The American Porsche

In reply to SilverFleet:

As am I! They're dirt cheap for classics, extremely comfortable, and shockingly reliable. I would highly recommend looking at picking one up if you drive on the highway somewhat often.

We also had a pale yellow 1976 Caprice Classic four door hardtop with light tan vinyl top and interior. No AC and a manual bench seat. Looked exactly like this plus a black rub strip on the rear bumper, I believe:

Our last family sled was an '84 Delta 88 Royale Brougham with the 4 speed OD automatic and just the cleanest grey cloth interior ever. It had a factory Delco cassette deck, too. Took me from the Ohio River Valley to FL and back and all over in the early 90s. It looked just like this:

I like the concept, but I'll go for a Mercury. Mom drove an '85 Gran Marquis from 88-97 then an '85 LTD Country Squire until 99.

I want a Gran Marquis coupe with the face lifted 88/89 nose and tail on a 3rd gen frame with too much motor and a T56.

In reply to johnnie:

My dad had that same Delta 88, but in a darker color. I only drove it sparingly, since I usually took my Mon's Chevy wagon. The wagon had vinyl seats instead of the cushy velour of the Olds, but a 350 with a 4bbl carb instead of the 305 and a 2bbl carb. We called that car "Mighty Olds".

My first car i bought myself was a 100 dollar 85 grand marquis ls and it was a great people mover but if i was going back to a big car id be on the hunt for another early 80s marquis 2door. I regret selling my rust free two owner car.

Around here most of them are rotted apart or demo derbied.

I had a 71 Eldorado with the 8.2 liter (500 cid). Even in Colorado that thing moved well. In CO you measure a car by how easily it can get up the mountain to Eisenhower tunnel. (on I-70) In that old Caddy---you could fly up the hill and hit the tunnel going as fast as you wanted. It was all about torque.

It was also the best car at going slow that I ever drove--- so comfy, so giant.

It also got single digit fuel mileage!

T.J. wrote: In reply to johnnie: My dad had that same Delta 88, but in a darker color. I only drove it sparingly, since I usually took my Mon's Chevy wagon. The wagon had vinyl seats instead of the cushy velour of the Olds, but a 350 with a 4bbl carb instead of the 305 and a 2bbl carb. We called that car "Mighty Olds".

Our Delta 88 was a shade darker, too and minus the vinyl top, so I'm guessing it was a Delta 88 Brougham and not a Royale Brougham. I know it had the 305, but I don't remember the carburetor. It went down the road well enough, though.

i dream of putting an old 12v cummins in one of these land barges. plenty of power to move it down the road (and hot rod around occasionally), would knock out some decent MPG's, and would be dead reliable (not that that would be a problem with the gas motor).

My first car that I could call my own was a 1973 Mazda RX-2, but my family owned a '64 Buick Wildcat that I frequently drove to school. It looked a lot like this one:

Cornering technique was to grab the bottom of the seat with one hand, dial in full lock with the other, and eventually the beast would start turning after scrubbing off a bunch of speed.

Huckleberry wrote: I thought this was going to be a Corvair thread.

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JAhmed wrote:

Huckleberry wrote: I thought this was going to be a Corvair thread.

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That's where I thought it was going, too. Maybe the Brougham is the american Grosser?