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Originally Posted by mgburg
Yep, the 4-dr.. Only the wheels were plain steel with covers...pretty mundane. At the junk yard, the only thing worth taking from the vehicle was the battery...and they let us take it.
It was a pig.
Part of the problem though was my mother really didn't care to much about the car to begin with...it was a "trade-up" from a '74 Pinto. I guess, from her stand-point, the novelty wore off REAL FAST. (Gas prices and a fixed income...) Plus, the brothers left behind didn't really help her keep it in good shape. She'd still have this thing if I hadn't bought the Camry for her and that, in and of itself, is too scary to think about...  |
As you probably remember, it was not a hatchback, but had a conventional trunk. What compelled GM to adopt this styling is a mystery to me. I recall that these GM 4-door sedans had fixed glass in the rear doors, with only a little flip-out pane in the notchback sedans and that triangular C-pillar flip-out pane in the 4 door shown above. Other than cost savings, I think that this allowed the rear door interior panels to be a bit narrower, thereby improving hip room. Must have been a thrill-a-minute to be in the back seat of this car in Florida with a dead A/C unit...