"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
11/06/2015 at 11:44 • Filed to: None
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"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
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If you don’t like this car then you’re a DUMBASS .
Spotted on my way in this morning. Second gen vista cruiser. No price listed. Looks OK but has a lot of rust holes in every panel close to the ground.
Not too bad of a project if you are good with patch panels. The wood paneling may even make it easier to hide repair work.
CalzoneGolem
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 11:46 |
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Green, likable and rusty. What more could you ask for?
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crowmolly
> CalzoneGolem
11/06/2015 at 11:46 |
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A 455 Olds under the hood.
Which it might be. The house has a couple projects out back.
shop-teacher
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 11:47 |
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Awe yeah! That thing is sweet! I’m sure there’s more rust down below, so only somebody flush with cash or good at bodywork should take this one on, but it’s worth saving.
Jcarr
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 11:47 |
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 11:48 |
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I really like the roof in the back.
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crowmolly
> shop-teacher
11/06/2015 at 11:48 |
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Worth saving for sure. The lower body rust is the worst of it. Thing is complete on the inside and appears to be otherwise totally original.
Dogapult
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
11/06/2015 at 11:51 |
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That’s the Vista Roof.
EL_ULY
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 11:53 |
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Dogapult
11/06/2015 at 11:55 |
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I’m a sucker for cars with windows upper side windows like that.
Your boy, BJR
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 12:04 |
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I prefer the more luxurious and bigger Custom Cruiser.
coelacanthist
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 12:07 |
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Awesome...
Zip-McBump
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 12:09 |
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I could literally cruise the vistas in that thing.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Your boy, BJR
11/06/2015 at 12:19 |
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Oh yes. Always loved the psycho-looking split eye headlight thing.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 12:20 |
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I just need to throw this out there, have you or anybody reading this have actually driven a car like this? ie a late 60’s/early 70’s land yatch? It’s one thing to acknowledge it’s inate coolness (which I agree) but it is a completly diffrent relm when you acutlly drive a car with low HP, tons of torques and a suspension from a water bed.
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shop-teacher
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 12:23 |
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SWEET!
Chariotoflove
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 12:30 |
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We had one of these in the same color growing up! It was my first car when I got my license. Perfect date car for a teenager. Huge vinyl bench seats for lots of maneuvering room and easy clean up. What’s not to like?
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crowmolly
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/06/2015 at 13:21 |
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Yup, I have. Enough to know you forgot to mention the inadequate braking system. Ha ha.
I’ve been working on 60’s-70’s stuff for a while now, and I’m not really a “stock resto” guy. If this were to become my project (which it won’t) I’d toss a lot of the factory running gear in the scrap pile for updated designs. Won’t ever be a Z06 but it could be built up to be passable on today’s roads.
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 14:59 |
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I DD’d a 1968 Buick Electra 225, aka Das Boat. I kinda forgot about the 4 wheel drum brakes on a 5,000 lb car don’t really so much as stop as they gradually slow you down along with the friction of the atmosphere against the car. Pretty much this car but no hub caps.
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crowmolly
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/06/2015 at 16:07 |
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Deuce and a quarter! That’s not A boat, it’s THE boat.
Not sure if you ever saw Sinbad’s take on them.
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 16:38 |
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He is talking the truth. I could put my 204 cm skis in the trunk easily. You could put 4 across COMFORTABLY in the back and front seats. Now I’m getting all nostalgic. I had a boom box in the back window.
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/06/2015 at 16:38 |
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I ran into a brick wall, I won.
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crowmolly
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
11/06/2015 at 16:43 |
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I had to help push one once. Good times.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> crowmolly
11/06/2015 at 17:17 |
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in that case i’m a DUMBASS.
:)
The Compromiser
> shop-teacher
11/06/2015 at 22:21 |
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Dude!
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Zip-McBump
> CalzoneGolem
01/27/2016 at 11:27 |
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You could literally cruise the vistas in that thing!