"S65" (granthp)
12/20/2016 at 12:40 • Filed to: Caprice, Classic
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"S65" (granthp)
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Classic Caprice.
jimz
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:43 |
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The seeds for Cadillac’s slide into near irrelevance started here:
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:43 |
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Read half of instructions, posting Capri.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:44 |
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S65
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/20/2016 at 12:46 |
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Zakspeed, Capri
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S65
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/20/2016 at 12:46 |
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nah
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:48 |
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Made after the Caprice ended production, so you could say it’s post-Caprice
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/20/2016 at 12:48 |
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/blasphemer
404 - User No Longer Available
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:48 |
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“post” Caprice, right?
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:49 |
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Wrong. The classic Caprice has four doors:
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404 - User No Longer Available
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/20/2016 at 12:51 |
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Impala SS was still around then, I think.
For Sweden
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:51 |
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Keep Oppo Caprice
Goggles Pizzano
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:51 |
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> jimz
12/20/2016 at 12:52 |
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What I hate are six-foot-long doors on coupes.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/20/2016 at 12:52 |
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That’s the joke.
ttyymmnn
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:53 |
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I liked the 77 better. Dat back win doe.
Steve in Manhattan
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:55 |
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Giant car, 2 doors.
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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> 404 - User No Longer Available
12/20/2016 at 12:55 |
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Nope. Impala took a break for a few years to save room for the Lumina.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/20/2016 at 12:56 |
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While the Crown Vic is in every way a robust and dependable whip, the 9C1 was a superior car. In police duty, the Caprice outperformed the Vic in power, braking and even
fuel economy
. The Caprice also has a taller cabin and is thus much more comfortable; the seating position is more
commanding
. No panther hating here, just testifying to the outstandingness of the Caprice and its superiority to the Panther.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/20/2016 at 12:57 |
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A lot of people don’t recall this, but the sixth gen Eldorado/first gen Toronado had two sets of door handles - one for the rear seat passengers. At no point did somebody ask “why is this not a four door?”
Amoore100
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:58 |
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Bathtub Caprice is best Caprice.
CalzoneGolem
> S65
12/20/2016 at 12:59 |
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More like didgeri-don’t! Amirite?
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404 - User No Longer Available
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/20/2016 at 13:01 |
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I’m talking about the B-Body Impala SS... Lumina LTZ overlapped it by 1 year in 1996.
And the new Impala IS the Lumina.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/20/2016 at 13:03 |
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That’s not where I was going with that at all.
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jimz
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/20/2016 at 13:08 |
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spoken like a man who has had to shim the sagging doors of a ‘70s F-Body at least once.
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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> 404 - User No Longer Available
12/20/2016 at 13:08 |
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Oh, I wasn’t specifying the LTZ trim, just the Lumina which continued past the B-body.
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404 - User No Longer Available
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/20/2016 at 13:18 |
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Yeah... but the LTZ you posted is intended to be a “substitute” for the Impala SS, but I’m sure both were on the lots at the same time.
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ttyymmnn
> Amoore100
12/20/2016 at 13:18 |
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That car was originally ugly as sin, but the Hofmeister kink saved it.
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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> 404 - User No Longer Available
12/20/2016 at 13:18 |
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You missed the point. It’s a Lumina. It doesn’t matter what trim. It’s post-Caprice. Impala isn’t Caprice.
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404 - User No Longer Available
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/20/2016 at 13:27 |
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The 1996 Impala SS WAS a Caprice. Just like a Mercury Marauder is a Crown Victoria/Grand Marquis.
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SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> 404 - User No Longer Available
12/20/2016 at 13:30 |
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Okay, so I didn’t post a Lumina, I posted a Cutlass Supreme.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/20/2016 at 13:47 |
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I was probably too busy retching to ask.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/20/2016 at 13:49 |
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I wasn’t going anywhere either, really, other than a general rant theme. I know there are a bunch of Panther lovers on Oppo and I thought you might be one of them. It’s all good. I lament the passing of the American body-on-frame RWD sedan. But the Caprice was the best...
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> jimz
12/20/2016 at 14:03 |
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I never have, but, pretty much.
shop-teacher
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/20/2016 at 16:22 |
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See now, that’s what I LIKE .... but I’m a weirdo.
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shop-teacher
> SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
12/20/2016 at 16:23 |
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EW!
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shop-teacher
> Goggles Pizzano
12/20/2016 at 16:24 |
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HHNNNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!
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shop-teacher
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/20/2016 at 16:25 |
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A buddy of mine had one just like it. His parents had purchased it new, and it was still going with 350k miles on it.
ppstone
> S65
12/31/2016 at 21:17 |
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I share this photo with you because Caprice is a name that brings too many memories to me, this photo was taken in 1977 aprox., my mom (left) and a cousin (right) are in front of our white Caprice, thanks so much for share this post, and sorry for the old photograph.
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S65
> ppstone
12/31/2016 at 21:23 |
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That’s a nice little photograph
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ppstone
> S65
12/31/2016 at 21:27 |
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hahaha yes a little photograph, it is because I scaned in high definition for archivals purpouses, greetings! Happy New Year S65-!