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The non-muscle American car thread (READ THE OP)
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Stunning thing.
I don't normally go for GM pickups before 1973 but that's a particularly cherry example. '67-8 sloped hood helps, as do the GMC quad headlights. 396 is kinda nice but the big V6 they had in these would be neat to have.
Edit: Looks like the V6 only came in commercial trucks at this point. Light duty pickups were basically Chevys with different grille assemblies and badges.
I don't normally go for GM pickups before 1973 but that's a particularly cherry example. '67-8 sloped hood helps, as do the GMC quad headlights. 396 is kinda nice but the big V6 they had in these would be neat to have.
Edit: Looks like the V6 only came in commercial trucks at this point. Light duty pickups were basically Chevys with different grille assemblies and badges.
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I do like them, but they're a bizarre confluence of styling features. They got a "sporty" grille shell with horizontal slats, foreshadowing the following year's Magnum, but the period posh opera roof was extended a couple inches over the standard Charger and split horizontally with that trim piece added. Chrysler didn't even offer that for the Cordoba.
And here's the Charger SE's grille, which I think is better suited to the opera roof.
The Midnight Edition's grille slats would have been appropriate for the Daytona trim, the only one that had a big block option.
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A few barges
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Come. On.
Most of these have steel wheels with chintzy wire wheel simulators but some of them, like this one, got the Super Stock III steel sport wheels which were painted body color. To class them up, Oldsmobile opted for a lug cover instead of the center cap which intermediates like the Cutlass (see post above this) got.
Also I really only tolerate whitewalls (any width) so I'm super happy this doesn't have them. That's a lot of rubber so something is needed to fill the void and RWLs work. The coupe has a muscular quality so it pulls them off, where I don't think a sedan would.
Oh and that's a very pretty color.
Most of these have steel wheels with chintzy wire wheel simulators but some of them, like this one, got the Super Stock III steel sport wheels which were painted body color. To class them up, Oldsmobile opted for a lug cover instead of the center cap which intermediates like the Cutlass (see post above this) got.
Also I really only tolerate whitewalls (any width) so I'm super happy this doesn't have them. That's a lot of rubber so something is needed to fill the void and RWLs work. The coupe has a muscular quality so it pulls them off, where I don't think a sedan would.
Oh and that's a very pretty color.
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Oh yeah, I don't think anyone posted this here yet, the Chaparral 2d race car. Which won the 1966 1000 km Nürburgring race.
and the crazy 2J Race Car.
and the crazy 2J Race Car.
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