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200 Chevettes For Sale Right Now! Imagine That!

hebrewhammer770 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:39:13 EDT

the more i hear Timmy shouting "chevette," it begins to sound like a strip club ad (GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS!!!!). the word sounds so inexplicably obscene.

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Naturally Exasperated? — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:46:12 EDT

@Gram's Caddy: *LOUD

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Naturally Exasperated? — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:29:54 EDT

LOU KID IS REALLY ANNOYING!!
IMAGINE THAT!!

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AllenK — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:07:19 EDT

AllenK

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FuzzyPlushroom — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:08:24 EDT

I'll beat you to death with a rake, kid. Imagine that!

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FuzzyPlushroom — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:01:31 EDT

@Maymar: Are there still four hundred Chevettes?

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mr.chophoppers — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:32:45 EDT

I'll take three Chevettes, as long Timmy shuts the hell up.

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WarShrike — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:38:29 EDT

I just sold mine for $400, 1979 4-door w/ a 4-speed manual. It will be missed, but that money is going towards the intake gasket replacement on the Firebird.

WarShrike

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CptSevere — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:08:07 EDT

Hot Rod Magazine years ago shoehorned a junkyard Caddy 500 into one of these shitboxes and pissed off a bunch of musclecar purists at the dragstrip. Loved the indignant letters about what a hot rod really is. My best memory of the Chevette as a kid is a rancher where I lived in North Florida herding cattle with one of these, getting sideways in wet grass chasing the cows around. Thing was yellow. Cows seemed to resent the indignity of the whole thing.

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Slantsick goes hybrid: Burns Oil and Rubber — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:29:31 EDT

@petersterncan: Buddy of mine back in HS had a '70-whatever Chevette Scooter, and it didn't have all that, and it didn't have vinyl covering the interiot panels either- bare cardboard doorpanels, woohoo! It also didn't have any guts at all (duh, right?) -the only way it broke 75 miles an hour was if I pushed it with my Dart.. it's best "feature" was, it was light enough to pick up and carry out of mudholes.

A disintegrated timing belt killed his Chevette, too.

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Braff is Thad Longlove — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:14:26 EDT

@Novaload: I like it...

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Solo_Racer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDT

DAMMIT! Slow server = duplicate post.

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Solo_Racer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:59:36 EDT

Back in the late 1970s there was a joke going around in Chicago.

Q: What's John Wayne Gacy's last request?

A: Timmy of Long Chevrolet.

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Solo_Racer — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:57:57 EDT

Back in the late 1970s there was a joke going around Chicago.

Q: What's John Wayne Gacy's last request?

A: Timmy of Long Chevrolet.

Solo_Racer

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AllenK — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:19:18 EDT

Timmy looks just like my pastor's youngest son did when he was that age.
Wow, that's freaky.

The Chevette was a POS,but we'll be forced to drive economy rides before too long.

They actually have a class of Chevettes at many short tracks in Kentucky and Ohio and elsehwere. Where are they finding them???

AllenK

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Stuntdriver — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:13:54 EDT

ps: watch the ad like 10 times... and you will start thinking about suicide!!!

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voodoojoo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:13:41 EDT

@Novaload: I can see the VH1 special now:
It all went downhill for Timmy when he entered the underground orangutan nipple sniffing rings of Borneo. Here is a rare video clip of Timmy, nestled in the trees, waiting for his next fix...

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Stuntdriver — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:11:46 EDT

@akirachan:

i think they still have at least 150 of them....

they are perfectly parked too run them over with grave digger of bigfoot...

Stuntdriver

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akirachan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:53:02 EDT

Seems as though the aerial shot is a parking lot full of non-Chevettes. I really was expecting a sea of Chevettes so I'm a little disappointed.

Wonder if/how long it took till they sold all the 200 Chevettes?

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:55:55 EDT

Surely someone must know where Timmy is now? Male hooker? Driver's Ed teacher? Dinner theater? Jail?

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:54:10 EDT

@БЯд╒╒ ®: Yeah, but I think next weekend we should all pick another Gawker site and go visit THEIR house.

Chevettes plus home-made amateur ads = stink up the place. I think there should be a law that no business owner can do his own ad. Source of humor, yes, but painful to watch over and over in your local markets.

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1300ccsoffury — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:40:37 EDT

Aren't these guys near Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet at York and Roosevelt Road...WHERE YOU ALWAYS SAVE MORE MONEY?

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teargas — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:34:26 EDT

My aunt, and later my cousin had that yellow Chevette with the orange and oranger tape stripe package.

teargas

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citykids — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:33:51 EDT

@voodoojoo:

Timmy getting that ass kicked,

Imagine that!

citykids

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CEman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:30:57 EDT

@petersterncan:
Don't forget a movable passenger seat.

Yes it was an option. A friend's Mom had one and it did not have that option.

@MazdaEric:
I would concur...

CEman

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voodoojoo — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:17:48 EDT

At first I wanted to pummel this kid, but then I realized that probably happened regularly, what with him being on TV and all. Then I figured that this ad was so ridiculous that I didn't need to make any jokes about it, but then it loaded again accidentally and I wanted to slap the shit out of him again. Poor Timmy.

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Braff is Thad Longlove — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:14:38 EDT

@beercheck: I feel like we were invaded as their are a lot of new names around here... oh well, it's all good in the jalopnik hood. People are set straight that we can and will go off topic as much as possible...

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Captain Wrong — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:14:01 EDT

Ahh, the Shove-It. I narrowly avoided having a cream four door as my first car because I'm a tall bastard and my knee kept hitting the steering wheel while working the clutch. Ended up with an 81 Mailbu instead. :D

Captain Wrong

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Braff is Thad Longlove — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:09:53 EDT

@petersterncan: sounds like you just described a Saturn SL1...

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DannyBN — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:06:31 EDT

@petersterncan: Don't forget the Woody!

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Benson2175 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:05:35 EDT

Way back wen a local auto body shop had one as a loner. I took my Honda in to get the bumper fixed and they gave me the Chevette. It was terrifying.

Benson2175

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beercheck — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:03:58 EDT

@БЯд╒╒ ®: Wert dropped a steamer on us and left for the weekend.

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Dr.Danger, Hasta la victoria siempre! — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:57:28 EDT

@SundaySundayFnC: Someone finally picked up what I was putting down.

Dr.Danger, Hasta la victoria siempre!

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TPSreports — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:40:38 EDT

This was hilarious. Thanks for posting it.

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cubejockey — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:40:29 EDT

I drove two of 'em used. Poor man's jeep. Say what you want about, but that was the best bang for my buck. Think I paid 450 bucks for my first one. Drove it 'til i toasted the timing belt alignment.

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SundaySunday — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:38:35 EDT

@Dr.Danger's got nards: Nice reference, good Doctor.

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petersterncan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:35:54 EDT

@deckard97: "Chevettes had options?"

Yep... some of the options were:
-power steering
-a radio
-a right side mirror
-a back seat (in the earlier years)
-5 speed manual (4 speed manual was standard even into the 1980s)
-cloth seats

I shit you not... these were actual options on the Chevette. I've been in a 4 speed manual, no power steering, no radio, no right side mirror, plastic seat Chevette.

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Packa — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:16:22 EDT

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Packa — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:15:13 EDT

as annoying as the "head-on" commercials... apply directly to the HEAD-ON, apply directly to the HEAD-ON

Packa

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OldeEnglishD misses Polar — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:10:06 EDT

@БЯд╒╒ ®: Best YouTube clip EVER!

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Mysterious Utility Bento — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:09:17 EDT

When are we going to see the classic add from the detroit area? "We gotz Chevettes, BITCHES!"

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Capt. Mazda Sisko — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:07:40 EDT

Imagine THAT!!!!

My Father had one of these back in the 80's, nicknamed "The Shitter"

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Braff is Thad Longlove — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:04:53 EDT

...annnnnd Boom goes the dynamite!

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JoSCh — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:54:22 EDT

This is the first time I've been angry at having watched a Classic Ad Watch ad. Screw you Chicago.

JoSCh

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CEman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:53:12 EDT

@layabout:
COTD!!!

CEman

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graverobber- It says Loud Pipes Save Lives — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:46:01 EDT

Geez, in that spot the kid's voice breaks more often than a chevette's starter solenoid. Hopefully Timmy wasn't forced to work until 10 on school nights, I guess the child labor regulations in Illinois were a lot more liberal back then.

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Maymar the technophobe — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:42:47 EDT

Could we still get 200 Chevettes on one lot (other than the junkyard)?

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Vipper Of Vipp — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:41:39 EDT

Well, it's no worse than those "Mel Farr, Superstar!" spots from Detroit back in the '80's.

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Doggie Daddy runs on gin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:41:12 EDT

Wonder if they are still on the lot?

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sos10 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:34:40 EDT

years later he was arrested in Central park with a cord around his neck and genitals.

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OldeEnglishD misses Polar — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:33:12 EDT

@lascauxcaveman: whispering, "timmah"

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Elhigh — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:11:18 EDT

If you yell it loud enough, often enough, it starts to sound like a stuttery "SHITS SHITS SHITS," which is wholly appropriate.

Elhigh

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Braff is Thad Longlove — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:11:01 EDT

quick question (and an apparent threadjack)... what the hell happened here this weekend?

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GiltProto — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:10:46 EDT

I always preferred the Ben's Auto Sales commercials.

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deckard97 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:07:44 EDT

Chevettes had options?
I do know of a guy who was able to fit a 454 in one.

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lascauxcaveman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:05:44 EDT

@OldeEnglishD: TIMMMAH ! !

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OldeEnglishD misses Polar — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:39 EDT

I prefer Timmy's work with The Lords of the Underworld.....

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HansStuckJr — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:55:21 EDT

I don't think he understands how a microphone works. IMAGINE THAT!!!!!

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smalleyxb122 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:53:47 EDT

When your Chevette from Long Motors breaks down, you can call Victory Auto Wreckers. Victory will tow it away free, and you'll get cash on the spot. Or save money by fixing up your car with used parts, Victory has seven acres of used parts. Starters, engines, transmissions....

Victory auto wreckers, seven-ten East Green in Bensonville, near O'hare.

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Buckster — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:52:14 EDT

Up Next... Wheel of Fish!!!
\
You So Stupid!

Buckster

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Dr.Danger, Hasta la victoria siempre! — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:50:17 EDT

There must be a "Mile of Cars" on that lot.

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layabout — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:47:20 EDT

That kid can chevette up his ass

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