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Old May 5th 04, 09:22 PM
Dan Gates
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Bill Putney wrote:

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> Steve wrote:
>
>>dizzy wrote:
>>thing there.
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>>>
>>>Well, having bad interiors didn't kill the appeal of the 60's muscle
>>>cars...

>>
>>Whatchoo talking about? The bar-none coolest interior that EVER went in
>>any vehicle was in the '66/67 Charger...

>
>
> Ah yes! My wife and I used to date in my dad's '66 Charger. Rolled
> factory leather upholstery. Seems "I read somewhere" that you could
> fold the back seats perfectly flat with the trunk floor and, from there,
> stare up at the stars and moon thru the rear window. 8^)
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Should we ask how your wife found this out before she told you? |>)))

Dan
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Old May 18th 04, 05:29 PM
Dori A Schmetterling
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It is interesting the the US companies were once kings of badge engineering.
Evne if there are some differences among the cars, it seems VW has taken the
crown.

I wonder how regularly their sales staff have to go to therapy and if it is
part of the benefits package...

:-)
DAS
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> http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...ast-olds_x.htm
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> Herewith my commentary.
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> --
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> MBAssholes, or Requiem for a Heavyweight
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[............]
> nothing but "product", and their buyers (end users) are considered
> brainless boobs easily bamboozled into seeing a new car where only
> taillights and nameplates differ from an otherwise-identical model badged
> as a Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac, etc.
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> The selfsame thing happened to Plymouth. Remember Plymouth? The brand
> officially disappeared a couple years ago, but it really went away in

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