Nice ride.

Sharp looking car!

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I always liked those vintage Oldsmobile 88's, but I have never seen an all black Rocket 88 coupe like yours. They were restyled a bit for 1954, the first good looking ones as I recall were the 1948s, especially the convertibles that year.

Has yours got the hydramatic?


Yours would really shine in comparison to the ones in Cuba that are still around. (thread I posted today) Cubans love their old American cars - Wonderful little tribute - (45+ mins.)

When I was a kid in kindergarten (in 1953, coincidentally) my Uncle Kermit and Auntie jewel's son Kent, had an awesome 1950 Oldsmobile coupe that was all souped up - he was in high school, and I loved the look of that old Rocket 88!

Those were the days that Oldsmobile was the "hot" racer from GM, the days of Tom McCahill's road tests in Popular Mechanics magazine.


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I've got a classic too -- it's a 1967 Mercury Cougar, I nabbed a couple of years ago - (in storage since in a warehouse in San Jose since 1988), totally original with just 39k on the clock, completely original, too.



The local newspaper did a story on it about a year ago:

see (if interested):

’67 Cougar just the ticket | TheUnion.com

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

I used to have a '63 Dodge Dart. Can't seem to find a picture of it. It had the non power assisted drum brakes on all four wheels, no seat belts, a non-padded dash, and the skinny rigid driver-impaling steering column. I installed a 360 V-8 with duals and a four barrel in place of the original 225 slant six. It's probably better that I sold it.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Great looking car. I would get even three times more excited about having one of those cars with a stick shift.

I'm doing a few minor repairs to my'64 Galaxie and hope to have it out for a picture in a week or two. I'll try to remember to post a picture then. It's a poor boys classic though, not a show car like that one. I pieced it together from two cars that I bought on the cheap.

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Thanks all. That Cougar is lovely. This 88 was my father in laws until he passed in 2010, I believe it is a hydramatic. I am the 3rd owner, legit 33k mile car . My other American toy is my 65 F100

Here is a shot of my 39 Studebaker coupe express (with 617 turbo and five speed)

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I sooo want to drop a 617 with an automatic into my 65 F100

Must be pretty slow at this point. Somebody blew your doors off.

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Has she forgiven you for sending her off to auction?

There is a white ford pickup that I keep seeing at the local lumber yard about that year. Looks like an ideal candidate.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.