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Yeah , nice boat!
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Yah, I had three of the stock 75 limousines (The formal, with the divider), two '66s and one '68. I played with a '77 when they first came out, but was very disappointed in it. The design sucked and they were just plain cheap. The divider was a stationary partition with manual sliding glass. They were more like riding in a taxi than a limo and I was surprised that the model survived another ten years before succumbing to the growing stretch market.
I do miss those cars, though not the gas mileage. It didn't hurt so much at the ballbreaking rate of $0.62 US a gallon, but I measured one out at 9 MPG on a good day. I can't remember which one I did the math on, but it might have been my '70 commercial chassis combo. It had the largest, meanest power plant of all my Caddys with a custom-bored 505. The limos had 429s and a 472, as did the hearses. I think my ambulance had a 472 as well.
Ah, the toys I had. :)
Such a shame that 472 (and the Eldo's 500) had such low power considering the size...
Plum crazy...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FhJnlfXEsr...ENGER+1970.jpg
Even though the early part of my life included riding around in a Plymouth Satellite (with the lowly 318), I'm not really a hardcore Mopar guy. Not that they didn't make some nice cars. That Challenger and of course the same vintage Barracuda are BOSS.
And to think a former neighbor actually HAD a Hemi Challenger CONVERTIBLE back in the day...I wonder if he sold it?
My taste always ran to these old monstrosities. I've owned several, put a lot of cash into building them up. They've brought me many hours of fun...and MANY hours of frustration as well.
Speaking of Mopars, a few of the cars I love to hate are the 1969-1974 "fuselage-styled" full-sized models. A former classmate has a 1972 Imperial LeBaron sedan (similar to the one pictured). His is mildly modified...he dropped in a 440 Six-Pack, complete with better carburetors for more power. To me it looks ugly, especially when compared to contemporary Cadillacs and Lincolns, which were Imperial's American competitors. I've riden in it a few times; no denying it that thing rides SMOOTHLY.
But it's still a huge gas-guzzler that has it's best performance when going in a straight line. You'll be comfortable though!
Could these even FIT on the streets of London?
My grandmother's car in 1925