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    1967 Opel Kadett Was Such A Mini-Brute, It Had To Be Washed By Elephants!

    Krack Kadett Will Never Be Burned By Rioting Parisians!

    Swingin' Opels Consume Germany's Entire Output Of Tape Stripes
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    10/04/09

    In reply to 1967 Opel Kadett Was Such A Mini-Brute, It Had To Be Washed By Elephants!
    I did a fair amount of growing up in the back seat of a '67 Kadett. Even today I still like the look of it.

    But if you crossed your eyes and thought angry thoughts in its general direction, a new dent would form.
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    Image of GTBruiser GTBruiser
    10/04/09

    In reply to 1967 Opel Kadett Was Such A Mini-Brute, It Had To Be Washed By Elephants!
    Opel Kadett: The flimsiest car ever paperclipped together by GM, but, was it ever a cutie.
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    scroggzilla raids again promoted this comment GTBruiser was starred GTBruiser was unstarred
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    10/04/09

    @GTBruiser: and, in the right hands, a competitive rally carl
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    10/04/09

    @GTBruiser: The old Kadett might not have been the greatest car GM ever made, but there were worse, like the late-'80s FWD Isuzu Gemini/Chevrolet Spectrum/whatever. Nasty little bottom-of-the-barrel GM econoboxes that lacked even the roach-like toughness of a Chevette.
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    10/04/09

    In reply to 1967 Opel Kadett Was Such A Mini-Brute, It Had To Be Washed By Elephants!
    OOLLLLLIIIVVVEEEEERRRRRRR

    Sorry, had to do it.

    /hamster
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    Image of JDickson87 JDickson87
    10/04/09

    @Uncle Bo: That's exactly what I thought of. Thank you.
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    TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah promoted this comment JDickson87 was starred JDickson87 was unstarred
    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    10/04/09

    @JDickson87:

    Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......rrrrrrrrrrarrrr.

    "Oliver! You've got a cold!"
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    Image of Timtoolman, going ASH Timtoolman, going ASH
    10/04/09

    In reply to 1967 Opel Kadett Was Such A Mini-Brute, It Had To Be Washed By Elephants!
    Buick's Opel Kadett...just odd. Appealing to Tarzan fans, odder, yet.

    If I'm not mistaken, he was an Olympic swimmer, too. OK, I'll look it up.
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    Image of Timtoolman, going ASH Timtoolman, going ASH
    10/04/09

    @Timtoolman, still looking for work.: From Wiki: "Johnny Weissmuller (Born as Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor who was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in films, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller is by far the best known. His character's distinctive, ululating Tarzan yell is still often used in films."

    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    tonyola promoted this comment Timtoolman, going ASH was starred Timtoolman, going ASH was unstarred
    Image of tonyola tonyola
    10/04/09

    @Timtoolman, still looking for work.: In my hometown of Titusville, Florida, Wessimuller lent his name to a tourist attraction known as Tarzan's Jungleland that opened around 1970 or so. After a flurry of interest, including an opening attended by Johnny himself, the tourist trap struggled along for a couple years before closing. Johnny quickly withdrew his name and support when he found out that the animals there weren't treated well, and the place was renamed Tropical Wonderland. I remember having school yearbook pictures taken there in front of a very smelly farting elephant. The crumbling remains of the attraction are still there, and can be seen on Google Street View on the west side of US 1 just south of the Walgreens at the intersection with SR 50. It was intended to be razed for residential development, but the real estate bust took care of that idea.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/04/09

    @Timtoolman, still looking for work.: Wiki goes on to say that Weissmuller was married five times. I'm not surprised. He was quite a swinger.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/04/09

    @skaycog: Yes, the ladies went ape for ol' Johnny.
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    Image of Timtoolman, going ASH Timtoolman, going ASH
    10/05/09

    @skaycog: How'd I miss this yesterday?
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/05/09

    @Timtoolman, still looking for work.: Dunno. You must have been busy?
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    10/04/09

    In reply to 1967 Opel Kadett Was Such A Mini-Brute, It Had To Be Washed By Elephants!
    Well Murilee, you seem to have missed the entire point of this commercial. The Buick Opel was advertised as the "Brute" but did you notice who the person was at the beginning of the commercial.

    That was none other than Johnny Weissmuller, Olympic Swimmer, and more famous because he was the lead in almost all of the Tarzan movies from the 40's to early 50's. It tied in with the Tarzan movies that were being played on the afternoon or evening television channels during the time this Opel was introduced.

    So, it was a rather clever marketing scheme at that time.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    10/04/09

    @UDMan: Ungawa!
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    10/04/09

    In reply to 1967 Opel Kadett Was Such A Mini-Brute, It Had To Be Washed By Elephants!
    That's Johnny Weismuller, who played Tarzan in the movies many years ago. Maybe this commercial was trying to appeal to the Tarzan fans.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    10/04/09

    @skaycog: arrrrg, you beat me to it. Anyway, here's a picture of Weismuller when he was older.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    10/31/08

    In reply to Krack Kadett Will Never Be Burned By Rioting Parisians!
    For some reason that only reminds me of this:
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/30/08

    In reply to Krack Kadett Will Never Be Burned By Rioting Parisians!
    This must be the only graffiti covered item in the known universe that does not have a CDC ("crudely drawn cock") prominently featured.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    10/30/08

    In reply to Krack Kadett Will Never Be Burned By Rioting Parisians!
    Hi Folks! Sorry if I mistook the Kadett B for a Kadett C, somehow I think the "non-factory" paint job must have steered me wrong.
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    Image of General_Zad's_Chicken General_Zad's_Chicken
    10/30/08

    In reply to Krack Kadett Will Never Be Burned By Rioting Parisians!
    So has anyone taken a dump on it? I'm sure that'd at least improve the smell.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    10/30/08

    In reply to Krack Kadett Will Never Be Burned By Rioting Parisians!
    That Kadett will regret those tattoos when he grows up.


    He'll never become a Diplomat now.....

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    Rust-MyEnemy was starred Rust-MyEnemy was unstarred
    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    10/30/08

    @Rust-MyEnemyOnTour!: He might still make Kapitan, though. Maybe even Admiral.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/30/08

    In reply to Krack Kadett Will Never Be Burned By Rioting Parisians!
    Perfect urban camouflage. And no one's going to mess with you when you want to make that abrupt left turn.


    Really takes me back, since I did my first tune-up (without training wheels) on a Kadett coupe.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    10/30/08

    In reply to Krack Kadett Will Never Be Burned By Rioting Parisians!
    So there's a Spanish Harlem in Paris too?


    Needs the Moparesque burnt-orange strobe stripes applied, over the graffiti.

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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    10/30/08

    In reply to Krack Kadett Will Never Be Burned By Rioting Parisians!
    Looks more like a Kadett B (1966-73) than a Kadett C (1973-79) to me...any Opel experts in the house?
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    Image of layabout layabout
    10/30/08

    In reply to Krack Kadett Will Never Be Burned By Rioting Parisians!
    S**t,i only left it there while i was away for a week,look what they did to it. How the hell do i explain this to the rental company?
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    10/30/08

    @layabout: I couldn't help myself - it was such a nice blank canvas.
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