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Originally Posted by outafocus
YES! Mine was a 1960 Metropolitan I bought for $125 in 1968. It ran okay for a British car, was in pretty good shape for it's age, and used the 28 cent per galon gasoline I put in it sparingly. It was ugly and slow, so I kept it about a year. Today Metropolitans go for thousands of dollars. That was definitely a car I never thought would ever hit classic status. The Metropolitan was imported by American Motors, so I guess Chrysler would have the rights to it. With the success of retro cars like the Mini, New Beetle, and Fiat 500, maybe Chrysler should look into a retro Metro!
Mine was red and white, just like the one on this link:
My Dad had a 1935 clunker Ford in 1953 and was ashamed to drive it ...Me I had a 1970 Belle Air GM white vinyl roof , burned oil with the v8 engine which had to be replaced 3 different engines which all burned oil bad .. Leave that car in the past
No it was one of the first SUVs on truck frames and not only did it eat gas, it was also very unsafe. I think it only got 2 of 5 stars on crash tests. Also I now realize how much body roll it had. I loved the way it looked though.
GM destroyed the A-bodies for '78, some beyond recognition or redemption.
I dunno, I had a 1980 Buick Century that was an OK car for its time. It was a wallowing pillow of a car but it was comfy and quiet, and the 301 V8 kept it loping along nicely though you could tell it was fighting a losing battle against emissions regulations to produce real power and had a lot more to give if it were allowed to. It was a heck of a car for a high school kid in the early 90s, that's for sure.
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Originally Posted by motormaker
I thought the Metropolitan was an American built car made by Nash.
For nostalgias sake I would LOVE to have a mint condition version of my old 84 Nissan/Datsun 300zx. Just to "have" and drive around on Sundays and such. I worked from the time I was 13 putting half of everything I earned away so when I turned 16 I had almost $5k for my car. LOVED that car. Got it wil like 30k and had over 200k miles when the 18-wheeler decided not to stop and ran OVER my baby.
My 1973 Mercury Comet has probably returned to this earth by now, it was so rusted when I sold it to a hapless teenager down the street in 1983. The transmission still might be going ... somewhere ... but that's about it.
Bad mileage, an exhaust system that wouldn't stay attached, the aforementioned rust, no sunroof or AC, a carburetor that clogged annually, poor vision out the tiny windows, an AM radio, no weight in the back to keep the wheels from spinning in the snow ... Why would I want it again?
Although, when the carburetor was doing its thing properly and the muffler wasn't dragging, it was fun to drive. Fast! And before it rusted out, it was pretty. Oh, yeah, and it wasn't my parents' car, it was mine.
I dunno, I had a 1980 Buick Century that was an OK car for its time. It was a wallowing pillow of a car but it was comfy and quiet, and the 301 V8 kept it loping along nicely though you could tell it was fighting a losing battle against emissions regulations to produce real power and had a lot more to give if it were allowed to. It was a heck of a car for a high school kid in the early 90s, that's for sure.
Yeah, they were still quiet, nice riding cars. Most of the destruction I was talking about was in the styling department, as with your example. The Montes and Grand Prixs were hideous until they re-did them for '81.
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