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Six Flags Over Tomsk
05/16/09

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I love it. It's almost truck-like in its proportions.
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engineerd
05/16/09

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Did people in the '30s think car designs were bland? Will we look back at the '00s and say how good looking cars were (even Camry's)?

I sometimes wonder these things.
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MushyHeirloom
05/16/09

@engineerd: Today's Camry is yesterday's '63 Plymouth. Bland, boring, unexceptional to drive, and eventually, theoretically, collectible.

But still uglier than a goat's ass.
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BTLFED
05/16/09

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Murilee, did he happen to tell you what Nissan power plant was put in it? And couldn't you have a windshield made that was stronger so he could take it on the freeway?

I love the car. Great find.
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Murilee Martin
05/17/09

@Hung Wei Lo in my Dodge Nitro: The owner says that the aerodynamics (or lack thereof) are responsible for the windshield-removal problem. I suppose it would be possible to anchor a Lexan windshield with some sort of super-adhesive.
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MushyHeirloom
05/16/09

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I'm just glad the owner has a beard.
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Dhillaz 2.0
05/16/09

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Wow, amazing condition, it must be a pain to get replacement parts though.

Speaking of British, I have successfully found layabout's website and flickr account. Fortunately he is still alive and well: his last photo was posted on 28th April.
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.357
05/16/09

@Dhillaz: Yay! He's not dead!
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Dhillaz 2.0
05/16/09

@CoЯiolis Eff Smites You With The PoweЯ of BuЯbeЯЯy: www.reallyloud.co.uk
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.357
05/16/09

@Dhillaz: Thanks for the link.
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Elhigh
05/16/09

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I say lads that's a bit of all right, wot?

-1 for the Nissan repower, but frankly if you want to keep it running more than you run after parts, it may be your only hope. But ye gods it's glorious.
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A strolling player
05/16/09

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Proof that in England, too, the wrong automakers survived.

Imagine flying into London and being stuck with a rental Beardmore 25. Reading on bbc.com or on Jalopnik that MG-Beardmore was bought by a Chinese company. Listening to James May tell a story about Her Majesty's Royal Range Beardmore.
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MushyHeirloom
05/16/09

@A stʁolling playeʁ: If Captain Slow had a proper Beardmore, people wouldn't assume he preferred the company of men.
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A strolling player
05/16/09

@FstrPssycw: What do we think, viewers?

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MushyHeirloom
05/16/09

@A stʁolling playeʁ: I think it's glorious.
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.357
05/16/09

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Beardmore has to be one of the coolest car names ever. And if you say it in a British accent, it sounds 2x as good.
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Novaload
05/16/09

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I've revised my plans, so that when I win the lottery, my first stop will be a tour of Alameda. I am also boring my traveling friends who return from the San Fran area by asking them if they went to Alameda. "What? Why?"

*sigh*
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junkman
05/16/09

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Very cool! I hope when they converted to Nissan power they went with diesel.
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jduffy13
05/16/09

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It's funny with some of the new cars today doing two tone and getting it wrong, this old beauty gets it right.

And who needs to go over 40MPH anyways? Thanks for bringing this lovely to our attention.
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skaycog was here
05/16/09

@jduffy13: I agree on both counts: This is a great car and the modern two tones just don't get it. I think that the '55 and '56 Fords had the bestest two-tone combinations. Some were pretty far out....like yellow & black, pink and black.
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jduffy13
05/16/09

@skaycog:

Right on about those Ford two tones!

I think what helps the proper use of two tones are the body lines, there's a necessary synergy there that just makes the whole thing pop.
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A strolling player
05/16/09

@jduffy13: Good call on the body lines. As far as new cars that pull it off, if I am allowed to take some *cough* Liberties, I present the Cognoscenti.

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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
05/16/09

@A stʁolling playeʁ: Damn, I should probably fire up the xbox today, since it's too crappy out to wash my car.

I agree, though-- two-tone jobs are always about how the body lines are utilized.
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