balthazar

That's wild, NOS! I never would've thought it, but then again; I'm too into that '40 Plymouth. I see it tho: the fact that the tail of the '40 is so low does make it seem very similar. The floor's been cut out and the body is dropped down over the frame ("channeled"). BTW- give me the '40 anyday.

I just cannot get into Ford cars of any era past the early '50s. For some reason they come off as bad approximations of GM cars or something to my eye. Poor detailing. The '68 Torino just looks.... blunt to me, like a scrap of 2x4. The '72 is godawful horrible. 'Racy' '72s are like a middle-aged woman with a pink bee-hive wig and layers & layers of makeup: both think they look good but everyone else is laughing in their sleeves at the sight. And I'm fairly certain it's not a bias: I love Ford trucks and pre-52 Fords & Mercs ('63-64 full-size Fords & Mercs aren't bad, either). The only palatable Torino for me is '70.

Jerry Flint does not 'write'. He wipes his ass with a sheet of paper then hands it to his editor. No; I didn't read it. Don't have to.

Yup- been having it here, too. Damned annoying...

Olds Gasoline Engine Works organized 1890. Olds Motor Vehicle Company organized 1897. Olds Motor Works incorporated 05-08-1899 via the absorption/merger of the above 2 companies. General Motors bought Olds 11-12-1908. You know- I wonder about that 1926 chrome claim. I wonder if there's some sort of qualifier to it, but I have not researched that one.

Only thing in this vein I can think of is that I used to think rainwater refilled the windshield washer reservoir. When I was a tyke, my grandfather used to say his car had a jet engine. He would point to this red light low on the dash he would warn me to get ready, it would light and the car would take off. Later I figured out it was the parking brake light: he must've lightly engaged the brake and floored it at the same time. I don't think I actually thought it had a jet engine...

Years back my sister hit a deer with my car. The hood was actually bowed upward and the entire grille was gone. It looked like it was snarling & pouncing. For the time it was like that, I would drive with the left tire on the center line; you should have seen people swerve to their right to give me as much space as possible.

Jesus; they're auto 'journalists, Ven: they don't EVER do any research!! I believe they think the "auto" portion of their job description means someone else, somewhere else is doing their research for them and somehow it'll magically appear in the article right before press time.

Olds co-introduced the first high compression V-8 along with Cadillac in '49.

The Granada is a '54. The beautiful Stude Starlight coupe design did appear as a '53, it's this particular chrome-dripping & protrusion-festooned '55 Speedster version that Fly is referring to. Actually, I have little problem with it, and it doesn't overcome the near timelessness of the rest of the body. "protrusion-festooned": :lol:!

There's a stand-alone GMC dealer not too far from me. I need to get a pic of it- it's looks like it hasn't changed in a good 4 decades (with the obvious exception of the vehicles parked out front)... and it sounds like a big change is in store for it.

Highway Hi-Fi actually worked(s) quite well on rougher roads; it's not merely a table-top record player in a chromey case.

Yeah- that makes more sense. Still, the Stude's palatable, the Granada is possibly the ugliest '50s proposal by a major manufacturer I can think of.

Fly: The T-bird & Granada look alike like Brad Pitt & Frankenstein's Monster look alike; same features but definately different in appearance. HE: Info on the Grananda is extremely sketchy. It was built by long-time station-wagon manufacturer Ionia in MI of all fiberglas, including bumpers, brackets & some structural members. In fact it DOES survive, unrestored, in the Joe Bortz collection in IL. I cannot locate any current online pics of it, however.

Agreed: the Granada is ungainly. I do not believe it still exists: I have never seen a later pic and a quick google turned up nothing.

The Trans-Portable radios were '58 & 59 options on Olds, Buick & Pontiac for sure. I have never seen this option available for either Cadillac or Chevrolet, but perhaps it was. I am certain GM never offered a RPO record player, but all ChryCo divisions did: '56 (for sure) thru '60 (off the top of my head). Just saw a gorgeous '56 DeSoto with a 'Highway Hi-Fi' unit this weekend.

You have a good point there about Roadmaster & Century, but the Riv was never dropped & re-upped. I'll agree with the 10-15 year interval for "LeSabre".

Really?? And I was going to add 'spit blood' in with 'scream up at'... Guess this sh!t makes me angrier than I thought... :unsure:

My grandfather interrupted a string of Cadillacs with 2 Olds 98s: a beautiful copper-colored '82 (I believe it was called Light Redwood) with a dark reddish brown vinyl top and a grey '87, painted roof, wire wheels. I felt at the time the '87 was a let down from the big, unapologetic '82, esp in that wonderful color scheme. But the '87 was certainly a nice car, too.

I went to the Lead East car show today; saw 1400 cars (anybody wanna see a listing??!! :lol:) of all makes & vintages... but nothing newer than 1972. {long blissful happy orgasmic sigh} One thing new I hadn't ever seen elsewhere: '54 Eldorado, only 2150 built, can't be more than 40 left in the pristine condition this one was in.

It took the GTO --a hallowed and iconic name-- 30 years to 'come back', and "Malibu" about 20. If we can pull anything from that, it'll take a good 25 years before there's a chance "LeSabre" comes back.

'59s were static in value for a number of years, but about 5 yrs ago they began to jump and since then have tripled in market value. My '59 Invicta was listed as being worth $7K in #1 condition for years. It eased my decision to modify the car extensively. Now the price guide lists it as being worth $23K in #1. I am certain that the actual first '59 LeSabre was NOT saved for posterity purposes. Since '59 Buicks were made in 8 different assembly plants, by VIN number there would be 8 "first" '59 LeSabres, as far as tracking any survivors down today. But there is not a level of interest in '59 LeSabres that anyone is doing that. But there are tens of thousands of Buick enthusiasts and the LeSabre is as appreciated as many of the more flashy Buicks (Wildcat, Riviera, Electra225, etc).

I'm gonna have to release naught but love for my company. Tho I have no collision anymore, I have notably more than minimum coverage otherwise and I pay about $310 per year on my '94 F-150. I'm married, over 25 yrs old, don't live in a city and have the best company in the state with a preferred corporate rate. If everyone has to catch a break sometimes, this is mine. Back when I was a single young'un, I still never paid anywhere near $1000/yr.

>>"I know that paypal (who I'm already registered with) will take a cut, and I know it helps to have pics of some sort."<< 5 years running and I still don't use PayPal. I take personal checks, money orders (and sometimes I even get sent cash). It's never been a problem and PayPal doesn't get any of my money. You really have to have pics. I've seen a number of rare, desireable items listed but with no pic: no bids. >>"But how much does it cost to post something;"<< Varies depending on a number of options. Items starting less than $10 with no extras (such as reserve price or 'Buy It Now', etc) are 35 cents IIRC. Add to that a percentage based on the selling price. For instance I just sold a pair of '60 Caddy taillight bezels, cost me .60 cents to start it, they sold for $46 and based on that eBay took $1.89 more. Gross: $46, net: $43.51 >>"how many items can you post that are tied to your account"<< I don't believe there's a limit, I've seen individual's selling around 100 items at once. (How they keep track of the payments & shipping, I cannot imagine.) >>"is whatever you post guaranteed to sell;"<< Of course not. >>"and what comes first, getting paid for the item, or shipping the item to the person?"<< Always get paid before you ship it. And if it's a check- wait until it clears before shipping. Buyers always pay for shipping costs, too, unless you're extraordinarily generous. I have gotten pretty good at estimating; sometimes I'm over, sometimes under. It equals out over the long run. If you want to make 2 trips to the post office over one item, knock yourself out. >>"I got all kinds of stuff I'm ready to get rid of, from records to crap in the garage to the car."<< Cars are a different catagory. They cost $40 to list. I sold one last year for $1000, eBay's cut on top was another $40. All cars & car-related stuff is actually on ebaymotors.com If you poke around on the ebay home page, you'll eventually find all the requirements & charges explained. I love eBay. I found this baseball ticket stub in a book I bought. I could not throw it away, it was from 1944 (Boston Braves). It sat around on my desk for 8 months before I took a pic and threw it up. Sold for $26. You start looking at everything around the house...

Right, that's why I recommend having multiple browser windows set up with ascending bids, so you can just click 'submit bid' in a second. Covers your ass if you really want the item.