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    Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    That'd be a cool car. Fairly pricey for what it is, but also a bit rare and unexpected. Might want to cross shop it with a deVille convertible.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    Would prefer the Esprit. Yes, I really do like the first Basic Instinct 1. The first time I ever saw that movie was in '97 I think. I was about 14 then.
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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    If you want raise drug awareness shouldn't it be a Ford LSD?
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    Aaand now we have the answer to QOTD.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/08/09

    @Alfisted: Well played!
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    All I know is that someday my business card will include the phrase "international sex symbol".

    /fires up Adobe Illustrator...
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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    12/08/09

    @evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars:
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    12/08/09

    @VeeArrrSix: That is, hands down, the best business card. Ever.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    If you look closely at the right moment, you can see a massive panel gap.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    12/08/09

    @Alfisted: When, near minute 46? Oh, you mean the car!
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    Freeeebieeeee!!!!!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    I would drive that in a heart beat and if I had the money, I'd be bidding on it. I don't care about Sharon Stone. But that is fine Ford there.
    It would be better if it were a 65 or 66, but it's still fine.
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    Image of Brian Brian
    12/08/09

    @Novaload: I echo your sentiment 100%. Regardless of providence, this car is gorgeous and I would totally rock it as a DD if I had the scratch.
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    Image of jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    Due to the rampant proliferation of drugs in this country, I think saying "drug multiplication" would be more appropriate.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    "...who has managed to perform alongside..."

    Talk about damning with faint praise.
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    Image of Skink Skink
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    My basic instinct would be to walk the other way.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    We just found the answer for QOTD.
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    I would still have international sex with her.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    12/08/09

    In reply to Buy Sharon Stone's Ford LTD Convertible, Raise Drug Awareness
    Leather Transmitted Diseases?
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    12/08/09

    @Ash78, cube farmer: Thank goodness mine doesn't have leather.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    04/05/09

    In reply to DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Tomsk Edition: The American Dream
    That's a 1971 Country Squire. You can tell because it has the "Bunkie Knudsen beak." Recall, Ford hired away Knudsen, who had a fetish for front ends with exaggerated noses. Bunkie managed to keep his fetish under control while head of Pontiac, but once he got to Ford he threw away all of his inhibitions.


    The 1970-71 Ford line up is an absolute beak-fest. Whichever wing of the styling studios Bunkie inspected, another odd protrusion was sure to emerge. There was the amazing 1970-71 Mercury Cyclone, with its gunsight center grille; and the 1971-72 Cougar, with a grand waterfall grille worthy of Yosemite. But most glorious of them all was the 1970-71 Thunderbird, with a beak that jutted out almost a foot from the base of the fascia.


    The full-size Ford's nose was relatively tame. Instead of protruding out, Bunkie "inspired" Ford designers to create the illusion of a protruding beak with an unusually tall center grille and a "sunken eyes" look to the headlight area.


    The result didn't scare grandma like the T-Bird, but by 1972 the big Ford's beak was toned down with a more horizontal bumper and headlights that didn't look quite so much like the eyes of a drug addict. Bunkie had been fired, and beaks soon went the way of the hula hoops. Lee Iacocca, who helped engineer Knudsen's ouster, preferred radiator grilles.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/05/09

    @DrLemming: The guy's name was "Semon". Of course he had fucked-up taste.


    And I'm sorry, but the '70 Pontiac had about the least subdued nose ever.



    That car could get through law school on the strength of its beak alone.


    Then there's the '59 Pontiac with a look-at-me split in the grille that carries on to this day. (It's no coincidence that Knudsen became general manager of Pontiac in '56, and the grille became split exactly one major design cycle later.)

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/05/09

    @F*ckingPlushroom: Forgot to post a '59 for the few that can't picture one on command:


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