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Pick your favorite iconic car from any decade....
- Thread starter Iridescentone
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I like vans and wagons. They can haul stuff - very useful. Some look kinda cool too. Honda wagons are somewhat rare now.
- Dec 21, 2007
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I remember those, and wanted one but couldn't afford one back then. And at a time when few mfgs were doing green cars, they came in that great shade of green.
I had an '81 Civic wagon that was a great, ultra reliable gear hauler. Did a ton of gigs with that car.
Silver with a red interior, just like this one.
Funniest trip in that car - we were living in L.A. Dear friends moved to Oakland the day before Thanksgiving. So we told them we'd drive up with Thanksgiving dinner. Which we did. Two large dogs (doberman and pit-lab mix) in the far back. Fully cooked Thanksgiving dinner (Turkey, sides, pies) in the back seat. Mouth-watering smells the entire 6 hr drive. The dogs never once tried to climb into the back seat - but were so "we're gonna get us some treats when they serve this!" when we arrived. Good times.
Speaking of station wagons here. This is my friend's 94 MB wagon which was the last year of the big MB wagons. He recently took it to a dealer and they offered him $1200 as a trade in. He told them to "stick it" where the sun does not shine. Then last week he added new rims, tires and had it professional buffed out and then waxed. The car almost looks new and still is very respectable daily driver. I took this photo just today.
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Sweet. I had an '83 300TD. Yep, shoulda kept it. It had a 4-speed manual. These cars always were equipped with auto transmissions (at least in the US). The trans was sourced from a 240D and the ratios seemed to work well with the inline 5 turbo . . . . . . . . . Yeah, I should have kept it. Most comfortable seats ever too.
I friend of mine had one of those that we'd go bombing around L.A. in.
Honorable mention: Rambler Marlin
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My friend and bandmate George had this when we were high school hooligans:
1971 Satellite
1971 Satellite
My first car was a 1970 Triumph GT6. White like this one but with different wheels. I paid $350 for it. It had third, fourth, and reverse. I was 15 years old and I drove it home. My older brothers were good mechanics, so "we" had the transmission out that afternoon, and J.C. Whitney parts ordered. I was good to go a few days later.
I once had the wagon version of the 78 Ford Fairmont.
This vehicle marked the debut of Ford's hugely successful "Fox body" platform that was the foundation of the Ford Mustang, Granada, LTD, and Thunderbird, Mercury Cougar, Marquis, and Capri, and Lincoln Continental Mark VII from 1978 to 1993.
Parts were widely interchangeable among all these vehicles which provided plenty of opportunity to build a terrific "sleeper" car. My Fairmont wagon looked like my grandma's grocery getter but it had a 330 hp 351W engine and the suspension from a Mustang GT.
Street builders quickly figured out that any of these Fox body vehicles had oversize engine compartments that coukd easily accomodate the largest big blocks. My friend had an 81 Capri with a 460 in it that just dropped right in. It was fast as **** in a straight line but it handled like an ore boat.
