Pontiac 6000

Started by Morris Minor, January 29, 2014, 06:37:21 AM

cawimmer430

Quote from: Secret Chimp on February 13, 2014, 11:27:30 AM
Geez that thing could not look more unsettled in those corners.

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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

Quote from: Secret Chimp on February 13, 2014, 11:27:30 AM
Geez that thing could not look more unsettled in those corners.

Bouncy bouncy :lol:

Secret Chimp

Quote from: 93JC on February 13, 2014, 06:19:27 PM
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!


Quote from: BENZ BOY15 on January 02, 2014, 02:40:13 PM
That's a great local brewery that we have. Do I drink their beer? No.

Rupert

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Madman

Quote from: Rupert on February 14, 2014, 12:57:36 PM
This is relevant to this thread, trust me.


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Rupert

Quote from: Madman on February 14, 2014, 09:04:23 PM

I want the last 10 minutes of my life back!  :shakesfist:

Dude, fuck you, Red Green is awesome.
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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.


Quote from: BENZ BOY15 on January 02, 2014, 02:40:13 PM
That's a great local brewery that we have. Do I drink their beer? No.

Rupert

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

Quote from: Mustangfan2003 on February 17, 2014, 08:54:31 PM
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.  :lol:
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"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses." - Johannes Kepler

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts." - C.S. Lewis

Soup DeVille

Quote from: Mustangfan2003 on February 17, 2014, 08:54:31 PM
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?
Maybe we need to start off small. I mean, they don't let you fuck the glumpers at Glumpees without a level 4 FuckPass, do they?

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cawimmer430

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

WANT!  :wub:

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Soup DeVille

Glide away tailgate, eh?

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

Where does it glide away to? :confused:
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FoMoJo

Quote from: Laconian on February 18, 2014, 06:28:17 PM
Iron oxide.
I see.  After a couple of years there's just a big hole back there.
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Laconian

#107
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.
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Madman

Quote from: FoMoJo on February 18, 2014, 06:22:34 PM
Where does it glide away to? :confused:


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
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"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ~ Isaac Asimov

"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses." - Johannes Kepler

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts." - C.S. Lewis

FoMoJo

"Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth" ~ Albert Einstein
"As the saying goes, when you mix science and politics, you get politics."

cawimmer430

Quote from: Madman on February 18, 2014, 06:54:18 PM

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!
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Madman

#111
Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 19, 2014, 03:18:42 AM
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!
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"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ~ Isaac Asimov

"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses." - Johannes Kepler

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts." - C.S. Lewis

Soup DeVille

Don't know what you're talking about. That's perfectly safe. Tailgates even closed.
Maybe we need to start off small. I mean, they don't let you fuck the glumpers at Glumpees without a level 4 FuckPass, do they?

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cawimmer430

That Studebaker Wagonaire commercial is BRILLIANT!  :praise:

Now that's some awesome advertising! I enjoyed that commercial despite its silliness.
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cawimmer430

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FoMoJo

Quote from: Madman on February 19, 2014, 10:22:19 AM

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.
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MX793

Quote from: Madman on February 19, 2014, 10:22:19 AM

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.
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Madman

Quote from: MX793 on February 19, 2014, 03:50:45 PM
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!
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"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ~ Isaac Asimov

"I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses." - Johannes Kepler

"One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is to shut their eyes to facts." - C.S. Lewis

Mustangfan2003

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

SVT_Power

Quote from: Secret Chimp on February 13, 2014, 11:27:30 AM
Geez that thing could not look more unsettled in those corners.

Looks like it doesn't have any dampers  :lol:
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