"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/29/2020 at 16:41 • Filed to: Dots
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/29/2020 at 16:41 • Filed to: Dots | 6
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Spotted this down on the UT campus this afternoon. Antique Auto indeed. Originally purchased in Abilene, TX, where the average rainfall can fit in a tea cup , which might explain the lack of visible rust. I just had to get out and take a picture of it.
E90M3
> ttyymmnn
09/29/2020 at 16:46 |
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My mom had one of those at some point.
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> ttyymmnn
09/29/2020 at 16:54 |
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Incredible condition, but that looks like a small rust spot on the hatchback lid.
fintail
> ttyymmnn
09/29/2020 at 16:55 |
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Wow, looking at the apparent state of preservation, this didn’t survive randomly. Somebody’s baby, or it was put away for 35 years.
I wonder if it’s a twin stick:
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ttyymmnn
> E90M3
09/29/2020 at 16:57 |
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My cousin had the Colt version.
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ttyymmnn
> fintail
09/29/2020 at 16:58 |
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I did not look inside.
Darkbrador
> ttyymmnn
09/29/2020 at 17:00 |
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It is a nice car ... good catch.
MonkeePuzzle
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
09/29/2020 at 17:17 |
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a, singular, rust spot, and not near an edge. simply incredible.
Mark Tucker
> ttyymmnn
09/29/2020 at 17:23 |
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I had the Colt version, but mine was 30% rust by weight by the time I got it. Fun little car to chuck around, though. The twin-stick was a gimmick; you left it in “Power” until you were cruising in 4th on the freeway and then pulled it back into “Econ.” Otherwise it didn’t have enough power to
punch its way through a wet paper towel.
Thomas Donohue
> ttyymmnn
09/29/2020 at 17:48 |
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Awesome...my first car. Bought it used from my brother. Four on the floor, baby!
( At one point before it was mine, my sister borrowed it and got rear-ended. She wasn’t badly hurt, but enough that she ended up getting a pretty decent check as a settlement. She didn’t even offer to help with repairs to the car, my brother was returned a smashed up rear bumper and tailgate.)
Jim Spanfeller
> ttyymmnn
09/29/2020 at 19:08 |
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Why do I feel like that car’s name is sarcastic?
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ttyymmnn
> Jim Spanfeller
09/29/2020 at 19:12 |
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Perhaps it’s just overly optimistic.
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Jim Spanfeller
> ttyymmnn
09/29/2020 at 19:15 |
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Or positive reinforcement. As in, “Good job, Champ! You made it to the store! who’ sagoodboy? Now let’s try to make it home as well!”
punkgoose17
> ttyymmnn
09/29/2020 at 19:57 |
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Honestly I want it, and downloaded the 1st and 2nd picture.
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> fintail
09/29/2020 at 20:21 |
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Probably, I think most of them were. My parents had a blue 4-door exactly like pictured. About 1983 or so. It was poverty spec but they loved it.
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fintail
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
09/29/2020 at 20:37 |
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I have a 1981 Consumer Guide car book - they rave about it (a Champ or Colt, I forget). .
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MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> fintail
09/29/2020 at 20:56 |
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Theres was a Colt. I’ve always wondered if the 4-door was somewhat rare as I don’t remember ever seeing another one even back in the day.
Jayvincent
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
09/29/2020 at 21:54 |
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The Colt was the Dodge variant, or at least the mid-80's one I drove was, 4 door with a 5 speed and a Mitsubishi motor, something like this
carcrasher88
> Jim Spanfeller
09/29/2020 at 22:28 |
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I believe the Champ name was meant to represent it’s efficiency. Basically, a fuel mileage champ.
When it debuted, it had the highest EPA fuel economy rating in the US (coincidentally, today’s Mitsubishi Mirage, the modern day version of the Champ, which was a rebadged Mirage, has the highest EPA fuel economy of any non-hybrid car in the US), 33 MPG City, 43 MPG Highway, with the 1.6 and Twin-Stick automatic.
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MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Jayvincent
09/29/2020 at 23:23 |
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That’s the later version. My parents was a 4 door hatch otherwise exactly like the OP. I don’t remember if it was 4 or 5 (5 I think) but it definitely had the twin sticks.
Somewhere (Wikipedia maybe) I read the twin sticks was kind of a clever solution to an engineering problem where the engine they wanted to use didn’t turn the correct direction. So they just added an overdrive to reverse it.
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MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> ttyymmnn
09/29/2020 at 23:38 |
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My parents was virtually identical to this one. I had to search a long time to find a 4-door:
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ttyymmnn
> MiniGTI - now with XJ6
09/29/2020 at 23:47 |
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It came in a four door?
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MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> ttyymmnn
09/30/2020 at 13:52 |
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Yes they musta been pretty rare as I don’t remember seeing them back in the day and it took quite a bit of searching to find that pic (and it was even more work to get it onto Kinja).