Model cars

OHHHHHH. GTO. I got to drive one of those! It too was one of Hollywood's cars. He lent me his GTO for a week or so while my car was being repaired. Wow that thing was fun to drive. Not to mention that I instantly became a total man magnet but I knew they only loved me for my car.

Mo's safely off to school so I can play with his toys undetected. Here are the others that I have found:

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The two top ones are ones i was speaking of--the Plymouth GTX with the 440 and the Dodge Charger with the 426 Hemi . . . classic muscle cars . . .

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@Setanta,

Do you mean that if you drive one of those you think your dick is bigger and harder than it actually is? Sounds religious to me. Especially if it's on credit.

The females of our nearest ancestors in the evolutionary chain would gaze unmoved at a suitor promising bananas next week. Especially, again, if he's a bit small and who could thus be relied on to do it best. She would swipe him one more like.

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@Setanta,

when we came to canada , i learned to drive on my brother's "cream-colour" studebaker power hawk !
what a beauty it was . we'd go up the twisty old highway 15 towards ottawa .
it would sit flat on the road like a racecar - not that i ever drove a racecar <GRIN>

http://hem.bredband.net/b284654/IMAGES/56Power_Hawk.jpg

eventually it would spend more time in the garage than on the road .
one day he drove into a parking lot and the steering-wheel came out in his hands - that was the end of a beautiful love affair - his next car was a "beetle" - what a letdown .
hbg

ps it was fun while it lasted !

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@hamburger,

A "power hawk" eh? Nice. I'd have had a red one. Polished wheel nuts.

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@hamburger,

i had a pleasure of admiring our company doctor's dodge daytona for several years .
he bought it new - at a discount !
the preliminary auction estimate was $100,000 + - i have no idea what the hammerprice actually was .
his only complaint about the car was that he was often stopped by the ontario provincial police - but not for speeding , just because they wanted to admire the car !
hbg

http://acn.liveauctioneers.com/images/stories/2008_10/2008_1002_charger_03.jpg

dr. c standing on the right

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Gordon Estate Services to auction first 1969 Dodge Daytona shipped from Detroit
Written by Auction Central News Staff
Thursday, 02 October 2008 10:24
First Dodge Daytona shipped from Detroit in 1969. Image courtesy Gordon Estate Services.
KINGSTON, Ontario, Canada - The first 1969 Dodge Daytona muscle car ever shipped from Detroit will be sold at auction by Gordon's Estate Services. Online bidding began on Friday, Sept. 26. The live/online auction will start on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 8:30 a.m. The Dodge Daytona ushered in the NASCAR "aero car" era and was the first vehicle to shatter the 200 m.p.h. lap speed barrier.

The car to be sold - one of only 10 Special Editions in existence - has remained in the care of its enthusiastic owner, Dr. John Chesebrough, since he purchased it off the Kingston Dodge lot in 1970. The vehicle has only 34,000 miles on the odometer and is in all-original condition, except for a 1971 factory warranty repaint. It has all of the Special Edition features and the original numbered parts.

The Dodge Daytona's journey into automotive history wasn't always a smooth ride. The car was originally designed and built to compete on the NASCAR circuit, not be driven around town. It was based on the Charger, a Dodge muscle car that had been overtaken by the redesigned Ford Talledega and Mercury Cyclone on race tracks around the country. Chrysler recruited aerodynamicists from its military and aerospace division to streamline the Charger design and make it more competitive.

Several wind tunnel tests, a nose extension and rear wing addition later, NASCAR's "aero car" era was born. But when 500 Daytonas were shipped to Dodge dealers across the continent for sale to the public, they sat for months with no buyers. Chrysler's designers, in choosing speed over good looks, had created a vehicle that was widely decried as "the ugliest car."

Many of the Daytonas were turned back into Charger 500s, just to get them off the lots. Dr. Chesebrough's car was destined for such a fate when he dropped by Kingston Dodge in the spring of 1970. "The dealer said the car hadn't sold in eight months and he was going to make it a Charger just to get rid of it," he said. "I asked him how much the conversion was going to cost and if they would just discount the price by that amount. They agreed."

Imagine buying one of these rare "aero cars" at a discount. How times have changed!

Interestingly, the dealer installed six-pack and finned valve covers. "That was how I purchased the car," Dr. Chesebrough said. "I imagine they put those items on it to make it more salable. They tried just about everything just too get it off the lot." What was an eyesore then that couldn't sell is today a well-preserved and unique piece of American automotive history.

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@hamburger,

I like the understated manner in which dr. c is admiring himself for having such an eye for a bargain.

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@hamburger,

now ya got me curious.

Ima go find what it went for, cuz a year ago, I'da bet $150k +

collector cars are taking a hit with all the economy / banking fun.

(got a soft spot for 60's Mopars)

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@hamburger,

Mo just peeked over my shoulder....

"WHAT A BEAUT! What the heck is that?"
"A Dodge Daytona"
"Holy cow"

What you were saying about the car sitting flat -- that's what that GTO did. I don't really like driving and I am not an agressive driver at all. I was driving down the deserted highway in Nowhere, Oklahoma and caught myself doing 90. Seems that when you hit a certain speed the car kind of sucks down to the ground and it changes the way the car "feels" (if that makes sense) so that it doesn't seem like you're going fast. I had no idea a car could do that!

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@boomerang,

at 130, another sensation emerges, but...

(it's the german in me, i think)

boom, I posted a vid of a cool old red mopar last night that Mo might like, but it was a Rush tune...

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Seeing as I still have a uterus, Rush only aggravates me. That guys voice and uterine owners don't mix.

I was over at the wacky store today to buy a can of spray paint and checked in on the car inventory. They had some really cool old Mustangs but I opted for a great book about sharks for the holiday stash instead.

I love that goofy place.

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@boomerang,

The Man from Hamburger wrote:

. . . it would sit flat on the road like a racecar . . .

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What you were saying about the car sitting flat -- that's what that GTO did.

As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybelline in a Coupe de Ville
A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five
She's bumper to bumber rollin' side by side

Maybelline, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do

Pink in the mirror on top of the hill
It's just like swallowin' up a medicine pill
First thing I saw that Cadillac grille
Doin' a hundred and ten gallopin' over that hill
Offhill curve, a downhill stretch
Me and that Cadillac neck by neck

Maybelline, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do

The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and it started to rain
I tooted my horn for a passin' lane
The rain water blowin' all under my hood
I knew that was doin' my motor good

Maybelline, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do

The motor cooled down, the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac a-sittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten a half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Maybelline at the top of the hill

Maybelline, why can't you be true?
Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true?
You've started back doing the things you used to do

Oh man . . . muscle cars and rock and roll . . . it don't get no better'n this . . .

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@Setanta,

Have you never seen Don Pasquale Settin'?

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@boomerang,

boomerang wrote:

Seeing as I still have a uterus, Rush only aggravates me.

Was that the 73 model or later? I heard it was pretty hot in its day.

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@Setanta,

As I was motivatin'
Back in town
I saw a Cadillac sign
Sayin' No Money Down
So I eased on my brakes
And I pulled in the drive
Gunned my motor twice
Then I walked inside
Dealer came to me
Said Trade in you Ford
And I'll put you in a car
That'll eat up the road
Just tell me what you want
And then sign on that line
And I'll have it brought down to you
In a hour's time
I'm gonna get me a car
And I'll be headed on down the road
Then I won't have to worry
About that broken - down, ragged Ford
Well Mister I want a yellow convertible
Four - door de Ville
With a Continental spare
And a wide chrome wheel
I want power steering
And power brakes
I want a powerful motor
With a jet off - take
I want air condition
I want automatic heat
And I want a full Murphy bed
In my back seat
I want short - wave radio
I want TV and a phone
You know I gotta talk to my baby
When I'm ridin' alone
Yes I'm gonna get that car
And I'm gonna head on down the road
Yeah, then I won't have to worry
About that broken - down, ragged Ford
I want four carburetors
And two straight exhausts
I'm burnin' aviation fuel
No matter what that cost
I want railroad air horns
And a military spot
And I want a five - year guarantee
On everything I got
I want ten - dollar deductible
I want twenty dollar notes
I want thirty thousand liability
That's all she wrote
I got me a car
And I'm headed on down the road
No money down
I don't have to worry
About that broken - down, ragged Ford

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@dyslexia,

And the broken down ragged Ford was in a showroom once.

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@Steve 41oo,

L0ng time, no sea, Sailor . . . I hope you and Missus Head of H are doin' well . . .

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