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    Mean Mopar Streets: Harvey Keitel Versus David Proval!

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    Image of SeanKHotay SeanKHotay
    09/27/09

    In reply to Mean Mopar Streets: Harvey Keitel Versus David Proval!
    Forbidden sex is the best kind...
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    09/27/09

    In reply to Mean Mopar Streets: Harvey Keitel Versus David Proval!
    I found it funny that you put "spoiler alert" for a 35 year old movie. Then I thought "hey wait, I like Scorsese movies and I haven't seen this." So instead of clicking play I'm moving on over to my Netflix queue.
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    Image of zeeboid zeeboid
    09/27/09

    @SirNotAppearing II: The Secret of the Ooze: Spoiler Allert: romeo and juliet die at the end of the play.
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    09/27/09

    @zeeboid: What?! I'm only on Act II, I refuse to believe you!
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    09/04/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    No Frank Sinatra Edition?
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09/04/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    Why didn't you feature the much larger Chrysler Euro? I think it was about 1.45 times the size of the Imperial, giving it lots of interior space.
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    Image of CanadaCraig CanadaCraig
    09/04/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    Off topic - I know. But I miss vinyl roofs and pins stripes and wire wheel covers and white wall tires. I miss hood ornaments and opera windows and coach lamps and lavaliere straps and cornering lights and all of those other [mostly] useless things. I also miss being able to get cloth seats in the fanciest model and leather in one of several different colour - not just two or three variations of gray. Cars just aren't much fun to look at anymore. OR to keep clean and show off. Craig!!
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    FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway promoted this comment CanadaCraig was starred CanadaCraig was unstarred
    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
    09/04/09

    @CanadaCraig: Agreed. However, I'd rather see those features on an good, attractive car. The only thing more ridiculous than this generation New Yorker/Fifth Avenue/Imperial was Electronic Voice Alert-equipped New Yorker Turbo.

    Now, give me all those features in something that looks like, say, a '65 Cadillac and you're onto something.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/03/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    Has anyone heard of the 1966 Chevelle built by Smokey Yunick for NASCAR racing. Supposedly it was 7/8 of a regular Chevelle built to help in the aerodynamics department. The inspectors suspected something was wrong, but couldn’t figure it out. I don’t think it was actually 7/8 of a Chevelle, but instead it had had its roof modified and lowered and raised the floor.

    It was because of this that NASCAR started using templates.
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    Image of Jono Jono
    09/03/09

    @Flathead Smith: Some of the most ingenious cheating comes from NASCAR, a favorite of mine was the small oil pressure fed pistons under the carby that lift it clear of the restrictor plate. Can't remember who did this though, probably a case of who didn't...
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    Flathead Smith promoted this comment Edited by Jono at 09/03/09 11:27 PM Jono was starred Jono was unstarred
    Image of Mobius Mobius
    09/03/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    Yeah, but the lighter weight meant it could leave the Imperial miles behind.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09/03/09

    @Mobius: Not: "Kilometres behind"???
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09/03/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    :IN MY BEST CLIFF CLAVEN VOICE:
    "It's a little-known fact that the Chrysler Imperial was sold in France as the Chrysler Avoirdupois, you know."
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    Image of skitter skitter
    09/03/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: While Concorde and LeBaron needed no translation, the Cordoba was renamed 'Royale with Cheese', and today the badging alone fetches incredible prices.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/03/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On

    This one didn't work out either.
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    09/03/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    What a terrible joke.

    I loved it.
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    09/03/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    In a similar vein, I'll never forget my first (and only) trip to Kamloops, B.C. when the bartender set down that imperial pint... All I could do was stare at it as I pondered whether I was shrinking or if I'd just been getting ripped off all those years back home. I've come to terms with it now, but I'm still not sure why a place that uses the metric system gets imperial pints yet we're stuck with regular pints and Chrysler Imperials. Life's eternal questions. I think this picture would be funnier after a few beers, of either size.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    09/03/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On

    It's hardly a Smokey Yunick Chevelle:.
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    Image of Rockford Brodie and the Masters of the Hooniverse Rockford Brodie and the Masters of the Hooniverse
    09/03/09

    @theeastbaykid: Damn, beat me to it.
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    Image of Murph Murph
    09/03/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    the Imperial had its own problems.The Whitworth thread nuts and bolts were a real pain in the ass for the local shade tree mechanics, but they shouldn't have expected SAE standard fasteners (much less metric) on a vehicle called the Imperial?
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    09/03/09

    @Murph: The fact that REAL Imperials had left hand threaded lug nuts on the left side of the car was bad enough.
    Lefty- tighty
    Righty-loosey
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/03/09

    @P161911:

    Had that on my '67 FC Dodge van.

    I was rather miffed when I found a garage in Galveston, TX, put the rear axles in the wrong sides, after I explicitly told them about this, and I had to have it re-done when I got back to Dallas.

    Plus, whenever I had tires done, invariable I'd get told the lugs on the left side wouldn't come loose.

    Sigh.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    09/03/09

    @she said, yeah?: When I got my 67 Imperial, the owner before me went to Pep Boys for the 4 for $99 tire special. I think five of the 10 legs on the left side were stripped. Apparently if you try hard enough with a big enough impact gun you can cross thread them enough to get them on.
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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
    09/03/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    Way to show your engineering roots, Ben.

    I had to do a double take to make sure that it wasn't real. I wouldn't be that surprised, given other oddball '80s K-variants, like the LeBaron limousine and the confusingly-named Chrysler E-Class:
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    09/03/09

    In reply to It's No Wonder The Chrysler Metric Never Caught On
    I'm glad you started a new "Chrysler Metric" tag for this. I'm looking forward to future articles about this car.
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