Random Car of the Day: Pontiac Astre

"472CID" (472CID) 03/08/2015 at 11:30 • Filed to: RCOTD

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The Pontiac Astre was named after the French term for a foul smelling celestial body. Towards the end of the Astre's production the car received the "Iron Duke" inline four. An engine that was infamously designed by an actual Duke, the Duke of Windsor Ontario, who had no engineering expertise whatsoever.

Your boy, BJR > 472CID 03/08/2015 at 11:50

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that duke had a hell of a fluke, that's the motor that powers postal trucks

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > 472CID 03/08/2015 at 13:47

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Here's one. Wagon, 4 speed manual, rwd, semi unicorn. How Jalop can you get?

http://eastidaho.craigslist.org/cto/4857020113…

ranwhenparked > 472CID 03/08/2015 at 14:46

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Considering that the Iron Duke replaced the Chevy 2300, I'd consider that an improvement.

Slave2anMG > John Norris (AngryDrifter) 03/08/2015 at 16:28

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WTF is it about Idaho that preserves such unicorns? Jeez.

shop-teacher > 472CID 03/08/2015 at 23:09

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"An engine that was infamously designed by an actual Duke, the Duke of Windsor Ontario, who had no engineering expertise whatsoever."

I feel like you might have made that up :)

greenagain > 472CID 03/09/2015 at 00:15

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Foul smelling?

Back in the day we nicknamed them "Ashtray".

Amoore100 > 472CID 03/09/2015 at 00:49

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This series is great, keep it going!

fhrblig > Your boy, BJR 03/09/2015 at 10:26

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That doesn't make it right.

Matthew Phillips > 472CID 03/10/2015 at 10:09

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Firebird hatch....

gimme

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > 472CID 03/10/2015 at 11:02

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