Other classic cars
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James Vette
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Love olds 442.
James Vette
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Wish I could go back to when these cars were daily drivers. Actual vehicles used in dazed and confused 1993.
Just found a video of one for sale and it put a big grin on my face. Video here
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Roscobbc
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Thing is...........they were only ever used by very few people over here in the uk as 'daily drivers' - it was only the very lucky 'few' who were well heeled enough 'here' to be able to 'buy-in' to this car culture (or even know about it). The UK was full of relatively impoverished people - the country still had a relatively high number of people working in industrial (altough rapidly failing) market. Most people were totally unaware of what was going on in the USA. UK's 'mindset' re. fancy 'performance' type cars would have been directed to Mini's, Anglia's, Cortina's and Jags...........just like today's 'performance' minded buyer looks at BMW's, Audi's, and Merc's.
Nassau65
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Atomic orange was a great Color on the GTO. A great Diecast of the convertible in Atomic Orange was produce by GMP. Quite sort after now as is the actual car.
When they were daily drivers stateside, gas was just cents a gallon, wasn’t even worth worrying about. All that changed with the first oil crisis of 73
When they were daily drivers stateside, gas was just cents a gallon, wasn’t even worth worrying about. All that changed with the first oil crisis of 73
James Vette
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antijam
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When John DeLorean 'borrowed' the GTO name from Ferrari it was inevitable there would be comparisons drawn....
In reality the cars are like chalk and cheese. For the average enthusiast the Ferrari is an unattainable dream but the Pontiac can still be yours for reasonable money. (easier to find one too!) 
Nassau65
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Red has always been a very popular Color, whatever name it goes by. Get a car in “resale red”and it won’t be on the lot for long.
James Vette
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Nassau65
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When new, American cars were quite expensive in our country, dads 1970 impala ( fully loaded) from lendrum and Hartman was about £2000, about the same as the equivalent jaguar. Once a few years old with heavy depreciation they were a lot of car for a little money. Of course fuel consumption was part of the depreciation curve as running them was more expensive . Dads impala did 16/17 around north London his friends big Zodiac Executive did about 21 and a XJ6 4:2 was again well under 20mpg, so the impala wasn’t that bad.
teamzr1
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Was better than this SOB !
I had one for a very short time, like early 1970s, living in Chicago area
One winter night with 2 buddies who were crammed into the so-called back seat in heavy snow fall
Was on a highway and 3 times this MF'er just cut loose and spun out :-(
Dumped it as soon as I could !
Also would dump exhaust into the cabin area
