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Johnnylunchbox
Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 09:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Froggy, bean counters also killed the Fiero.
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Brumbear
Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 09:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
but the fiero was cool and looked good the aztek ugh every branch on the way down
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Dbird29
Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Pontiac just can't get a hit anymore like the GTO or Grand Am.
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Glitch
Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Yeah too bad the Fiero caught on fire-o
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Brumbear
Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
made it cooler like the PINTO
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Brumbear
Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)


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Froggy
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 03:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Pontiacs next big hit, I am waiting to pick mine up in a few months when it comes out : )



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Tramp
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 11:56 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Glitch said:
"Yeah too bad the Fiero caught on fire-o"


genius.glitch

Frogger- what's up with that Pontiac El camino/Conquista looking invention? Nice truck. (Funny that EL Caminos/Ranchereos were considered Trucks)
Me LIKE-UM!!!!!
(Any chance there'll be a GMC version like in the ole days?)

(Message edited by tramp on November 01, 2008)
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Tramp
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 11:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
The Fiero lent (lends) itself well to some excellent kit cars, a room mate of mine had a Montage Manta in '86, which blazed my Lotus Europa, which never ran right and had a permanent head-gasket blowout.
milling, replacement, new water pump, etc., didn't matter. That Europa just hated me.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 12:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
More Info:

http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2008/ 112_0806_2010_pontiac_g8_sport_truck_look/index.ht ml


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Tramp
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 12:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
When I finally got outta my lemon Europa, I got into Fiat 850 Spiders,which were similar in appearance for the first 1/2 of the chassis...
Nader managed top screw up their headlight configuration for the NA market..
I went through several 850 spiders, would love to have one, now. Fun little street cart.
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Buellgrrrl
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 12:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Tramp, back then every Lotus was a lemon... The joke was that the only properly running Lotus was the one on the Formula I starting grid. I wanted a Europa in the worst way back in the 70s, tried to finagle a lease on one when the bank wouldn't even finance a new Audi Fox for me. After that deal fell through, I tried to blow all my financial aid for the quarter on a '60s Elite... fortunately the financial aid check came late and the Elite was already sold. So I ended up with a Cooper S, it's currently sitting right next to my computer here in the shop and seriously in need of rebuilding.
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Tramp
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 12:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
True that, BG.
..and the '70s Audi Fox? Yikes- right up there w/ the earlier 100LS, the archetypal German lemon-karts.
I loved having the Europa parked on campus, but I did more of my running around on my '70 t120 2-wheeler, and bummed rides when I needed to transport my Bunger longboard to the beach (thank god for nice college girls with reliable cars, wine money, and a healthy yen for watching drunken surfers at play in the waves of the lord).
Cool you've still a real Cooper S. amazing little vehicle. up there w/the Morris Minor, in my book.
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Court
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 05:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Ah . . . talk about memories . . . I found a pic the other day of me with my beloved Lotus at the house in Marina del Rey circa 1995. The car, and the staff at Beverly Hills Rolls-Royce, were a royal pain but it was a blast when it was running.
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Tramp
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 05:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Yep-
Every one of those thrilling 5 minutes, right?

Coolest thing about MDR (aside from celeb. drownings) was its proximity to the center of weirdness, Venice.
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Cochise
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 06:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Explanation of El Camino:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1dH73pjNVI
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Court
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 07:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I could walk from my house to Venice . . . the great part was . . . well, that I could walk back! I lived next door to Johnny Cochran and used to to to MDR on weekends while I was running the construction companies in KC, Dallas and Sacto.
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Tramp
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 07:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Venice, Ca...that was a LONG time ago for me ('84)

It cost only $24- per YEAR for a membership to the world-famous "Pen", as it was owned by the county parks dep't.
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Buellgrrrl
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 08:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Tramp, the Fox (Audi 80) had reliable mechanicals, but was a real rust bucket- here in Minnesota I heven't seen a Fox or it's VW twin the Dasher on the road on years.
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Tramp
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 - 08:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
?!??!?!?!

the 1.6 mill was a grenade in the Fox, Dasher, (early) rabbit, etc.

Believe me, the engines go before the bodies in those things-

irregular oil pressure fluctuation grenaded more of those early water-cooled vw/audi mills than anything else.
I had 'em, I worked on 'em for a great little indy VW tech when I was a teen
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Buellgrrrl
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 10:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
This was the early to mid 70s and IIRC the Fox and Rabbit came with a 1.5 liter engine. The 1.6 came later.
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Brumbear
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 10:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)


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Brumbear
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 10:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I always preferred the old BMW Bavaria's


these cars just boogied on the A6
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Tramp
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 10:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
The "Bavaria" started it all for BMW here in the states. The 2002 carried the ball (esp. the tii) past the posts.
For my money, nothing compares to the old CSI lines (2.8,3.0, etc.)
...and don't get me started on Baur karoserie
products, I've had my share of 'em.
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Brumbear
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 10:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
The most memorable European car I can think of was bye far one of the most common in the years I was in Germany the Citroen Ente

They just make me smile on several levels
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Court
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 11:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
What an unusual car . . . .what kind of person would drive anything like that?
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Cave Gess
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2kx1
Posted on Sunday, November 02, 2008 - 08:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
There is a link with the Citroen 2CV to
h-d. And if I remember correctly , it would spank any of Colins creations.
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Cityxslicker
Posted on Saturday, November 08, 2008 - 07:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Funny that the UGLY DUc killed this thread. FINALLY.
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Froggy
Posted on Saturday, November 08, 2008 - 08:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Well Buellgrrl is temporally banned, so its been kinda quiet.
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