The best uncool retro car has to be either an AMC Gremlin or AMC Pacer.
They had a great Pacer TV ad where it was debuted down a runway lined with models. It was so wide it knocked all the models into the audience.
I had a whole section about civic pride.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Sep 07, 2005 6:01:24 am PDT #5191 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
sarameg - Sep 07, 2005 6:03:48 am PDT #5192 of 10002
My uncle had an AMC Eagle station wagon that I thought was pretty damned ugly. But that thing was indestructable.
tommyrot - Sep 07, 2005 6:04:12 am PDT #5193 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Bobcat and Pinto are twins. There's almost no difference between them (the grill is the most noticeable thing) but because the Bobcat is much more rare it means a Bobcat is worth almost $1000 (IIRC) than an equivelent Pinto.
I thought Pacers were cool when they came out - they looked all futuristic and had an efficient use of interior space for a small car....
Frankenbuddha - Sep 07, 2005 6:04:24 am PDT #5194 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Are Bobcats related to Gremlins?
Earwormed now. Thanks so much, I'd forgotten all about that ad campaign...until NOW!
The best uncool retro car has to be either an AMC Gremlin or AMC Pacer.
Dodge Darts are pretty heinous too.
Connie Neil - Sep 07, 2005 6:05:05 am PDT #5195 of 10002
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I miss my Datsun B210. My god, what an unkillable car.
sarameg - Sep 07, 2005 6:06:00 am PDT #5196 of 10002
Earwormed now. Thanks so much, I'd forgotten all about that ad campaign...until NOW!
I had absolutely no idea that a campaign as such existed.
tommyrot - Sep 07, 2005 6:07:06 am PDT #5197 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Dodge Darts are pretty heinous too.
I think they're OK-looking. Obscenely reliable, too.
tommyrot - Sep 07, 2005 6:07:50 am PDT #5198 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Chevettes such, though. They had crappy engines.
sarameg - Sep 07, 2005 6:08:56 am PDT #5199 of 10002
A friend of mine had a Chevette. It was killed by a canadian goose. The goose survived.
le nubian - Sep 07, 2005 6:10:45 am PDT #5200 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Theo, do you have a lot of street drag racing in your area? That's why they'd want old Honda parts. Apparently, two door old hondas make really good drag racing machines - souped up.