Kaiser All-Aluminum cars

 cc_rider wrote: 
You'd have to be a bit of a dick to want to drive that car.

 oldviolin wrote: 
Thank you for not posting. Looks like it was built on a Morgan chassis. Regardless, interesting statement.

 Proclivities wrote: 
Back in the 70's I had the Buick version of that wagon. Same car except for trim. I really liked it. GM used 4 speed Hydramatics in those so the milage wasn't really awful maybe 17 ish. I sold it to a female friend and when she replaced the battery later she didn't put the hold down back and the battery fell over on a nice 100 degree day on Phoenix. It must have hit the fan as the engine compartment burst into flames and that was the end of the car. A real shame as it was almost like new before. Was really well made.

Ok, I won't post it, but the inner jacket of Steppenwolf's For Ladies Only would be an interesting choice...or not.

 Proclivities wrote: 
That is one cool wagon...

 DaveInVA wrote: 
I wondered what they meant; that makes sense.  That's a cool looking wagon: nice two-tone with a "Strato-Streak V-8!"  I imagine it burned a lot of gas, but it was probably about 25¢ a gallon back then.

 Proclivities wrote: 
I guess they mean GM in general. The first production pillarless hardtops were in 1949 with Olds, Caddy and Buick (but not Pontiac). 

 haresfur wrote: 
"...from the originator of hardtop styling"?

 Proclivities wrote: 
Sleeps two.

 Steve wrote: 
Ha! That was our family car. 67, Butternut Yellow, black interior...

 islander wrote: 
My just-out-of-high-school Camaro was a '67 that was similar in color to the appliances in our family home, circa 1973. It never looked as nice as this one, but I did "drive it for dating with my girl(s)."
 

 Proclivities wrote: 
Car colors tend to follow consumer goods products by a year or two. Avocado green appliances were all the rage at the time.

I had a Camaro with a 454 when I was about 18. I put a lot of work into building it, so I had some restraint, but I also used to bet people a tank of gas that it would spin the tires in all four gears. So Yay luck! 

 Prodigal_SOB wrote: 
Yes, you probably were very fortunate to have survived with such a tempting vehicle - especially at that age.  The green shades were pretty popular back then - it seems like the Ford/Mercury green was a little lighter (or "yellower") than the GM/Pontiac green (I'm a little fuzzy on it, but I had a few friends who restored old muscle cars years back and they had the paint formulas and samples).  I guess those shades aren't as popular these days, though Kia and Ford (among others) do have sort of metallic "Day-Glo" greens on some of their models.

 Proclivities wrote: 
I've never bought a car new and color has never entered into my decision making in the slightest.  I even drove around in a retired ambulance for a few years.  However if you take away the black stripe and fancy wheels and put a lot more road dirt on it then this is the very first car I ever owned.
 

 
The 351 Cleveland more than made up for the color I think.  I also think I was very fortunate to survive owning such a machine at nineteen.

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Yes, especially that color.  I don't remember seeing very many of those back then.  Chevy's El Camino was apparently more popular.

 Proclivities wrote: 
that's a whole lotta ugly right there