chromenut
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Post by chromenut on Mar 11, 2011 22:21:46 GMT -5
Factual, GM is working on approval for the following billboards in and around Detroit. For those of us who are proud members of the OFS (Olde Fartes Society), remember, old age is 'when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.'
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 11, 2011 23:46:00 GMT -5
I'm just going to have to take exception with the first one. There are Volvo songs...
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chromenut
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Post by chromenut on Mar 11, 2011 23:49:25 GMT -5
omg yuck
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Post by texaswoodie on Mar 12, 2011 12:06:19 GMT -5
My first car was a 59 Chevy with wings. Bought it from my Dad. My first new car was a 68 Camero. Paid $2800 new. Would be worth about $20,000 now.
No more Chevy's for me after recent events. The Volt is a dud, just like everything else the government has their finger in.
Curt
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blr2449
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Post by blr2449 on Mar 12, 2011 16:20:51 GMT -5
No more Chevy's for me after recent events. The Volt is a dud, just like everything else the government has their finger in. Curt You know, the more I hear/read about the Volt the more I shake my head. That on earth are they thinking? It costs lot, doesn't go very far on a charge, I think it takes 8 hrs to charge full, there is no net work of charging stations, it still takes some other sort of power to make the electricity, where will all the dead batteries go?
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 13, 2011 1:05:32 GMT -5
My first car was a 57 pontiac, I have owned many GM cars and trucks over the years, including the 71 Chev Cheyenne PU I use to haul rocks and stuff when I can afford 10MPG. I'm keeping my eyes open for a 63 slant 6 Dodge dart GT. Every American car I have owned that was newer than about 1980 has been more trouble than it's worth.
Lee
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auntierocks
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Post by auntierocks on Mar 13, 2011 15:28:24 GMT -5
As a native and resident of the greater Motor City, I have 10W-30 in my veins and LOVE those ads; I grew up with those gorgeous GM cars. My Beacon Star grinders and saws are painted GM 60's Marina Blue. I even designed Monroe Shock Absorbers for a brief time. Everything here is tied into the auto industry here and we Michiganders need all the help we can get.
That said, I love my '98 Volvo station wagon. NOBODY builds station wagons anymore and I refuse to drive an SUV. I want a rear-wheeled CAR, not a truck.
My Volvo is the best of both worlds - it's like an enclosed pickup truck but rides nicer than my sister's Mercedes. It is amazing how much crap I can pack into it. Have schlepped a full sized clothes dryer and tons of rocks around in it...
I might consider a Ford Flex as my next vehicle but intend to keep the Volvo going as long as possible.
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garock
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Post by garock on Mar 13, 2011 17:21:01 GMT -5
my first car was a 1962 Rambler 4 door push button automatic. I was working part time and going to tech school. the car was always messing up. But I still liked it !!
Frankie
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chromenut
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Post by chromenut on Mar 13, 2011 17:54:01 GMT -5
My first was a '66 AMC Marlin with a beautiful 327 V8 in it, sure do miss that car!
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 13, 2011 18:30:39 GMT -5
As a native and resident of the greater Motor City, I have 10W-30 in my veins and LOVE those ads; I grew up with those gorgeous GM cars. My Beacon Star grinders and saws are painted GM 60's Marina Blue. I even designed Monroe Shock Absorbers for a brief time. Everything here is tied into the auto industry here and we Michiganders need all the help we can get. That said, I love my '98 Volvo station wagon. NOBODY builds station wagons anymore and I refuse to drive an SUV. I want a rear-wheeled CAR, not a truck. My Volvo is the best of both worlds - it's like an enclosed pickup truck but rides nicer than my sister's Mercedes. It is amazing how much crap I can pack into it. Have schlepped a full sized clothes dryer and tons of rocks around in it... I might consider a Ford Flex as my next vehicle but intend to keep the Volvo going as long as possible. A 98 V90 huh? Last of the rear drive Volvos. I keep looking for a 94 940 non turbo wagon, very hard to find. Lee
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 13, 2011 22:53:15 GMT -5
Man those were the days! I still remember the big, nasty, gas guzzling Barracuda I drove during college and my uncles bright red convertible Olds dynamic 88 with the giant ass fins and white top. Now we have the gull danged butt ugly Pre-asses and all the the other little tin cans. So sad, no wonder the American car industry struggles. Regular cars any of us could own, used to be works of pop art and had an appeal beyond utility. Now, except for the high end types most of us can't afford, they're just DTU's, disposable transportation units....Mel
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auntierocks
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Post by auntierocks on Mar 14, 2011 3:35:09 GMT -5
Lee -
You do know your Bricks! And I know how hard it is to find those old rear-wheeled wagons. Although I'm missing the economy of the 4-cylinder right now and an 8-cylinder is out of the question, my 6-cylinder still puts a big smile on my face.
I got my '93 965 from a guy in Salt Lake City who drove it to my back door 'cuz he wanted to take a road trip. A great and surprising car, I drove it for over 10 years.
After I lost the 965, I crossed Lake Michigan over to Wisconsin to get the V90, a very rare car! The guy met me at the ferry docks in Manitowoc. After checking the car out I passed the check over to him (I'm told I have a real knack for choosing great used cars) and toured eastern Wisconsin (including the Gem Shoppe in Cedarburg) and Upper Michigan (stopped into Kingsley North in Norway and dropped a ton of $$) before going home.
Over the last twenty years I've had an '86 245 (killed by my old man as he thusly killed his first white-tail), an '87 245 (killed in a horrible head-on by a drunk in a Ford F-150 but it saved our lives!) & a '93 965 (killed by a neighbor kid texting on his cellphone who I wanted to kill!).
I love my car and will keep it 'til it drops...
PS Just found the photo of your 242 hauling your new saw! You ARE a Brickhead!
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Post by chassroc on Mar 14, 2011 7:55:28 GMT -5
Great pictures and Captions, love it...I was out Saturday night and Lisa Marie was singing about cadillacs and Mercs and chevys.
referencing the volt, GM seems to jump the gun on declaring cars production ready. Unfortunate but thats what soured me on GM (my first purchased new car was a Chevy Vega with the Aluminum block engine that only lasted 30000 miles and they didn't back in any way shape or form). As an American I am proud that GM is making a comeback but dismayed that japanese cars are more american than GM's. They take advanage of those who wave the American Flag.
Like Garock, My first car was a 60 something Rambler with push button transmission and front seats that folded completely back to form a bed with the back seats
Hope that GM and Ford don't give all their new found profits away. They seem to be the epitomy of american thinking and ever save for a rainy day in the future. The management get way too much money during the boom cycle and then dont have any reserve when things inevitably go bust
charlie
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 14, 2011 17:42:34 GMT -5
*L* Hey that's right, I do remember those old push button transmissions. I took drivers ed in a push button Dodge dart which was not all that bad of a car. Then I bought my first car, a Simca, which was some kind of plastic tin piece of crap with a five speed shift on the steering column which always had the most screwed up linkage imaginable. The entire interior was that kind of brittle plastic stuff and one time the gal I was dating got pissed at me, slammed the door and the whole inside lining of the car shattered and came raining down. Worst car and girlfriend I ever had *L*.....Mel
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Post by stefan on Mar 15, 2011 10:52:12 GMT -5
My first was a 67 Chevelle- but it never got on the road. I did own a nice Silverado 1 ton (86) with a BIG Block 454 4 barrel. only thing faster than the speedo going up was the fuel gauge going down! I now drive a Subie Outback- Best freaking station wagon ever!! nice little 5 speed (god I love manual shift), get 26 to 28 MPG- will haul my 1000 lb trailer loaded with my ATV out to my property. goes out the driveway with a foot of snow on top of it and under it. Heck if my wife ever tosses me out I could probably live in it! Plus its more American than my last Dakota PU.
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 15, 2011 21:11:22 GMT -5
PS Just found the photo of your 242 hauling your new saw! You ARE a Brickhead! Here's the rest of the story... I left my 71 Chev in the driveway to go get it, burns too much gas LOL. Also pictured is the 72 142E I am restoring with my son for his driver. Rocks are not my only addiction. Do you visit any Volvo websites? Lee
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 16, 2011 0:22:17 GMT -5
My first wreck was with a 59 chevy,wrapped it around a huge cottonwood tree!My first car was a 67 Catalina Pontiac.......... My best car was a 70 Mach I Mustang..... Nothing better than old Detroit Iron!!!Better than the crap on the roads now!
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 17, 2011 18:33:43 GMT -5
I remember as a young man taking a corner a bit too fast and taking a big Bite out of a tree with my 56 chev heavy 3/4t pickup. Bolt on a fender from the local bone yard, straighten the tie rod, and back on the road. Would have totalled any current offering from the auto manufacturers.
Lee
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Post by auntierocks on Mar 19, 2011 2:00:32 GMT -5
I've followed & posted to Brickboard.com since 1998. Those guys have saved me a bundle of grief and $$ over the years. They're a bunch of headsy people and I've enjoyed the conversations over the years. Have even met some of them.
Your 142 is identical to an old boyfriend's (color, too). He tried to get me to buy a '78 244 but I had just paid off my Mustang and didn't want another car payment. Then he got broadsided by a 45-mph red-light runner (on his side!) and walked away. THAT convinced me to get my first Volvo.
After my crash with the drunk, my sister bought a '85 245. When she saw my 965, she bought one, too. Her 19 y/o son has it now.
A couple of months ago they flew out here for a few days during a week of pretty heavy snow. Since they live in a mild climate, he had never driven in the snow. I drove to a very large parking lot and taught him the very best thing to do after a big snowstorm - doughnuts! What a blast we had!
Natalie, fellow Rockhound & Brickhead
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 19, 2011 13:09:51 GMT -5
Wow, what coincidence, I have been a brickboarder for about the same time, my first Volvo was a 142 (but the nasty mustard yellow) and a drunk red light runner t-boned the driver door, resulting in 3 severely injured drunks in a crumpled, totalled Tercel and me driving home with a lightly bruised shoulder. That color is a 72 only, a local friend has one of about a dozen 1800ES sportwagons painted that color from the factory.
Lee
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