David Conwill
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1941 Plymouth? Good looking car.
-Dave
-Dave
^ lol I think it's totally cool. Now all you need is Christie Brinkley
Picked this little gem up at a bargain today!
So he tells us he got a bargain but then doesn't say how much he paid for it.
C'mon, Tom, give it up!
P.S. In a pinch, maybe you could pick up a few extra bucks tending to the unanticipated demand down at the local cut-rate funeral parlor. That little bit of body damage wouldn't put 'em off, I'd think.
I could do double! I have two station wagons! I talked him down from $2,200 to $1,300. I figured that was a fair enough deal considering the interior is in mint condition and it only has 88,000 miles. Elderly owned is always a plus too. Little engine wear, just plenty of brake wear! Thank God they had been replaced!
A Colony Park?! I'm so jealous.
-Dave
Tom, the Mercury is good, the Caprice sucks, and the Buick???? Well, at least it's someone else's problem.
At 21 mpg, the Merc gets the best mileage out of my cars. The pickup gets around 17 on a good day, and the Caprice gets maybe 20 on a good day.
The Town Car is a great car as well, also a Ford Panther Platform vehicle, but with a 4.6 liter V8. I'd guess around 24mpg. That's what my Crown Victorias got about.
If I drove a Chevrolet Caprice to Hell, I'd leave it there; they deserve each other.
These days almost all my driving is in-town, and for that I am grateful. (There was a time when it seemed I was spending most of my life on Interstate 5. I do not miss that time at all.) In a vehicle that might get a tad over 20 mpg on the highway, I'm getting about 15. But even with four-buck gas, I'm not spending all that much, as I'm not covering many miles. There are days I never leave home, and on a typical day I drive maybe 10 or 15 miles, if that.
Still, though, among my favorite things are long car trips. There's much to be seen through a windshield, even when traveling through a whole lot of nowhere.
Tom, no sarcasm at all. The Country Squire and Colony Park are probably my favorite cars of the last 25 years.
I'd love one with a healthy stroker, dual Flowmasters, and 17-inch Bullitt Mustang wheels (or maybe black steelies, skinny whites, and '52 hubcaps - like my Falcon).
The fact that I can't justify owning one while they're all being demolition derbied breaks my heart.
-Dave
What year is the Colony Park?