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Auto Talk => General Automotive => Topic started by: Byteme on February 11, 2011, 07:30:21 AM

Title: Your first car...............new and improved.
Post by: Byteme on February 11, 2011, 07:30:21 AM
 I ran across this web site.  http://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html  It's the most complete collection of US car brochures I've ran across.  So post a page from the brochure of your first car.

I'll start with mine.  

I had the 63 Belaire.

(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/chevy/63c/bilder/5.jpg)
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Post by: cawimmer430 on February 11, 2011, 07:41:13 AM
1992 Mitsubishi Galant GTI 2.0 DOHC 16V. Basically a non-turbo FWD VR4. Great car. I still miss it.

Looked exactly like this but it was silver.

(http://images01.olx.com.ph/ui/2/02/39/20099339_1.jpg)
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Post by: Onslaught on February 11, 2011, 07:49:07 AM
I've never had an American car before so it can't help me. And I did a fast google search and didn't turn up a brochure for the 1987 Mazda B2000 pickup truck.


I really miss that truck. I'd love to have it back. I need something just that size for around the house and driving to work. I don't need these huge trucks made today.
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Post by: Madman on February 11, 2011, 07:51:15 AM
Wow, great site!  Here's mine, a 1952 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe sedan, same green as in this illustration!

(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/chevy/bilder/52cvy5.jpg)
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Post by: Morris Minor on February 11, 2011, 08:06:59 AM
This was mine, bought it new, same color & trim level, except I had the 1,100cc 55hp version. Car Magazine described it as a "bang-up-to-date supermini."

(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/fairalbion/1986Uno0405.jpg)

It took three years to fall apart & rust through.
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Post by: AutobahnSHO on February 11, 2011, 08:14:17 AM
No Hondas.  :huh:
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Post by: Byteme on February 11, 2011, 08:23:19 AM
Quote from: AutobahnSHO on February 11, 2011, 08:14:17 AM
No Hondas.  :huh:

"It's the most complete collection of US car brochures I've ran across."  To clarify, U. S. Manufacturer car brochures.

I understand there is a sister site for european brands but I haven't found it.
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Post by: sportyaccordy on February 11, 2011, 09:10:00 AM
Old Japanese car brocures are actually in really high demand. My Accord apparently had a navigation option in 1989 (!!!)
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Post by: 68_427 on February 11, 2011, 09:26:39 AM
Couldn't find one.
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Post by: 68_427 on February 11, 2011, 09:26:57 AM
Quote from: sportyaccordy on February 11, 2011, 09:10:00 AM
Old Japanese car brocures are actually in really high demand. My Accord apparently had a navigation option in 1989 (!!!)

Olds had Nav at that time too.
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Post by: cawimmer430 on February 11, 2011, 09:32:50 AM
Quote from: EtypeJohn on February 11, 2011, 08:23:19 AM
I understand there is a sister site for european brands but I haven't found it.

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch2.html
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Post by: ifcar on February 11, 2011, 09:44:50 AM
(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/02ford/bilder/8.jpg)
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Post by: cawimmer430 on February 11, 2011, 09:46:48 AM
Ifcar, I thought your first car was a Kia Sedona?
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Post by: ifcar on February 11, 2011, 09:48:19 AM
Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 11, 2011, 09:46:48 AM
Ifcar, I thought your first car was a Kia Sedona?

By the metric of first car I drove a lot, yeah, it would be the Caravan that preceded the Sedona. But there wasn't a brochure for the Caravan on the site.
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Post by: Secret Chimp on February 11, 2011, 05:25:38 PM
(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/68ford/bilder/8.jpg)

Different hubcaps and Ford Pea Green
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Post by: Speed_Racer on February 11, 2011, 06:21:38 PM
Couldn't find one on your site, but I did find this old article online. Mine was exactly the same inside and out, except it was black.

Loved that car - peppy like a Civic Si, but people didn't want to steal it as much.

http://www.stangbangers.com/91_Escort_GT_Article.htm (http://www.stangbangers.com/91_Escort_GT_Article.htm)

(http://www.stangbangers.com/91EscortGT_Article1e.jpg)
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Post by: MX793 on February 11, 2011, 08:22:34 PM
(http://www.carmanuals.com/manuals/manual-image-large/1992-92-nissan-240sx-240-sx-brochure-se-le-std_290517863386.jpg)
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Post by: Rupert on February 11, 2011, 08:44:38 PM
My earliest car that I could find on that site, except a '73.

(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/others3/74vo/bilder/3.jpg)
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Post by: Rich on February 11, 2011, 08:45:05 PM
(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/pontiac/93pont/bilder/3.jpg)

(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/chevy/99/bilder/7.jpg)

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Post by: Vinsanity on February 11, 2011, 10:40:31 PM
mine wasn't a turbo, but I remember this ad, and liking it

(http://www.netikka.net/ronne/volvo/240t.jpg)
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Post by: ifcar on February 12, 2011, 06:42:17 AM
I'm liking those seatbelts on the Grand Prix ad.
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Post by: cawimmer430 on February 12, 2011, 01:34:26 PM
Quote from: Secret Chimp on February 11, 2011, 05:25:38 PM
(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/ford/68ford/bilder/8.jpg)

Different hubcaps and Ford Pea Green

SEXY!  :wub:
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Post by: hotrodalex on February 13, 2011, 01:14:24 PM
There isn't one for the El Camino, but here's one for the Chevelle.

(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/chevy/bilder/69vel_2.jpg)
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Post by: AutobahnSHO on February 14, 2011, 09:58:35 AM
Quote from: ifcar on February 12, 2011, 06:42:17 AM
I'm liking those seatbelts on the Grand Prix ad.

Yeah, kind of weird/ugly.  They're showing off the "optional bucket seats"!

As a sidenote, my in-laws ran one into the ground. 300+ thousand miles and besides usual stuff only replaced the computer- my wife fell asleep with her foot holding the cigarette lighter in for a very long time. It fried the computer.
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Post by: AutobahnSHO on February 14, 2011, 10:00:35 AM
Quote from: hotrodalex on February 13, 2011, 01:14:24 PM
There isn't one for the El Camino, but here's one for the Chevelle.

(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/chevy/bilder/69vel_2.jpg)

325- or 350-horsepower with craptacular suspension/braking !!!!?!?!?!!!  Must have been something.
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Post by: the Teuton on February 14, 2011, 10:02:06 AM
Someone want to find an ad for a '93 Impreza that isn't in Japanese?

They only sold 25,000 Imprezas in America that year, so it might be kinda rare.
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Post by: FoMoJo on February 14, 2011, 10:35:49 AM
I had a 1951 similar in colour to this one...

(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/mercury/50merc/bilder/8.jpg)

but it was a coupe like this...

(http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/mercury/50merc/bilder/2.jpg)
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Post by: Submariner on February 14, 2011, 04:58:11 PM
Quote from: 68_427 on February 11, 2011, 09:26:57 AM
Olds had Nav at that time too.

Pictures? 
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Post by: ifcar on February 14, 2011, 06:18:40 PM
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/DougieFresh1970/25b3e44f.jpg)
Title: Re: Your first car...............new and improved.
Post by: Submariner on February 14, 2011, 11:48:02 PM
Quote from: ifcar on February 14, 2011, 06:18:40 PM
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/DougieFresh1970/25b3e44f.jpg)

Interesting.  Thanks. 
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Post by: Madman on February 15, 2011, 06:56:34 AM
Quote from: ifcar on February 14, 2011, 06:18:40 PM
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/DougieFresh1970/25b3e44f.jpg)


Wow, it's like driving in TRON!  (the 1980 original, not the re-make)  :lol:
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Post by: ChrisV on February 15, 2011, 08:12:03 AM
Mine wasnt' on that site, either, but it's th '62 Comet:

(http://www.lovefords.org/62comet/images/mercury_1962_comet_016.jpg)

(http://www.adclassix.com/images/62mercurycometa.jpg)

(http://www.adclassix.com/images/62mercurycometb.jpg)

(http://www.mercurypedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/1962cometsedan.jpg)

Oh, and one for my current Comet...

(http://www.mercurypedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/1963mercurycometconvertible.jpg)

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Post by: sportyaccordy on February 15, 2011, 10:35:48 AM
I imagine those old navigation systems putting an A/C compressor like load on the engines when they needed to "think". Lol. 1000W power supplies and all that.
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Post by: VTEC_Inside on February 15, 2011, 10:39:08 AM
I have a few old Honda ones. I know I have the 1990 Accord, 1994 Prelude at least.

I should scan them and put them up.
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Post by: Northlands on February 15, 2011, 02:44:14 PM
(http://vintage-original-ads.com/Pictures/albums/uploads/normal_1985-Honda-Civic-Hatchback.jpg)
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