"BIG" European luxury car, the Opel Diplomat B

"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh) 03/29/2014 at 19:24 • Filed to: None

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How cool is this? Inline 6 or V8.. American slushbox or four speed manual..

Bluecold > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 03/29/2014 at 19:26

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Personally I'm more fan of the Rekord. American styling in a smaller package.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Bluecold 03/29/2014 at 19:28

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The Rekord and such are awesome, but the Diplomat ain't that big either :)

How about the Ford 26m?

Bluecold > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 03/29/2014 at 19:36

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Indeed they are rarely mentioned, but I love those cars. They were so optimistic. Back in the day the USA was the leading country in the world and I like it that the european brand at the time translated that aspirational style to smaller cars. For some reason they seem joyous.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Bluecold 03/29/2014 at 19:42

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Joyous indeed :) I hope you've seen the Japanese cars from that time as well?? Nissan and Toyota made som pretty epic cars back then.

shop-teacher > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 03/29/2014 at 20:53

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Cool. They look like 4 door Nova's

Bluecold > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 03/30/2014 at 07:36

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Yeah I like those as well. They seem to harken back to a time when the world was in a way completely different. Funny, that, because for instance Bob Dylan songs from the same time are still current. I like that contrast. And what I like even more is that the Opels and Fords from that time are quite affordable in the netherlands. The japanese cars not so much.