@digginit: Dodge Rampage/Plymouth Scamp.
@More Ron: Nope, the AE86 belongs to his buddy. If you look closely though, you can see his other project in the garage, a 1970 "Hakosuka" Skyline GT-R, with the engine up on a stand.
Personally I prefer the '30s saloons, but this old Plymouth looks killer.
Thanks Murilee, I'm glad it made it up here so others could see. This thing is gonna be bee-yutiefull when he finishes the resto.
While I'm not sad at all that the Hummer is going, I will say that its Grand Theft Auto IV counterpart, the Patriot, is perhaps the funnest vehicle to drive in the game.
Nice car, nice price.
@duster_uk: Plymouth quit making convertibles after '71, so it's not a '73-'74. And it's not a '71 since those had special grilles with quad headlights, so it must be a 1970 model. And if you look carefully, it has a flat hood, meaning it's not a 'Cuda, but rather a lower-trim Barracuda.
I like the Cordia. Despite the FWD, I wouldn't mind driving it. And it's not too bad looking.
Very awesome.
I want one. We don't get enough snow here in GA for it to be useful, but dammit it's just so cool!
@packratmatt: Hey, I've got that one on my car! The "Now more than ever" has unfortunately faded a good bit and is only visible up close.
@tonyola: Yeah, Mexico got all sorts of rad models. Chargers and Super Bees based on hopped-up Aspens and Darts! Absolute madness.
@tonyola: It's a personal thing, but I don't consider the first and second-gen Barracudas to be pony cars. They're good-looking, fast, and light, but the styling on them is too... individualist. It doesn't share the styling cues of the original pony car, the Mustang, in the same way that the first-gen Camaro and Firebird did, or the second-gen Javelin. It wasn't until the 1970 restyling that they really incorporated the iconic pony-car styling cues, and the 1970-74 model is almost unarguably the best-looking incarnation of the Barracuda name because of it.
And I'm quite familiar with the Duster's history, and proud that I was once able to own a car that was essentially an underdog that surprised everyone with its success.
@DrLemming: Yep. Chrysler had a big success with their '68 B-bodies, and that gave them enough cash to introduce new, more attractive body styles for their ponies and muscle cars. Unfortunately, by then the market had changed and smaller, more efficient cars were becoming popular. A shame. If they had introduced those cars in 1967 instead of 1970, Chrysler's future might've ended up very differently.
@Scoutch: You really shouldn't let a 318 equipped Gold Duster color your entire opinion of the brand. There's nothing inherently wrong with any particular classic Mopar.
My first car was a '73 Gold Duster. 198 slant six, 904 column-shifted automatic. Green vinyl bench seats. Previous owner had ripped the vinyl top off but hadn't treated the metal underneath. After a few years left out in the rain, the front of the roof cap had rusted through, letting water seep into the headliner and down into the cabin, eventually coagulating on the floor and rusting through. That car taught me how to take things apart, how to weld, how to use rust converters, grind, bondo, and sand. The engine never ceased to run, and had a loud throaty sound, thanks to the Cherry bomb exhaust.
Sold it the day George Carlin died. Nice family from northeast GA bought it.
While 1956 is my favorite year for '50s mopars (still kicking myself for letting that '56 Belvedere sedan get away. I was -this- close to having it as my first car!) seeing these tall-finned beauties is almost as nice.
@1000songs:
I was talking more about the fact that even when the Viper ACR posted the fastest Nurburgring lap time, it was largely ignored by most. ZR1 and GT-R fanboys in particular never mention the ACR's time when they have their arguments about whoever is supposedly faster.
Another broken record that will be promptly ignored by GT-R and ZR1 fanboys.
So was he trying to keep the Honda from passing or was he just not paying attention?
