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Novaload
02/06/09

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Air hole in trunk = never a good sign.
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Ford Tempo Fanatic
02/06/09

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It eats vtak and craps awesome.
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
02/06/09

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There's a powder blue '70 Impala 4-door hardtop that's lived about a mile-and-a-half from my folks for a number of years now, as well as what I believe is a '68 or '69 Caprice coupe. Both still scream "class for the everyman."

The '71 redesign of the B- and C-bodies were not kind to Chevy, IMHO.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
02/06/09

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GM had such elegant styling back then. I don't think you could shift any line an eighth of an inch on that car and improve the design.
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beercheck
02/06/09

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Grandpa's bright red '70 LS-5 390-horse all-stainless-steel drivetrain 4-door Impala is still in the family.

I gotta get it back.
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Elhigh
02/06/09

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Notice the hooker-friendly Trunk Lock Delete option.
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mechimike
02/06/09

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Guy I knew back in college had one of these, triple green, that he bought from some old lady for $300. It had almost no body rot, amazing for a NY car. Far as I know, he's still driving it, despite my repeated offers to buy it from him.
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mytdawg
02/06/09

@mechimike: I had a 69 Impala Custom with minimal rust (for Michigan) that my grandmother gave me and my dad made me sell it. For $300. And that was my first car story. Sniff.
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Bumblebee
02/06/09

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Notice the many ironically empty bike racks in the background.
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Jo Schmo
02/06/09

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I do believe I could fit the whole cheerleading team in that trunk and still have room for my luggage and golf clubs.
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jedchev
02/06/09

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Nice Caprice. Didn't you build a model of this exact car Murilee? The rear overhang was for better weight distribution and launchability. You could also back way into a parking space with one of those barriers. That's the problem with today's cars, not enough overhang.
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MushyHeirloom
02/06/09

@jedchev: I was gonna say, this is the Caprice version of Murilee's Impala model, complete with screwed-over door handle! All the panels are the same color, though.
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Dr. H. F. Danger
02/06/09

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Sweet, think about how many prostitutes you can fit in that trunk...yeah.
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mytdawg
02/06/09

@Dr.Danger needs food badly: You can get more in there if you cut them up right. I think I've seen Very Bad Things one too many times.
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Graverobber
02/06/09

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You know, with a car such as this you could go in several directions with the owner speculation.

It could be some old guy who's been out on disability the past 15 years from his job at the docks, and he's just trying to get by. He works on the car himself, as best he can to keep it on the road.

Or, it could be some lodie skank, who is trying to get off the stuff, but keeps making questionable life choices causing her setbacks and endangering her job- dancing at Mya Sweet. She got the car from her mom, who still writes her asking when she's going to come home and turn her life around.

Or it could be driven by a hipster douchebag with a flavor saver and a pork pie. He knows nothing about the car, but thinks its size will make him stand out, and that it makes a statement, although he's not sure what that statement is.

Like I said, hard to tell with this one.
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BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
02/06/09

@graverobber: Jay Wert Hacked my Sig!: This time you didn´t get it. This car is from a not so succesfull bounty hunter, Gary Dripnose. Weeks of tracking down Creepy Jimmy, he finaly caught him and locked Jimmy in the trunk. On his way back (1256 miles) to hand Jimmy over to Sheriff Dale Chesthair, with only 34 miles to go, Creepy Jimmy managed to undo the trunk from it´s lock and escaped.
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BTLFED
02/06/09

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Needs more donk.

I mean wait....
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
02/06/09

@BTLFED has two bottles, big ones: GUARDS!
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mytdawg
02/06/09

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Cool thing about those cars was you could use the same key in the trunk and in the ignition and you could get one in any hardware store. And if the handle was insulated enough you could use it to jump the starter solenoid too.
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DannyBN
02/06/09

@mytdawg: I thought GM's the same key for doors and trunk (round head), and a separate one for the ignition (square head).

I definitely remember it being annoying.
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acarr260
02/06/09

@DannyBN: I believe you are correct... at least that's right for my dad's '72 Chevelle, my '74 Monte Carlo, and my '87 Custom Deluxe.
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mytdawg
02/06/09

@DannyBN: @acarr260: Look at the trunk...
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
02/06/09

@DannyBN: GM stuck with the separate, one-sided keys FOREVER. Apparently, nobody told them of the concept of a valet key until 2000 or so.

GM mediocrity dies hard. But it's shit like that that makes me want a malaise-y GM even more.
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MushyHeirloom
02/06/09

@mytdawg: Cool thing about those cars was you could use the same key in the trunk and in the ignition

Funny, my Volvo does that too. And the front doors.

You can have more stamped, too, if you like.
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citroën67
02/06/09

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Nice ride, I just watched Repo Man for the first time...that is like a DOTS orgy! But I guess everywhere would have been like that in 1984. :P
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Uncle Bo
02/06/09

@citroen67_now available with T-bar Roof!:

Want a real DOTS orgy? Watch the Rockford Files, every weeknight on RTN, 10PM Eastern.

Not that I watch it or anything, just sayin'.
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Triborough
02/06/09

@Uncle Bo, averting foreclosure: RTN?
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Uncle Bo
02/06/09

@Triborough:

Retro TV Network.

[www.myretrotv.com]
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