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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 03:40 PM
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http://www.autoweteran.gower.pl/concept_timeline.html

Notice how the names are used by different manufacturers. Like the 1953 Ford Vega and the 1969 Pontiac Cirrus.
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 04:02 PM
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HAHAHA, you see the '62 mustang?!?!? glad they really didn't make em like that. wow.

or the '61 ford gyron...thats where you gotta wonder, wtf were they thinking.

i almost wanna own that '58 firebird, babahah, that is great lol, you're in your own little capsule, oh no, thats not dangerous at all!

but of course, the pontiac bonneville special. now why does that car look really fun?

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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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Ford Aurora :?:


some of them are pretty cool cars.
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 08:18 PM
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I like the spare tire on the back of the Bonneville.
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 08:24 PM
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If I was the devil, this is what I'd drive
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 08:30 PM
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The Chrysler Turbine was quite dependable, practicle, and fuel efficient. The main reason it was never mass produced was the motor'* 45,000 RPM'* was thought to scare potential owners!
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by PEARL_JAM
[http://www.autoweteran.gower.pl/conc...er_Turbine.jpg
The Chrysler Turbine was quite dependable, practicle, and fuel efficient. The main reason it was never mass produced was the motor'* 45,000 RPM'* was thought to scare potential owners!
Only 2 are known to exist, last i read.
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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You gotta love some of the flat-out ugly ones too..







But there are definitely some sexy ones in there:
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 09:34 PM
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You can sure tell that when they got into the sixties the designers got to rollin' to many of those little funny cigarrettes
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 05:02 AM
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Originally Posted by tumbleweed
You can sure tell that when they got into the sixties the designers got to rollin' to many of those little funny cigarrettes
Yeah, but the Italian design house produced some neat designs:

Here'* the Vette with a Ferrari body by Pininfarina. It could come live in my garage any day.

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