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    A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?

    It's 1979. You Want The Chevette With Air Or The Zephyr Wagon?

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    11/01/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    Besides, as a "Zephyr", this thing is/was a FAIL anyway.
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/01/08

    @Slant-sick of the Mustang too: pictures 1 & 3 are good... pic # 2 is example no. 1 of what happens when a brand tries to revive a name.....


    hmm.... with all the bass-ackwards retro-shit we're seeing these days... does anyone else think the "retro T-bird" came out a few years to early..?? or did it start this ungodly affair??

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    11/01/08

    @chrystlubitshi: I figured the Mercury Z7 would get that response- and I don't disagree; but I have a certain amount of irrational fondness for the Fairmont/Zephyr, especially the basket-handle-esque "coupes".
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/01/08

    @chrystlubitshi: New Beetle. Prowler. To some degree, the bug-eyed Neon.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    11/01/08

    @Slant-sick of the Mustang too: I just LOVE old-style chrome grills; American cars of the forties, fifties, and sixties had so much detail in the trim (the Europeans always showed more restraint -- Mercedes has used the same design idioms since the 1930s, as did Jaguar).


    I guess retro today poses problems because there is nowhere to go when the next styling refresh comes around... whatever will Chevy do with the new Camaro over the next five or ten years?

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/01/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: There's quite a bit they can do with the Camaro; it's modern enough.


    Unfortunately, I suspect the Challenger and Mustang will develop "New-Beetle-itis" - they'll just get uglier, and be limited even further to one restrictive market segment. (No more desirable engines, folks. All gone.)

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    11/01/08

    @FuzzyPlushroom: I didn't mean "no power", I meant "nothing interesting" (as the 2.5 develops almost as much power as the old 1.8T, but is several MPG shy; the diesel's gone altogether).


    I also forgot to mention EIGHTY-NINE DIFFERENT SPECIAL EDITIONS!!!, which the Mustang's already slid into.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    11/01/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: I guess we'll just have to wait for the next 2 1/2 hour GMgasm (Transformers 2) to find out..


    Well, since the current Camaro is supposed to evoke the '69 (it fails, for me, especially compared to the Challenger and Mustang, but I'm not a GM fanboy anyway), they could just proceed to lift their leg on each of the succeeding generations of mulletmobile as well, I suppose.


    I'm sure they'll find some way to make it an ugly, chintzy, overcomplicated piece of crap and still sell thousands, like they always do.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/01/08

    @Slant-sick of the Mustang too: I can't wait for the reborn third-gen.


    Wait, yes I can.

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    11/01/08

    @FuzzyPlushroom: And I'm sure by then they'll have fixed the third-gen.'s inherent wrenchability problems in typical GM fashion, like casting the passenger-side header and front crossmember as one piece with the starter actually inside it, for example.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    11/01/08

    @Slant-sick of the Mustang too:

    Gee, how long will we have to wait for them to introduce "retro" leaky t-tops...?
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    11/01/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: Oh, those will come standard- every single 2015 Camaro "3gMkII" will be an IROC, baby! Also standard will be one (1) pair of syntho-rust Cragar wheels, genuine Lycra tiger-print seatcovers, and a microchip containing Molly Hatchet's greatest hits (Yes! Both of them!) for uploading directly to your medula oblongata.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/31/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    Is this a 2 door? If it is the doors need to be bigger.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    10/31/08

    @NovaloadMissesPolar: The rear door handle is hiding behind the K in our watermark. It's understandably ashamed of itself, you see.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    10/31/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    I love black four-door sedans and the way they set off any and all chrome trim; the body-color black wheels I am having to get used to (call me old fashioned...)
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    10/31/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: I'm quite fond of black wheels. It's brightly-colored wheels I have a problem with. Seriously, chrome or black. That's it.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    11/01/08

    @FuzzyPlushroom: Colored wheels are OK- but only in "steelies & dogdishes/baby moons" form.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/01/08

    @Slant-sick of the Mustang too: Indeed. You've got me there, my friend. How could I neglect to mention the Unwelcome Wagon?
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    Image of newfmike newfmike
    10/31/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    Looks like it may have odd fuel requirements judging by the existence of labels on the filler door.


    For some reason I want a Fusion/MKZ with a good engine in wagon form.

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    11/01/08

    @newfmike: i believe that reason is that 'murica has been slacking on the wagon-front.... which we used to rule...... ...
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    10/31/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    W-w-wait. There's a difference between the Zephyr and the MKZ?! Somebody who speaks Detroit explain this to those of us living in the real world. I'm still trying to make heads or tails of the while Ford 500 fiasco.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    10/31/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    I love that they have a trailer hitch on it.


    "Dang, I need to pick up a chipper-shredder this weekend...oh! I know! I'll take the super-secret powertrain mule"


    WTF?

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    Image of Bumblebee Bumblebee
    10/31/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    Unless you got these spy photos from Ford, why would you assume they're authentic? Are we just looking at an old Zephyr with some cardboard taped to the hood?
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    10/31/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    That car is fit for a straight jacket, f*cked three ways towards the weekend.


    But you know what, Father? I dig it! It turns me on.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/31/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    I'm going to go with 'mule'. Looks pretty good, though. Better than the showroom models, anyway.


    On this the scoop looks a bit crude and the tires seem either undersized or pushed too far out of the wheel wells.


    Sure it's not about to be airfreighted to SEMA?

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    10/31/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    I really do wish Ford would make a hot-rod AWD MKZ... so long as they gave it at least a 50-50 power distribution, or a proper RWD bias. I do rather like them, even if they are a bit too Fusion-ish. Give it 350-400hp and a good AWD setup, and that's a car I'd like. A lot.
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    Image of newfmike newfmike
    10/31/08

    @Deartháir: Even a cheaper S4 would be great with AWD at 300 HP. The intake would be gravy.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    10/31/08

    @newfmike: Yeah, kinda where I'm going with that. I think Ford actually *could* make an S4 competitor, kinda like how Caddy is gunning for the E-class AMGs for a fraction of the price. Still... long ways to go before Ford is there.
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    10/31/08

    @Deartháir: Remember what happened last time a Canadian drove a hot rod Lincoln?

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    10/31/08

    @tenbeers: Nah, it's okay. I didn't want mine in yellow anyhow.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    10/31/08

    @Deartháir: Not even this?


    [www.nhra.com]

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    10/31/08

    @Tomsk: Well, I can be persuaded.
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    11/01/08

    @Tomsk: i don't get it... that was a pic of a stock MKIV...... sometimes this site cornfuzzles me
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    11/01/08

    @tenbeers: for the number of times we've seen this video on the beloved jalop pages of time..... i don't believe anyone has made the (now) obligatory 'bridge to nowhere' reference... so... (correct me if i'm wrong) i shall...


    wow... and they say Palin tried to build a bridge to nowhere...


    and i'm done..

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    11/01/08

    @chrystlubitshi: forgot... that man is made of pure win..... "8th time breaking back... that's not good enough.... i'll try again later"
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    11/01/08

    @chrystlubitshi: If that was the "bridge to nowhere" in Alaska, and Palin had said "no thanks", I would be coming down to the US and campaigning against her, you betcha!
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    10/31/08

    In reply to A Super Lincoln Zephyr? Shouldn't That Be An MKZ?
    "Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen to the white courtesy phone. Commander Cody..."
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    Image of Impalamino mkIV Impalamino mkIV
    10/31/08

    @Tomsk: Brakes are good, tires...fair.
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    11/03/08

    @Impalamino: Square cowl-scoop = Pure WIN, the only way it could possibly be better was if it was made out of license plates! (oh and if it wasn't a Lincoln, obviously)
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    10/30/08

    In reply to It's 1979. You Want The Chevette With Air Or The Zephyr Wagon?
    One can always rely on a little pussy to help sell a car, if all of its built-in attributes fail...
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    10/30/08

    @bygeorge: Nice, dude.
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    Image of Vipper Of Vipp Vipper Of Vipp
    10/29/08

    In reply to It's 1979. You Want The Chevette With Air Or The Zephyr Wagon?
    In '79 I was 13 and didn't have the $99 a month, so it would all have been academic to me. What I did have was a Suzuki dirt bike, and occasional access to Mom's year-old El Camino for running a mile up the road to buy eggs from the neighbor.


    However even then I knew from a relative's experience that the Chevette was a reeking mass of shit.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    10/29/08

    @Vipper Of Vipp: In '79 I was 3, hooning a neon-green Big Wheel. My parents never had a Chevette, but they did have several cars that cost $99- not a month, in total.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    10/29/08

    In reply to It's 1979. You Want The Chevette With Air Or The Zephyr Wagon?
    Wow, I didn't know that Bobcats sounded, so, feeble. Wouldn't last very long in the jungle. Then again, Mercury isn't exactly on the upswing. I say, small, fuel efficient kitty's for all!
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    10/29/08

    In reply to It's 1979. You Want The Chevette With Air Or The Zephyr Wagon?
    It seems like the name Chevette was doomed from the start. The UK Vauxhall Chevette was a godawful piece of shit too. With a 1256cc pushrod engine. My friends Mum had one. She drove it over a railway crossing and all the side glass fell out.


    Here's one, to act as a reminder in case somebody should try and sell you one as an "exotic import"...


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    10/29/08

    @Rust-MyEnemyOnTour!: Wow, never saw one as a coupe!


    I was quite small as a child. I know this because I once rode in a Chevette hatchback...in the way back. I think it was smaller than the parcel shelf in a Beetle, which is saying something.

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