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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1978 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon Down On The New Hampshire Street
    Do want.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1978 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon Down On The New Hampshire Street
    Mmmmm. Memories.

    My car at 16, a Fairmont Wagon. 302V8 from a 69 Fastback 'Stang, three speed and gears that would go forever.

    Not a 5.0L car in town could touch me. Most 5.7's had a tough time.

    Giggity...
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    Image of Joe_Bloe Joe_Bloe
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1978 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon Down On The New Hampshire Street
    My family had one of these with the 200 Six and a THREE SPEED OVERDRIVE on the floor. It was even lower-line than this one, dog dish hubcaps, no roof rack, beige, with vinyl bench pickup truck seats with the notch cut out to clear the shifter. 1-2 shift wasn't until almost 30 mph, that Falcon motor sounded like it was gonna have an aneurysm. But it ran forever.
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    Image of junkman junkman
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1978 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon Down On The New Hampshire Street
    There's a clone to this car sitting around the corner from my shop. It hasn't moved from the driveway it's in for at least two years. When I drive by, I have fantasies of picking it up as a stablemate to my Fairmont Durango. Fortunately, it doesn't take too long to return to my senses.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1978 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon Down On The New Hampshire Street
    I like how Ford didn't even try to have a divisional logo/emblem in the late '70s, just very period-looking "FORD" badges. And the Fairmont never got the Blue Oval after it came out; it's as though Ford tried to distance themselves from these tinny, boring-ass cars as much as possible.

    However, I always did like these wagons. And I saw an almost-mint Futura coupe on I-75 today. Neato.
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    Image of MadcowsDiseased MadcowsDiseased
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    That thing can perform some serious pizza cutting action.
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    Image of astrocramp astrocramp
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1978 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon Down On The New Hampshire Street
    Compared to its competition of the day, the Plymouth Volare wagon, this thing is a dream. My dad had the Volare, rusted out within a year with water sloshing around the tail lights and you could see the road under the floorboard. A few years later he bought an '80 Fairmont wagon, the thing lasted for 250k miles.
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    Image of ummagumma82 ummagumma82
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1978 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon Down On The New Hampshire Street
    It's hard to believe this is what spawned the Thunderbird/Cougar, Continental, Mark VII, and Mustang (until 2004!!). Even the almighty K-Car wasn't quite *that* versatile or long-lived.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1978 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon Down On The New Hampshire Street
    Between nostalgia (my grandparents had a blue Fairmont sedan up to the early 90's) and inherent Fox body love, I would drive the crap out of this, and slowly throw Mustang parts at it. Clearly, it needs the IRS out of a later SVT Cobra, and more power, and other fun bits.
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/29/09

    @Maymar: It's actually easier to get good handling by using aftermarket parts with the stock live rear end. The Cobra IRS isn't that great because it was designed to fit the same packaging as the older Fox based live axle.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    I got the Matra part, but had forgotten the model - I only knew because there was one on display in Le Mans. I assume that means I spend too much time obsessing over Steve McQueen movies.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1978 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon Down On The New Hampshire Street
    This wagon proved that sometimes vanilla is a subtle, simple treat.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/30/09

    @Novaload: Quite right. Like a nice clean sheet of toast. A blank canvas.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/30/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: Or a yummy ice cream cone in one of our cardboard tasting-unknown substance cones on a hot August day, when pistachio might interfere with the taste of your G&T.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/30/09

    @Novaload: I hate it when that happens. I've fired so many butlers over that
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    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    Well I don't know if any of that writing made sense, but I'll just blame my being so excited about that huge greenhouse and those great graphics. I'm in Berlin now and the cars over here are wild - there was a gold SM a block away from my apartment!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/29/09

    @voodoojoo: Pics, plz!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/29/09

    @voodoojoo: I have always wanted to try roasting kielbasa in the back window. When I knew a guy with one, it was in too cold a climate. And when I lived in Houston, I didn't know anybody with a 'cuda. You might say my desires have been 'foiled'. Because all I would have needed that close to the Equator, would have been a righteous Barracuda and some aluminum wrapping.

    Batter up!
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    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/30/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Check this out
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    Edited by voodoojoo at 11/30/09 1:51 AM voodoojoo was starred voodoojoo was unstarred
    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo:
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    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo:
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    11/30/09

    @#c17175547:
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    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo:
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo: Nice!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo: Wunderbar!
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    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    One of my earliest memories is of driving through town, looking up at the sky while laying down back in the trunk. Nice little cars, and quite a visual improvement over the toilet seat Valiants. Nice to see a survivor in great shape.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Well, it kinda is a Valiant, y'know. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Or any MoPar.
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    11/29/09

    In reply to Abandoned Cars Down In The Kentucky Weeds
    The Cosmo is said. At least pry the logos off! Save something...
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    Image of AMalicious AMalicious
    11/29/09

    @Novaload: The tiny local airport in the podunk town I grew up in had a small fleet (3 IIRC) of Cosmos rotting away behind a hanger. Apparently the owner had a penchant for them, and had used those as parts cars to restore one example (which I never saw).

    I really, really wanted to try fixing one up, being a young teenager with a love for weird cars. Those with more sense pointed out they were far too gone for any such thing......
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @AMalicious: Yeah, it's just like the kid with the terminally ill doggie---kid, meet The Inevitable and his friend here, Cruel Reality.
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    11/29/09

    In reply to Can You Identify This Mystery Car?
    The front end looks like a dead jack-o-lantern, complete with tiny death rattle mouth.
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