Cool Rides - Part 9

[Smitty]

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I am convinced they do it to make people buy more phones.

the simple answer to that is ... yes !

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1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 1.jpg

1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 2.jpg

[Smitty]

1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 1.jpg

1966 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 2.jpg

.. is the origin of the 'SS' badging? as in Super Sport

[whitels1ss]

.. is the origin of the 'SS' badging? as in Super Sport

Yep, it also has "Super Sport" script badges on the rear quarter panels.

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[Smitty]

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was in Vegas in 98 (or99?) and the Sands Hotel (yep, that place in the Sun) had been recently demolished and they were clearing the site to build....
what we now know as the Venetian Expo centre

Memories ... and some trivia for ya's!

[Pickles]

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Foot on bumper Frank?...shame on you!!

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1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville 2-door Coupe.jpg

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My own Corvette gets a mention here as it is 50 years old today.

Built 31/03/1974

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[Pickles]

1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville 2-door Coupe.jpg

'58 Eldorado Biarritz? .....I'd love one! ( not sure if I've got the spelling right! )

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[Smitty]

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my personal opinion (and I don't think Holden design guys got much wrong)
but
the Bruffhmmm (as the yanks in Detroit called it ) is just wrong, unbalanced.. a lumpy design of no taste
(as one of my mates call them, I agree)

that pic belongs elsewhere here... if you get my drift