DOTS: Mercury Bobcat

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley) 08/01/2020 at 10:04 • Filed to: None

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Canada’s rebadged Ford Pinto!

fhrblig > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 10:17

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It wasn’t just Canada, they were available here too! But they’ve pretty much all rusted back into the earth or exploded by now.

Just Jeepin' > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 10:18

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Burnt-out brake light on the left or turn signal on the right?

Asking for a friend.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Just Jeepin' 08/01/2020 at 10:20

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Insert “why not both meme”

It was a signal light though

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > fhrblig 08/01/2020 at 10:21

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Yeah, you are right.  I think  the Bobcat badge ran longer up here though (from Wikipedia)

Just Jeepin' > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 10:22

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Were you tempted to tap it in the rear to see whether its reputation was well-earned?

Ash78, voting early and often > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 10:22

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This is so eccentric, it almost HAS to be a rich person just laying low. The cost and effort to keep one of these running all these years...

“Son, before you leave Doha, you must choose between the Bugatti and the 2 bedroom flat...or the Pinto and the 30-acre estate home.”

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Ash78, voting early and often 08/01/2020 at 10:31

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I think it is a DD too. We don't live in a salt region, so it's possible. But yeah.... It's like perfectly maintaining a new Kia Rio until 2060

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Just Jeepin' 08/01/2020 at 10:32

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Perfect candidate for #kinja'd meme

onlytwowheels > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 10:38

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Bobcats in the states all had larger rear hatch glass, and larger tail lights on the earlier years.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > fhrblig 08/01/2020 at 10:47

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“ It wasn’t just Canada, they were available here too!”

Where is your ‘here’?

fhrblig > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 08/01/2020 at 11:04

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I’m right over here! Can’t you see me waving at you?

Longtime Lurker > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 11:15

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My aunt and uncle bought one of these new, got into a crash after a month with like 90% retail value repair costs and the insurance company wouldn't total it off. They had to wait months for it to be repaired because parts weren't available.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Longtime Lurker 08/01/2020 at 11:23

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God that's awful.  I can't imagine it lasted long after all that

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 12:13

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The fact it’s not on collector plate!

# survivedaircare

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 08/01/2020 at 12:29

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Oh I never thought about aircare. My truck failed a few times

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > onlytwowheels 08/01/2020 at 12:31

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Wow, that’s terrible!

Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 12:39

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Banned to recesses of our minds. The old man had a constant battle, I think the Taurus almost got 3rd striked  one year LOL.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com 08/01/2020 at 12:41

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Yiiiiikes. Aircare was always a ritual for me. Trying to prep for it

fintail > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 12:57

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When I was a kid, we shared an alley/lane with a friend’s grandparents , who at the time had a late model (~1988) Fleetwood in yellow on yellow, and a Bobcat woody wagon. Even then the Bobcat was something unusual, and it was pristine, like a new car. It wasn’t to last forever, as IIRC someone ran a stop light and t-boned it, destroying the car. A woody today would be a real unicorn.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 13:46

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ranwhenparked > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/01/2020 at 14:29

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Yeah, Canada got the Bobcat one year earlier than the US.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > fhrblig 08/01/2020 at 19:47

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Where? I can’t see you!

fhrblig > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 08/02/2020 at 00:03

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Man, Larry Fitzgerald is getting old quickly.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 08/02/2020 at 10:23

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And, now, I’ll have “Love that Bobcat, Love that Bobcat!” stuck in my head all week.

Spunky!

Love that Bobcat indeed...