Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron - Jalopnik Comments

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

GTBruiser — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:25:53 EDT

@beercheck: My 75 was a dark green metallic, plaid seat(ed), vinyl roofed, hatchback, with 8-track, CB radio and a Sears Tower sized spring mounted antenna bolted to the hatch.

GTBruiser

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

NovaloadMissesPolar — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:42:29 EDT

@slantsick: And you have to wear a black t-shirt with a big red stripe up the middle if you ride in the front seat because they are seriously committed to the continuous stripe motif.

NovaloadMissesPolar

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Slantsick goes hybrid: Burns Oil and Rubber — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:19:06 EDT

Does Carroll Shelby have litigation going against that LeSabre owner? That one of the most patently ridiculous stripe jobs I've ever seen.

Slantsick goes hybrid: Burns Oil and Rubber

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Murilee Martin — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:14:52 EDT

@BlueBomb: Yeah, send me some photos!

Murilee Martin

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

MadHungarian — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:59:22 EDT

@BlueBomb: OK, how do you keep your Bavarias from overheating? I gave up on mine after a couple of years. And being an automatic, I was cooking the tranny fluid too. Nice looking car that was absolute dirt cheap to buy in 1990 but was a real money pit.

On topic: In the late 1980's I was occasionally driving a 1963 Cadillac, tail fins and all, to a commuter train lot in Philly. Until someone boosted my battery one day. There was no inside hood release in '63 Bastards cut the cables too rather than unbolting them.

MadHungarian

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

FuzzyPlushroom — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:35:09 EDT

Hells yeah, I love that Buick.

@Starlton Heston: Well, from my experience an International Harvester pickup isn't good enough for our romance novelist... but old Euro-stuff oughta be.

FuzzyPlushroom

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om nom de plume — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:29:25 EDT

@BlueBomb: damn son! put the glock down and email your pics to murilee@jalopnik.com!! fo sho!!

they've featured Seattle, Denver, whatever.. don't be trizznipping!

om nom de plume

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BlueBomb — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:20:39 EDT

Here's the deal, I'm sick of you LEFT coasters showing what's Down The Street, I see kewl shyt every day on the Best Coast, dats right in the good ole NYC, BK to be exact. Parked "Down the Street" from me is 65 Stang, a 67 Firebird convert, 73 caddy, 67 Jaguar 420, 73 914, et al, ad infinitum. Not to mention my own rides; 73 BMW Bavaria, 72 BMW Bavaria, and a 71 2800CS Coupe.Appetite wet enough? I'm gonna start shooting dem shyts tomorrow to prove it. PEACE! Bitches. Daymn Californiacks think they own cardom, F dat shiznit.

PS - Here's one of my rides, the 72 Bavaria parked by the Verrazano Bridge.
[nytuls2images.gabriels.net]

BlueBomb

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arbnpx — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:55:42 EDT

@UDMan: I was half-expecting the '74 Nova's front bumper to project three feet forward of the body nose.

arbnpx

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

Number_Six — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:46:58 EDT

I'll take the Buick. I think it would be fun to have that and a matching '77 Estate Wagon.

Number_Six

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

beercheck — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:39:53 EDT

@Novaload: I still have the Polycast wheels, by the way.

beercheck

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Vipper Of Vipp — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:32:15 EDT

That Nova is sweet. Identical to the one my brother had about 25 years ago. Judging by the dog dishes, bench seat and lack of ornamentation, I'd say there's a 250 straight six under the hood. Probably still has the vacuum leaks GM engineered into most of them too.

Vipper Of Vipp

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beercheck — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:17:22 EDT

@Novaload: '76, dark green metallic. But I'm not sorry.

beercheck

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Picarso — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:06:00 EDT

I dig the Caddy. A '68-'69 Eldorado is on my must have list. One of the best looking Cads ever. The fact that it's a front driver is the only that kept me at bay the first time I had a chance to snag one but I will over look that the next time 'round.

Picarso

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:03:15 EDT

@UDMan: @beercheck: So UD had an orange 71, I had an orange 73 and Beercheck, if I recall, you had a 75? or 76? Please say it was orange for the hat trick here. We can start a support group.

NovaloadMissesPolar

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Bee1 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:03:00 EDT

@UDMan: My brother in-law had a Nova in 1990 with that same style fabric roof. It has been the only one I have seen in person. It was one sweet ride with the top pulled back or not.

Bee1

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Bee1 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:58:05 EDT

I had a 1977 Buick LeSabre I used for (out in the field) dirt track racing with my buddies a few years back. It had the stock Buick 350-4 bbl and 200 trans. Blew the trans twice before I installed a 350. My boss at the time raced a 1986 GT Mustang and we run some very close races. At that time it was the best $200 I had ever spent on racing.

Bee1

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

UDMan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:54:48 EDT

@Novaload: Not only is the 74 a hatch, it has the ultra rare fabric sunroof that was provided by ASC as a factory option. I had a 1971 in that same shade of........wait for it...... ORANGE.

UDMan

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

beercheck — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:46:10 EDT

Damn I like Novas. Guess I'm not over it yet.

beercheck

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

Capt. Mazda Sisko — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:43:35 EDT

@TexanIdiot25: yeah i couldn't tell if the rear window/trunk had a tarp over it, like KITT used to have

Capt. Mazda Sisko

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:37:06 EDT

@UDMan: My 73 Nova was the same color combo as the 74 here, except my black vinyl roof was complete and not "laundau" or whatever you would call this. Is that 74 a hatch?

NovaloadMissesPolar

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:35:34 EDT

I'm pissed. My comment got eaten. Yes, I spotted the Nova error right away. It's a 74.
I like that the Camaro is a beaten rather than a beater. Seriously. With a sledge hammer.
And I like the visual continuation of the red/orange stripe up the Buick.
The Eldo looks like the fat brother of that Death Lincoln that was on Craig's List.

NovaloadMissesPolar

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

UDMan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:31:00 EDT

This is a 1971 Nova:

This is a 1973 Nova:

and this is a 1974 Nova:

UDMan

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

TexanIdiot25: A/C is for for wusses. Real men have T-Tops — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:29:51 EDT

@MazdaEric: Well thanks to the 3rd gen's huge back glass, it's purty easy to see whats packin' in the rear...

That is, unless the dead hooker is chopped up and hidden in the storage bin and the spare tire well...

TexanIdiot25: A/C is for for wusses. Real men have T-Tops

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

stephdumas — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:27:56 EDT

For the Nova, it's a 1973 or 1974 model, the 1971 still have their front vent windows. Here some pics from a brochure of the Nova 1971 [www.oldcarbrochures.com]

stephdumas

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

UDMan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:26:05 EDT

Murilee, that's not a 1971 Nova, it's a 1973, or 1974 nova, because of the bumpers. Pics to come.

UDMan

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

Capt. Mazda Sisko — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:24:35 EDT

that sketchy camero has a nevada plate...why do i automatically think there is a dead hooker in the trunk?

Capt. Mazda Sisko

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

TexanIdiot25: A/C is for for wusses. Real men have T-Tops — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:23:51 EDT

Mr. Murilee, that looks to be a '69 CST/10. The grille inserts is the difference.

CST/10 Brotherhood!

Gettin' this sucker way close to a test drive. Fix the alternator issues, and clean out the gas tank and it's onto it's maiden voyage.

TexanIdiot25: A/C is for for wusses. Real men have T-Tops

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

Tomsk — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:21:15 EDT

@vwminispeedster: And it's a Sport Coupe! I wonder if it has the (carburetored) 3.8 turbo...

Tomsk

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vwminispeedster — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:14:55 EDT

@MazdaEric: he's not in the red zone so he's alright.

vwminispeedster

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boosted-lego-wagon — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:14:52 EDT

Camarouch.

boosted-lego-wagon

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

muleshoe — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:14:30 EDT

You ride In what you Enjoy, Fuck what People Think.

muleshoe

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

EJ from upstairs — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:12:15 EDT

That Camaro's almost as scary as the bee van...actually, nothing comes close to the bee van, but I wouldn't go near either.

EJ from upstairs

Bay Area Train Commuters Prefer Vintage Iron

Capt. Mazda Sisko — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:09:56 EDT

that buick sport is parked really close to the stop sign, don't they ticket that in california?

Capt. Mazda Sisko