Pontiac 6000

[cawimmer430]

Geez that thing could not look more unsettled in those corners.

Pontiac - "We Build Excitement!"

[93JC]

Eh, it looks to be doing okay. It's clearly hitting some bumps in the corners, which you would expect from a real road. An ad today wouldn't be done like that, it would be on a skidpad or on a salt flat like Bonneville or something like that. With lots of slow-mo and dorifto.

[280Z Turbo]

Geez that thing could not look more unsettled in those corners.

Bouncy bouncy

[Secret Chimp]

Eh, it looks to be doing okay. It's clearly hitting some bumps in the corners, which you would expect from a real road. An ad today wouldn't be done like that, it would be on a skidpad or on a salt flat like Bonneville or something like that. With lots of slow-mo and dorifto.

C&D 10 Okay!

[Rupert]

This is relevant to this thread, trust me.

The Red Green Show "House Moving" Ep. 163 (1998)

[Madman]

This is relevant to this thread, trust me.

I want the last 10 minutes of my life back! 

[Rupert]

I want the last 10 minutes of my life back! 

Dude, fuck you, Red Green is awesome.

[Secret Chimp]

Red Green is bad dad jokes most of the time, I can't get into it. Though it is pretty funny when it's funny.

[Rupert]

I can see that. I used to watch it as a kid, though.

[Mustangfan2003]

I remember seeing a 6000 a few years ago with a New Jersey plates.  With all the rust I'm not sure how it hadn't completely fallen apart.  When I used to work in a parts store our manager told us one night someone called him asking for something for a Pontiac Gooley.  They couldn't figure out what the fuck the idiot was talking about but then they figured out it was a 6000 LE. 

[Madman]

I remember seeing a 6000 a few years ago with a New Jersey plates.  With all the rust I'm not sure how it hadn't completely fallen apart.  When I used to work in a parts store our manager told us one night someone called him asking for something for a Pontiac Gooley.  They couldn't figure out what the fuck the idiot was talking about but then they figured out it was a 6000 LE. 

His brother drove a Pontiac Gooose. 

[Soup DeVille]

I remember seeing a 6000 a few years ago with a New Jersey plates.  With all the rust I'm not sure how it hadn't completely fallen apart.  When I used to work in a parts store our manager told us one night someone called him asking for something for a Pontiac Gooley.  They couldn't figure out what the fuck the idiot was talking about but then they figured out it was a 6000 LE. 

Is that kind of like the Ford Fiso?

[cawimmer430]

All this talk about old school Pontiac's is making me nostalgic! 

WANT! 

[Soup DeVille]

Glide away tailgate, eh?

That is one thing the Mercury's tailgate doesn't do....

[FoMoJo]

Where does it glide away to?

[Laconian]

Where does it glide away to?

Iron oxide.

[FoMoJo]

Iron oxide.

I see.  After a couple of years there's just a big hole back there.

[Laconian]

That's what happened to my family's Safari. Eventually the tailgate became so rusty and shitty that we stopped opening it lest it never close again.

I grew some kind of exotic mold in one of the deep pockets adjacent to the rear facing seats. The horse chestnuts that I had secreted away split apart and festered, supercharged with the sticky bits of discarded Halloween candy. Cleaning that mess up was frightening - the mold looked really alien, thick hairs with balls on the end.. blech.

[Madman]

Where does it glide away to?

The 1971-76 GM B-body wagon's clam shell tailgate disappeared behind the rear bumper.  The back window glass retracted up into the roof.  Cool idea but the complex mechanisms were known to become troublesome as the cars got older.  These issues and the added weight, cost and complexity is undoubtedly why GM never developed it for the downsized 1977 full-sized wagons.

Here's how it worked......


Tailgate Operation

[FoMoJo]

Kind of neat.

[cawimmer430]

The 1971-76 GM B-body wagon's clam shell tailgate disappeared behind the rear bumper.  The back window glass retracted up into the roof.  Cool idea but the complex mechanisms were known to become troublesome as the cars got older.  These issues and the added weight, cost and complexity is undoubtedly why GM never developed it for the downsized 1977 full-sized wagons.

Here's how it worked......


Tailgate Operation

Epic brilliantness!

[Madman]

Epic brilliantness!

Yeah, but I like the rear of the Studebaker Wagonaire better.


Mr. Ed Short Opening 1963 Studebaker Wagonaire Commercial Sponsor


It's a fun convertible, a roomy sedan and a business or family carryall.  And the ladies love the Exclusive beauty vanity, complete with mirror!

It's just the thing for carrying a children's playground slide while letting the kids and the dog roll around unrestrained inside the cargo bay!  Safety?  What's that?  Oh I can also tow the boat while the screaming kids are hanging out the rear window, while humming the advertising jingle based on "The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe".  Besides, if it's good enough for Mr. Ed, it's good enough for me.  Hey, if you can't trust a talking horse, then who can you trust?

You know what?  I think I'll go right down to my local Studebaker right now and test drive the new......er.......oh.  DAMN!

[Soup DeVille]

Don't know what you're talking about. That's perfectly safe. Tailgates even closed.

[cawimmer430]

That Studebaker Wagonaire commercial is BRILLIANT! 

Now that's some awesome advertising! I enjoyed that commercial despite its silliness.

[cawimmer430]

OH GOD. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=chy_Tye7Vs4

[FoMoJo]

Yeah, but I like the rear of the Studebaker Wagonaire better.


Mr. Ed Short Opening 1963 Studebaker Wagonaire Commercial Sponsor


It's a fun convertible, a roomy sedan and a business or family carryall.  And the ladies love the Exclusive beauty vanity, complete with mirror!

It's just the thing for carrying a children's playground slide while letting the kids and the dog roll around unrestrained inside the cargo bay!  Safety?  What's that?  Oh I can also tow the boat while the screaming kids are hanging out the rear window, while humming the advertising jingle based on "The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe".  Besides, if it's good enough for Mr. Ed, it's goon enough for me.  Hey, if you can't trust a talking horse, then who can you trust?

You know what?  I think I'll go right down to my local Studebaker right now and test drive the new......er.......oh.  DAMN!

Mr. ED!  I can't believe I used to watch that show.

[MX793]

Yeah, but I like the rear of the Studebaker Wagonaire better.


Mr. Ed Short Opening 1963 Studebaker Wagonaire Commercial Sponsor


It's a fun convertible, a roomy sedan and a business or family carryall.  And the ladies love the Exclusive beauty vanity, complete with mirror!

It's just the thing for carrying a children's playground slide while letting the kids and the dog roll around unrestrained inside the cargo bay!  Safety?  What's that?  Oh I can also tow the boat while the screaming kids are hanging out the rear window, while humming the advertising jingle based on "The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe".  Besides, if it's good enough for Mr. Ed, it's goon enough for me.  Hey, if you can't trust a talking horse, then who can you trust?

You know what?  I think I'll go right down to my local Studebaker right now and test drive the new......er.......oh.  DAMN!

And GM thought they were clever with the Envoy XUV which had a similar sliding roof over the cargo area.

[Madman]

And GM thought they were clever with the Envoy XUV which had a similar sliding roof over the cargo area.

Yep, designer Brooks Stevens beat GM to the punch by a mere four decades!

[Mustangfan2003]

Studabaker did make some interesting cars.  It's a shame they merged with Packard and bring them down as well. 

[SVT_Power]

Geez that thing could not look more unsettled in those corners.

Looks like it doesn't have any dampers