oh yes he didThis is the kind of mythical arrangement most guys only dream of, and you lived the dream!
lucky b---rd
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Pick your favorite iconic car from any decade....
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lucky b---rd
I wish. I would have been old enough to buy it myself, if he had. I didn't grow up in Philly, and I always get those bridges mixed up. It might have been the Tacony - Palmyra; it's the closest one to the Frankford neighborhood where they lived. And, that would mean he sold it in the early '30s; but, given that it was the start of the Depression? Possible, I guess; but not likely... My bet would be the then Delaware River Bridge (the Ben Franklin, now). It would have been open when my grandmother would have wanted a "family" car (and a Bearcat definitely doesn't fill the bill), and it's close to where the family business was. My Grandfather was the old fashioned kind of Englishman, who felt that business was not conducted at home - and selling a car was business...
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Wiesmann GT
Pics taken in St. Tropez harbour carpark a couple of years ago.
Pics taken in St. Tropez harbour carpark a couple of years ago.
i dont like bmw's sorry
Great interiors, but like Nissans, they often had more power than traction, in my experience.
500 cubic inches under that hood. 425 horses and 550 ft/lbs of torque all in by 2800 rpm.... all while being 100 lbs lighter than a 454 Chevy engine.
The ultimate stump pulling torque engine.
Wartburg was also exported to the west, the one below was used as a company car to bring carpenters at jobs outside the factory. My dad could use it as a family car, since it belonged to his brother. One of my aunts had a Trabant, beside their VW T2.
The Wartburg replaced a Opel Rekord.
And got replaced by a Fiat 124 Special.
Mercedes Benz W123 (this is the coupe version):
Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor:
Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor:
I remember that one very well too!!
The 3 cylinder 2 stroke engine in that 353 was actually quite similar to the two stroke Saab 96 models.
Those were both based on older DKW/Auto Union 3 cylinder two strokes.
The Wartburg had more cc's but the Saab sounded sportier.
Saw this "batmobile" in Ocean City, MD a couple of times. Covered in junk and signs encouraging you to touch the car.
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I had one of those, without the cool roof rack and painted in some weird truck bed liner.
A friend sold it to me cheap because he'd *really* pissed of some guys while in that highly identifiable car, and I was doing a lot of weightlifting and didn't look like someone you'd want to mess with. Plus I was moving to L.A.
The car itself tried to kill me twice, though.
Once on the Ventura freeway, the front hood unlatched and blew open, totally obscuring the windshield. I was in the middle lane. You know you're in Los Angeles when you're on the freeway with a hood very visibly blocking your windshield, signaling your lane change so you can get to the shoulder, and people try to race past you rather than slowing down.
The other was on the Santa Monica freeway in a rainstorm. I had to make a lane change quickly, and it was a bit quicker than that rear-engined devil liked. I had to steer out of what would otherwise have been a 360 but I held to a 180
Felt fortunate that I didn't hit the center divider or any other cars.
Sold the car soon after that. I didn't want to give it a third chance.
Iconic to me would have to be good ol' 4th Gen GM F-bodies. I still have mine. 01 Z28 Camaro bought it in 2003 with 14K miles on it. I've pulled the engine out many times and swapped cam's, heads, transmissions. I still have it now in all its rusty worn glory from driving it in the winters. It is mostly stock these days and gets driven more as a beater with a heater.. lol. In its prime it was a beast.
