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    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo general motors tumblr • • pip bip

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      john norris

      @pip-bip

      Great find, as always.

      The second generation Nova translated to a wagon much better in my opinion. The third generation looks awkward to me. I can see why they didn't follow through with it.

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    • late night oppo
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      pip bip

      @Old-Busted-Hotness πŸ˜›

    • night oppo
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      RacinBob

      @pip-bip That car was about peak oldsmobile. I believe the Cutlass was the best selling car in America for those years.

    • Future Next Gen S2000 Owner

      Is it really a subscription? Discuss...
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      pip bip

      @Future-Next-Gen-S2000-Owner optional my arse! i hope someone complains to the authorities and GM have to backpedal on it

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • hour rule general motors chevrolet chevy chev tumblr vintage advert • • pip bip

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      ranwhenparked

      @pip-bip These were all pretty trim by modern standards

      '64 Impala: 209.9 inches long, vs '22 Suburban at 225.7
      '64 Chevelle: 197 inches vs '22 Malibu at 193.8 (only one downsized)
      '64 Nova: 182.9 inches vs '22 Blazer at 191.4
      '64 Corvair: 180 inches vs '22 Equinox at 187.8
      '64 Corvette: 175.2 inches vs '22 Corvette at 182.3

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo general motors tumblr • • pip bip

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      drVanTraveler

      Custom Riviera at a local show,
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    • late night oppo
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      I'd honestly forgotten that there even was a V6 diesel Olds, and am pretty sure I've never encountered one in the wild. They seem to be fondly remembered by a few connoisseurs, but the reputation of their first generation V8 diesel was becoming so radioactive that I guess most buyers were afraid to approach any GM diesel.

    • late night oppo
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      SilentbutnotreallyDeadly

      @pip-bip
      Built and tested to survive the 12 month warranty period then cheap enough to get another instead of taking the out of warranty risk? Those GM folk were clever...

    • hour rule
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      Hour rule
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      SilentbutnotreallyDeadly

      @pip-bip
      I'd still pick the dunny door.

    • hour rule
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      pip bip

      @Esotericars cheers for that.

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo oldsmobile general motors tumblr • • pip bip

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    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo general motors vintage advert tumblr • • pip bip

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      SilentbutnotreallyDeadly

      @pip-bip
      A set of Pirelli Scorpion's instead of the Cinturato and...send it!

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo general motors buick tumblr • • pip bip

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      SilentbutnotreallyDeadly

      @pip-bip
      So...it's broken down already and it's being pushed by a elephant wearing a boat.

      I don't know where to start...

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo pontiac general motors tumblr vintage advert • • pip bip

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      Roadkilled

      @pip-bip

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    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo tumblr pontiac general motors • • pip bip

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      @pip-bip the mirrors

    • eye bleach material (NSFW or anywhere really)
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      CobraJoe

      @pip-bip I finally figured out why I like it, it reminds me of this old VW body kit:

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    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo pontiac vintage advert general motors tumblr • • pip bip

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      RamblinRover

      @pip-bip At the time, they were trying to brand Pontiacs in a very weird market segment - not as professional as a Buick, not as fancy as a Cadillac, not as big or fast as an Olds, not as... well, poor as a Chevy.
      Mostly that was failing and they were just being bought by thrifty old people.

      They tried to rebrand more aggressively for "young people too suave to buy a Chevy" at the end of the '50s, which is when they got rid of the chrome hood stripe that had been a trademark for years. The rebrand... sort of worked, but it left Pontiac as the company that built "cooler than Chevys" AND "cheaper than Caddys". Because they didn't eliminate the big boats, because they were money makers.

      To this day, you see a lot of well-kept big Pontiacs of the '60s in urban areas and poorer rural areas where they stayed as a status symbol up through the 70s.

    • Daewoo P100 found in Kazakhstan
      Oppositelock • daewoo shifting lanes facebook kazakhstan gmdat gmkorea general motors chevrolet • • pip bip

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      Mr.Ontop

      @pip-bip While it wasn't much more than an adequate vehicle, I always liked the grill on the Lanos I had. (not mine, but identical to the one I had) 09790f22-c7c3-4358-a3f5-d59f331358d7-image.png

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo general motors buick tumblr • • pip bip

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      ranwhenparked

      @HFV said in late night oppo:

      Altho notice it said β€œopen roof” not convertible. Lol.

      They didn't think that far ahead

    • evening oppo
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    • late night replica
      Oppositelock • late night oppo cord cadillac general motors tumblr • • pip bip

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      pip bip

      @ranwhenparked clearly too hard for some

    • night oppo
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      krustywantout

      @pip-bip 58 Eldorado Brougham. Night.

    • hour rule
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      svend

      @Ρ–Π΄ΠΈ-Π½Π°-Ρ…ΡƒΠΉ-Π’Π»Π°Π΄-formerly-known-as-Distraxi
      You have a fair point.
      My threshold for stupid or idiotic people or behaviour has worn thinner.
      The other day I saw a runner, run into traffic, as in head on, to run around a fence (red arrow),
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      which was put there so people don't cross there. He'd ran past a subway underpass, a pedestrian crossing and a bridge, not only that but the direction he was running, there was another crossing a 100 metres down the road.

    • StuckMTB

      Are you a skilled mechanic and want to live in beautiful Warren, Michigan?
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      NKato

      @StuckMTB only if they give me a fleet of every Caprice made in history, all rust proofed, and the government stops using salt in the winter.

    • Buick Envista
      Oppositelock • buick general motors china gmauthority • • pip bip

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      pip bip

      @RallyDarkstrike yea

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo lasalle general motors tumblr • • pip bip

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      Roadkilled

      @pip-bip

      Boston is one of the few cities in the United States with historic architecture. It just doesn't fit in with the surrounding neighborhood.

    • pip bip

      bend over for RHD Corvette
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      WhoIsTheLeader

      @pip-bip I see your dealerships are just as sucky as ours. And GM continues to GM.

    • hour rule
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      Roadkilled

      @pip-bip
      I have to up-vote any landau roof that actually opens, unlike the half-vinyl tops called landaus in the 70s and 80s.

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo tumblr general motors chevrolet • • pip bip

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      415s30

      @pip-bip I think that is the turn around in front of Legion of Honor Museum. I surf out to the left on the Marin side of the gate, I live just a few minutes over that hill on the other side.

    • late night oppo
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      Roadkilled

      @pip-bip

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    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo general motors cadillac tumblr • • pip bip

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      Vondon302

      @pip-bip def82141ec8ad4458f13b11bd27adee6.jpg
      That reminds me that it's derby day. Grab your big hat, a mint julip and the keys to the Merc.

    • Down on the Junkyard: GM Overload
      Oppositelock • junkyard general motors atlanta • • WhoIsTheLeader

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      WhoIsTheLeader

      @Urambo-Tauro I noted the remarkably unergonomic looking seatbelts too. Since it was in a junkyard, I didn't try sitting in it to try it out, but I was tempted.

    • late night oppo
      Oppositelock • late night oppo pontiac general motors tumblr • • pip bip

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      benn454

      @Old-Busted-Hotness Almost everything was a slow turd in 1980.

    • hour rule
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      SilentbutnotreallyDeadly

      @pip-bip
      That's a very low bar...

    • hour rule
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      Old Busted Hotness

      @pip-bip That would be the odd-fire 3.8. Since they didn't use offset crank journals, the 120-degree firing order in a 90-degree block made for some vibrations. Even-fire came later, and is the good 3.8

    • hour rule
      Oppositelock • hour rule tumblr cadillac general motors • • pip bip

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      krustywantout

      @pip-bip The CTS V wagon's father. Nice color.

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo tumblr oldsmobile general motors • • pip bip

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      krustywantout

      @pip-bip Night

    • People's Choice: Neither Chevy nor Caddy
      Oppositelock • peoples choice pontiac buick oldsmobile general motors • • amoore100

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      bbg2d

      If I could have the Park Avenue interior with the Bonneville exterior, I would be so happy. That said, I'm going Buick.

    • night oppo
      Oppositelock • night oppo pontiac general motors tumblr • • pip bip

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      krustywantout

      @pip-bip Night

    • Found on Montana Craigslist: Wider is Better Edition
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      trivet

      @drVanTraveler said in Found on Montana Craigslist: Wider is Better Edition:

      @trivet I defer to your expertise on the Fiero, but I still think anyone owning this particular modded Fiero is going to need a lift in his garage fairly often.

      That's true for any 35+ year old vehicle πŸ˜‰

    • Chevy N400
      Oppositelock • colombia general motors wuling chev chevy chevrolet gmauthority • • pip bip

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      amoore100

      @dogisbadob no, they're calling it Townstar this time

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    • night oppo
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      ranwhenparked

      @SilentbutnotreallyDeadly what, you mean North America and Mainland China don't constitute the world?

    • how long before one of these turns up in the states?
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      HFV

      @pip-bip I want this one 9965efd3-bb07-45d2-b4b6-8fff01aa5766-image.png

    • People's Choice: Flagships of GM's Aero Era
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      phenotyp

      @Mr-Ontop That's why everyone called em dustbusters.

    • late night oppo
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      Shop-Teacher

      @pip-bip I want that Buick!

    • night oppo
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      benn454

      @pip-bip alt text

      Derp Lion strikes again

    • late night oppo
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      SilentbutnotreallyDeadly

      @pip-bip
      The more things change...the more they stay the same.

      #platformsharingisbad

    • late night oppo
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    • Remember When General Motors Could Do Anything...Pepperidge Farm Remembers
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      trivet

      @ibrad

      Obscure reference For the Win!

    • late night oppo
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    • late night oppo
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      SilentbutnotreallyDeadly

      @pip-bip
      Almost prescient...

    • night oppo
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      pip bip

      @smallscalesydney be good to see one left even as a barn find

    • late night oppo
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      Urambo Tauro

      (I still think the clutch should be the "next track" symbol, though...)

    • OPPO AfterDark....Ramblings about a car I loved
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      KITT222

      @tophercrowder A great inning for that '92, and a hell of a story for the '86. I love these big body Chevys. Maybe that's why I ended up with a '13 Caprice!

    • late night oppo
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    • night oppo
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      Roadkilled

      @pip-bip
      I never drove a 1982 LeSabre, but I did get to drive a 1982 Buick Regal Diesel. Acceleration was zero to - hey, it will get there eventually. It did have plenty of room and a soft ride. My sister lived in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Parallel parking that thing was a challenge, but I appreciated the stout bumpers. It was Chicago of the mid-90s and parking was urban warfare. As long as you didn't set off too many car alarms, you were doing fine.

    • hour rule
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      Shop-Teacher

      @ranwhenparked said in hour rule:

      The fixed windows were supposedly so they could downsize the car without having to advertise a reduction in rear seat width - the back doors were hollowed out, allowing the seat to expand into the space where the window mechanism would normally be

      I learned something new today. It was a bad decision though, that's for sure.

    • hour rule
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    • late night oppo
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      Shop-Teacher

      @green-truck said in late night oppo:

      The best part was the ball chillers under the steering wheel.

      Ball chillers are excellent, this we can agree on πŸ™‚