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    All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort

    A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson

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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    10/11/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    The turbo models are actually pretty quick. I know a guy who has a turbo Horizon, Shelby CSX, AND an Omni GLHS. The CSX is going to represent at the Portland Chumpcar race on halloween!

    2.2fast, 2.2furious?
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    10/12/09

    @Turboner: All that guy is missing is a turbo first gen minivan. That, I believe, would constitute the whole set.
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    Image of Comrade Teargaskov Comrade Teargaskov
    10/11/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    Ah my first car. Bought it from my Grandma for $300 and thrashed the hell out of it before totaling it. Sad. I once cracked the oil pan while off-roading and didn't realize it until I had driven 2 miles home. New oil pan and the Ho' continued to run.
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    Image of WalterSobchak WalterSobchak
    10/11/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    It's funny. I saw two Reliants yesterday in Danbury, CT, and I nearly shit myself. How did they not rust away?
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    10/12/09

    @WalterSobchak: This "ad" is older than dirt, but after seeing it, how could any of us not want one?
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    Image of SmaartAasSaabr SmaartAasSaabr
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    920$ rebate, 7% off

    They were asking over 13 000$ for this POS?! In 1981 malaise dollars?

    Why not buy a Corvette?!
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    Maymar promoted this comment SmaartAasSaabr was starred SmaartAasSaabr was unstarred
    Image of Maymar Maymar
    10/11/09

    @SmaartAasSaabr: Thankfully, Chrysler's not that insane. On account of the 7% rebate, it was $920 less than the Escort.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    Amazing that the Omni and Horizon saved Chrysler and made the foundation for their offerings for close to twenty years. Those first O/Hs were the definition of craptitude.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    Marketing Omni:

    Omni. It's better than a Chevette.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    10/10/09

    @Novaload: But what about the Fiesta?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/10/09

    @pauljones: The Fiesta was so different--it was more like a little Fiat--I would have definitely taken the Fiesta over these losers--it was smaller, much more responsive---nice seats but tin can and plastic everywhere else. Amazing gas mileage too.
    Sigh.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    10/11/09

    @Novaload: A college chum and I had an '82 Fiesta on a 60 day lease for our self-guided tour of Western Europe. Richard didn't drive, so I was the pilot; he, the navigator. We had a blast, and the Fiesta served us well.
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    Image of dmoon dmoon
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    The page with the Omnis credits a guy named Rustin for the photos. Really? Perfect.
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    Novaload promoted this comment dmoon was starred dmoon was unstarred
    Image of CJinSD CJinSD
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    My first car was a '79 Horizon, at least until my parents took it back after about 2 weeks. It really didn't seem much worse than even the best of period competitors. Rabbits always stank of mechanical destruction. Accords had frangible window cranks, rattles, and no room for my femurs. Datsuns had no redeeming qualities. Escorts were thrashy and cheap. Subarus were abandoned all over town with engine failures. It wasn't much of a time to be in the car market. Our Horizon had the 'plush' interior that meant no bare metal other than the branding pleats in the velour seats and its only problem was that it rattled just like a MKIV GTi probably rattles today. It didn't break until I jumped it about 75 feet. It was the '85 Dodge Lancer ES Turbo that made import believers out of my family.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment CJinSD was starred CJinSD was unstarred
    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    My dad had an 85 Horizon, bought new, until 1997 (when it had just rolled over to 100K). Despite it's assortment of wacky problems (more than one rear wiper fell off for no good reason, and the shift linkage broke several times, for example), it never failed to start in the morning, and it hauled most of the lumber that is in my parents' deck (the deck that surrounds 2/3 the circumference of their pool).

    Despite being a distinctly shitty car, it was relatively beloved.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    Does this mean the Escort will soon get a Peace Prize?
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    If this was the horizon you saw in 1981, you needed to raise your sights.
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    Image of I was drivin' that Model A I was drivin' that Model A
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    A good friend of my mother had an Omni of about this vintage...what a heap-O-shit. My mom had an '82 LeBaron, FWIW, and it wasn't much better, though it seemed much better-built.

    Said friend of hers, before the Omni, had a Subaru Brat, seats and all. Said it got so cold in Montana, moisture in the tires would freeze, and it'd be lumpy driving for the first few miles, 'till the ice broke up/melted.

    What's amazing is this version of the Escort sold until what, 1991?
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    Image of HammSammich HammSammich
    10/10/09

    In reply to All-American 1981 Plymouth Horizon Stomps On "World Car" Ford Escort
    "Guess that makes Horizon the world beater."

    Well, they were half right .
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    Image of ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter
    09/20/09

    In reply to A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson
    Why has nobody mentioned the worst thing in this picture?? that little girl is sitting on the door with her shorts, possibly with buttons, making direct contact with the paint on a priceless superbird. come on man.

    on another note, i was never able to comprehend the magazines with the girls laying on the cars, I always thought, if that woman were to scratch my paint I swear...
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    09/20/09

    @ManicSquirrel wants a Roomba with more torques: That's the daughter of the Superbird's owner, who was probably still flying high on his team's LeMons victory. He drives that car (yes, it's a real one, though not a Hemi) on the street very frequently.
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    Image of seatbelt123 seatbelt123
    09/20/09


    @Murilee Martin:

    The "Big Block Z" Nissan was in the garage bay next to ours at Lemons South. The owner, Justin, is a cool dude with a shop in Camden (next to Kershaw). He was a big help to us as we repaired, repaired and repaired our Milano... lending us advice, tools and beer.

    Anyway, one of the cool things about this car other than the awesome plywood wing is that Justin converted it to a carburetor intake. The fab work is awesome. See pic.

    I'm not sure about the amount of down force (or lift) the wing generated... but you could definitely hear it on the front straight. The other cars rumbled down the track... the Z whistled!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/20/09

    @seatbelt123: Great picture and thanks for the info. Though it of course gives the rest of us an inferiority complex. Oh, yeah, he built this car. And he has an original superbird Roadrunner...and a nice family...and he's a nice helpful guy...
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    Image of ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter ManicSquirrel is preparing for winter
    09/20/09

    @Murilee Martin: that explains a lot actually, no harm done
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/19/09

    In reply to A Little Mixup On The Way To Barrett-Jackson
    Hey, it's Lemons-Lime!
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