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Posted on: 2014/4/4 13:33
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Those Caprices were NICE! Loved those cars.
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Posted on: 2014/4/4 15:12
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Quote: bogus wrote: General Motors did many questionable things in the 1970s and 1980s, but the 1977 to 1990 full-size B-bodies were not one of them. Good, honest cars. |
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Posted on: 2014/4/5 18:46
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| pianoguy | Re: A Coupe And A Convertible This Week ... | ||
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I see one of those old Caprice's running around St. Paul in the summer, jacked sky-high with 24" wheels. An ignoble existence for a decent car.
I saw one of these today - an 80's Mitsubishi Starion Turbo. I remember lusting after one when I bought my Sapporo:  |
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I remember these well - they were considered the poor man's Porsche 944 Turbo ... |
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| Matatk | Re: A Coupe And A Convertible This Week ... | ||
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Nice articles, John. Now I am waiting for the 1980s Chevy Blazer...my first car was a 2 dr S10 Blazer 4x4 with a 2.8 liter and 5 speed. I loved that thing.
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| bogus | Re: A Coupe And A Convertible This Week ... | ||
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like anything else Mistu made, it was suspect on durability. They broke camshafts... turbo's leaked... all sorts of stupid and expensive problems. |
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Posted on: 2014/4/8 14:28
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| pianoguy | Re: A Coupe And A Convertible This Week ... | ||
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I had my Sapporo for 9 years, ran like a champ the whole time. The shock towers in the rear were starting to rust out when I got rid of it, but that's about the only problem. |
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Posted on: 2014/4/8 14:40
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