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Go for it, Buicks are HOT right now. You'll be one of the cool kids.
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You are probably right. What was I thinking - recaulking, scraping off flaking paint, and recoating it the same color using a highly regarded painting contractor without permission first?
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Oh, I dunno. There's something about the outrageous excess of that era. It was like the exuberance of youth, compared to the caution of middle age.
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Every so often, I briefly fantasize about owning a classic American land yacht. I'm really drawn to the extreme designs from around the time I was born in 1957 - all fins and chrome and exuberance! Something like the 1957 - 1963 Imperials, or Lincolns from before 1961. Ever seen "North By Northwest"? That ginormous white convertible Eva Marie Saint drives when they're in South Dakota, for example.
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I had several of those barges bitd. I had a 1965 Cadillac convertible that I bought for $50 from a fellow drunk. He beat up the body and it needed mechanical work but after I spent a little time on it I loved driving it with the top down, especially on a warm night. The thing just floated over the road and it was super quiet and smooth. Gas was a concern, for sure.
The Olds had the floaty ride, which works great cruising boulevards and freeways, but isn't so great on the narrow, sometimes rollercoaster roads where we lived. There's one road that to this day we call "The Sick Bump Road", because of the rollercoaster effect where the road drops out under you. The Olds was so long it felt like you went over every bump twice, and so softly sprung and underdamped that it bounced a bit. I never thought about it at the time, but that huge Olds must have been a handful on those roads, and not especially enjoyable. By contrast, the Cit just absorbed everything. No pitching, no heaving, just rolled over everything with no bouncing. And it cornered without making you feel like it would just run off the road! A lot of body roll, but the tires stayed stuck to the road.
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Not very neighbourly.
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I'm never getting another house that requires painting. Ever. I knew better too, but somebody I know wanted an old house with "character".
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I think he meant 70s monstrosities are better than cars with fins, which is really an aesthetic judgement. Personally, cars with fins convey confidence, swagger, optimism, etc. 70s monstrosities convey laziness and the sense that everyone at the Big Three was just phoning it in, from the managers, to the engineers and designers, and on down to the guy on the assembly line. Like nobody gave a s*** how bad the cars were, because Americans would just buy them anyway.
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Hey, what happened to the 59 Olds convertible coup pic I posted an hour ago? Here it is again: My dad’s first new car except his had all red upholstery. I remember the day he brought it home.
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Yeah I got that after I posted. To me, the cars of the very late 70s and early 80s sucked the most. They were forced to deal with tightening emission laws and the CAFE.
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