OG Dodge Magnum.  Joining its brothers at the crusher.

"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo) 11/08/2018 at 18:34 • Filed to: None

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had to find the hand-crank to get you this picture of the headlight covers. 

The las t B-body, but no love.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 18:41

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A true monument to malaise 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/08/2018 at 18:43

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Peak Bumper right there. 

RallyWrench > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 18:48

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These things looked so bitchin’ as stock cars

PyramidHat > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 18:49

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Poor man’s Cordoba...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 18:50

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Sad....I actually sortof always liked the look of these and they were interesting to see as they were relatively uncommon here.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 11/08/2018 at 18:59

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I’ve seen one in triple black.  That was a badass car.  this one is kind of gross. 

Urambo Tauro > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 19:07

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Why the crusher though? Terminal frame rot?

arl > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 19:12

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I’m so, so glad we’ve moved beyond the malaise era. 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Urambo Tauro 11/08/2018 at 19:17

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unwanted, unless derby car.

RacinBob > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 19:26

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Post it over at 24 Lemons. They a gaga over ma lai se era boats...

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > PyramidHat 11/08/2018 at 19:31

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which was a poor man’s, i’m gonna say grand prix?

PyramidHat > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 20:35

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Continental or coupe de ville...

jimz > Urambo Tauro 11/08/2018 at 21:09

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probably. guy in my high school auto shop class had a Magnum, and one of our projects was trying to do a ghetto repair on the rear end after the driver’s side leaf spring shackle punched through the trunk floor. and that was in 1994.

My dad worked at Dodge Main   (on the Hamtramck border, there’s a GM plant there now) in the late ‘70s, building Aspens and Volares. The stories I hear every now and then about that place leaves me amazed that any functional cars ever left any American plant back then.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 23:29

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I want that 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/08/2018 at 23:33

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could be arranged, but there’s probably a better one out there.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/08/2018 at 23:42

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They are just such rad looking cars. Probably horrible  in real life 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 11/09/2018 at 00:17

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facw > arl 11/09/2018 at 00:22

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I always wonder if the Gen-Xers or late Boomers get nostalgic for this stuff? I have an attachment to the designs of the ‘80s and ‘90s, but to me they definitely seem fundamentally better, and indeed I often prefer them to modern designs (though I’m not at all in denial about the fact modern cars are vastly better in every way except aesthetics).

FLmanisback > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/09/2018 at 01:49

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In 1978, Car Craft did a build on one of these that I still remember. Looked pretty cool...

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 11/09/2018 at 07:24

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Why crusher?

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 11/09/2018 at 08:51

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Death Trap, custom built by me, 100% unsafe.  Any other car is just a car, but htis is my baby and it would break my heart to know it was rotting away on some farm.  It’ll donate it’s good bits and have a dignified retirement. 

arl > facw 11/09/2018 at 08:59

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Yes and no. I w as born in 1968 so I grew up riding in and eventually driving a lot of cars from that era. Generally they were crappy. Poor reliability , poor driving dynamics, poor gas mileage, etc. There were some I would be nostalgic for, but not many.

The ones I think of fondly were probably some of the better non-American cars from that era. Mercedes Benz’s, Honda’ s, Toyota’s, etc.

Frankly, most American cars from the malaise era can stay in the malaise era.