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« on: February 14, 2010, 08:34:24 am »
I was looking thru some old pics of mine and came across this photo of a car that I used to see down the street from my house in Montebello,Ca. around 1980 or so. I think the person who owned this car worked here , because I would see it during the day in the same spot quite often !... I always thought this car was "Badass" even today...! It was a nicely done !....
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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2010, 13:51:15 pm »
cool car randy ,what color was the car yellow , pale yellow Huh
other pictures  ?? engine , inside etc...

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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2010, 17:15:11 pm »
No Fab's......The car was "Bright yellow".....the pic is a old Polaroid that's fading ....the car was Soooo Cal-look had a trick dash and I think Plaid seats ...Very ahead of it time for time time !

Yes A "Very Koool Car"...I only wish I had more pics !..I think it even had "VDO Jet cockpit style gauges"..Which I think was so very kool !!!...I never saw the motor
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« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2010, 17:21:36 pm »
"Even Buggie Bumpers like Yours"...!!!.....Those are Soooo very Kool Too..... Wink Grin
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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2010, 17:31:11 pm »
i've seen that the car had buggy bar and headlight&turn signal painted Wink
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2010, 17:37:38 pm »
Cool car! A few of us left the factory front indicators on, while dechroming the rest of the car, back then. Car looks sorta familiar... but without seeing the interior or engine, hard to identify. We had a few DEEKS from that area, hopefully, they can chime in and help out.
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2010, 17:46:53 pm »
the door handles look black not chromed
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2010, 18:04:39 pm »
Quote from: speedwell on February 14, 2010, 17:46:53 pm
the door handles look black not chromed

Yes, sir... very common in those days.
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2010, 20:01:47 pm »
guy's I got ta thinking and I believe this was taken "before" 1980...!! like 1978 or 1979 which made this car more interesting...yes the door handle's "Were" black..! Headlight rings painted same as the car as were the turn signal's Too..!..This car looked "way nicer" in person...!

Also you can tell by the cars in the background what era it was ...!
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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2010, 20:17:35 pm »
Looks like a building complex I rented a shop in costa mesa.
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« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2010, 20:22:53 pm »
is that an amc pacer behind it ??
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« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2010, 23:09:05 pm »
Quote from: danny gabbard on February 14, 2010, 20:17:35 pm
Looks like a building complex I rented a shop in costa mesa.
Danny this was in Montebello,Ca ( Greenwood ave. & Washington Blvd. ) but I know that this type of complex was a dime a dozen in So.Cal..
I "Never " saw this car at any events that's what makes it so mysterious...!
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« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2010, 23:12:38 pm »
Quote from: ian c on February 14, 2010, 20:22:53 pm
is that an amc pacer behind it ??
Ian...It does look like one ,but I think it's a "Mercury Bobcat"....? Mercury's version of a Ford Pinto
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« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2010, 01:30:58 am »
Randy, it looks more like a 1978 Buick Regal behind the bug and it doesn't look all that new.
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« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2010, 02:05:20 am »
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Randy, it looks more like a 1978 Buick Regal behind the bug and it doesn't look all that new.

Dan ..You are right ..!...I zoomed in on the pic and could see that it was indeed a Regal...!...Dan Did you ever see his car ..?
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« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2010, 02:47:28 am »
No. I don't recall that car. But, I'll bet the owner at the time of this photo, wasn't the guy who built it as a Cal Look car.
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« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2010, 05:34:39 am »
By the way Randy do you remember VDO had an outlet in Montebello back then? One of our high school friends was working for them an I ended up with a box full of gauges. Since I had already sold my '69, I gave them away. I wish I would've kept them.
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« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2010, 06:22:31 am »
 Are you kidding...!!!..I never knew that !..Where were they located...?
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« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2010, 06:33:08 am »
Near Greenleaf and Washington. It's been over 27 years and I would have to drive down there to remember.
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« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2010, 08:43:17 am »
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Near Greenleaf and Washington. It's been over 27 years and I would have to drive down there to remember.
Greenleaf..! or Greenwood...! If its Greenwood it's in Montebello  , I don't know if Greenleaf Cross's Washington..?...If it is Greenwood then I'll bet ya "Thats " were this pic was taken..! On Greenwood !..This car had VDO Jet cockpit gauges all the way across the dash if I remember right ..!
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« Reply #20 on: February 15, 2010, 16:56:15 pm »
Green-something!! It's in Montebello HAHAHAHAHA!

And you've got the picture! That's more than likely the reason you saw the VDO gauges in that car. The outlet was owned by VDO-Argo and I have been down that way a couple of years later they were still there but, I'm sure they've vacated soon after. I know they were repairing gauges too.

I remember each of the gauges in my box still had the styrafoam packaging with a red/black & clear sleeve. They were all new. I didn't buy any of the senders as I wasn't sure if I wanted to install them.
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« Reply #21 on: February 15, 2010, 20:31:42 pm »
That would Sooo ...! explain that ..!...."Wow"...right in my own backyard .....!!! Shocked
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« Reply #22 on: February 15, 2010, 22:11:43 pm »
You'd be surprised that everyone you know has an interesting story from their past.  Wink

So, let's talk about Elaine....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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« Reply #23 on: February 16, 2010, 00:06:25 am »
That's funny.....!! But why talk ...?...I'll just show you the pictures...!!! Shocked Shocked Shocked....... .... Grin Grin Grin
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