Here's a rare one

"Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief" (flynorcal) 03/18/2017 at 22:13 • Filed to: None

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The fabric seats are in good condition even. How did this ever end up parked on my street? Shame it’s missing the louvers from the rear windshield.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/18/2017 at 22:17

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I’m sitting outside a brewery right now. There’s a Mazda 6-something-6 here that’s straights our of 1987. It looks fine but I guess it needs something, so I know how you feel:

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/18/2017 at 22:34

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I think Kinja ate your photo. Regardless what it’s probably missing is the Ford Taurus emblem. I think the 626 and the Taurus were the same car if my memory is correct.

If it isn’t I’m sure I’ll find out here in a hurry. 

interstate366, now In The Industry > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/18/2017 at 22:35

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Trying again.

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/18/2017 at 22:44

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Oh whoa that’s not what I was thinking of by more than a decade.

I can only assume we’re seeing the cars of Cuban immigrants who got here in the 80's, bought cars, and refuse to allow them to die, out of habit.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/18/2017 at 22:47

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Yeah, I was surprised to see it: I’m 31, and haven’t seen a 626 like that in at least a decade.

fintail > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/19/2017 at 00:34

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Come to Seattle :) I saw two of them last week, one a pre-CHMSL model. Old cars live on in the PNW.

fintail > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/19/2017 at 00:35

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And still on blue plates, so it has been kept active. Must be a labor of love.

I have no data and I am too lazy to look it up, I think these were MY 82-83 only.

interstate366, now In The Industry > fintail 03/19/2017 at 10:59

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It did have Oregon plates, so it traveled quite a long way to get to Virginia.

fintail > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/19/2017 at 13:18

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No doubt those are on every other corner in Portlandia.

carcrazydan738 > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/20/2017 at 12:15

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Wow cool! I have never seen a hatchback version of this car before other than the VW dasher

Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief > carcrazydan738 03/20/2017 at 12:29

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I thought it was a Scirocco at first and then had no idea what I was looking at until the badge.

carcrazydan738 > Flynorcal: pilot, offshore sailor, car racer and panty thief 03/20/2017 at 13:40

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There’s always something cool about classic VWs