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Nine Lives
Does it have 4-Wheel drive?This is my dream car:
Car and Bike Talk
- Thread starter cachsux
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BSWALKS
Fugitive From Reality
Ya, overly engineered is the term you used.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
Or a pedestrian avoidance system?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Don't you have some repair paperwork to pencil whip?
Cementups
Box Monkey
I've looked at several Opel GT's over the year and the biggest reason I never pulled the trigger for one is trying to find parts. Scares the crap out of me. I'm sure I could find some stuff in Europe but I would blow my budget in shipping.
They sure were purty, though.
Cementups
Box Monkey
Poor man's Corvette
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
A truly odd and rare car here. Poor man's Corvette with no rear hatch. I was thinking a little Chev 2.8 V6 would fit in one nicely.
I had a good friend in junior high and high school who's father was a mechanic at a Studebaker/Buick/Opel dealer.
Now and then he'd bring cars home for us to check out. The GT and the Avanti are two that stick out in my memory.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
You can get Avanti replicas if you really want one. I'd like a supercharged Hawk.
You and me both, brother. Beautiful cars.
Cementups
Box Monkey
Avanti's are one of my favorite cars of all time. LOVE them. Most people don't like them and most people my age and younger don't even know what they are.
I was on my route 2 routes ago and delivering this guys house and he had the garage doors open. We instantly became friends. I walked by him, handed him the package and just kept right on walking into his garage to check out the beauty in bay 1. In the process I asked if he minded if I checked out his car. He asked if I knew what it was to which I replied, "I could spot an Avanti a mile away." That's when he made my jaw drop. He said, "But I bet you never saw one of these. It's originally factory supercharged." Shut the front door!!!! After a few conversations I asked if he ever planned on getting rid of it. Said his kids wanted nothing to do with it so eventually he would have to sell it. I told him to let me know when. Unfortunately I got bid off the route and lost contact with the fellow.
Avanti's are one of my favorite cars of all time. LOVE them. Most people don't like them and most people my age and younger don't even know what they are.
I was on my route 2 routes ago and delivering this guys house and he had the garage doors open. We instantly became friends. I walked by him, handed him the package and just kept right on walking into his garage to check out the beauty in bay 1. In the process I asked if he minded if I checked out his car. He asked if I knew what it was to which I replied, "I could spot an Avanti a mile away." That's when he made my jaw drop. He said, "But I bet you never saw one of these. It's originally factory supercharged." Shut the front door!!!! After a few conversations I asked if he ever planned on getting rid of it. Said his kids wanted nothing to do with it so eventually he would have to sell it. I told him to let me know when. Unfortunately I got bid off the route and lost contact with the fellow.
My friend's father gave us a ride in one just like this. And, yes, it was supercharged and a 4-speed. (Mechanics back then got to have some fun test-driving new cars.
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1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
The 2.8 is a much smaller 60 degree V6.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
I'd enjoy making a replica of the D500 hemi-powered 56 Coronet my Dad had.
1BROWNWRENCH
Amatuer Malthusian
...if you get snow.
@Cementups, I'm headed for Manheim Auctions Monday. Want me to look for anything?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Take him with you. I'm sure he'd love to get out of the house.
Just don't let him drive.
