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more about #1985 more comments → LTDScott: Okay, if I get the license plate "Chëëtüß" for our car, will we get penalized just because? more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Some parts not included. more » Novaload: Perfect. So if teams sell shirts, Judge Martin, can they use the money as a free space? Up to a limit, of course, because some of those guys would be... more » Pessimippopotamus: I can see how it swäpt the competition away in gymnastics. more » MushyHeirloom: I should buy one of these for when a current or future 240 of mine ends up Windsorised. Just store it in the closet until then... my low-mile (19... more » chrystlubitshi still güntered and dieseling: closed road. not professional driver... hence the lack of sliding through corners. more » Joe-Btfsplk: Do you think that the babe is still "hot" after 30 years? more » smrtypants44: Why does he keep turning on/off the lights while traveling through the tunnels more » tonytaylor85: i love how the second thing google finds on the TVR 280i is one that has burst into flames. [www.google.com] more » Drew and not U has Twin Turbots: Does this mean I can buy a new one? Please? more » stephdumas: No mention of the Mercury Cougar ads? + Watch video + Watch video + Watch video or the vintage Aussie Ford ads + Watch video + Watch vid... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: You can't trick me into clicking on something that might once have been close to a Fairmont. Took years to shake that off, and I'm still not right. more » MushyHeirloom: Love the saccharin-sweetened-Tab commercial right before the '81 Mustang's anorexic model appears. more » Plecostomus [Tyrrell]: The 85 Capri RS is my favourite of the Fox body mustangs. more » Novaload: The first part of that MachI add was horrifying. There was so much camera time on the singers, who were actually obscuring the product! Sure, they swi... more » -
#momentofzen
If Ikea Sold Race Cars...
In all the excitement of the Scuderia Flatpack V8olvo getting on its roof at Thunderhill we forgot all about their incredible new team logo! More » -
#classicadwatch
The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
We knew it on these shores as the 200SX Turbo, while the Japanese and Europeans called it the Silvia ZX Turbo. Either way, it served as an excellent herpes vector! More » -
#classicadwatch
The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
More than any car we've seen, the Mustang has always been marketed as a product that can transform its owner's entire life. A Mustang buyer becomes somebody different, according to Ford.
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#projectcarhell
PCH, Clash Of The Superpowers Edition: Clown-Owned Panhard Dyna Z-16 or Lotus Esprit Turbo?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and most hellish! Last round, PCH Superpower Britain crushed PCH wannabe Germany, but today it's an all-Superpower affair. More » -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Turnkey, Race-Ready, 24 Hours Of LeMons-Winning BMW 535i For $433?
We had a Nice Price verdict on the super-clean '85 Toyota 4WD pickup yesterday, and today we've got something for you potential 24 Hours Of LeMons racers. More » -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 25K-Mile 1985 Toyota 4WD Truck, $6,000 Price Tag?
$7,500 is just too high for a supercharged Chevy Citation X-11, as it turns out. We know you like well-preserved old Toyota trucks, so we'll see how a low-mile example fares here. More » -
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Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $7,500 For A Supercharged Chevy Citation X-11?
It might be cool… but is it worth the price? 71% of you think that $3.5 million is a good deal for this 1938 Maybach, and today we're going with a more affordable machine. More » -
#classicadwatch
Ricardo Montalban Says It Blows Away The BMW 528e: 1985 Chrysler LeBaron GTS
What we really want to know here is: does "available leather-fitted cabin" mean the '85 LeBaron GTS has Soft Corinthian Leather? Or did you actually get basketball leather? -
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#projectcarhell
PCH, Joad Family Redux Edition: 1957 Cadillac Camper or 6-Door Rabbit Limo?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Hard times is a-comin', and it's time to prepare for life on the move! -
#downonthestreet
1985 Toyota Corolla Hatchback
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Remember when four-door hatch versions of small Japanese cars were commonplace? -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 2,450-Mile 1985 Mazda RX-7 For 15 Grand?
You know how most first-gen RX-7s got blown up, wrecked, or otherwise hooned to death, with the scattered survivors slowly fading into beaterness? Not this one! -
#projectcarhell
PCH, Benefits Of Positive Thinking Edition: Cooked Countach or Rusty Rolls?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, we saw a 6.9 Benz face defeat for the first time in Project Car Hell history, a feat that generally requires unholy intervention by the Prince Of Darkness himself, or at least the presence of Citroën badges. We've had a run of affordable Hell Projects lately, and that's fine… but sometimes we need to mainline some optimism and look at spending a few more bucks at the gateway to Gearhead Gehenna.
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#downonthestreet
1985 Porsche 944
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've seen our share of Porsches in this series, mostly 911s and 912s but with a handful of water-cooled jobs thrown in. So far I've been unable to find any 924s, but today we'll add another 944 to the lone '87 we've already got. I found this '85 parked on the same block as the '80 Volvo 244 and just around the corner from the silver '67 Porsche 912. More » -
#1985mazdarx7
1985 Mazda RX-7
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. We've had a real Mazda shortage around these parts, probably because the early rotaries tended to blow out the apex seals and/or suck gas and thus didn't weather the decades quite as well as their piston-engine competition. There's been an '81 RX-7 (plus one non-Wankel '82 Mazda) and that's been it until today. I've decided to go deeper into the 80s to enable more RX-7s to qualify for this series, because they were great cars on the street (and on the racetrack) and deserve our respect.
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#1985cadillaccimarron
1985 Cadillac Cimarron
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. With all the cool cars and trucks we've seen in this series, it may come as a shock to some that the first-ever DOTS car- that is, the first use of "Down On The Street" as the name- was this Cadillac Cimarron d'Oro, shot with a seriously crappy cellphone camera. Since that time, I've been packing better photographic hardware and keeping an eye open for another Cimarron… and now I've got one!
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#1985toyotacorolla
1985 Toyota Corolla AE86
We saw an AE86 Toyota with Sprinter badging earlier in this series, and now I've found one with a single Trueno emblem just a few blocks away. This '85 seems to have had the US-spec front bumper replaced with a JDM assembly, but I'm pretty sure this car was originally sold in the US. It's always good to see an AE86 still driving, since most of these things have been thoroughly hooned by two generations of leadfooted import fanatics and they're getting mighty tough to find. More »
