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    DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits

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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    Thanks for posting the pictures, Murilee. I was beginning to think you'd forgotten about Colorado. I should have some more for you once summer starts in earnest and all the nice cars come out of storage.


    Thanks also for all the positive comments. I'll have to give Mike (the owner of the Nova gasser) the url for this page.

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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    Okay, a real Ford engine in a vintage Ford rod sounds great, but what is with those Y-Block decals on that small-block mill?
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/19/09

    @1964F100: Better than Blue Oval valve covers on a Chevy mill. (Yes, I've seen it. I wanted to smack the owner.)
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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    I've never before seen an array of awesome cars and been least excited by a VW bus.
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    04/19/09

    @Baron Plushroom von Falconpunchen: Also: I've never seen a pre-Reagan Subaru in the flesh. That's fucking amazing. Check out the ancient version of the Flying Vagina...
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    04/19/09

    @Baron Plushroom von Falconpunchen: You must be fairly young- when I was a kid (early '80s) Subarus were everywhere- and, unlike today, probably only about 5% were owned by yuppie lesbians from Kennebunkport. The 4WD versions especially were seen as a viable alternative to the Yota pickup.
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    04/19/09

    @SLANTTZILLA?: Well, if you didn't know my age before, you do now: I was born 'round the halfway point of the first Bush administration. Which would explain why '80s Escorts, Tempos (mainly the later models), Accords with pop-up headlights, late-'70s Ford trucks (saw a beautiful flatbed wrecker DOTS yesterday, but didn't have my camera) and second/third-gen Leones are firmly entrenched in my mind... but the truly cool stuff is nowhere to be found.
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    04/19/09

    @Baron Plushroom von Falconpunchen: Which means that my car is older than I am.
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    04/19/09

    @Baron Plushroom von Falconpunchen: Slantzilla's right, they used to be everywhere in New England in the early '80s. I lost my virginity in a Subaru that looked just like that one, except it was light blue. Parked in the driveway of a summer cottage that had been closed up for the winter. Ahhh, memories.
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    04/19/09

    @Baron Plushroom von Falconpunchen: Wikipedia just taught me that Reagan used to own a BRAT. Found that while trying to date this one for you guys.

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    04/19/09

    @Baron Plushroom von Falconpunchen: Damn, you're younger than I am!


    It's true, though--very, very rarely do I see a Subaru older than 1995. I knew a guy in Virginia with a '94 Loyale wagon, and occasionally (very occasionally) I'll see a BRAT or a Justy pootin' around, but that's the extent of it.

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    04/19/09

    @Gutpunch McRodbender, a strolling player's understudy: Doesn't help that they weren't ever that popular 'round here.
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    04/19/09

    @cq is experimental: Yeah, but I bet Reagan's Brat didn't have astroturf in the back.


    I like the curled-up hood edge. It's a lot easier to preempt those problems with a 10-buck set of hoodpins than it is to pry open your hood with a tire-iron, trust me.

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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    Great finds! But the VW bus--flames on the front and fish on the back? Are those supposed to be the flames of hell? Then he's on a highway to hell?

    Not to mention that the color looks more like he splashed through a puddle of baby crap.


    Love the color on the 31/32 Ford, though. Just perfect. And the T-bird--way back in 1961 someone craved--and got--a baby blue rocket!

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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    Usually, decals on the car should say what good thing a car has. So why the FrontWheelDrive? I think the only one that's better than is OneWheelDrive or NoWheelDrive?
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    04/19/09

    @Mobius_1: One has to bear in mind that there was once a time when front wheel drive was fairly odd. You had your Citroens, your SAABs, some Caddies and Olds Toronados, and then Subaru (which also came in 4WD). That was pretty much it until the Malaise Era wound down.


    That said, I'm sure that the acquisition of such an emblem would cost an arm and a leg, if you can find one that someone is willing to part with at all. Few things will thrust a man deeper into the pit of despair that is Project Car Hell than a vintage (i.e., pre-EA81) Subaru.

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    04/19/09

    @Mobius_1: Subaru was pretty early in the front wheel drive game, so they were going to let everyone know.
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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    I think Jalopnik may be starting to affect my mind... these are all neat, but my reaction to the Subaru was "Wow, cool!"
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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    It's "RatRod" day???
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    04/19/09

    @bigblockautoX™: The Model A is more vintage style than rat-rod. This monstrosity is more of a rat rod:



    Note the generally hacked-together and dangerous appearance.
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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    I need to get me one of those "Front Wheel Drive" decals from the Subaru.


    My FWD and resultant understeer fills me with pride!

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/19/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: And they spent more on the trim and font design for that than on most of the rest of the car!
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    04/19/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Sure did have a lot of rulers and set squares in their design office back then...
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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    Cool cars. Way better than Coors. And Colorado is another of those places that rust forgot about.


    BTW, that's a Microbus, not a Transporter.


    I've always liked that era of Thunderbird, and this was a great find, but it looks like it's been crunched in the wrong way and might never be right..


    The A using its license plate as a fender as a fender is just fantastic. 'I gotcher regulations all right here!'


    And the lifted Nova wagon is tremendous. Looks like it'd do just fine on dirt roads up in the mountains.

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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    I'm heading out the door, will have to check these out later. But having visited Colorado last year, I know its a DOTS paradise. And last weekend I think I found DOTS East: Richmond, Va. Couldn't wander off with my camera, as I was with my wife, but any Jalops in that area should get busy.
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    04/19/09

    @flyingstitch: I work in Richmond. I caught a Ferrari driving home Friday; I'm stalking a near-stock 66 GTO and an organ IH, but I missed a stock DeSoto--down to the hubcaps--with a baby seat in back. I've also seen an ancient Rolls gliding up 95 at an impressive pace.
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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    Why would a car company want to compare itself to one of the poorest, most awful places on earth (i.e. Subaru Leone)?
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    04/19/09

    @Dallifornia: No, no, you've got it wrong. They're referring to Sergio Leone. Or maybe Mama Leone's. Damn, now I'm hungry for Subaru.


    Did I mention that I'm highly undercaffeinated, even though Sebastien Vettel won the China GP, 1-2 for Red Bull, in the rain? Sounds like it was a fantastic race.

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    04/19/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I watched the race earlier. What a fantastic performance from Red Bull, and another good weekend for BrawnGP. And Ferrari still have zero points, something's really wrong with them.
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    04/19/09

    @Dallifornia: At least it wasn't the Subaru Darfur GXL or something.
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    04/19/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: Yeah, check out that fancy script! I'm a classy guy, my car is front wheel drive!
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    04/19/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
    That Subaru is my favorite. Reminds me of one in my home town.
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    04/19/09

    @voodoojoo: I had a neighbor in college that had one of those wagons in a metallic blue. It was a really bizarre little car.


    On the whole, vintage Subarus are horrifyingly rare. They're probably the coolest cars of the Malaise era that no one ever sees.

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    04/19/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: Yeah, now the person in town that has this car also runs a whacked out Corolla Liftback of the same vintage! Too bad the owner's a prick.


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    03/06/09

    In reply to How To Decode Your Car's VIN
    The Ford Tempo & Mercury Topaz Car Club of North America has an automated VIN decoder program. Type in the VIN of your Ford Tempo or Mercury Topaz and it will give you what manufacturing plant (there are only two, and all T/T Coupes were made in the U.S.), trim level/body style, model year, and model.


    Although I was well aware of it all before, my 1989 Ford Tempo AWD was made in Kansas City Assembly in Claycomo, Missouri.

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    03/06/09

    @Ford Tempo Fanatic: Not only do I have about 5 years worth of GM VIN decoders (one of my souvenirs from working at a Chev dealer), I've ran the GM vehicle inquiry system on my car multiple times. I've even looked at Ramos Arizpe on Google Maps to try and find the plant where it was built. I'm a bit of a dork.
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    03/06/09

    In reply to How To Decode Your Car's VIN
    "Uncle Matt, please tell us another bedtime story!

    I know, I know...! Tell us the one about Melvil Dewey and his magical Decimal System...!"
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    03/06/09

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: Ahh, good ol' Melvil Dui.
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    03/06/09

    In reply to How To Decode Your Car's VIN
    My old shop teacher used to complain about people saying "VIN Number". Just call it the VI Number.
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