronbo97
Posted 2014-05-26 8:49 PM (#442383 - in reply to #442339)
Subject: RE: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale


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Are you planning to tell us what you looked at, or do we have to guess ?

Ron

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34 Airflow
Posted 2014-05-26 10:30 PM (#442396 - in reply to #442339)
Subject: Re: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2014-05-26 10:34 PM (#442397 - in reply to #442339)
Subject: RE: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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Twin Fins
Posted 2014-05-26 11:10 PM (#442402 - in reply to #442397)
Subject: RE: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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d500neil
Posted 2014-05-26 11:39 PM (#442403 - in reply to #442402)
Subject: Re: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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Location: bishop, ca		Oh...it's an Invisimobile.


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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2014-05-27 12:08 AM (#442407 - in reply to #442402)
Subject: RE: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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Twin Fins
Posted 2014-05-27 12:23 AM (#442408 - in reply to #442407)
Subject: RE: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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BigBlockMopar
Posted 2014-05-27 3:54 AM (#442415 - in reply to #442339)
Subject: Re: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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Doctor DeSoto
Posted 2014-05-27 10:48 AM (#442454 - in reply to #442415)
Subject: Re: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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JT Vincent
Posted 2014-05-27 1:02 PM (#442478 - in reply to #442339)
Subject: Re: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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Twin Fins
Posted 2014-05-27 1:20 PM (#442485 - in reply to #442478)
Subject: Re: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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GregCon
Posted 2014-05-27 3:22 PM (#442502 - in reply to #442339)
Subject: Re: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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Location: Houston		Just another old Mopar that will fade slowly into the ground....
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slimwhitman
Posted 2014-05-27 4:48 PM (#442522 - in reply to #442339)
Subject: Re: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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d500neil
Posted 2014-05-27 5:11 PM (#442524 - in reply to #442522)
Subject: Re: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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b5rt
Posted 2014-05-27 7:55 PM (#442553 - in reply to #442339)
Subject: Re: Rarely uncovered and unfortunately not for sale



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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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