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Funny, when I got to drive this Road Runner (the Coronet's snotty brother) it was the *most* expensive car I had ever driven, aside from cars that my parents were leasing.

This is a 440/6-pack, 4-speed, matching numbers, Dana axle, no air conditioning. I spent a summer wire-brushing and repainting the bolts holding this car together, because new bolts have different markings and would be obviously "not original." The friend who owned it moved to my house with this car partly in boxes. Not long after this photo, it was ready to be driven on the road for the first time in 20+ years.

My 5-year-old son thought it was awesome, but it would have been tragi-comic to have "driven this car for dating mah girl." For most of the women I have ever dated, this car would have been "Girl Repellent."

'69?

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Posted: Oct 20, 2014 - 9:06am

Bill_Rockoff wrote:

Road Runner

Funny, when I got to drive this Road Runner (the Coronet's snotty brother) it was the *most* expensive car I had ever driven, aside from cars that my parents were leasing.

That's a sweet ride - cool color. I wonder who first started using those almost-flourescent colors. It seems like it would have been Chrysler or AMC.

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Posted: Oct 20, 2014 - 9:00am

Bill_Rockoff wrote:

Road Runner

Funny, when I got to drive this Road Runner (the Coronet's snotty brother) it was the *most* expensive car I had ever driven, aside from cars that my parents were leasing.

Understandable. I drive a new Challenger. Chicks don't care much for it either from what I've gathered. It attracts more guys than girls.
Sounds familiar.

What you've got right there, though, is a bad-ass. {#Motor}

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Posted: Oct 20, 2014 - 8:57am

Road Runner

Funny, when I got to drive this Road Runner (the Coronet's snotty brother) it was the *most* expensive car I had ever driven, aside from cars that my parents were leasing.

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Posted: Oct 20, 2014 - 6:57am

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Posted: Oct 9, 2014 - 3:56pm
Proclivities wrote: Kaiser All-Aluminum cars That Wiamea is awesome. It lost a little luster when I realized I was looking at it backward and it doesn't have a 'bus' style steering wheel (that's the rear turn / break signal). It's still something I'd cruise down to the dog park it.

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Posted: Oct 7, 2014 - 1:00pm
DaveInVA wrote: Speaking of old AMC's I'd take this over a Pacer or Gremlin any day... Nice, especially with that two-tone.

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Posted: Oct 7, 2014 - 12:54pm
Speaking of old AMC's I'd take this over a Pacer or Gremlin any day...

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Posted: Oct 7, 2014 - 12:46pm
DaveInVA wrote: They likely put up the closed sign when they saw her drive up. Yeah. Those whitewalls.

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Posted: Oct 7, 2014 - 12:44pm
Proclivities wrote: That picture looks better anyhow, maybe because of the happy driver. She's smiling even though the gas station she's pulled up to is closed. They likely put up the closed sign when they saw her drive up.

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Posted: Oct 7, 2014 - 12:39pm
DaveInVA wrote: I replaced the image.... That picture looks better anyhow, maybe because of the happy driver. She's smiling even though the gas station she's pulled up to is closed.

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Posted: Oct 7, 2014 - 12:38pm
Proclivities wrote: Ah, yes, the Pacer. I can see the image, but something about it will not allow a reply. * Hmm: The image URL is four pages long in MS Word, and does not end in a "JPG" or other image file type. It starts with a 'base64' prefix. I replaced the image....

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Posted: Oct 7, 2014 - 12:33pm
Ah, yes, the Pacer. I can see the image, but something about it will not allow a reply. * Hmm: The image URL is four pages long in MS Word, and does not end in a "JPG" or other image file type. It starts with a 'base64' prefix.

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Posted: Oct 7, 2014 - 12:31pm
Proclivities wrote: i drove a Datsun 310 GX to date my girl Jrzy. worked out ok.

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Posted: Oct 7, 2014 - 12:09pm
Proclivities wrote: I'd rather have the pregnant version of it -

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Posted: Oct 7, 2014 - 12:07pm

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Posted: Sep 12, 2014 - 7:19am
sirdroseph wrote: That car was a warrior, I bet there are still some on the road now. A friend of mine had one for about fifteen years.

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Posted: Sep 12, 2014 - 7:16am
Proclivities wrote: That car was a warrior, I bet there are still some on the road now.

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Posted: Sep 12, 2014 - 7:11am

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Posted: Sep 10, 2014 - 8:02am
Proclivities wrote: In high school I had a later model 72 Safari...great cruiser, tons of room inside and only V8 I've ever owned

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