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    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    Well I don't know if any of that writing made sense, but I'll just blame my being so excited about that huge greenhouse and those great graphics. I'm in Berlin now and the cars over here are wild - there was a gold SM a block away from my apartment!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/29/09

    @voodoojoo: Pics, plz!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/29/09

    @voodoojoo: I have always wanted to try roasting kielbasa in the back window. When I knew a guy with one, it was in too cold a climate. And when I lived in Houston, I didn't know anybody with a 'cuda. You might say my desires have been 'foiled'. Because all I would have needed that close to the Equator, would have been a righteous Barracuda and some aluminum wrapping.

    Batter up!
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    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/30/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Check this out
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    Edited by voodoojoo at 11/30/09 1:51 AM voodoojoo was starred voodoojoo was unstarred
    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo:
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    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo:
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    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/30/09

    @#c17175547:
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    Edited by voodoojoo at 11/30/09 3:11 AM voodoojoo was starred voodoojoo was unstarred
    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo:
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo: Nice!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo: Wunderbar!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    One of my earliest memories is of driving through town, looking up at the sky while laying down back in the trunk. Nice little cars, and quite a visual improvement over the toilet seat Valiants. Nice to see a survivor in great shape.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Well, it kinda is a Valiant, y'know. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Or any MoPar.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    Quite a nice find! In NYC, it must be rare by now. I mean, just the size and near-horizontal orientation of the rear window teases street urchins into throwing hard items at it.
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    11/29/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son: If one did score a direct hit and broke it, good luck finding a replacement. You'd almost have to settle for building a Barracamino. Which would be pretty bitchin', actually. The slant six would sound nice through vertical stacks.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    The 1965-66 Barracuda had a swept-back C-pillar and a huge rear window somewhat similar to the the Avanti, but I think the latter had much nicer proportions. Of course, the Barracuda had the more practical cargo-area configuration.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/29/09

    @DrLemming: That huge rear window on the Barracuda made the car nearly unbearable in sunny summertime Florida. Back seat passengers in particular were slowly broiled, and even if the owner was lucky enough to have A/C, it was pretty much overwhelmed by the heat soak.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    11/30/09

    @tonyola: Perhaps heat soak was one reason why the 1967-69 Barracuda had a much smaller rear window.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    My mind knows that the paintwork on the hood is ridiculous and tacky, but my heart will have none of it.

    I've always liked these, anyway. And being a '66, we know it's the quite-reasonable 225.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @MushyHeirloom: So with the Slant 6 that makes it, of course, a '66-6, the Devil's toy.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/29/09

    @Novaload: No. These are the Devils Toys:
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @DoctorNine: But they drive scary old MoPars!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/30/09

    @Novaload: Yeah. And they drive me crazy. (rimshot)
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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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    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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    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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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    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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