#38952 - 05/31/10 08:35 PM
Absolutely essential for serious police work.
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Michael A.Aquino
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Seven thread pages about the '80s and not a single mention of what defined the decade?  For shame!
Though I have to say that when I eventually got my hands on a TR, I was disappointed. Unless you bolt a Tubi exhaust on, that DOHC flat-12 is as quiet as a Chevrolet, and the front spoiler is delicate fiberglass. You don't get any low-end torque at all, and driving the car through the average American city's potholed streets would pulverize its nose in short order. So the MV chase sequences had to be filmed on carefully-selected routes and with audio overgrowls.
In 2010 we are clearly headed for a PC, ecological, and decaffeinated age of anemic electric & hybrid go-karts, so hurry up and push your skeleton out your back with a maniacal, knuckle-dragging throwback pig like this. Getting on the gas in a KR is like being mugged by angels: Your mind & body end up in complete disarray, but you still feel blessed. 
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#38962 - 06/01/10 12:50 AM
Re: Absolutely essential for serious police work.
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MatthewJ1
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Yes and then there is this: be warned and be ready for THE CAR!
‘Fasten your seatbelts for the terrifying thrill ride that has become a cult classic - The Car! The peaceful tranquility of a small Western town is disturbed when a murderous car wreaks havoc by viciously mowing down innocent victims. New sheriff, Wade Parent (James Brolin), may be the only one who can stop this menace in its tracks until he realizes that the driver of this indestructible vehicle is far more dangerous than any man… it is driven by pure evil.’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFWea3Eu97E
Woo Hoo!
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#38977 - 06/01/10 12:57 PM
Oh, that's just Jake ...
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Michael A.Aquino
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Lincoln Town Car. Accept no substitutes.
So that was you who blew my doors off the other night ... 
Don't know if he still had it when you were there, but ASLV's personal road weapon of choice was his black Olds Toronado, which he considered a phallic symbol easily surpassing the XKE. Since the Cord got the garage, the Toronado was originally parked out front, and unfortunately got vandalized by punks. He tried parking it around the corner, but its looks & ZAMZAM plates still gave it away.
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#38979 - 06/01/10 02:09 PM
Re: Oh, that's just Jake ...
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Jake999
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Yep! I had the honor of whipping through town in the Toronado once... had the plate number 999 FCS. I don't know what he did with it. He never told me, so I assumed he had it in storage someplace.
I much more enjoyed the limo, but it was more like cruising a shark through traffic and people were always gawking at it to see who was inside.
Dr. LaVey and Lady Diane wanted to go to the Concourse d' Elegance (if memory serves in Burlingame), so I volunteered to drive the limo. Once we got there, I dropped them off and went to park, but parking was a long way off, so I drove up up the gate like I belonged there and schmoozed my way in, explaining that this was a historic limo, one of the last such Cadillac Fleetwood limos in all of Northern California. Once past the gate, I found a place to park on the main drag of the Concourse, and became an exhibit. People loved the car.
Dr, LaVey and Lady Diane came strolling up to the car, and I ceremoniously let them in the vehicle with snap. Dr. LaVey had an amused look on his face and people were snapping all the photos they could. Lady Diane was glad she didn't have to walk that far!
Most times, when we were just out and about on some errand, I would drive my Mercury Marquis, which he found comfortable and aesthetically pleasing. I had stations that didn't play rock on the buttons for quick change over, lest my head be removed from my body.
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#38981 - 06/01/10 03:30 PM
Sigh, never enough garages!
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Michael A.Aquino
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I much more enjoyed the limo, ... one of the last such Cadillac Fleetwood limos in all of Northern California. Once past the gate, I found a place to park on the main drag of the Concourse, and became an exhibit. People loved the car.
That must have been a later arrival. In the early '70s their formal car was a black Buick Limited. I found a couple of my old snapshots, unfortunately a bit faded. No photos of the Olds or the Cord. Anton was definitely a fellow car freak, and at the time also had an ice-blue Jag 3.8 sedan. Don't think I ever saw him angrier than when the Shell attendant at 19th & Taraval scratched it while gassing it up. 
Karla, like Emma Peel, was into Lotuses. Since I was a longtime devotee [of both the marque and Mrs. P], I suggested an Elan +2S similar to the one I acquired on return from Vietnam, but don't know if she ever took the plunge. Today I'd point her at the Evora, which is a breathtaking [and comfortable] car.
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#39008 - 06/02/10 02:58 PM
The "Coffin Nose"
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Michael A.Aquino
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It occurred to me that most of you are too young to ever have seen a 1936 Cord, so I'll post a picture of this one, which is similar to the object of my LUST.
More photos and other fun stuff here
Rare and extremely expensive, if you can find one.
Starting apparently around $80K; see here.
Of course if you really want to make an entrance [and like to stand up next to your chauffeur], try a MB 770.
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