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"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01) 01/05/2015 at 17:17 • Filed to: None

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Who is the guy around here with the big Chrysler? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

jkm7680 > Steve in Manhattan 01/05/2015 at 17:18

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Paging Cletus.

Zibodiz > Steve in Manhattan 01/05/2015 at 17:20

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I'm not into 70's cars, but that's one nicely preserved specimen for the price.

Takuro Spirit > Steve in Manhattan 01/05/2015 at 17:26

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I worked with a young guy who bought one of these off some old couple for $2000 back in the early 2000's. It was just as clean, but blue on blue, and he ended up getting rid of it because of the high insurance and gas costs.

Thing was cool as hell though, even with the doilies over the headrests.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Steve in Manhattan 01/05/2015 at 18:14

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Gigantic Chrysler owner here. I like it! Mine's a '69 so it's a bit different than this one but it looks super clean! Slightly overpriced IMO because the later smog cars aren't worth as much.

Bob LeDrew > Steve in Manhattan 01/05/2015 at 18:20

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Look at the size of the trunk & engine compartment. I could put my Fit in that trunk.

Steve in Manhattan > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/05/2015 at 18:27

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Glad you showed up. I remember being seventeen and being tossed the keys to a 1970 Plymouth Fury III wagon (same sort of boat) and sent to the store by my buddy Mike's mom. This made dad's '69 Impala seem tiny. I'd never driven a car with power brakes before, so I had to get used to those. And you didn't park it so much as dock it - I remember just parking where there were no cars at all and hiking up to the Safeway. That was a giant car.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Steve in Manhattan 01/05/2015 at 18:46

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I love that story! My previous cars were a 1966 Impala and a 1999 Suburban but even those massive beasts couldn't prepare me for how darn big the Chrysler is. it's a whole different league of craziness.

Steve in Manhattan > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 01/05/2015 at 18:50

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The Fury was brown, fake wood, with the hidden headlamps. And it had those little blinky turn signal things at the edge of the front fenders. What a barge!

Steve in Manhattan > Bob LeDrew 01/05/2015 at 18:53

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The Mob must have looked at that Newport's trunk and said "yeah, fewer trips out to the woods!"

Roundbadge > Steve in Manhattan 01/05/2015 at 21:01

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I...uh...I...am thinking real hard about this...like crunching-numbers thinking...

Zanesville's only a couple of hours from here...but I've already got 3 cars...but $4800!!! Oh man...

Steve in Manhattan > Roundbadge 01/05/2015 at 21:41

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Which of the 3 cars can go?

Roundbadge > Steve in Manhattan 01/05/2015 at 21:51

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I can think of 2, but she will probably object to selling either of them. She has this thing about 'having a reliable car', and as for the other...well...she wants to keep her car. That leaves the truck, which is my baby, not to mention I still have an outstanding loan on it...

Harrumph...

Steve in Manhattan > Roundbadge 01/05/2015 at 22:03

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Well, one of these cars could meet with an unfortunate accident, if you know what I mean. If you don't, I mean I know people, who know people. I got connections in Chicago. Hey, accidents happen.

Roundbadge > Steve in Manhattan 01/05/2015 at 22:31

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The '97 Saturn is an unfortunate accident...but it's lasted 220K miles...so I gotta give it some credit.

Also, she does insurance stuff...so she'll probably figure out the 'accident' part...