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Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
3/1/10 11:45 a.m.

Is there even an FF here in the Colonies?

wcelliot
wcelliot Reader
3/2/10 4:33 p.m.

There are a few. First Interceptor I ever saw was an FF... I thought they were all like that!

Very nice looking Interceptor III at Fall Carlisle for a soft $6k... really undervalued cars but I wouldn't give a nickle for one with mush rust.

Volvo 242GT... best Volvo I ever owned. Not quick by any means, but an awesome driver. I thought a turbo 242 would drive as well and have more power, but it didn't come close...

Bill

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
3/2/10 7:06 p.m.

FF's were not supposed to be sold here because the transfer case prevented putting the steering on the left, so they were all produced RHD and without US emissions stuff. I always wondered if a couple snuck over here.

fornetti14
fornetti14 Reader
3/2/10 7:17 p.m.

Every car has a story and an owner who was going to fix it given the time/space/money LOL.

Claff
Claff New Reader
3/2/10 7:54 p.m.

I'm the only one who'd take that old Monte Carlo? At least I'm not in the bidding war that'd escalate over the Jensen I suppose.

Woody
Woody SuperDork
3/2/10 7:59 p.m.
Claff wrote: I'm the only one who'd take that old Monte Carlo?

Yes. There are very few cars that I actually hate. That is one of them.

GPDren
GPDren New Reader
3/2/10 10:12 p.m.
Claff wrote: I'm the only one who'd take that old Monte Carlo? At least I'm not in the bidding war that'd escalate over the Jensen I suppose.

I thought I was the only one! My cousin had a 71 when we were teenagers and I've wanted one ever since.

HiTempguy
HiTempguy Reader
3/3/10 11:09 a.m.
Woody wrote: Yes. There are very few cars that I actually hate. That is one of them.

Meh, give me a 70 with a 402 and a 4 speed with some 4.10's, I won't complain!

integraguy
integraguy HalfDork
3/3/10 12:46 p.m.

That Buick Skylark was actually considered to be a COMPACT car when it was new, 35 years ago.

There's a storage yard here in Memphis with a small collection of GM mid-sized coupes and a couple of Firebirds....they all look like these cars, even tho rust is not a problem here. Without a bit of wax/polish, a car rusts away fast.

Unfortunately, the chances of finding a "stash" like this are disappearing, at least here, as our "friends from South of the border" are opening more auto recycling yards.

Dr. Hess
Dr. Hess SuperDork
3/3/10 12:54 p.m.

My dad had a 1979 Buick exactly like that one, except brown and with the original steel wheels. It had a SBC in it. Valve guides/seals went out, of course, but he would just swap the plugs and kept driving it. Eventually, he sold it for about a grand in the mid 80's.

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