Couped-up, Wagons, 4-doors & Route 66

KnightFan26917

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Apr 28, 2009
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From 3 of this week’s “Automotive Daily”s….

Couped-up Monday, 1977
= Dodge Charger (a bit different than the model that was The General Lee)
= Ford Thunderbird (1st year of the “mid-sized” birds)
= Monte Carlo (last of the 2nd generation, 1973-7)
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AUTOMOTIVE DAILY | OLD CARS, STRONG HEARTS

Wagon Wednesday, 1973
= Dodge Polara (last of the 4th generation, 1969-73)
= Ford LTD Country Squire (1st of a new breed, major redesign)
= Impala (wait! where’d the back door go?)
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AUTOMOTIVE DAILY | OLD CARS, STRONG HEARTS

4-door Friday, 1975
= Dodge Dart (a year away from being replaced)
= Ford Granada (1st of an 8-year run)
= Nova (1st of the 4th generation, 1975-79)
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AUTOMOTIVE DAILY | OLD CARS, STRONG HEARTS


Among other daily-weekly themes is this for my Route 66-based story, posting it chapter by chapter:
Sunday Story | OLD CARS, STRONG HEARTS
[I drove Route 66, September 2009. I road tripped at least once a year 2002-2011 to meet people & see family-friends.]



Cort :) OLD CARS, STRONG HEARTS | memories, even if the whole world has forgotten
1979 & 1989 Caprice Classics | pigValve, paceMaker, cowValve
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KnightFan26917

Old Cars, Strong Hearts
Apr 28, 2009
1,132
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Elgin IL
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A chapter of my Route 66-based story posted Sunday. This, from Saturday, could be a scene from that story, with the caption something like:
“Um, sir, you know the train don’t come through here anymore, right!?”
CAR-TUNES SATURDAY | OLD CARS, STRONG HEARTS

Speaking of Route 66, which would you rather drive along it: 1957 Chevy or 1967 Pontiac?
THURSDAY SURVEY | OLD CARS, STRONG HEARTS


Anyone like Andrew Llloyd Weber tunes?
CD SHOWCASE MEMORIES | OLD CARS, STRONG HEARTS


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Cort :) OLD CARS, STRONG HEARTS | memories, even if the whole world has forgotten
1979 & 1989 Caprice Classics | pigValve, paceMaker, cowValve
"It was worth all the while" __ Green Day __ 'Time Of Your Life'
 
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