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Old 05-22-2008, 07:31 PM
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Heres A Cruiser

http://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/car/690216539.html

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Old 05-22-2008, 09:11 PM
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Dam... its a pimpin ride there ain't it?
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Old 05-22-2008, 09:32 PM
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Sorry, but THIS is a cruiser

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ticondergoa_cruiser_Port_Royal.jpg

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Old 05-22-2008, 09:38 PM
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Port Royal

Ain't it funny they name it after a sunken 15th century Jamaican Port?

How much fuel do those Turbines burn @ 25Kts ?
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Old 05-22-2008, 11:10 PM
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Thats the sedan that James May chose in the $1000 american car road trip/challenge. Its a slow old beast, but got him through the trip.

Don't know what to say about the interior.....Yikes.
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Old 05-22-2008, 11:17 PM
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Thats the sedan that James May chose in the $1000 american car road trip/challenge. Its a slow old beast, but got him through the trip.

Don't know what to say about the interior.....Yikes.
i thought he used an olds 88 2dr??
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Old 05-23-2008, 09:51 AM
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I'm suprised that GM diesel is still running.
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Old 05-23-2008, 10:10 AM
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James had a Fleetwood Broham. Probably with the carb'd 5.7 or something.
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Old 05-23-2008, 10:17 AM
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But this is the TICONDEROGA, at least the one I was on 1971
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Old 05-23-2008, 10:20 AM
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Oh, Mistress is going to LOVE that. She was a Cadillac person before she was an MB person.
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Old 05-23-2008, 10:35 AM
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James had a Fleetwood Broham. Probably with the carb'd 5.7 or something.
Yeah, I didn't realize this thread was about a diesel one.

His was a V8 Broham....

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